Vineyard Theatre 2015"16 Season to Feature Susan Stroman and John Kander by American Theatre Editors

The Off-Broadway theatre's season will also include new plays from Colman Domingo and Paula Vogel.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 2:15pm on April 21, 2015☆⚑

Donald Margulies, Brooklyn Boy, Feted in William Inge's Kansas Hometown by American Theatre Editors

The playwright was this year's honoree at the annual festival in Independence, which featured a generous sampling of his work, and Jen Silverman was the New Voices Award winner.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:08am on April 21, 2015☆⚑

Debbie Devine and 24th Street Theatre's Tightrope Act by American Theatre Editors

Art or social service? That's a false choice for this small but committed L.A. theatre, where theatrical excellence and community service are inextricably intertwined.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 9:57am on April 21, 2015☆⚑

Old Globe Season to Feature New Work by Gattelli, Flaherty, LaChiusa and Ives by American Theatre Editors

The season will also include Lawrence Wright's 'Camp David,' a world premiere play by Anna Ziegler, and new plays by Kimber Lee and Nick Payne.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 8:01pm on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Colorado's Theatreworks Dusts Off Classics for Its 40th Season by American Theatre Editors

Alongside popular shows by Shakespeare, Coward, Ibsen and Garson Kanin is a seldom-seen melodrama by David Belasco.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 5:35pm on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Seattle Rep Slates New Plays, Including a Mystery and a Musical by American Theatre Editors

A commissioned Sherlock Holmes play and a new musical inspired by 9/11 are among the offerings in the 2015--16 season.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 4:59pm on April 20, 2015☆⚑

2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Goes to Stephen Adly Guirgis by American Theatre Editors

'Between Riverside and Crazy' is the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Jordan Harrison and Suzan-Lori Parks are named as finalists.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 3:18pm on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Playing Outside the Fusebox: a Texas Festival Expands Its Civic Vision by American Theatre Editors

This year, in addition to its usual performance offerings, the festival partnered with thinkEAST to get site-specific with an Austin neighborhood.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 1:58pm on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Theater Latté Da Announces Musicals for New Work Series by American Theatre Editors

New-musical series presents works by Michael Elyanow, Harrison David Rivers and Peter Duchan.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:57pm on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Onstage This Week: Apr. 20-27 by American Theatre Editors

Art and religion, music and murder, conspiracies and magic are among the subjects and themes strutting and fretting their hours on U.S. stages.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:33am on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Offscript: The R. Kelly of the American Theatre by American Theatre Editors

Playwright/Pulitzer-finalist Rolin Jones talks about "These Paper Bullets!" his Beatles and Shakespeare-inspired musical, and his new theatre company New Neighborhood.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 2:46pm on April 17, 2015☆⚑

Pioneer Theatre Company's 2015"16 Season to Mix Old and New by American Theatre Editors

The slate includes a new academic drama by T.J. Brady and the U.S. professional premiere of Frank Wildhorn's 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 2:31pm on April 17, 2015☆⚑

Yale Drama Series Award Goes to Barbara Seyda for 'Celia, a Slave' by American Theatre Editors

The playwright's docutheatre piece, about an infamous case involving a young slave convicted for killing her master, takes top prize.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 1:52pm on April 17, 2015☆⚑

Keith Hamilton Cobb Seeks the 'American Moor' in the Role of Othello by American Theatre Editors

Whatever Shakespeare's intentions, the actor/writer argues, the role now offers a chance to reflect on race as it's lived now. But are we up for that?

SOURCE: American Theatre at 1:14pm on April 17, 2015☆⚑

Bristol Riverside Announces Its 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

The slate ranges from Neil Simon to Julia, from a bio-drama about Justice William O. Douglas to 'Man of La Mancha.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 5:28pm on April 16, 2015☆⚑

TUTS Underground Announces New Musicals for 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

The Houston theatre's series includes a 'Sweet Potato Queens,' a world premiere from Melissa Manchester and Rupert Holmes.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 4:59pm on April 16, 2015☆⚑

'Blues for an Alabama Sky' Celebrates Its 20th Birthday at the Alliance Theatre by American Theatre Editors

Playwright Pearl Cleage, for whom tales of the Harlem Renaissance were childhood bedtime stories, reflects on her 1995 period piece.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 1:03pm on April 16, 2015☆⚑

New Wallace Foundation Program Targets Audience-Building by American Theatre Editors

New $52-million effort will support and study the audience-development work of 26 arts organizations, including 8 theatres.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 4:54pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Afterimages of a Dear Departed Friend, in Triplicate by American Theatre Editors

Richard Engling's 'Afterlife Trilogy,' inspired by his late friend Fern Chertkow, includes two novels and a new play, 'Anna in the Afterlife.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 3:50pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Lyric Stage Sheds New Light on 'Lady in the Dark' by American Theatre Editors

The company's landmark recreation of the Weill/Gershwin/Hart musical from 1941 sets out to recapture the show's original glamour.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 3:12pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

O'Neill Center Announces Summer of New-Work Conferences by American Theatre Editors

New plays, musicals, puppetry pieces and cabaret shows will get an airing at the storied development center.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 1:38pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Sacred Fools Wins Big at Rabidly Pro-99-Seat L.A. Stage Raw Awards by American Theatre Editors

The inheritor of the defunct L.A. Weekly Awards honored the town's 99-seat-and-under theatres, which are feeling besieged at the moment.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:39pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Sam Willmott and Sam Carner Receive Kleban Prizes by American Theatre Editors

The winners of the award for promising musical theatre lyricists and librettists receive a total of $100,000 each, payable over two years, with the honor.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 8:10pm on April 14, 2015☆⚑

First Judith Barlow Prize Goes to Selina Fillinger for 'Machinal'-Inspired One-Act by American Theatre Editors

Given by History Matters/Back to the Future, whose goal is to expand the male-dominated theatrical canon, the award recognizes students for their creative responses to classics by women.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 6:30pm on April 14, 2015☆⚑

Humana 2015: Pig Iron Launches a Gay Space Opera by American Theatre Editors

Inspired equally by 'Star Wars' and Charles Ludlam, the Philly troupe's 'I Promised Myself to Live Faster' explores the intersection of tween sexual awakening and sci-fi fantasy.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 5:02pm on April 14, 2015☆⚑