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Saturday, August 6, 2016

Pedagogy Notebook: Better Up: A Learning Process in Teaching Latina/o Theatre Creatively by [email protected] (jamie)

By Teresa Marrero. Teresa Marrero writes about the successes and learning moments encountered while teaching a Latina/o Theatre Special Topics course.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:20AM
Monday, August 1, 2016

What Is a Feminist Play, Anyway?: Getting Specific by [email protected] (jamie)

By Catherine Castellani. Playwright Catherine Castellani kicks off a series investigating what makes a work of theatre feminist.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:50PM
Monday, July 18, 2016

Don’t Blame Pregnancy for Shuffle Along Closing by [email protected] (jamie)

By Catherine M. Young. Catherine M. Young reflects on the closing of the musical Shuffle Along.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:57PM
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Queering Machismo from Michoacán to Montrose: Purple Eyes by Josh Inocéncio by [email protected] (jamie)

By Trevor Boffone. Trevor Boffone on Josh Inocéncio’s solo show, Purple Eyes , presented in special collaboration with ProyectoTeatro in Austin, Texas.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:46AM
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Blasting The Bachelors: Feminism and Cole Theatre’s Latest Production by [email protected] (jamie)

By Andrew Bailes. Andrew Bailes on the critical reception of The Bachelors , written by Caroline V. McGraw and directed by Erica Weiss in Chicago, Illinois.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:14AM
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Preserving Passion in the Face of Rejection by [email protected] (jamie)

By Brent Eickhoff. Chicago-based theatre practitioner Brent Eickhoff considers learning to cope with rejection in a positive manner.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:05AM
Saturday, July 9, 2016

Reconstructing and Reimagining: Noah Diamond and the First Marx Brothers Musical by [email protected] (jamie)

By David Levy. David Levy discusses Noah Diamond’s adaptation and revival of I’ll Say She Is , the musical debut of the Marx Brothers.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:56PM
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Runaways by Elizabeth Swados Four Decades Later by [email protected] (jamie)

By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell looks at the new production of Runaways , thirty-eight years after the first, and asks: Should a work of theatre allow us to escape from, or force us to…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:33PM
Thursday, June 23, 2016

A Man For This Season: On Ben Foster’s Monstrous Stanley Kowalski by [email protected] (jamie)

By Manuel Betancourt. Manuel Betancourt on the Young Vic’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:00AM
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Shared Vocabulary and Puppetry in Ramesh Meyyappan’s Butterfly by [email protected] (jamie)

By Martha Steketee. Ramesh Meyyappan and Gavin Glover discuss their wordless adaptation of Madame Butterfly , replete with kites and puppets, and their hopes for hyphenate theatremakers.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:00AM
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Houston, We Have a Problem! Excluding Latina/o Stories in Tejas by [email protected] (jamie)

By Trevor Boffone. Trevor Boffone considers the Latina/o theatre scene in Houston.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:00AM
Saturday, June 18, 2016

The Art of Change: REMAP SF and Future Aesthetics by [email protected] (jamie)

By Laura Brueckner. Laura Brueckner reports on the recent Arts in a Changing America’s REMAP SF convening.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:41PM
Sunday, May 22, 2016

How to Be Rejected by [email protected] (jamie)

By Justin Taylor. Justin Taylor on reframing rejection.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:44AM
Saturday, May 21, 2016

An Actor (No—Poet!) (Mm, Solo Performer?!) Prepares by [email protected] (jamie)

By Josh Lefkowitz. Writer Josh Lefkowitz discusses his journey from theatre artist to poet and (maybe?) back again.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:29PM
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Everyone Wants You to be Great: Thoughts on Play Submission from the Other Side of the Desk by [email protected] (jamie)

By Emily Dendinger, Jess Hutchinson. Playwright Emily Dendinger and producer Jess Hutchinson shine a little light on the play submission process.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:14AM

How Can We Foster the Voices of Early Career Directors? by [email protected] (jamie)

