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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

In Alabama State Parks, a Show About the Boys Who Built Them by American Theatre Editors

How FDR's forgotten 'Tree Army' is retaking the stage in Alabama.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Muriel Miguel and Rosalba Rolón to Receive 2018 Duke Awards by American Theatre Editors

The theatre artists are among seven performing artists to receive an award of $275,000.

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Featured Contributors, July/August 2018 by American Theatre Editors

A part-time backstage hand explains a big lighting changeover, and a Cincy arts reporter turns an artist profile into a portrait of a whole scene.

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Ethan McSweeny Named Artistic Director of American Shakespeare Center by American Theatre Editors

The internationally acclaimed director will take over the position vacated by Jim Warren.

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ArtsWest Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature productions around the theme 'Beyond Ideas.'

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'The Forest of Everywhere,' For Everyone by American Theatre Editors

Bricolage Production Company's Immersive Companion Program leads audiences of all abilities through immersive shows.

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Know a Theatre: Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, Calif. by American Theatre Editors

For the past century, the state theatre of California has been a star factory and hub for entertainment.

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Monday, June 25, 2018

Cutting Through the Haze: A Response to a Foggy Argument by American Theatre Editors

What was missing from a recent op-ed? A sense of how lighting designers actually work to tell visual stories and create stage space.

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See Old Friends, Make New Ones: My #TCG18 Impressions by American Theatre Editors

This year I geeked out with fellow theatre folks, sampled local cuisine and culture, and took away a notebook full of practical tips.

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Dramatists Guild Announces 2018 Award Winners by American Theatre Editors

Winners include Jocelyn Bioh, Charles Busch, Kirsten Childs, Isaac Gomez, R. Eric Thomas, and James Anthony Tyler.

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Offscript: The State of Arts Journalism by American Theatre Editors

This episode was recorded live at #TCG18 in St. Louis, where Midwestern theatre journalists Kerry Reid, Judith Newmark, and Rosalind Early talk about theatre coverage in the age of clicks.

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Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The lineup will include comedies, magic, mysteries, and musicals.

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Friday, June 22, 2018

Token Theatre Friends: 'Teenage Dick,' 'Fairview,' and Kenita Miller by American Theatre Editors

It's a 'Once on This Island' extravaganza! The Friends go backstage to the Tony-winning show and meet the cast and crew (and the goats). Plus reviews of 'Teenage Dick' and 'Fairview.'

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Talking Back: A Protest of Yellowface at the Muny by American Theatre Editors

Last week a group of theatre artists disrupted a show that included racist elements. Was their message heard?

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Thursday, June 21, 2018

New Victory Theater Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature nine U.S. premieres.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

The Scotch Is on the House at 'Behind the City' by American Theatre Editors

Third Rail Projects partners with Macallan scotch whisky to create a 'branded' experience. Will audiences drink to that?

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Weston Playhouse Names Susanna Gellert Executive Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

Gellert, currently at Brooklyn's Theatre for a New Audience, will join the Vermont company in mid-July.

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Synchronicity Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will contain new plays and a musical with music and lyrics by Bob Marley.

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A New 'West Side Story' Sans Jerome Robbins by American Theatre Editors

For a new Guthrie revival, choreographer Maija García has created gritty new dances that give the Jets and Sharks a fresh spin.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Knight New Work Miami to Invest $500,000 in Groundbreaking New Art by American Theatre Editors

Knight Foundation's New Work Miami initiative hopes to showcase Miami as a city of art and innovation.

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American Shakespeare Center Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature a world premiere adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Emma.'

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Indiana's Phoenix Theatre Announces Leadership Change by American Theatre Editors

The Indianapolis theatre's founding producing director departed after 35 years.

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What Shines Through by American Theatre Editors

To tell the story of theatrical lighting design, we need to get beyond adjectives and surfaces.

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They Speak Lighting by American Theatre Editors

How master designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer help us see what their directors want to show us.

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Charge of the LED Brigade by American Theatre Editors

Tomorrow's lighting technology is already here, though the changeover is not yet complete.

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Andrew Hungerford: Art + Science by American Theatre Editors

The artistic director of Cincinnati's Know Theatre wears many hats, but his main lens into theatre is lighting design.

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The Tough Old Broad Who Lit the Way by American Theatre Editors

Tharon Musser, whose career spanned four decades, spurred innovation in her field, but always in the service of a central concept.

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Yes, Lighting Design Has a Diversity Problem by American Theatre Editors

Their instruments can evoke every color of the rainbow, but the designers are still overwhelmingly white and male.

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A Hazy Shade of Theatre: The Case for Clearer Design by American Theatre Editors

Stage fog and haze are great tools for the right occasion. But must they be a default design element?

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Monday, June 18, 2018

Web and Flow by American Theatre Editors

How to optimize your theatre's YouTube promo videos.

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