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Awards for November 2014
Longtime ensemble member succeeds Molly Brennan at helm of Chicago arts eductation theatre company.
From Beethoven to Irving Berlin, the versatile polymath has built a repertoire of solo shows about the lives and work of great musicians.
Nine adaptations of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," ranging from American Repertory Theater to Cornerstone Theater, that shows you don't need to do it as a straight play, or set it in Italy, to…
The dead of Père-Lachaise come to life in a fanciful new play at Pittsburgh Public Theater.
Formerly Making Books Sing, this New York-based company has dedicated itself to creating work by local artists, for local audiences.
On this episode, we talk to James McNeel, managing director of Contemporary American Theatre Festival in West Virginia, visiting NYC for the Off-Broadway premiere of CATF's production of "Un…
Artistic director Mark Clements says his 50-year-old theatre strives to stage plays that are redemptive---and reflective of a diverse and changing state.
In staging Alice Childress's obscure 1962 play, the classical-oriented Antaeus Company is making a statement about the play's value---and its relevance.
Sound Theatre Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre and wigmaster Joyce Degenfelder among the big winners at the annual Seattle theatre honors.
Project Shaw insists on the relevance of not only of the late dramatist's plays but of his criticism and activism, as well.
In a new exhibit for Atlanta's Center for Civil and Human Rights, the New York director highlights the theatricality, and the drama, of the Civil Rights Movement.
The play-development house announces the slates artists who'll make new plays at retreats in Boston and Suffolk County.
The Everyman Theatre will host a memorial for longtime resident company member Vivienne Shub, who passed away last month at the age of 95.
Music, murder, trickery and grief are some of the themes in play this week across America, from the Greeks to the geeks, from the cocktail hour to the boxing ring.
With a playful play on a serious topic, Sullivan County's resident devised-theatre company hopes to change the dialogue around the environment.
A new singing-and-signing version of the rock musical puts its themes"voiceless youth, generational misunderstanding"into even sharper focus.
With a new mobile app, TodayTix aims to change ticket-buying habits and attract more audiences to the theatre.
The original "Wiz" recalls its director as half-man, half-god---and as the "gigantic mythic crow" who cawed a trouble show back to life.
PCPA becomes the Pacific Conservatory Theatre, and Tennessee Rep becomes Nashville Rep.
Theatre podcasts worth listening to this week.
After making an album together, the playwright/musician and singer/songwriter decided to collaborate on a new musical.
From Orbiter 3 to the Welders to the Workhaus Collective, companies have taken 13P's playwright-focused production model and put their own spin on it.
At this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, American artists leapt the fourth wall to hug, prod and party down with audiences.
With her new play, the writer of "In the Next Room" and "The Clean House" imagines parenting a very precious child.
