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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Notes on Odd Spaces by HowlRound

"Odd Spaces" was the inaugural event of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts' new performance art program. Set across the museum in spaces often hidden, overlooked, or disregarded as loci of aesth…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Write with & Get Advice from Suzan-Lori Parks—The Public Theater, NYC—Wed, June 26 by HowlRound

You’re invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater for Watch Me Work which will be livestreaming for the global, peer-produced, open-source HowlRound TV project. …

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Un-belonging, Vancouver Style by HowlRound

I am both aware of and curious (ok, mystified) about the kind of artistic space I occupy in Vancouver. I am certain that my impact is not like others in terms of influencing, shaping, and ul…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Conference in Vancouver—Thurs, June 27 & Sat, June 29 by HowlRound

The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas annual conference in Vancouver, Canada will present the following livestreaming events on the global, peer-produced, open source HowlRoun…

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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay: "Artistic Legitimacy, Prestige, Status & How It is Changing"—Thurs, June 27 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 .* Join us Thurs…

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Sunday, June 23, 2013

From "Expresso" to the "Human Library" by HowlRound

Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in Canada, but spends the least on the arts. Despite this dismal statistic, marvelous playwrights and theater creators make this city their home…

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Being Regional for a Reason: Matchmaker, Matchmaker by HowlRound

This is the third in a series of blogs that chronicle the birth and infancy of New Play Frontiers. I will share the origins of this program, its impact on our organization, the process of se…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Second Generation (2g) Showcases New Season & Commissioned Writers at Joe's Pub, New York City—Mon, June 24 by HowlRound

2g presents Sixteen Going on Seventeen at Joe’s Pub celebrating the 2012-13 season and introducing its commissioned writers. This event will livestream on the global, peer-produced, open s…

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Saturday, June 22, 2013

A Big Eyed Fish: The Neo-Futurists & Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind by HowlRound

This is a regular column exploring the junctions of ensemble theater and audience, my two paths, or rather passions, in life. I’m journeying to the convergence points of multiple paths, ma…

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Postcards from Russia 4: Moscow by HowlRound

Beyond the Capitals, a project of the Center for International Theater Development , aims to create meaningful encounters between new generations of theater animators in Russia and the Unite…

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Ballet and Time by HowlRound

Ballet like Balanchine’s is pointedly paired with Chroma, which might mark a defining moment in McGregor’s development. His decisions here place him in the footsteps of the symphonist ex…

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Finding the Y; Ideation on Directing in "A Murder of Crows" in Real Time Theater by HowlRound

What is the director’s role in reimagining a playwright’s work? I reached out to the playwright, Mac Wellman, in a series of interviews to get his take on re-envisioning and modernizing …

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Encyclopedia Show Arizona: A Successful Community Theater Model by HowlRound

On May 11th, 2013, I watched a Direct TV salesman perform a slam poem about human cannonballs. The Empty Space Theatre—a black box on the Arizona State University campus—was decorated wi…

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Live on HowlRound TV: CityWrights Conference for Playwrights—CIty Theatre, Miami—Thurs, June 20 - Sat, June 22 by HowlRound

City Theatre in Miami, Florida hosts CityWrights 2013 —A Conference for Playwrights—which will be livestreaming on HowlRound TV Thursday, June 20 to Saturday, June 22. To participate in …

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Live on HowlRound TV: Write with & Get Advice from Suzan-Lori Parks—The Public Theater, NYC—Wed, June 19 by HowlRound

You’re invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater for Watch Me Work which will be livestreaming for the global, peer-produced, open-source HowlRound TV project. …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:41AM
Monday, June 17, 2013

Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay: Community, You're Curating This! Topic: TBD by you—Thursday, June 20 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 .* Join us Thurs…

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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Stuck in Stupid by HowlRound

Change is hard for many people, most often because we fear the unknown. What will happen if I change? Suppose things don’t get better? It’s easy to get stuck doing the same behavior over…

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"Go forth and have more talk of these sad things": Reflections on creating political theater by HowlRound

When I set out to produce Juliet & Romeo , a queered adaptation of Romeo & Juliet featuring two women as the star-crossed lovers, I knew that I wanted to focus on three themes—home…

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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Memory in Motion: An Interview with Kuma Hula Vicky Holt Takamine by HowlRound

With the Network of Ensemble Theaters’ (NET) MicroFest Honolulu about to begin on O‘ahu, I sat down with Kumu Hula (hula teacher) Vicky Holt Takamine to talk about hula, the Hawaiian lan…

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Live on HowlRound TV: Third Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival at Victory Gardens—Tues, June 18 by HowlRound

The One-Minute Play Festival & Victory Gardens Theater present The Third Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on HowlRound TV on Tuesday, June 18 at 5:30pm PDT (San Fran…

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Hijaimigui by HowlRound

I never think about what I do. I never plan or plot or even think about looking at the big picture. When Eric of Honolulu Theatre for Youth asked me how I manage to balance the seemingly dis…

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Response to “Making a Career, Making a Living in the Arts” by HowlRound

Just as HowlRound was finishing up its tweet chat on " Making a Career, Making a Living in the Arts ," the news broke that a judge for the Southern District of New York ruled that Fox Search…

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Respecting Tradition In Redefining the Present by HowlRound

One of the greatest things about living in Hawaii is its cultural diversity. The unique cultural make up of our islands provides a spectacular melting pot of colors for our ethnic canvas. Ea…

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Gilgamesh and Guantanamo: D.C. Theater Explores the Spoils of War by HowlRound

On a recent May night, on two stages in Washington, DC, two separate demigod kings suffered and grew wise. At Constellation Theater , Gilgamesh fluttered the sleeves of his royal raiment and…

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Live on HowlRound TV: "From the Dirty War and Beyond" A Conversation with Argentine Theatre Artists Carlos Uriona & Jorge Onofri at Doub by HowlRound

Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts presents "From the Dirty War and Beyond" —a conversation with Argentine Theatre Artists Carlos Uriona and Jorge Onofri livestreaming on HowlR…

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Live on HowlRound TV: force/collision's "Trust me" at Arena Stage, Washington DC—Sun, June 16 by HowlRound

Arena Stage in Washington, DC presents a work-in-progess performance of force/collision's Trust Me which will livestream on HowlRound TV Sunday, June 16 at 5pm PDT (San Francisco) / 7pm CDT …

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

"Vulgarians," "Vigilantes," and the Great Cell Phone Smashing of 2013 by HowlRound

National Review ’s roving correspondent Kevin Williamson made himself a folk hero of the Twittersphere when, at a recent performance of the new musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet…

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The Slow, Cold Burn of the Aurora Theatre’s "The Arsonists" by HowlRound

In the Aurora Theatre’s promo video about The Arsonists , by Max Frisch, director Mark Jackson explains the choice to set the play not in Frisch’s postwar Germany but in a world seemingl…

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The Working Theater Directors Salon by HowlRound

Working Theater is a NYC theater company, now in its twenty-eighth year. Its mission is to create theater for and about the working majority. In 2010, during its twenty-fifth Anniversary Sea…

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The Honolulu Theater Scene by HowlRound

Hawaii is not a big state, about 1.4 million people, fortieth in population although thirteenth in density. Two-thirds of the state’s population lives on Oahu and the city and county of Ho…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Network of Ensemble Theaters' MicroFest USA: Honolulu National Summit—Fri, June 14 to Tues, June 18 by HowlRound

Network of Ensemble Theaters presents MicroFest USA: Honolulu National Summit and Learning Exchange livestreaming on HowlRound TV . Sunrise and sunset performances, graffiti artists, pre-sch…

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All that Chat

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