Theatre News: Lyn Gardner named as new tutor on writing MA at Drama Centre
Gardner has also been announced as the new associate editor of The Stage
Gardner has also been announced as the new associate editor of The Stage
Lyn Gardner, one of the UK's leading theatre critics, a writer for The Guardian newspaper and the new Associate Editor of The Stage, has been named as a new Master on the MA Dramatic Writing…
This is the time of year when the profession prepares to welcome a new wave of 2017 drama school graduates. They’ve already
The show's writer and director talk setting goals, overcoming challenges, and choosing great collaborators " like host Michael Urie.
Have you booked your tickets yet for Tina Jay's new play HELD, premiering this month? Check out the evocative trailer below and these striking photos from the rehearsal room for further temp…
Tommy Tune, Adriane Lenox, and others have been announced as presenters.
Violence begets violence in Gary Owen's "Killology" — whether it's real or represented. Entering the debate about the effects of explicit computer games, Owen's dark three-actor play c…
The 62ndAnnual Drama Desk Awardswill feature performances from four productions from the 2016-2017 New York theatre season, and award presentations from some of the brightest stars in the th…
Hal Prince, Tommy Tune, Danny Burstein, and Adriane Lenox will be among the presenters.
In the past few weeks, Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) has completely shaken up the Emmy race for Best Drama Actress. The late-comer from Hulu is now within striking…
Gary Owen's excellent new play explores knotty moral terrain at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
The 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards will be held on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 800 PM at The Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street, hosted by repeat emcee Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie Buyer and Ce…
In response to government thinking on the length of degree courses, Susan Elkin says despite misgivings drama schools should reconsider their one-size-fits-all approach.
Finborough, LondonAn Iranian teacher is confronted by one of her former pupils in Matt Parvin's claustrophobic two-hander about social and racial prejudiceMatt Parvin is a young, Dorset-born…
In a whirligig of grief is how one character describes the emotional state of another in Hamish Linklater's ambitious new play, THE WHIRLIGIG, receiving a fine premiere mounting by The New G…
We're not quite done with the icy saga of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan.
In the final years of Drama School one does numerous full-blown shows in preparation for the professional scene. Some large scale, some small. In the case of my WAAPA class, we did about …
By Holly L. Derr. Holly L. Derr looks at ethnodrama and Her Opponent , a restaging of excerpts of the 2016 presidential debates with gender-reversed casting.
Orange Tree, RichmondBranden Jacobs-Jenkins's extraordinary play is both an adaptation of a 19th-century melodrama and a dazzling postmodernist critique of itIf I say that this bizarrely bri…
This year's Manchester international festival features a new gig-theatre show exploring how the US civil war created a cotton famine which caused catastrophe for Lancashire's mills. It's the…
In response to government thinking on the length of degree courses, Susan Elkin says despite misgivings drama schools should reconsider their one-size-fits-all
Netflix has canceled Baz Luhrmann's music-driven series THE GET DOWN after one season. Season one premiered in two parts, with part two debuting on the streaming network last month to disapp…
There’s a hold-your-breath inevitability to what is finally disclosed in "Building the Wall," the powerful dystopian drama about life in the Donald Trump era by Robert Schenkkan. You h…
Faith Soloway, a writer of Amazon's TRANSPARENT and sister of the show's creator Jill Soloway, will appear at Joe's Pub on June 19th to present her cabaret show, 'Should 'Transparent' Become…