Thursday, November 10, 2022
The 5-acre farm in Doylestown, Pa., where Oscar Hammerstein II wrote his epochal musicals is being turned into a museum and education center.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PM[SHARE]A new production from Houses on the Moon Theater Company explores the untold stories of family members whose loved ones are incarcerated.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:23PM[SHARE]In a free-ranging retrospective interview, the Tony-winning choreographer of 'The Wiz' talks about his influences, his work with pop stars, his time with Alvin Ailey, and the love of his lif…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 9, 2022
What began as a dark thought experiment---what if Black folks just left America and its racist violence behind?---has grown into a scathing satire that speaks to something deep inside audien…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:30PM[SHARE]Starting Dec. 1, Slight will temporarily replace Cody Estle, who is leaving Raven to serve as artistic director of Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:22PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Next week's awards ceremony will feature a conversation among Hausmann, playwright Sarah Ruhl, and the author's nephew, Tappan Wilder.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:17PM[SHARE]In the newly created, Hunter succeeds the company's former producing director and director of external affairs.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PM[SHARE]Staying to true to your gut, making the work no one is hiring you to do, finding a community that gets you, taking mental health breaks---these are just some of the tips these creative folks…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:13PM[SHARE]Moses will be awarded $15,000 and a reading of his play 'The Ally' at Theater J's annual benefit next week.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:53PM[SHARE]The festival will feature work from playwrights Donja R. Love, Charlie Oh, Omer Abbas Salem, Gina Femia, Nancy GarcÃa Loza, and Jeffrey Lieber.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PM[SHARE]The expansion includes five spaces on the sixth floor of the Tank's current Midtown Manhattan location.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PM[SHARE]Monday, November 7, 2022
In a new memoir, the longtime Old Globe leader and frequent Broadway helmer considers an eventful career and offers tips he picked up the hard way.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PM[SHARE]In this excerpt from his new memoir 'Jack in the Box: Or, How to Goddamn Direct,' Jack O'Brien recounts his fierce face-off with theatre giant George Abbott.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PM[SHARE]For 25 years, this hugely influential program welcomed directors from all over the world to compare work and share practices. Is it really over?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:55PM[SHARE]In 'Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family' and 'The Gospel Woman' this journalist-turned-playwright recovers overlooked histories---and that work started at home.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:38AM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2022
Many theatregoers in the region say they'd be more likely to attend if masks were required.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PM[SHARE]This year's 24-hour intensive will make a star studded in-person return with six new works developed over the course of one night.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:06PM[SHARE]November looks back on some Houdini hijinks, the origins of two major regional theatres, and a First Nations-led premiere.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 3, 2022
Samuel will receive a cash award and a complimentary annual American Theatre Critics Association membership.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:08PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 2, 2022
The Met Opera-bound revival, directed by Robert O'Hara, plays this weekend in Omaha, where the influential Black leader was born Malcolm Little in 1925.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Goldberg leaves the post after 18 years, and the O'Neill will next seek an interim artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:13PM[SHARE]His new play 'Straight Line Crazy' may treat an American subject, but the English playwright is still addressing some of his chief political and social preoccupations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:17PM[SHARE]Monday, October 31, 2022
Footsteps on the roof, mischief-making specters, self-opening doors, and more fill our annual Halloween anthology of tales from haunted theatres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AM[SHARE]Friday, October 28, 2022
A new play by Rogelio Martinez returns to a painful and contested piece of post-Cold War history and attempts to reckon with its wounds and lessons.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:15PM[SHARE]Fort Myers's Florida Rep reckons with at least $1 million in damage, while other theatres, and the region in general, face a steep path to recovery.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 27, 2022
In the first theatre project undertaken by the influential screenwriting platform, the Brooklyn-based writer will receive $10,000 to develop a new work with the Florida theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Created to broaden racial and ethnic portrayals of Jewishness onstage, the program provides playwrights with a $10,000 commission and a $5,000 developmental budget to support the creation of…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:56PM[SHARE]The Bay Area singer-songwriter will receive a $10,000 award funded by the RHE Foundation and Theatre Bay Area performing arts organization.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PM[SHARE]22 BITOC grantees will receive a total of $900,000 in general operating support and the opportunity to join REBUILD: A Learning Cohort.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:00PM[SHARE]With a 40th anniversary staging of 'Ubu The King,' the Actors' Gang co-founder is revisiting his company's roots, though he never strayed very far from them in the first place.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 25, 2022
This month Woodzick talks to the singer-songwriter about growing up gay, playing the guitar, looking for role models, and her new musical, 'F*ck7thGrade.'
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