Wednesday, June 17, 2026
For a week in early June, theatremakers from all over the world, and from the Windy City itself, converged in Chicago to test the limits of play and possibility.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 16, 2026
An actor-musician from the show's original run gathered castmates for a benefit in White Pond, New York—then decided to document it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 15, 2026
Thoughts on reading the vibrant diaries of Living Theatre pioneer Judith Malina, whose passion for observation and commentary vied with her theatrical impulses.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:01PM[SHARE]Friday, June 12, 2026
Conversations with Liza Jessie Peterson and Christina Gelsone about 2 very different shows, one ending a quarter-century run, the other quietly launching a tour.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]This month, Brian talks to Andrea Stolowitz, a playwright and librettist with dual U.S./German citizenship who talks about her complex relationship with home.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2026
The new council will highlight the organization’s emboldened efforts towards artistic advancement and youth development.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:17PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 10, 2026
He was Pig Iron Theatre's heavy-light, goofy-serious, puckish-peaceful poet, and as Martha Graham Cracker, he somehow shone even brighter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Live performance persists amid the Russian onslaught, not as a commentary on the war but as an active response to it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:37AM[SHARE]With its new Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center, Hudson Valley Shakespeare has a stunning new home that aims to hold in balance permanence, performance, and the natural world.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2026
Pittsburgh Public Theater’s entire staff has been let go, and Pittsburgh CLO is proceeding with summer programming. So is this a merger or a liquidation?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:58PM[SHARE]Friday, June 5, 2026
In its ’80s IP retro rush, is Broadway's 2025-26 season simply offering brand-name escapism—or finding a reflection of, and a response to, our current age of anxiety?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:59PM[SHARE]ACT's outgoing artistic director talks about the joys and challenges of an artistic home, and an author/critic explains how yesterday's culture wars paved the way for today's.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2026
A grassroots coalition has emerged to honor the life of iconic queer artist Diana Oh, known as Zaza, who died last June, with a retrospective festival June 18-21.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PM[SHARE]This year's Rising Leaders program highlights emerging artists within the Puerto Rican diaspora, ahead of the upcoming TCG conference on the island.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 3, 2026
June highlights include the birth of the Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities, the rebirth of queer theatre The Other Side of Silence, the 2016 'Hamilton' Tonys sweep, and more.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2026
For this actor-turned-director, the job of running one of the U.S.'s biggest nonprofit theatres is less about finding an artistic home for herself than making a home for others.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:26PM[SHARE]Monday, June 1, 2026
As the 'Will and Grace' star makes a theatrical return in the wild new musical 'Iceboy!,' she chats about her love for comedy, Chicago, and making people cry.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2026
The first production-side standard for hair in theatre, film, and TV aims to address gaps in standards for treating textured hair with productions that have no hair lead, or unqualified hair…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:53AM[SHARE]New Victory Theater’s artistic director makes the case for breaking down borders, both between ‘adult’ and youth theatre and between U.S. and global work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:41AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 27, 2026
The new initiative is designed to provide Equity actors the opportunity to be seen by top creative talent and casting professionals outside of typical production-specific auditions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2026
A new musical from Jen Silverman and Dave Malloy seeks to bring the Oscar-nominated ballet thriller to the stage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 22, 2026
Signed by 250 Native and non-Native artists, the new effort and alliance calls on U.S. institutional theatre to produce Native-authored work and engage in authentic collaborations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:38AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2026
Next month’s Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival will offer an NYC showcase to smart, often bleakly comic new work from Central and Eastern Europe.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:09PM[SHARE]Beginning this year, Stage Partners will be the exclusive publisher of the Farm Theater’s College Collaboration Project, expanding access to plays written for early-career artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:52PM[SHARE]PlayPenn's 2026 New Play Development Conference will feature new work by Roger Zoe Palmer, Roger Q. Mason, and Sarah Mantell, as well as expanded engagement events.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 20, 2026
The inaugural All. Together. Now. festival at UNC-Chapel Hill, set for February 2027, will feature performances, community events, and conversations across campus and downtown Chapel Hill.
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