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The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center recently opened submissions this week for their 2013 cycle of the National Playwrights Conference. Each July, the
The most ephemeral of the arts is about to be preserved online for future generations. Last week the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and
One of Africa’s most renowned touring theater groups is in Los Angeles this week for a performance and a workshop that offers actors a chance to rethink
Lisa D’Amour’s “Detroit” gets under your skin and stays there. This disquieting comedy-drama speaks specifically about its
Would you like a walk-on role in “The Book of Mormon”? How about lunch with five-time Tony Award winner and three-time Oscar nominee Angela
It looks like “Bombshell,” the Marilyn Monroe musical being developed as the show-within-the-show on NBC’s “Smash,” will not be
Over the next few months, Macy’s is spreading more than just holiday cheer; it’s also bringing the gift of musical theater to schools
If they say their lines right, some Los Angeles area high school students will have the chance to perform on Broadway next year.
As part of a national
The Pasadena Playhouse, which survived a recent bankruptcy, is going into its new season flush with a massive infusion of cash and planning to expand its
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced on Friday that its awards ceremony for qualifying year 2012 will take place on Monday, March 18, 2013, at the
“Einstein on the Beach” is that rare expression of avant-garde rebellion that improves with polish. Since its 1976 premiere in Avignon, France,
They had me at “What’s My Line?” The black-and-white clip from the 1950s TV game show that introduces the fractious Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey,
Director Joy Zinoman accomplishes a surprising feat with “Sounding Beckett,” a nearly flawless and enlightening show that pairs three short plays
In “Open Up, Hadrian,” the earnest but muddled new play about the Roman Emperor Hadrian, our hero has it tough. Drinking wine and surrounded by his
Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick’s “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” ran for all of four performances on Broadway in 1979, and you’ll see
The producers of the New York Musical Theater Festival announced today the dates and details for upcoming editions of two annual competitive programs, one for
Mark Twain’s “Life on the Mississippi,” which began life as a series of magazine articles, was never in a class with “Huckleberry
The New York City Center has been honored with six awards for design excellence and historical preservation, City Center announced on Thursday.
Last year City
The fifth annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in New York, Penny Marshall’s new memoir, Broadway star Laura Osnes’ live album, a screening of the
Center Theatre Group garnered the most nominations for the LA STAGE Alliance's Ovation Awards Tuesday, including best production and best season.
The CTC,
“Fly Me to the Moon,” the new comedy by Marie Jones at 59E59 Theaters in the 1st Irish Festival, is just plain fun. It details the misadventures of
Long Island City is becoming an increasingly hip neighborhood to visit with its MoMA PS1 dance parties and the 5Pointz graffiti art space. Now, New Yorkers
The barriers to starting a non-profit dance company in New York City are breaking down, according to a new study published by Dance/NYC, the service
Mint Theater Company is giving the first New York revival of Allan Monkhouse’s slyly subversive 1911 drawing-room comedy “Mary Broome,” and
It’s hard to know where to begin with “Chaplin,” the dismally dull musical by Christopher Curtis (book, music, lyrics), with an assist from
