Friday, April 27, 2018
New musicals slated for the summer season include one by Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman, and one by Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, and Jessie Nelson.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:56AM[SHARE]In addition to 'Pamela's First Musical,' with book co-written by Christopher Durang and lyrics by David Zippel, the slate also feature a new play by Martin Moran.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:45AM[SHARE]The six-show season includes a holiday classic, a romantic comedy, a musical portrait, a thriller, and more.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 26, 2018
Is there a way to humanize playwrights' familiar submission/rejection cycle? Remembering that there are human beings on both sides of the exchange can help.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:41PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Marc Blitzstein's folk opera will see a return engagement Off Broadway, plus the theatre will present readings of Shakespeare's plays translated into modern English.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:22PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The state's largest theatre has cancelled the remainder of its season, citing financial troubles.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:13PM[SHARE]The Dallas theatre will produce a world premiere by Nathan Alan Davis and a new adaptation of 'A Doll's House' by artistic director Joanie Schultz.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:05PM[SHARE]On this episode, the critics ponder whether some shows are too dated to revive, reach into the mail bag, and tell you which (non-NYC) theatres are worth a visit this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:16AM[SHARE]America's self-definition as a nation of immigrants is under threat, as are immigrants themselves. How are U.S. stages and artists dramatizing this moment?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:55AM[SHARE]America may call itself a nation of immigrants, but our stories are still scarce on U.S. stages. Let's change that.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:54AM[SHARE]Theatres find new ways to relate to immigrant and refugee communities, not only as audiences but as partners.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:49AM[SHARE]DACA recipients, feeling unwelcome in the country they call home, claim a home onstage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:47AM[SHARE]What roles can theatre play in the global refugee crisis? Healing, representation"and diversion.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:46AM[SHARE]When we practice lifesaving techniques in the pool, we get to choose who is drowning and who is saving. When we get in the boat...
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:44AM[SHARE]So much American theatre, from O'Neill to Udofia, has been inspired by the stories of playwrights' immigrant parents.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:43AM[SHARE]Monday, April 23, 2018
Miranda has been recognized for his exemplary record of putting performers of color in the room where it happens.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:11PM[SHARE]The season will include contemporary plays and musicals and a short play festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PM[SHARE]Theatre practitioners who met in Milwaukee for the Intersections Summit, a three-day conference on community justice work. What did they take home with them?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:55PM[SHARE]Our engagement efforts will fall short if we don't ask who we're serving and why---and consider a new model to reach new goals.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:54PM[SHARE]An EDI consciousness is already fundamental to the work of some theatre practitioners, but it has expanded exponentially.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:48PM[SHARE]"It was a strange task to write about these artists formally," confesses Madeline Sayet, a writer and director who contributed a story about the heartening ascendance of fellow Native Americ…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:25PM[SHARE]Jo Cattell will be in residence at the theatre this season and assist on a production.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:55AM[SHARE]The winning plays by grade school and high school students will be performed as part of the Marilyn Bianchi Festival this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:48AM[SHARE]Friday, April 20, 2018
The season will include plays from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Lucas Hnath as well as 'Falsettos' and the return of fan favorite Libby Whittemore.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:19PM[SHARE]The funding will support commissions from emerging playwrights Joanna Garner, Lily Houghton, and C.A. Johnson.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:15PM[SHARE]The service organization recognizes theatre artists and companies working in the TYA field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:12PM[SHARE]She brings an administrative brain to a small, hardy new-play company on the verge of an upgrade.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM[SHARE]Do a crop of inward-looking new plays about white privilege represent a step forward, or are they an expression of privilege in themselves?
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