Friday, May 15, 2026
A new collaboration with Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival aims to expand engagement with modern adaptations of Shakespeare plays.
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Leadership advice from the producing artsitic director of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
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A guide on how to start a theatre company in 2026, and highlights on six iconic Puerto Rican artists ahead of the TCG conference.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:59PM[SHARE]The challenges facing theatre MFA programs, and the journeys of recent college theatre program graduates.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:36PM[SHARE]Applications are now open for the first bicoastal 2026-27 BIPOC Critics Lab cohort, as the 2025-26 cohort completes their training.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:34PM[SHARE]The scholarship, administered by Theatre Communications Group, supports early-career costume designers through professional development.
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As her acclaimed play about twin sisters bent on revenge reaches the screen, the writer-director talks about filmed violence, resisting ugliness, and claiming confidence in the face of rejec…
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How David Henry Hwang and Alexandra Silber seek to honor 2 classic musicals' intentions while keeping them fresh.
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As the Alliance opens its Goizueta Stage, a new TYA acting repertory company has proven to be a fruitful experiment in engaging youth and families.
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A La MaMa resident artist has a multi-generational check-in with Lypsinka, a.k.a. John Epperson, on an art form that can go deep by channeling widely.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:31PM[SHARE]How ‘The Music Man’ and ‘Gypsy’ framed the fatherless, aspirational life we shared.
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May highlights include a major group's founding, a Pulitzer winner's birthday, and Arthur Miller juvenilia.
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Friday, May 1, 2026
The comic actor talks about his role in August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone,' director Michael Arden and designer Dane Laffrey talk vampire musicals, and Gemma Wilson gives us the Se…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:33AM[SHARE]With its satirical look at an overlooked piece of Virginia history, Eva DeVirgilis's new play is for the women who've spoken up against patriarchy for centuries.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2026
A writer and mentee remembers the Florida-based actor, director, and producer, who died on April 10 at the age of 75.
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A show and a convening at Court Theatre demonstrate what’s still possible, and a composer-designer lets us in on their dreams.
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This first collective bargaining agreement, which takes effect April 27, is a major step for Vineyard’s backstage and overhire IATSE union crew members.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:01PM[SHARE]The show's creator, Cinco Paul, explains how his score pays cock-eyed tribute to the mid-century American musical.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
The influential director and teacher, who died on April 3 at the age of 89, is remembered by his widow and partner, and 2 of his famous students.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:28PM[SHARE]The longtime 'Sesame Street' cast member talks about his work as a director at U.S. regional theatres, including a new show at Rose Theater in Omaha.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:22PM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2026
April highlights include 19th-century queer theatre history, the Pulitzer changing the rules, and a leading Chicago theatre company finding their home.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:20PM[SHARE]Friday, April 10, 2026
How 2 Russian directors and 1 American one are making Chekhov's work speak to the moment, and how a seasoned community-based theatremaker is having a ball on Broadway.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Edward Torres and Archana Vaidya take over as interim leaders of the embattled company as it seeks to reestablish itself in Chicago's theatre scene.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:15PM[SHARE]Friday, April 3, 2026
Daniel Okrent's biography seeks the composer/lyricist's motivation and finds complication and nuance, while Barry Joseph's book asks what Sondheim's games and puzzles can tell us about him.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PM[SHARE]This month Willem Dafoe tells us about his programming for the Venice Teatro Biennale, and critics Helen Shaw and Emily Nussbaum compare notes on their new posts.
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