New Study: White Men Still Dominate D.C. Stages
A count of 210 D.C. theatre productions showed that, despite modest gains, playwrights and directors remain mostly homogeneous.
A count of 210 D.C. theatre productions showed that, despite modest gains, playwrights and directors remain mostly homogeneous.
With 'Blue' opening this week at Glimmerglass Opera, the composer reflects on her approach to music and meaning, and leaks her ambition to make a musical film.
In the face of attendance unpredictability, let's work together to ensure the vitality and impact of theatre for years to come.
The performer, writer, and educator will be the first to take on the role with the company.
After 13 years with the Connecticut org, he'll finish in July, with Kit Ingui stepping in as acting managing director.
The children's theatre company will feature plays and musicals set in Korea, New York, Australia, Japan, and the Kingdom of Hawaii.
If people of color were able to speak freely in a theatrical space, what would we say? Jackie Sibbles Drury's play offers a compelling answer.
Frank Delaney as join the company as managing director, and Leslie Ishii will serve as interim artistic director.
This week the critics talk 'guilty pleasures,' answer listeners' questions, and talk about 'Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, 'A Strange Loop,' and 'The Waverly Gallery.'
Only a quarter of patrons make return visits to the theatre year over year, on average, according to a new report from Spektrix.
3 facilities in rural Kentucky engaged residents in the ageless practice of playmaking.
Why the Tony-winning revival of R&H's musical sounds more string-band country than traditional musical theatre.
Backstage jobs are still predominantly filled by white men, but the picture is slowly changing thanks to artists' activism.
The theatre's 2019-20 lineup will include a techno opera and theatrical museum and will feature several co-productions.
The special counsel's report has inspired six different events in a two-month period, combining entertainment and activism---and original songs.
Stage sound comprises more than dialogue, effects, and music, and the folks who design it are doing more than mere augmentation.
Sound design isn't one-size-fits-all, and distinctions within the discipline are crucial.
Live sound mixing, audience wearing headphones---today's sound designers aren't just on the sidelines anymore, they're centerstage.
Making a show sound great in a theatre space is as much an art as a science, and there's no substitute for being there.
What is 'white space,' and what is the FCC doing about theatre's ever-crowding sound systems? An explainer.
Whether you learn at school or on the job, success as a sound design doesn't follow an easy track.
Composer Jeremy Douglass was inspired by video games to create underscoring that reacts in real time to the action onstage.
The new app is designed to make vocal parts easy to learn for the rehearsal room and the stage.
The one-day event in Miami brought together educators, administrators, and students to address issues at higher-ed institutions.
The annual festival of musicals will present 7 new tuners.