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Friday, August 29, 2014

A Veteran's Protest Play – Why The March of the Bonus Army Now? by HowlRound

By Isaac Rathbone, Cindy Rosenthal. Researching the war and the following years, the ripple effects of World War I impacted not just international politics, but everything from race relation…

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Devising the New Avant-garde—Part 1: The Old Coup and the New Now by HowlRound

By Kate Kremer. These observations suggest a change in focus beyond the shift from violation to invention. Whereas the old avant-garde was oriented toward an imagined future and engaged in a…

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The Scottish Independence Debate at the Edinburgh Festival by HowlRound

By Talya Kingston. As a visitor at the Edinburgh Fringe, I wondered: how do you tell a story when you don’t yet know the ending? How could, and would, this dramatic moment be represented o…

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Livestreaming Pop Up Theatre 2014 a 10-minute play festival—Sun, Aug 31 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Panglossian Productions in Williamsburg, Virginia presents Pop Up Theatre 2014, a 10-minute Play Festival, around the theme of "What I Did on my Summer Vacation" livestreami…

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The World Wide Theater at Our Fingertips by HowlRound

By DCW3, Alex Ates. The internet is the place where people everywhere can go to for information and watch art unfold in front of them. However, unlike Shakespeare’s Globe, there are no gro…

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Livestreaming the Austin One-Minute Play Festival #1MPF—Sat, Aug 30 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) & ScriptWorks, in collaboration with Salvage Vanguard Theatre present The Austin One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on the globa…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:23PM
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Past, Present, and Future Collide: The 40th Annual National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa by HowlRound

By Paul Adolphson. The 40th anniversary of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa (July 3-13, 2014) was characterized by this collision of past, present, and future. It make…

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The Inaugural Latina/o Studies Conference: Reflections on the Long Table & Good Company by HowlRound

By Nancy Garcia Loza. I walk away, reflection upon reflection, moved and inspired. Even now, the questions that came up at the long table stay with me: What is your fire? What is it that you…

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Monday, August 25, 2014

A Polish Theater Cookbook: The Closed and Open Door by HowlRound

By Dara Weinberg. One of the stereotypes about the post-Grotowski Polish ensemble theaters is that their processes are rigidly closed and their rehearsal rooms are treated like devotional sp…

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Suzan-Lori Parks livestreams Watch Me Work—Wed, Aug 27 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. You’re invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater in New York City for "Watch Me Work" which is livestreaming for the global, commons-based peer…

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Interview with Marcus Gardley by HowlRound

By Rebecca Stevens, Marcus Gardley. After the play—and these were young people—they were stunned into silence. Then they didn’t want to leave because they had so much to talk about. Th…

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions: Agnes Under the Big Top by HowlRound

By Aditi Kapil. The Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions Series is a weekly series of interviews examining the process of developing a new play through a National New Play Network Rol…

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Directing Diverse Worlds: An Interview with Tlaloc Rivas by HowlRound

By Elaine Romero, Tlaloc Rivas. As a Chicano director and writer, I am inspired by my own culture—the influence of poetry and magical realism, the contradictions and collision of European …

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

The Hub Theatre’s "Abominable" Sheds Light on the Beast Within by HowlRound

By Patricia Davis. "Abominable" is an affecting, thought-provoking play well suited to this moment in time, when news of hundreds of children’s deaths in Gaza fills the airwaves, along wit…

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Livestreaming a Process Showing at The Distillery in New Orleans—Fri, Aug 22 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. New Orleans: In a city with limited resources, many performing artists are eventually forced to choose between staying or leaving their home for creative opportunities. The …

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Finding a Theatrical Home: My Journey to IRT Theater by HowlRound

By Evan Caccioppoli. When I really started to realize the importance of having a theatrical home—a safe and freeing environment where you can create work and challenge yourself. In finding…

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Livestreaming Octia of the Pink Ocean—Austin, Texas—Sat, Aug 23 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. "Octia of the Pink Ocean", a cyber opera, livestreams from the VORTEX in Austin, Texas on the the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on…

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Wrestling with Character and Theatricality: Thoughts on Mickey Birnbaum’s "Backyard" by HowlRound

By Cory Hinkle. It’s almost like musical theater, but in this case when the emotions get too high, the characters don’t sing, they wrestle... The play is an interesting mix of pseudo-nat…

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Monday, August 18, 2014

On Immersive Theater: The Senses to Take the Wall Down—Sound and Common Wit by HowlRound

By Mikhael Tara Garver. Sound design alone is not immersive performance. Immersive performance is reliant on the audience experiencing related sensory stimulation to the performer and a mult…

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Clobberation: Clobbering through a Collaboratively-Built Touring Show by HowlRound

By Ashley Laverty, Rivka Rocchio. We had reached a point where our personalities and pride had gotten in the way of the work. We had come so far, and had great feedback from the teenagers we…

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions: Se Llama Cristina by HowlRound

By Octavio Solis. The Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions Series is a weekly series of interviews examining the process of developing a new play through a National New Play Network R…

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Belarus, Theater, and Breaking the Zones of Silence by HowlRound

By Brendan McCall. I felt compelled to act, to do something, to speak up—but how? What could I, an expatriate American living in Scandinavia, do to break the zone of silence surrounding Be…

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Love and Torture in Conor McPherson’s "The Dance of Death" by HowlRound

By Dani Snyder-Young. Just in time for wedding season, Henry Wishcamper’s taut staging of Conor McPherson’s new version of August Strindberg’s "The Dance of Death" takes a dystopian lo…

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Livestreaming 1st Dallas One-Minute Play Festival—#1MPF—Sat, Aug 16 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) & Kitchen Dog Theater present The 1st Dallas One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlR…

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidates' Forum on Issues Affecting Immigrant Communities by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Video of Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidates' Forum on Issues Affecting Immigrant Communities - MIRA Coalition - Boston, MA - Wed August 13 2014 This Gubernatori…

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In Dialogue with José Luis Valenzuela by HowlRound

By Jamie Gahlon, Jose Luis Valenzuela. People feel that they have the authority or the knowledge to say this is good, this is bad... but we’re in an artistic crisis in the country, and I b…

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Livestreaming Seattle Rep's #SeattleAFAR Forum: Artistic Freedom & Artistic Responsibility by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, with support from the Seattle Office for Civil Rights and 4Culture will livestream their public forum…

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

The World’s Fair Play Festival: Remaking the Space-Time Continuum in Queens by HowlRound

By Brant Russell. There was something dynamic and synergistic in producing plays about the World’s Fairs where they once sat. Under the shadow of the Unisphere, in the Theaterama, we’d p…

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Livestreaming Vi Tran's The Butcher's Son, A Refugee Play & Performance Memoir—Kansas City—Fri, Aug 15 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Westport Center for the Arts in Kansas City, Missouri presents The Butcher's Son—A Refugee Play & Performance Memoir—by Vi Tran livestreaming on the global, commons-…

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Your Guide to Theater Education: Introduction by HowlRound

By David Dudley. Making the decision to acquire an education is more often than not an easy one. To do most any job in America, one must acquire a bachelor's degree. For those who wish to pu…

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Your Brain on Creativity by HowlRound

By Polly Carl. I’m not sure the “I’m so busy” problem is unique to theater, but I personally find it a maddening part of institutional theater culture. Everyone is simply too busy to…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic