61 stories by "American Theatre"
The theatre, plagued by debt woes from its new building, has been given a financial reprieve in the form of a $5 million loan and 19 years of free rent.
The new Paul Nicholson Arts Management Fellowship will focus on developing executive leadership, in order to foster a more diverse group of executive leaders.
For the Pasadena Playhouse's newest associate a.d., community engagement and theatremaking aren't just entwined, they're inseparable.
Stages are crowded with Christmas shows, both familiar and strange, along with some outlying fairy tales, sketch comedy and Johnny Cash.
As the leader of D.C.'s Jewish theatre, Ari Roth works to keep the dialogue going, even---or especially---when it's contentious.
This week, a trio of podcasts to send you into the holidays with thoughts on gender parity and theatre reviews.
The Baltimore theatre's managing director is stepping down to pursue a Master's degree; the theatre will begin search for his replacement.
The longtime Arizona theatre will shut its doors for good due to cash-flow issues.
The longtime artistic director has been let go from Theater J, due to programming conflicts between the theatre and the DC Jewish Community Center.
For the theatre fan in your life (or in your mirror), here are bios, books, cast albums, DVDs and other stocking-stuffer ideas.
It's the Grinch edition of Offscript! This week, our editors talk about holiday shows and the people who watch them (hint: it's not us). Plus, Suzy interviews 10-year-old Chicago theatre cri…
This is clearly a teaching moment about race and justice in the U.S. Here's a list of plays---new and old, all of them eerily timely---that speak to this essential American struggle.
Ellen Greene returns to the "Little Shop of Horrors," Sutton Foster and Joshua Henry throw a "Wild Party," and Jonathan Groff sings about "A New Brain" at City Center's Off-Broadway series.
The master director taught me to find the event in every scene---an easy lesson to remember, since each session with him was an event in itself.
From little black dresses to jeans, bicycles to balloons, six memorable reinventions of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's "Into the Woods" from 2014 (not counting the movie).
The current artist-at-large at Geva Theatre Center is stepping into a new role in Lowell, Mass.
Alongside Scrooge and the Cratchits you'll find Crumpet, Ralphie and George Bailey, as well as some fun alternative-holiday offerings and some intriguing counter-programming.
A physical-theatre phenom created in 1979 by Jerry Mouawad and Carol Triffle, 'FROGZ' brings together acrobatics and animals, and unites audiences of all ages.
More hot cups of talk on our favorite theatre podcasts, from Baltimore to the Bay Area.
After a number of years and as many setbacks, a new musical of Barry Levinson's buddy film hits the stage, with tunes by Sheryl Crow.
The MacArthur "genius" grantee talks about his new play 'Pocatello' at Playwrights Horizons, and why the Olive Garden makes a great metaphor for family and community.
The songwriter and performer behind the Joe's Pub hit "Rock Bottom" chat about kitties, titties and raunchy ditties.
Theatre is born of collective effort and aspiration. Maybe that's why it's such a powerful vehicle of social engagement, and why activist artists are drawn to it.
For the nation's theatre teaching artists, "arts education" is a redundant phrase. Their own lives and careers prove it.
Can theatre for social change be taught? Here's a roundup of theatre-studies programs where arts activism is on the syllabus.
