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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Boxing from the Inside: Brett Neveu and the Magnetic Presence of the Ring by HowlRound

By Martha Steketee. He fought two guys; beat the crap out of them. And I looked around, and everybody had just stopped training.. And I thought: oh, my god, this is the show. There’s that …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM

Cafesito: Duking it out with a Southwest Troupe by HowlRound

By Elizabeth Dwyer Sandlin, Amelia Ampuero. Albuquerque, New Mexico: We have a varied company, and we’re always looking to put on kick ass plays. It’s pretty cool that we have a company …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:29AM
Monday, September 29, 2014

Artists’ Entrance: A Homegrown Artist Colony by HowlRound

By Emma Wiseman. Today Westport has one of the wealthiest zip codes in the United States. A hedge fund responsible for $120 billion of the world’s money is nestled in the woods there. In t…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:54PM

Livestreaming Forum on Canadian Theatre hosted by The National Theatre School of Canada—#CdnCult—Sat, Oct 4 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal and the Spider Web Show present "From Where I Stand, A Forum of Perspectives on Canadian Theatre" livestreaming on the glob…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:14PM
Sunday, September 28, 2014

An Interview with 7 Fingers’ Gypsy Snider and Shana Carroll by HowlRound

By Polly Carl, Gypsy Snider, Shana Carroll. When I was eighteen and deciding to do circus, I was involved in a form where you take a risk on a daily basis. I became a trapeze artist. I think…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:59AM
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions: Pluto by HowlRound

By Steve Yockey. The nerves about future productions depending entirely on the success of this first one are wiped away. It just pushes all of the anxious noise into the background. A lot of…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:22AM
Friday, September 26, 2014

Thoughts of a Los Angeles Designer by HowlRound

By Tom Buderwitz. I could certainly choose not to work at a lot of small theaters. I could also try and negotiate higher rates. I have done both. But I like to work with good theater artists…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:46PM
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Dreaming in Cuban: Cuban Theater & The Miami School by HowlRound

By Jorge Luis Morejón. Despite profound decentering from its source, Cuban theater has had a consistent representation in Miami. Mirrored by a repertoire of embodied theatrical practices, C…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:49PM

Livestreaming Artist Encounter at Goodman Theatre for Smokefall—Sun, Sept 28 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Goodman Theatre in Chicago presents an Artist Encounter for its latest production, "Smokefall". This conversation will livestream on the global, commons-based peer produced …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:29PM

When Avenue Q Goes Local: Racism and the Production of Plays that Joke about Race by HowlRound

By Stephen Quigley. After the play, I raised this question to my theater companions, and all tried to explain to me the obvious humor behind the song. I nodded my head…yes…I get it. Of c…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:35PM
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

My Aristotle, My Las Vegas by HowlRound

By Brighde Mullins. There were two modes of preparation for a soiled soul: one was to go to a sporting event and, by rooting for an athlete, profound and cleansing emotions would be activate…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:03PM

Why Are Theater Artists So Afraid to Speak? by HowlRound

By Douglas Clayton. The kind of open, honest, rough-and-tumble way that we often approach our art-making seems to be inhibited, or even actively stifled, when it comes to addressing larger i…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:53PM

Livestreaming a musical theater writers talk with Andy Einhorn, Ted Chapin and Michael Korie—Sat, Sept 27 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania presents a new musicals talk-back livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:46PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Neighborhood Shakespeare in Chicago’s North Side Parks by HowlRound

By Dani Snyder-Young. The expectations of audience behavior are different in park spaces than in formal theater spaces. Children can dip in and out of the performance, running off to play ne…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:36AM
Monday, September 22, 2014

La MaMa Umbria: An Italian (Re)Treat by HowlRound

By Patricia Davis. All you have to do, for ten days, is look at beauty and create. If you need to talk your ideas through, you have a teacher available, ready to listen and help. If you want…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:46PM
Sunday, September 21, 2014

