What We Learned During the Great Intermission of 2020
Producing the audio play 'Ich Bin Ein Berliner' didn't just spark personal memories; it also spurred reflections on who theatre is for and what it can do.
Producing the audio play 'Ich Bin Ein Berliner' didn't just spark personal memories; it also spurred reflections on who theatre is for and what it can do.
It's long past time to rethink the beloved musical's whitewash of Anna Leonowens, a mixed-race woman whose books lied about more than just her background.
Bergman will helm the foundation founded by Del Shores to find and nurture new Southern queer artistic voices.
Working with Emmy-winning television producer Christina Tye, the company will present 'The Sound Inside,' 'Ohio State Murders,' and 'I Hate It Here.'
In addition to the season, the company is launching a new WPA initiative aimed at getting artists and gig workers back to work.
The 2021-22 season will feature 2 world premieres and 7 total productions while the Huntington Theatre undergoes renovations.
The festival will feature 3 world premiere productions, all performed outside and socially distanced.
In an interview from 1987, the great American playwright talks about his work and his plans, and about the moment he found his unique voice.
This month Brian talks to the playwright of 'Water by the Spoonful' and 'In the Heights' about her new memoir, 'My Broken Language.'
Along with his provocative, form-breaking plays, his great work of the last few decades was a mentorship style that was expansive, dialogic, opinionated but undogmatic.
A new streaming platform from Broadway on Demand offers a place for regional theatres to introduce themselves to national, even global audiences.
The actor and educator talks about the reasons for their departure from Broadway's 'Moulin Rouge!' and about the theatre field they'd like to help build.
After running the influential Off-Broadway powerhouse since 1988, he will depart next summer; a search for his successor is underway.
Director/playwright Kareem Fahmy has created an open-source spreadsheet to match BIPOC directors with theatres and playwrights.
Cofield will begin a 3-year appointment in September, succeeding previous chair Mark Wing-Davey and interim chair Janet Zarish.
The artistic director of the Twin Cities' Penumbra reflects on an outrageous paradox: that Black vulnerability could exculpate white violence.
Sylvia Khoury, Jordan E. Cooper, and Donnetta Lavinia Grays will each receive a $50,000 prize.
At Seattle's Red Eagle Soaring, Sayet and Moses will share artistic director duties, modeling and shaping a decolonized process to better serve Native youth.
An experienced producer and arts administrator, she'll replace Buzz Ward, who's retiring after 29 years in the post.
After 11 years helping Harvard's resident theatre mount many works that went to Broadway, she'll return to her native London.
The season features 3 world premieres and a combination of indoor and outdoor productions.
Her 'Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)' imagines a protected Black state founded after a second Civil War.
The experienced leader and teacher will also serve as resident director at Yale Rep for a five-year term.
A celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, from Khalil Gibran to the opening of Leila Buck's 'Hkeelee (Talk to Me).'
If you haven't committed to dismantling racism and ending harassment, don't rush to reopen your doors.