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The 'Identity/Identify' season brings light to Cleveland's past and present social issues through performance art, dance, and theatre.
New plays get a chance to stretch out in Philly's "development heaven."
Why do we spell it 'theatre'? As with many questions of language, there's a simple answer but not a 'right' one.
The theatre slates a new play by Emory Wilson alongside regional premieres by Richard Strand, Fengar Gael, and Dan McCormick.
Caption this image and win a copy of Young Jean Lee's new play "We're Gonna Die." It comes with a free CD!
The 'Frozen' songwriters mount a long-gestating dream project at La Jolla Playhouse while balancing high expectations and a hefty childcare bill.
A new concert staging of Andrew Lippa's 'The Wild Party' rekindles comparisons with Michael John LaChuisa's version from the same bygone season.
This week's guest is Chay Yew, the artistic director of Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago who previews next season at the theatre (it includes Hillary Clinton) and what he thinks of 'The Ki…
Sometimes theatre journalists write insensitive things. We all have unconscious biases, after all---but we can do better.
Teen councils aren't just about building young audiences; they've grown into powerful leadership-building and advocacy tools.
'Shakespeare in Love' and a Henriad cycle, as well as musicals and a world premiere, are included in the summer lineup.
The Cuban performance artists will join city officials in an effort to connect with undocumented immigrants through art.
The storefront theatre features Shakespeare, Steinbeck, and Melissa Ross for an anniversary season on the theme of what it means to be human.
From obscure classics to populist musicals and thrillers, Hartford Stage artistic director Darko Tresnjak is in the midst of a killer career.
Sonya Tayeh and Adrienne Truscott are among the artists-in-residence during Live Arts's 2015--16 season.
The PROTOTYPE festival and Hai-Ting Chinn's 'Science Fair' hit the high notes. Also: Yvan Greenberg's 'Genet Porno' and Soomi Kim's 'Chang(e).'
She may have moved beyond the big bring-the-curtain-down numbers, but the singer can still bring down the house. Next: ZACH Theatre's Ellington revue.
The dog days of summer mean a batch of classics and musicals, plus a smattering of new plays.
It is theatre's blessing and curse that it shares space with all of humanity---even humans with cellphones.
The playwright of 'Ruined' and 'Intimate Apparel' talks about her new play, inspired by America's 'de-industrial revolution' and bowing this month at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
One audience member trying to plug his phone into a Broadway set is not the end of civilization---nor should a 'why not' attitude be entirely unwelcome in the theatre.
Maurice Hines taps in tribute, Wyeth paints Nureyev, and Sheryl Crow's 'Diner' musical takes another bow, among other offerings.
With a renewed focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion, the 25th conference brought together the nation's theatremakers to share strategies and challenges, as well as drinks and laughs.
A new play about loss and memory contemplates a world full of eternal afterimages---'primes'---that can learn to look and act like us. But how will they feel?
The form-breaking troupe plans a brand new Neo-Lab, a quarterly experimental workshop called the Arrow, and riffs on Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, and Marsha Norman.