By JD Caudill. JD Caudill writes about his personal experiences navigating Chicago as an early career director, and asks how the field can better support such artists.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:58AM
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Political Stage Design by [email protected] (jamie)

By Bryce Cutler. How does Air Force One end up as a backdrop for a presidential debate? Bryce Cutler, a scenic and media designer, considers stage design for presidential debates.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:00PM

A Snowball's Chance by [email protected] (jamie)

By Sara Katzoff. Sara Katzoff writes about Kickwheel Ensemble Theater’s creation of Passage , a physical theatre comedy.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:23PM
Thursday, April 7, 2016

Could A Play Stop A Demagogue? Theatre and Electoral Politics by [email protected] (jamie)

By Jonathan Mandell. Have jokey depictions of elections on stage and screen helped cause a joke of a real-life presidential campaign? Jonathan Mandell visits two experimental theatre project…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:34PM
Sunday, March 20, 2016

Indeed, Disgraced by [email protected] (jamie)

By Salma Abu Ayyash. Salma Abu Ayyash considers the missed opportunity for Ayd Akhtar’s Disgraced to challenge Islamphobia and the intersection of oppressions.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:28PM

How Western Theatre Has Portrayed Islam by [email protected] (jamie)

By Michael Lueger. In this installment, Michael Lueger examines historical and contemporary depictions of Muslims in Western drama.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:17PM
Saturday, March 19, 2016

A Playwright’s Words: Last Rights? thatswhatshesaid Offers a Challenging Conversation. by [email protected] (jamie)

By Arwen Mitchell. Dramaturg and rhetoric instructor, Arwen Mitchell, explores artistic ownership, intellectual property, and new idea formation in consideration of Samuel French’s cease-a…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:42PM

Pedagogy Notebook: The Role of Latina/o Adaptations in the Teaching of Classical Theatre by [email protected] (jamie)

By Carla Della Gatta. In this installment of the Pedagogy Notebook series, professor Carla Della Gatta writes about how she integrated Latina/o artists into a critical studies class on Greek…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:31PM
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Laura, or Scenes from a Common World: Returns, Love, and Ovid’s Lessons of Change by [email protected] (jamie)

By Damon Falke. Playwright Damon Falke discusses his play Laura, or Scenes from a Common World and how “Apollo and Daphne” from Ovid’s Metamorphoses inspired his work.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:16PM
Saturday, February 20, 2016

The “Real World” Dilemma: Successfully Transitioning from Student to Practitioner in the Theatre Arts by [email protected] (jamie)

By Christina Cook. Christina Cook describes her transition from an MFA program into life as a freelance designer.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:40PM

Is Your Theatre Only “Diverse and Inclusive” Twice a Year? by [email protected] (jamie)

By Malesha Taylor. Malesha Taylor shares her experience working in audience development and emphasizes the need for regional theatres to continue building relationships with diverse audience…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:29PM
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Ay, Carmela! Divided Politics for the Ages by [email protected] (jamie)

By Carlos Morton. Carlos Morton on the recent Los Angeles production of José Sanchis Sinisterra’s Ay Carmela .

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:00PM
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Livestreaming Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Panel on Managing Your Career: A Discussion of Theatre Arts Administration—Mon, Feb 22 #creativecareers by [email protected] (jamie)

By HowlRound TV. Tune in to the Creative Careers panel Managing Your Career: A Discussion of Theatre Arts Administration livestreaming on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at ho…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AM
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Shouting "Kill the Playwright" in a Crowded Theatre by [email protected] (jamie)

By Kathleen Warnock. Playwright Kathleen Warnock describes an unsettling experience she had while seeing Annie Baker’s The Flick.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:30AM

Equal Pay for Equal Work: The Need for the ERA in the Arts by [email protected] (jamie)

By Carey Purcell. Journalist Carey Purcell discusses her takeaways from December’s Percolating Gender Parity symposium, and how gender-based pay discrepancies affect women in theatre.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:33AM
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Scripts For Free by [email protected] (jamie)

By Edward Einhorn. Edward Einhorn discusses the benefits and pitfalls of posting scripts online.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:19PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards