Friday, July 9, 2021
The not-so-secret weapon of the new Apple+ series is a score by Cinco Paul as fueled by abiding love as by knowing critique of the form.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:09AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 8, 2021
Battat will be the company's new associate artistic director and Zohdi will be its new associate director of development and communications.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 7, 2021
From a 1776 play about the American Revolution to 'Hamilton,' July has been a hot month for theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Co-founder of the Philadelphia company will cede leadership to 3-member artistic director cohort.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:39PM[SHARE]Monday, July 5, 2021
One theatre staged shows on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle in the South, while the other made a home for Black excellence in New York City.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:48PM[SHARE]Friday, July 2, 2021
How 2 eerie virtual offerings, 'Someone Else's House' and Darkfield Radio, managed to creep into my personal space and give me genuine chills.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:54AM[SHARE]Fully vaccinated companies may return to pre-COVID practices, more or less, but audience interaction is still a no-go.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:49AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 1, 2021
A versatile designer who studied at UC Berkeley and Yale, he designed everywhere from Seattle Rep and the O'Neill Theatre Center to Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:21PM[SHARE]Building bridges between young artists and theatre institutions in the Twin Cities, she also wrote smart, heartful plays and adaptations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:09PM[SHARE]Behind and beyond recent reckonings at the city's theatres are countless tales of exploitation, harm, and silencing---but it's not too late for change.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Using the virtual platform Gather.Town, Lucky Plush Productions crafted a virtual city-wide arts festival that opened the door for potential future expansion.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:51PM[SHARE]As passionate an advocate as she was a cutting critic of mediocrity, she wrote richly theatrical plays but is best known for deep-dive biographies.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:33PM[SHARE]While many theatres scaled back operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some young companies have invested in spaces and planted community roots.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:57AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 29, 2021
An awards ceremony will be scheduled for a later date to bestow each writer with a $20,000 cash prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:59PM[SHARE]The Rochester, N.Y., company will hire an outside firm and begin a national search for Cuddy's successor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PM[SHARE]Co-artistic director Tamilla Woodard will move into an advisory position as she takes a job at Yale University.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:28PM[SHARE]On a new record, singer Eleri Ward reclaims Sondheim's melodies from his thorny harmonies, creating something new that's also true to the original.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:37AM[SHARE]Monday, June 28, 2021
While the report shows some progress, it also calls into question the field's funding disparities and the scarcity mindset.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:57PM[SHARE]Friday, June 25, 2021
Marisa Carr, Keelay Gipson, Isaac Gómez, and Stacey Rose will join the Chicago company as artistic director Ken-Matt Martin reimagines the program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:39PM[SHARE]A choir founded during the AIDS crisis stages a revivifying concert amid another pandemic, as longtime leader Michael McElroy moves on.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:51PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 24, 2021
A new Philadelphia production offers a timely, often disconcerting look at Antoinette Nwandu's play about police violence, soon headed for Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:39PM[SHARE]After a hiatus, the critics return with a look back at a tumultuous year and a look ahead to reopening on Broadway and beyond.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:52PM[SHARE]The stage and screen giant, recently appointed dean of Howard University's College of Fine Arts, looks back---and ahead---on an extraordinary career.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:39AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 23, 2021
As students call out inequities in theatre training institutions, educators of color can find themselves with additional labor and scarce support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AM[SHARE]A year after issuing them, theatre student and alumni organizers discuss the still unfolding results of their anti-racist calls to action for university training programs.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 22, 2021
This month, a talk with with a playwriting legend, whose most apocalyptic recent works are being released this week as podcasts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:56PM[SHARE]Monday, June 21, 2021
When Mac Rogers and I met our playwriting hero, Wallace Shawn, we were honored---and confronted anew with his devastating plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:29PM[SHARE]Though much talk has surrounded possible federal funding, let's imagine a world based in repertory theatre and funding from the state level.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:16PM[SHARE]My time at this storied Florida retreat was both relaxing and productive---and I was ready for the bugs this time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:51PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko and Ayla Xuan Chi Sullivan will receive $5,000 to develop new work thanks to a new fellowship for Black trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:22PM[SHARE]Theatres from New York to Houston, brought together by Chicago director Chuck Smith, are joining forces to advance and advocate for their work.
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