A Short Personal History of a Beautiful, Slippery Phrase by HowlRound

By Todd London. Your experiment—these three-year residencies—is part of a fix—a fix made necessary by the unintended consequences of good intentions. Our young theaters, brave and opti…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:50AM
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions: Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes by HowlRound

By Yussef El Guindi. It was instructive to watch the same comedy handled by different casts and directors, each offering different rhythms and approaches to the same comic beats. It is start…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:04AM
Friday, September 19, 2014

Creating the Belarusian Dream Theater Project by HowlRound

By Brendan McCall. While I was reaping the benefits of working internationally, my Belarusian friends were living as a theater company in exile. What could I do to help make a difference? Wh…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:56PM

Livestreaming Lark Play Development Center's Meet the Writers—Mon, Sept 22 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Lark Play Development Center in New York City presents "Meet the Writers", the public kick-off event of the 21st Annual Playwrights' Week. Meet the seven writers—Mando Alv…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:56PM
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Livestreaming Panel Writing for Disability at Dramatists Guild of America—Tues, Sept 23 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The Dramatists Guild of America presents the panel discussion "Writing for Disability" on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tue…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:50PM

Livestreaming Artist Encounter at Goodman Theatre for The World of Extreme Happiness—Sun, Sept 21 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Goodman Theatre in Chicago presents an Artist Encounter for its latest production, "The World of Extreme Happiness". This conversation will livestream on the global, commons…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:40PM

Listening for Unheard Voices—Syria: The Trojan Women by HowlRound

By Derek Goldman. The project speaks deeply to us both because of its extraordinary artistic merit and because we feel that the voices of these women, and by extension the voices of over two…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:24PM

All the World on Stage In One Neighborhood? 2014 Theater: Village Festival by HowlRound

By Jonathan Mandell. “I want to reinvigorate the idea of this neighborhood being a destination for theater,” David Van Asselt, artistic director of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, told …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:20AM
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Oh, the Feels! Or, What Is the Collision Project? by HowlRound

By Anne Towns. Accurately describing what Collision means to the young men and women who participate each summer is challenging. Part coming-of-age experience, part artistic awakening, part …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:17PM
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Dreaming in Cuban: Affect in the Performance of Misa Espirituales by HowlRound

By Solimar Otero. Whether it is race, place, ethnicity, or personhood, Cuban and Cuban diasporic performances push the boundaries of linear logics of the body towards a tapestry of experient…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:55PM

Livestreaming Voices Unheard: The Syria: Trojan Women Summit from Amman, Jordan & Washington DC—Fri, Sept 19 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and the Syria: The Trojan Women Project in Amman, Jordan present a livestreamin…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:10PM

Livestreaming Spirit, a new devised piece by The VORTEX in Austin, Texas—Thurs, Sept 18 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presents "Spirit" by Bonnie Cullum and the VORTEX ensemble livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlr…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:07PM

Twitter Chat: Ferguson & What Can Artists Effectively Do In the Context of Social Justice Issues, Crises, & Conflicts?—#newplay—Thurs, Sep by HowlRound

By HowlRound. This week's Twitter conversation topic is "Ferguson and What Can Artists Effectively Do In the Context of Social Justice Issues, Crises, & Conflicts?" and will be co-modera…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:42AM
Monday, September 15, 2014

Livestreaming Sliver of a Full Moon by Cherokee playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle—Sun, Sept 21 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, the Indian Law Resource Center, and the National Congress of American Indians present "Sliver of a Full Moon", a powerful ne…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:38PM

Your Guide to Theater Education: Steppenwolf by HowlRound

By David Dudley. Since 1984, Steppenwolf Theatre Company has offered internships to students, graduates, and others to experience the inner workings of a professional theater from every angl…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:03PM

The Scottish Independence Debate at the Edinburgh Festival, Part Two by HowlRound

By Talya Kingston. At this moment, the play transcended its story; the play was Scotland, and all of Scotland was the play... The climax of over seven hours of theater, this felt like the po…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:20AM

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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
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