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Artistic director Mark Clements says his 50-year-old theatre strives to stage plays that are redemptive---and reflective of a diverse and changing state.
In staging Alice Childress's obscure 1962 play, the classical-oriented Antaeus Company is making a statement about the play's value---and its relevance.
Sound Theatre Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre and wigmaster Joyce Degenfelder among the big winners at the annual Seattle theatre honors.
Project Shaw insists on the relevance of not only of the late dramatist's plays but of his criticism and activism, as well.
In a new exhibit for Atlanta's Center for Civil and Human Rights, the New York director highlights the theatricality, and the drama, of the Civil Rights Movement.
The play-development house announces the slates artists who'll make new plays at retreats in Boston and Suffolk County.
The Everyman Theatre will host a memorial for longtime resident company member Vivienne Shub, who passed away last month at the age of 95.
Music, murder, trickery and grief are some of the themes in play this week across America, from the Greeks to the geeks, from the cocktail hour to the boxing ring.
With a playful play on a serious topic, Sullivan County's resident devised-theatre company hopes to change the dialogue around the environment.
A new singing-and-signing version of the rock musical puts its themes"voiceless youth, generational misunderstanding"into even sharper focus.
With a new mobile app, TodayTix aims to change ticket-buying habits and attract more audiences to the theatre.
The original "Wiz" recalls its director as half-man, half-god---and as the "gigantic mythic crow" who cawed a trouble show back to life.
PCPA becomes the Pacific Conservatory Theatre, and Tennessee Rep becomes Nashville Rep.
Theatre podcasts worth listening to this week.
After making an album together, the playwright/musician and singer/songwriter decided to collaborate on a new musical.
From Orbiter 3 to the Welders to the Workhaus Collective, companies have taken 13P's playwright-focused production model and put their own spin on it.
At this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, American artists leapt the fourth wall to hug, prod and party down with audiences.
With her new play, the writer of "In the Next Room" and "The Clean House" imagines parenting a very precious child.
Tony Simotes, Tina Packer's successor at Shakespeare & Company will depart Nov. 10, leaving leadership to new exec director, Rick Dildine.
Stephen Rountree, a longtime leader on the business side of L.A.'s Music Center, takes a similar role at CTG's three-stage company.
The Jungle Theater announces its 2015 season, its last under founder and artistic director Bain Boehkle.
The filmmaker and TV producer talks about why he prefers L.A. to his native New York, about plans for a "Pretty Woman" musical, and about beating "Miss Saigon" at softball.
Playwrights Kia Corthron, Sibyl Kempson and Sigrid Gilmer are among the 2014 USA Fellows; each will receive $50,000.
The artistic director and executive director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company talk about their decisions to step down and the legacy they hope to leave.
At Chicago's Equity Jeff Awards, productions at American Blues Theater, Goodman Theatre and Writers Theatre were the biggest winners of the night.
