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BURBANK, CALIF.:Â The Colony Theatre has announced its 2015-2016 season. It will feature two world premieres, two West Coast premieres and a California premiere. First up will be the West …
The Berkeley ensemble, which owns its own performance space, now has the keys to a new, custom-renovated rehearsal studio to prepare their work.
Historical figures are one theme this week---there are plays about W.E.B. DuBois, Lewis Carroll and Mae West---as is a pronounced emphasis on revivals, both of classics and of significant pl…
He wrote his best play last, but it's a mistake to think of the rest of the playwright's thorny, ambitious, stammeringly poetic work as simply a warmup for 'Long Day's Journey Into Night.'
This 49-seat venue in a small suburb west of Chicago serves its neighborhood with new plays at neighborly ticket prices.
From Elaine Stritch's birth to Arthur Miller's death, here are some notable dates in February.
Love the issue you're with.
As the field faces the uncertain future, might ensemble theatres---with their mix of continuity and adaptability, and their focus on the artistic mission---point the way forward?
The reeling ecstasy of the troupe's new "record album interpretation" comes via the most straightforward means imaginable.
Christina Masciotti's uneasily naturalistic play depicts a factory worker fallen on hard times and caught between two contrasting neighbors.
Matt Lyle's wild comedy, inspired by a mild real-life social humiliation, throws self-judgment and invidious class comparison on the grill next to the road kill.
Several books tell the rich history of New York's commercial theatre district from a variety of angles. What about its future?
We talked to 10 theatre artists about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of collaborating---in work and in life.
A critic's round table on David Lindsay-Abaire's oft-performed 'Good People,' as well as chat about Sean Graney, diversity and Taylor Mac.
Festival founder Blair Thomas aimed to challenge the conventional notions of puppetry and maybe invent some new models along the way during this 12-day Chicago event.
The ensemble theatre's season will include Richard Nash's 'The Rainmaker,' James Still's 'Looking Over the President's Shoulder' and 'Little Shop of Horrors.'
The director left the company he founded to pursue his own muse. But he's since learned that theatre is about community, and leadership is about service. Oh---and he had some time and money …
Matthew Lopez's newest play, coming soon to Hartford Stage, tackles the intimacy gap in contemporary relationships.
Building audiences in two far-flung cities, as Alaska's biggest theatre has done, is one way to help ensure a theatre's economic sustainability.
The Druid's take on Shakespeare history plays, an English 'Ubu Roi,' a Russian 'Miss Julie,' a Murakami adaptation from Japan and a Harry Partch opera highlight this year's theatre offerings.
The company's founding director returns to take back the reins from Halena Kays.
Three new plays aren't giving the NFL a pass for its brain-injury crisis and macho culture.
Two parents are concerned about their young son's love for Cinderella and playing dress-up. Should they be? Daniel Pearle's play, coming soon to About Face Theatre, explores the question.
Last fall, Orange County's LORT powerhouse embarked on a collaborative community project with nearby Santa Ana.
The British-born director curates her Tribeca theatre with an eye on design, a taste for discomfort and a curiosity about who the work is for.
