Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Meet actor, singer, mover, and creator Hannah Coffman! We talk about the
healing power of art, the importance of transformation and evolution,
theatre as a reflection of the diversity of…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMWednesday, June 1, 2022
Meet producer Kate Cannova! We talk about the critical importance of
access, the joys and challenges of womanhood and parenting, the importance
of women supporting women, and more…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMTuesday, May 24, 2022
Meet actor and writer Sheila Head! We talk about the power of comedy, the
importance of persistence in creative work, the need to take care of
ourselves and each other, and more…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMTuesday, May 17, 2022
Meet director, actor, and writer Kathryn Markey! We talk about the
intersection of ageism and sexism in theatre, the importance of diverse
perspectives and diverse pursuits, and more…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
In this post, we weigh in on last week’s leaked Supreme Court decision. We
talk about the importance of bodily autonomy and the power of collective
rage.
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Meet actor and creator Isidora Kecman! We talk about speaking out for those
who don’t feel comfortable doing it for themselves, asking for what you
want, addressing the roots of system…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:02PMTuesday, April 26, 2022
In our first themed blog post, we talk about the many ways to build a
career in theatre and share some resources for people who are getting
started…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMTuesday, April 19, 2022
Meet singer and actor Jade Litaker! We talk about showing Black characters
who win, the inherent whiteness of femininity, the importance of financial
accessibility in theatre, and more…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMTuesday, April 12, 2022
Meet director and actor Dana Iannuzzi! We talk about leading through
kindness instead of fear, reaching out to people you’re curious about,
representing the human experience through ar…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMTuesday, April 5, 2022
Meet actor, singer, songwriter, and directer Jenna Kepnes! We talk about
the importance of art and artists, human connection, using privilege
responsibly, building diversity in industry …
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PMWednesday, March 2, 2022
Playbill for Intimate Apparel opera at Lincoln Center Theater
Lynn Nottage is among the most important and prolific playwrights of the turn of the 21st century, and her work…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:24AMThursday, February 24, 2022
Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Karen Olivo in the Encores! Off-Center Concert of Tick, Tick...Boom! (Photo © Joan Marcus)
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Jonathan Lars…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMPhotograph by Milton Meltzer depicting Hilda Haynes as Millie, James McMahon as Al Manners, Stephanie Elliot as Judith Sears, and Charles Bettis as John Neville. NYPL Digital Collections, Im…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMStephen Sondheim. Photograph by Friedman-Abeles (Firm). NYPL Digital Collections, ID: TH-51787
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts honors the legacy of late America…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMI’ve nothing to say. Well, nothing that’s not been said. Any sentimental recounting of my memories of the few times I was lucky enough to interact with Stephen Sondheim would feel, to me…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMWilliam Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: TH-50730
This month, A Sherlock Carol, a new play featuring Sherlock Holmes and the characters of A Christmas Caro…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMSharon D. Clarke and Samantha Williams in Caroline, or Change (Photo © Joan Marcus)
There are certain Broadway seasons in which any of the shows nominated for the Best Musical Tony Award …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM(Animation from photos by Martha Swope)
The superstitious might, with some evidence, argue that when a major New York production of Assassins is announced, it’s time to get very nervous. …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMElaine Stritch in the original Broadway production of COMPANY. Photo by Friedman-Abeles. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 58155824
In a December 1, 2021 piece inThe New York Times ab…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMWednesday, August 10, 2016
Title bar from Olive Wong's Original Draft for the Costume Guide
Download: Costume Design Research Guide by Aileen Abercrombie
Anyone who has ever had the good fortune to visit the Libra…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:19AMThursday, January 21, 2016
This is one of a series of blog posts related to the NYPL Public Domain Release: discover the collections and find inspiration for using them in your own research, teaching, and creative pr…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:55AMFriday, September 4, 2015
A guest post by Kate Edney.
Page from the original souvenir program of Golden Dawn
Golden Dawn (1927) is one of those musicals that has been almost completely erased from histories of …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:16PMWednesday, July 29, 2015
Image from published sheet music of Little Nemo. Image ID: g99c836_001
A guest post By Brian D. Valencia
In one of two overblown patriotic spectacles, the Act 2 finale of Little Nemo in S…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:21AMTuesday, April 21, 2015
After the wildly successful 2013 edition of Across A Crowded Room, we are about to launch a second edition that is more exciting than ever before.
If you are a musical theater...
...com…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 01:26PMWednesday, December 17, 2014
Macrobert, Stirling: Clear and simple, Natasha Gilmore's short piece of dance theatre immerses its under three-years-old audience in a solid old pine forest, where Vince Virr's ath…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMThursday, November 7, 2013
The Rep Theatre, Birmingham: The unwritten rule of translating comedy, according to Chris Campbell, is that if you lose a laugh here and there, you are allowed to add one elsewhere. His witt…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMWednesday, October 23, 2013
At the SDCF 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals on May 20, 2013, internationally-acclaimed director/choreographers Chet Walker and Marcia Milgrom Dodge shared their expertise of apply…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PMThursday, October 17, 2013
At the SDCF 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Plays on June 17, 2013, SDCF hosted legendary director Marshall Mason to speak about his extraordinary collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PMThursday, October 3, 2013
At its 2013 Symposium on Plays, Marianne Weems and Erica Laird of The Builders Association spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi about the process of creating theatre with heavy u…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PMThursday, September 26, 2013
At its 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals, SDCF hosted Tony-nominated Dan Knechtges ("Lysistrata Jones," "Xanadu," "Spelling Bee") in conversation with Producing Director Ellen Rusco…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PMWednesday, September 11, 2013
At its 2013 Emerging Artist Symposium on Musicals, Robyn Goodman, Commercial Producer and Founder of Second Stage Theatre, spoke with SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi about discovering …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PM 
