Wednesday, June 21, 2023
6 recipients will be able to shadow or observe directors and choreographers on professional productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:01AMLove-Ramos comes to the California company after serving in the same position at Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:44AMThe theatre’s liquidation plan comes after attempts to recover from a leadership scandal, financial stress, staff shortages, and diminished audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:34AMGetting audiences to return isn't the only post-COVID challenge theatres are facing.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:26AMTuesday, June 20, 2023
From board liaisons and theatre administrators to performers and activists, these 6 folks have brought their talent to Chicago's stages.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:59PMThe theatre's current interim leaders will now form a partnership---an alliance, if you will---to jointly run Atlanta's flagship theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:59AMMonday, June 19, 2023
In a new solo show, the seasoned actor wrestles with an unassuming president's legacy, and with the stark disparities between his version of Republican politics and today's GOP.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:59PMPerformance apprentices gain experience onstage while participating in educational workshops and engaging with other departments to foster their professional development.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:40AMThe Mayor Sokhary Chau Playwriting Fellowship is named for the mayor of Lowell, the first Khmer mayor in the country.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:14AMThis year's honorees include John M. Atherlay, Gwen Gilliam, Brett Finley, Elynmarie Kazle, Robert J. Bruyr, and Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:52AMIts fresh contemporary takes on Shakespeare, the Greeks, and others have become a staple of NYC's summer season, but the company has bigger plans.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:23AMFriday, June 16, 2023
The poet, playwright, and screenwriter will succeed Tarell Alvin McCraney in the position, leading the program alongside co-chair Anne Erbe.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:56PMWith audiences and donations down by at least 20 percent, theatre leaders say the move was “unavoidable.”
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:49AMThursday, June 15, 2023
The co-founder of Show-Score, Gaur, who has a background in nonprofit arts administration, will succeed Victoria Bailey in August.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:10PMThe commissioned playwright will use Life Jacket's ethnographic research approach to create a play about trans people in the U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:43PMTuesday, June 13, 2023
Whether students are in the process of reclaiming or rejecting their identities, a new book offers resources to help subvert stereotypes and understand embodiment.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:54AMTeo rounds out the team, formed after the retirement of the company's namesake leader last year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:20AMThe theatre will help develop musical theatre programs at 3 middle schools.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:10AMMonday, June 12, 2023
A Host of People is joining forces with Detroit Action to dramatize the legacy of housing discrimination in a participatory, collective setting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:49PMSunday, June 11, 2023
On this special pre-Tony Awards edition, we talk to the playwrights nominated for 'Cost of Living' and 'Between Riverside and Crazy,' and to Playbill's Diep Tran.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:48AMFriday, June 9, 2023
After 37 years at the helm of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Gaines has found the right time to step away from the company she founded.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:30PMThursday, June 8, 2023
Travis Russ and Melissa Moschitto talk about the delicate, revealing work of recovering stories of queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming folks from 100-plus years ago.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:25PMMadeline Myers has written the new musical 'Double Helix' with and for its lead performer, Samantha Massell, who plays a woman scientist unjustly neglected by history.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:53PMWednesday, June 7, 2023
What does winning the Regional Theatre Tony mean for the 106-year-old theatre? For artistic director Danny Feldman, it's a sign that the often struggling theatre is on the right track.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:56PMThe new program will allow artists and community organizations access to the theatre's physical spaces.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:45PMThis month a famous cross-dressing performer finds love and success in her farewell tour, 2 new theatres are inaugurated, history is made at the Tony Awards, and an original musical gives vo…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:24AMEarly-career writers Amanda L. Andrei, Citlali Pizarro, and afrikah saleh comprise this year's cohort.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:33AMTuesday, June 6, 2023
A latecomer to acting, he had a rich, varied, decades-long career onstage and on screen, not only as a performer but as a mentor, teacher, and leader.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:27PMEmilio Sosa and J. Jared Janas compare notes on the costumes, hair, wigs, and makeup they've made for a wide array of periods and teams this season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:31PMLear deBessonet, Maria Friedman, and Tommy Kail compare notes on staging 'Into the Woods,' 'Sweeney Todd,' and 'Merrily We Roll Along.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:23AMThe survey also tracks educator's concerns around censorship and post-COVID stats.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:13AM 
