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Oregon Shakes' history-play commissioning project may not have funded the founding fathers hip-hop musical everyone's talking about, but their slate so far is pretty revolutionary anyway.
Gentle but passionate, as handy with farce as with tragedy, the late director brought together the Bay Area's disparate theatrical tribes like no one else.
The farm-based Massachusetts company draws upon the life of lead actor Carlos Uriona for 'Once a Blue Moon.'
The Chicago storefront theatre loses its home at the Angel Island Theater after nearly three decades.
Playwright Jeremy Gable's "The 15th Line" gathered a lot of attention when it premiered (on Twitter) in 2010, and now Erin Mee is bringing the play back online.
This week's guest is Mark Valdez, executive director of Network of Ensemble Theaters, who discusses the evolution of the ensemble model. Plus, the editors discuss the controversy over Manhat…
Bookwriter Robert Horn, along with Nashville song pros and director Gary Griffin, aims for the heart as well as the humor of the TV variety chestnut.
The roster runs the gamut from children's theatre to classic musicals and contemporary plays.
The longtime ensemble member and collaborator won't just help lead the company---she'll also still be onstage in the coming season.
Moore will lead the 15-year-old professional training program for professional comedians and aspiring clowns.
An American playwright wins Britain's oldest literary award for his unsettling science-fiction drama 'Tomorrow Come Today.'
What happens when writers accustomed to grown-up audiences aim younger? The results can be rich and rewarding for all concerned---though there are pitfalls.
As impish as he was earnest, as reliable as he was sensitive, the theatre's longtime managing director led by actions as much as words.
On the slate are Sarah Ruhl's epistolary play about Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, and a coproduction with Rattlestick of Martyna Majok's 'Ironbound.'
CHICAGO: Pegasus Theatre has announced its 2015"16 season, including a world premiere and the annual playwriting festival for high-school aged authors. "We are excited to share a season that…
The slate includes plays acclaimed in New York, a new installment in a series based on local history, and a 'Tempest' featuring the Virginia Symphony and chorus.
A series of readings and productions will celebrate and examine Israeli culture from the female perspective.
Beals, a longtime associate of founding artistic director Russ Tutterow, inherits his mission of championing new plays and playwrights in Chicago.
The last week of summer brings a mixture of Shakespeare, musicals, and dramas, from stages ranging from Nantucket to Olympia to Sarasota.
Caption this image and win a copy of 'The Realistic Joneses' by Will Eno!
Who knew that grammar was a front in the battle for fuller gender expression? Well, duh.
The Connecticut theatre offers a range of recent works, old favorites, and a reimagined classic.
Best known stateside as the big-screen Eponine, Barks throws herself into the role of a mischievous French waif.
The Off-Off Broadway company will produce 'Futurity,' a Civil War sci-fi musical, and a U.S. premiere by Alice Birch.
They have little in common but their country of origin, but the former director of the National and the founder of Theatre Workshop are British leaders to be reckoned with.
