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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Page 73 Names Emma Goidel 2020 Playwriting Fellow by American Theatre Editors

Goidel received a cash prize of $10,000 and additional funds to support the development of new works.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:41PM

The Kleban Foundation Announces 2020 Winners by American Theatre Editors

Lyricist Daniel Messé and co-librettists Rehana Lew Mirza and Mike Lew are this year's awardees.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:40PM
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Gypsy Rose Lee and Her Son, Together Wherever They Went by American Theatre Editors

Erik Preminger recalls his life on the road with his famous mother, from hotel-room fried chicken to a gun-toting grandma---oh, and plenty of skin.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:45PM

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

From the birth of Barrymore ancestor Louisa Lane to an honor for Maya drama 'Rabinal Achí,' January started the year with a range of theatrical milestones.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:24PM

Barrington Stage to Premiere 2 New Musicals in 2020 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season, including the new musicals 'A Crossing' and 'The Supadupa Kid,' will focus on exploring what it means to be American.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:15PM

Tummeling With Jerry Herman by American Theatre Editors

The writer behind 'Mame,' 'La Cage aux Folles,' and 'Hello, Dolly!' wasn't just a genius---he was a mensch.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:55AM
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

CAATA Names Soriya K. Chum Inaugural Executive Director by American Theatre Editors

Chum will begin his post at the Consortium of Asian American Theatres and Artists this month.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:32PM

MacDowell Colony Announces Winter-Spring Fellowships by American Theatre Editors

Multiple theatre artists are among MacDowell Colony’s 87 winter-spring fellows, who will receive an average of $10,000 and a fully funded residency.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:22PM

‘Beach Blanket Babylon’ Folds After 45 Years of Bay Area Fun by American Theatre Editors

From the towering hats to the nostalgic songs, the beloved revue aimed for nothing but joy and hit that mark for decades.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:47PM

Three on the Aisle: Not Throwing Away Their Aughts by American Theatre Editors

The critics look back on a decade of change in the American theatre, and discuss 'Greater Clements,' 'Sing Street,' and the 'My Fair Lady' tour.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:40AM
Monday, January 13, 2020

Report Shows Broadway Attendance at an All-Time High by American Theatre Editors

The 2018-19 Broadway season saw 14.8 million attendees, with 68 percent of them women and 25 percent of them non-white.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:48PM

Tony Hale Doesn’t Mind Typecasting by American Theatre Editors

The 'Arrested Development' and 'Veep' actor lives in the moment for Will Eno's 'Wakey, Wakey' at ACT in San Francisco.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:22PM
Friday, January 10, 2020

Skylight Theatre Company Announces Season of New Works by American Theatre Editors

The Los Angeles company will present works by Penelope Lowder, Roger Q. Mason, and Boni B. Alvarez.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:35PM

Featured Contributors, January/February 2020 by American Theatre Editors

A look at a new kind of graduate training, and at one versatile artist who's taken the plunge.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:34PM
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

#ENOUGH: A New-Play Initiative Enlists Youth to Confront Gun Violence by American Theatre Editors

The year-long project aims to put teen voices at the front of a nationwide conversation about gun violence.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:48PM

Theater J Establishes 2 National Play Prizes by American Theatre Editors

The awards will recognize new plays by emerging and established playwrights that explore the Jewish experience.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:23AM
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Joyce Foundation Announces 2020 Awards by American Theatre Editors

The Chicago organization will support 4 collaborations between artists of color and cultural organizations in the Great Lakes region.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:43PM

Charles Fuller: Write Without Fear or You’re Wasting Time by American Theatre Editors

Though his 1982 hit 'A Soldier's Play' is now on Broadway, its writer's only real ambition has been to tell the truth about people he'd never seen onstage.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:50PM

Soraya Nadia McDonald Wins Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism by American Theatre Editors

Among other works, McDonald is recognized for her review of Broadway's 'King Kong.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PM
Monday, January 6, 2020

Max Yu Wins 2019 Relentless Award by American Theatre Editors

The playwright receives the sixth annual award for his play 'Nightwatch.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PM

What Can Be Taught, What Must Be Learned by American Theatre Editors

As the walls among mediums begin to tumble, so too the boundaries separating training programs.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:12PM

Watch This Space: Playwrights Train for All Media by American Theatre Editors

As dramatists begin to write for all media, the nation's playwriting programs are starting to teach beyond the stage.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:10PM

MFA or the Highway? by American Theatre Editors

7 playwrights who've honed their craft without the coveted degree tell how their roads diverged.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:08PM

A B-Boy at Yale by American Theatre Editors

Rudi Goblen, break-dancing champ turned playwright, enters a school that has done its own share of learning.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:06PM

What Is the Question? by American Theatre Editors

Watching and helping John Guare build his plays inspired his erstwhile assistant to do the same.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:04PM

Writing Your Own Program by American Theatre Editors

What emerging writers can---and can't---learn from schools without a playwriting concentration.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PM

A Door Closes, a Window Opens by American Theatre Editors

What our departing senior editor's education and writing career has to say about the value of training and experience.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PM

Julia Jarcho Appointed Head of MFA Playwriting at Brown by American Theatre Editors

The downtown playwright and theatremaker talks about her aesthetic and DIY work ethic, and how much of each she'll bring to her new post.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PM
Monday, December 30, 2019

Cathedrals Made of Bricks by American Theatre Editors

Caryl Churchill is the only writer working now who says and does something genuinely new with each new play.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM
Friday, December 27, 2019

Three on the Aisle: Sam Hunter Mines His Past by American Theatre Editors

The critics chat with the acclaimed Idahoan dramatist, and compare notes on Stephen Adly Guirgis, Harry Connick Jr., and Lauren Gunderson.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:10AM
Thursday, December 26, 2019

René Auberjonois and the Company He Kept by American Theatre Editors

How one of the nation's leading repertory theatre actors, who evoked universal admiration for his own work, returned the favor.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:30AM