9,588 stories from American Theatre
In an excerpt from the new book 'Women Writing Musicals,' we learn about the songwriter who became the first woman to write music and lyrics for a full Broadway score, in 1942.
Two new books lift the voices of designers and production workers on their art and their labor.
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
Beyond sensory "friendly," these theatremakers are pushing the frontier of theatre that is truly for all audiences.
The Massachusetts collective, known for its site-roving parade spectacles, also convenes artists and activists and community around its rural roots.
This celebration of community stretched over weeks and connected Latine and Latin American performance.
A new adaptation of Sophocles's classic will be staged at a museum with unclaimed Native holdings"but it's hardly a staid museum piece.
This month Brian speaks with playwright about striving to write one play a year and drawing inspiration from various roles and identities.
From British loyalist plays to Suzan-Lori Parks's 'Elements of Style,' Edwin Booth's 'Hamlet' to Lynn Nottage's birth.
In Anna Ouyang Moench's new backstage comedy, a regional theatre actor looks to avoid becoming a real-life Scrooge.
In this month's Christmas-Halloween mashup, Woodzick chats with two drag icons about their seventh annual holiday show, as well as Seattle-based playwright Kelleen Conway Blanchard about hor…
Starting on Nov. 11, he takes over from interim artistic director Liz Carlson and joins newly promoted associate artistic director Isabelle (Fereshteh) Sanatdar Stevens.
Fresh off a cabaret performance at NYC's 54 Below, Otherworld is set to remount their hit 'Twilight' parody musical, continuing their streak of sci-fi and fantasy shows for Chicago audiences.
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
This month, Gabriela describes visceral reactions to Chicago stages, Jerald highlights Steppenwolf, plus we get a Halloween preview from two local costume designers.
With so many adaptations, including the return of Elevator Repair Service's 'GATZ,' are artists reinventing a classic---or destined to repeat the errors of the past?
Selina Fillinger's popular farce about women taking control of the White House hits different this fall.
We'll look back on these 2 Bay Area companies for the imaginations they unleashed and the lives they touched.
A study conducted by SMU DataArts reports on 11 cities across the U.S. and their tactics for advocacy, process, and equity to support artists and cultural organizations.
After negotiations between Actors' Equity Association and Brass Jar Productions, Drunk Shakespeare's cast and crew ratifies first union contract.
A new plan from Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY) outlines a long-term program for state and local lawmakers to improve conditions for artists.
Originally hired as transition manager and interim managing director, she started in her new permanent role early this month.
Starting in January, she will work alongside newly appointed artistic director Jay Duffer as they succeed founding director Kathleen Culebro.
In joining a college theatre program with similar aims and aesthetics, the training arm of the experimental company will keep its students on track with minimal interruption.
This month, Allison heads to the former home of artist Frederic Edwin Church and readers uplift their mentors.
