Wednesday, June 6, 2018
The 'SpongeBob' director has built a career on experimentation, even within traditional forms. Her next assignment: a musical of 'Dave.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 5, 2018
She will take over as the executive director of American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in August.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:38PM[SHARE]In just a dozen years, the performer-turned-director/choreographer's creativity and leadership made a profound impact on Chicago and beyond.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:34PM[SHARE]The season will feature new plays by Suzan-Lori Parks and Luis Alfaro, and the North American premiere of 'Girl From the North Country.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:56AM[SHARE]Monday, June 4, 2018
Works by Amy E. Witting and Mary Elizabeth Hamilton will be the first plays produced as part of the project.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:08PM[SHARE]Other winners include 'Admissions,' 'Angels in America,' 'My Fair Lady,' and more.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:09PM[SHARE]The New York Times' new 25-best-plays list shows there are plenty of great plays to argue about. Where are the arguers?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:30AM[SHARE]Friday, June 1, 2018
The 'Falsettos' and 'Spelling Bee' composer tries his hand at the Kaufman/Ferber backstager about a clan of larger-than-life stage creatures.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:04PM[SHARE]Matthew Lopez's two-part epic uses E.M. Forster as a template and is playing in London, but this sweeping, imperfect play is unmistakably American.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 31, 2018
The drama teacher from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will be honored at the 2018 Tony Awards.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:34PM[SHARE]The recently laid off editor of Time Out Chicago reflects on the scene he's covered and the state of arts journalism.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:35PM[SHARE]Kamara, who previously served as associate executive director, steps into a newly created leadership role.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 30, 2018
The digital spoken audio company will expand Audible Theatre programming through an official partnership with the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:45PM[SHARE]The grants will enable extra development and rehearsal time for 9 productions of new works.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PM[SHARE]After a decade, she concludes her 'Seven Deadly Plays,' and finally opens up about her time working at Miramax.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:11AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Composer Jason Robert Brown and director Diane Paulus are among the artists who will develop new works at Princeton University.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:37PM[SHARE]No longer a rarefied practice, sensory-friendly performances got a national boost from Lincoln Center's April-May festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:09PM[SHARE]Blanka Zizka, Carmen Rivera, Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, Maria Manuela Goyanes, and Ngozi Anyanwu discuss the immigrant and first-generation American experience in theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AM[SHARE]Friday, May 25, 2018
The season will feature four world premieres around the themes of fantasy, fairy tales, and folklore.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PM[SHARE]By doing such vital work by living playwrights, this classical destination theatre with Shakespeare in its name effectively puts them on equal footing with the Bard.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:50PM[SHARE]Udofia will be in residence at Connecticut's Hartford Stage for the fellowship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:18AM[SHARE]American Theatre editor Rob Weinert-Kendt will speak and lead a discussion at the Ridgefield Library.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 24, 2018
Masterson, who served as the company's leader from 1981 to 2000, will return to the helm later this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:00PM[SHARE]The festival will feature readings of plays by Jon Bernson, Dustinn Chinn, Kristiana Rae Colón, Patricia Cotter, T.D. Mitchell, and Madhuri Shekar.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:42PM[SHARE]This week, it's "My Fair Lady" ($97+) verses "Dance Nation" ($59+). Plus an interview with Eva Noblezada.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 23, 2018
The outgoing artistic director of Actors Theatre of Louisville talks about new plays, directing vs. interpreting, and his impressive beard.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 22, 2018
The season will include the Los Angeles premiere of 'Tiny Beautiful Things' by Nia Vardalos, and U.S. premiere of the West End hit 'The Woman in Black.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:37PM[SHARE]At the awards ceremony honoring Off Broadway, 'Is God Is' by Aleshea Harris and 'Mary Jane' by Amy Herzog were the most-lauded shows.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:27PM[SHARE]On this episode, the critics take on a hot topic and chat with guest Jack Cummings III, artistic director of the Transport Group company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:53AM[SHARE]Next season at American Repertory Theater includes a new work based on a Langston Hughes poem, a play about Korean sea women, and a musical about the Arab Spring.
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