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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreams Watch Me Work—Wed, Feb 5 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Get advice and get to work! Livestreaming on HowlRound TV at howlround.tv from The Public Theater, NYC this Wednesday, February 5 at 2pm PST (Vancouver) / 4pm CST (Austin) /…

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Monday, February 3, 2014

Writing Towards the Specific by HowlRound

By Jacqueline E. Lawton. As an African American woman playwright from a poor, working class, racist, country town in East Texas, I learned early in life that I am part of a community of peop…

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Weekly Howl Topic on Twitter hashtag #newplay: Parenting and the Arts—Thurs, Feb 6 by HowlRound

By HowlRound. This week's conversation topic is "Parenting and the Arts" taking place on Thursday, February 6 on Twitter hashtag #newplay at 11am PST – 12pm PST (Vancouver) / 1pm CST – 2…

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Weekly Howl Topic on Twitter hashtag #newplay: Race and Representation in the American Theater—Thurs, Feb 6 by HowlRound

By HowlRound. This week's conversation topic is "Race and Representation in American Theater" taking place on Thursday, February 6 on Twitter hashtag #newplay at 11am PST – 12pm PST (Vanco…

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Stomping on Eggshells: An Honest Discussion of Race, Identity, and Intent in the American Theater by HowlRound

By Rebecca Stevens. This week at HowlRound we ask the questions: Can a white person write, adapt, direct, or perform stories from a different culture or race? Is it a huge step forward when …

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Friday, January 31, 2014

Peter Pan in 2014: Notes For NBC’s Creative Team by HowlRound

By Talleri McRae. While NBC’s continued commitment to a live broadcast is to be commended, I also believe some thoughtful reflection is necessary to improve the quality of its future progr…

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Performance Art at the UN Conference on Gender Violence by HowlRound

By Marcina Zaccaria. In “Dust to Dust,” Elizabeth Hess explored the violence and fears surrounding the systematic rape of women in Bosnia. The war in Bosnia took place between 1992-1995.…

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Climate Science’s Challenge to Artists by HowlRound

By Karen Malpede. Relatively recently, the climate modeling of climate scientists has allowed us to see into the future. While we don’t know everything we know enough to ask if we wish to …

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Playwriting and Parenting: New Year, New Me by HowlRound

By Catherine Trieschmann. It seems to me that the problem is not my over-emotional creative personality, but my choice to pursue a living in the theater. Clearly, no one in their right mind …

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Some Fringe Conventions for Performing Shakespeare, and Romeo and Juliet by HowlRound

By Allison Vanouse. Actor's Shakespeare Project believes that Shakespeare's words "are urgently relevant to our times." Significantly, ASP carries the torch for a genre of Shakespeare perfor…

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Suzan-Lori Parks livestreams Watch Me Work—Wed, Jan 29 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Get advice and get to work! Livestreaming on HowlRound TV at howlround.tv from The Public Theater, NYC this Wednesday, January 29 at 2pm PST (Vancouver) / 4pm CST (Austin) /…

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Monday, January 27, 2014

The Real Danger: A Movement for Black Liberation Theatre by HowlRound

By Ebony Noelle Golden. I direct The Ballad of Zimmerman for this production. Ballad is a difficult piece that asks viewers to step inside the mind of George Zimmerman, as he reveals his tho…

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The Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay: Marketing the New Play by HowlRound

By HowlRound. This week's conversation topic is "Marketing the New Play" and will take place on Thursday, January 30 on hashtag #newplay at 11am PST – 12pm PST (Vancouver) / 1pm CST – 2p…

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Antipermanence: An Argument for Increased Infrastructural Ephemerality in America’s Nonprofit Theaters by HowlRound

By Annah Feinberg. In order to bring culturally relevant theater back to America’s stages, nonprofit theater organizations must change in a radical way. In many cases, I believe that this …

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Friday, January 24, 2014

A Polish Theater Cookbook, Part Three by HowlRound

By Dara Weinberg. Yes, some rehearsals (not all, mind you) are paid, and have to be regulated, legally, as work. But why did we decide, as US practitioners, that theater rehearsals fell so w…

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Winter Pageant at Redmoon by HowlRound

By Dani Snyder-Young. This collaboration is a very real crossing of boundaries, bringing together artists, craftspeople, and audience members who might not otherwise have any access to each …

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Writing In the Middle of Nowhere by HowlRound

By Sarah Kahrl. This is the dilemma that was front-of-mind for us when we set out two years ago to create the Kenyon Playwrights Conference. There seems to be a vulnerable moment, early in t…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Goodman Theatre Conversation with Playwright Rebecca Gilman & Director Robert Falls—Sun, Jan 26 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Goodman Theatre, Chicago presents an Artist Encounter for Rebecca Gilman's play "Luna Gale". This conversation will livestream on the global, commons-based peer produced How…

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Live on HowlRound TV: The 2nd South Florida One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF)—Sun, Jan 26 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) and The Deering Estate At Cutler present the 2nd South Florida One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer …

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Live on HowlRound TV: Arena Stage and Voices of Now: India present two original plays from Chennai, India by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Arena Stage in Washington, DC and Voices of Now: India present two original plays livestreaming from Chennai, India at the Sri Karpagavalli Matriculation School, Mylapore in…

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Riding a Bike on Stage: Green Theater and Katie Mitchell’s Production of Lungs by HowlRound

By Summer Banks. And as the performance went on, the human-power component continues to shape and inform the text. Lower energy from the actors translates nearly instantaneously into lower l…

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A Place In The Conversation: Portraying Disability Onstage by HowlRound

By Sarah Katherine Bowden. So I ask, is there a way to make disability a part of the world of a play, without reducing it to stereotype or "triumph-over-adversity" tales? Is there a way to m…

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Live on HowlRound TV: W.K. by Katherine Wilkinson—Austin, Texas—Sat, Jan 25 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The VORTEX and Gale Theatre Company present a performance of W.K. by Katherine Wilkinson livestreaming from Austin, Texas on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRoun…

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The Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay: Short-Form Theater and Short Play Festivals by HowlRound

By HowlRound. The Weekly Howl is a peer produced, open access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .*…

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Homosexuality in Theater for Young Audiences: Jester’s Cap by HowlRound

By Alice Stanley. The play unravels to be a majestic journey of the female court jester and an accompanying knight encountering trolls, woodland foes, and a witch. The production I saw was c…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Boston Arts & Culture Public Hearing—Sat. Jan 25—#bosarts by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Join us on Saturday, January 25, 2014 from 9:30am-11:30am EST for an Arts and Culture Public Hearing on HowlRound TV live from the Boston Public Library's Central Library's …

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Conversation with Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury by HowlRound

By HowlRound. The following is a transcript of a post-show discussion with playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury for the Boston production of "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Her…

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Monday, January 20, 2014

What Farming is Teaching/Reminding Me about Playwriting and Theater, Part 3 by HowlRound

By Patrick Gabridge. Most of the shoppers at Stop & Shop and Marketbasket and Kroger’s and even Whole Foods don’t know any farmers and have never been to a farmer’s market and neve…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Write with & Get Advice from Suzan-Lori Parks—The Public Theater, NYC—Wed, Jan 22 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 p…

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Live Cinema Performance Event: The Disinherited, Adapted from Chekhov's Platonov, Directed by Jay Scheib, Simulcast from The Kitchen, NYC—Fri, Jan 2 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Don’t miss this pioneering experiment! "The Disinherited": Live Cinema Performance Event will livestream on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at…

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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