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Friday, March 2, 2018

Roundabout Trains the Next Generation of Backstage Workers by American Theatre Editors

The Theatrical Workforce Development Program readies young people to take on jobs backstage and in the booth.

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Token Theatre Friends: Shirtless, Singing Jesus! by American Theatre Editors

On this week's episode of the new video series: Diep and Jose talk about 'Jerry Springer the Opera,' interview Daniel Alexander Jones, and tell you which shows currently playing are worth yo…

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Stirred by 'The Post'? You Need to Know About 'Top Secret' by American Theatre Editors

The new Spielberg film celebrates the freedom of the press, but a 1992 docudrama on the same subject delved deeper.

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Act II Playhouse Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The seven-show season will include adaptations, comedies, and musicals.

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Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Announces 18-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include a double bill by Samuel Hunter and a new play by Cori Thomas.

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Arkansas Rep Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include classic plays, comedies, and musicals.

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Arena's 2018-19 Season to Feature New Tom Kitt/Nell Benjamin Musical by American Theatre Editors

The nine-show season will also include world premieres from Kenneth Lin, Aaron Posner, and Tazewell Thompson.

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Intiman Theatre Announces 2018 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season, titled 'Wild, Wicked, Woke,' will feature works by Taylor Mac, Allison Gregory, and Karen Zacarías.

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Cutting Ball Passed to Ariel Craft by American Theatre Editors

Where will she take the experimental theatre she inherits from its co-founders? Its history of risk and radicalism points the way.

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Monday, February 26, 2018

Lantern Theater Company Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature a world premiere musical and works by Tom Stoppard, David Ives, Harold Pinter, and Shakespeare.

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The Borders of Our Lives by American Theatre Editors

The writer of 'The Ghosts of Lote Bravo' talks about embracing her heritage and depicting the pain of exploited women.

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Friday, February 23, 2018

Surprised That 'Never Again' Leaders Are Theatre Kids? I'm Not by American Theatre Editors

Many of these Florida teen activists found their voice and their sense of community onstage.

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Jef Hall-Flavin to Leave Provincetown Williams Fest by American Theatre Editors

After more than a decade, the festival's executive director is stepping down to pursue his Master of Fine Arts degree.

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Portland Center Stage Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

Artistic director Chris Coleman's last season will feature the return of Storm Large's 'Crazy Enough,' a decade after its premiere.

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New Award to Honor Producers of Full August Wilson Cycle by American Theatre Editors

The August Wilson American Century Cycle Award celebrates theatres who have staged all 10 plays.

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Three on the Aisle: 'Not Again!' Syndrome by American Theatre Editors

On this podcast, the critics remember the late Jan Maxwell and debate the merits of revivals: artistically safe/stale or necessary for audience building?

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Court Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature a world premiere by David Auburn and the final play in August Wilson's Century Cycle.

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Philadelphia Theatre Company Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include the world premiere of Christina Anderson's 'How to Catch Creation.'

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Ayad Akhtar's 'Junk' Wins 2018 Kennedy Prize for Drama by American Theatre Editors

Akhtar will receive a cash prize of $100,000 for his play about junk bond tycoons of the 1980s.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Ensemble Studio Theatre Names Sarah McLellan Executive Director by American Theatre Editors

McLellan succeeds Paul Slee, who will depart the company after a decade as executive director.

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Virginia Stage Company Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include classics like 'Our Town,' new musicals like 'Fun Home,' and new plays like 'Native Gardens' by Karen Zacarias.

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Inda Craig-Galván Wins 2018 Blue Ink Playwriting Award by American Theatre Editors

Her play 'Welcome to Matteson!' will be developed at Chicago's American Blues Theater.

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Actors' Equity Names Central Florida Best Region for Live Theatre by American Theatre Editors

Close behind is the Washington, D.C./Baltimore area, as part of a new study measuring which cities in America are the best for theatre.

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Contemporary American Theater Fest Announces 2018 Season by American Theatre Editors

The six-play lineup will feature five world premiere plays.

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Drama League Announces 2018 Resident Artists by American Theatre Editors

Colette Robert and ensemble company Little Lord are among the artists who will be given money and space to develop new work.

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Places We Never Dreamed We'd Go by American Theatre Editors

What do we owe to this quarter-century-old American classic? More life.

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History Cracks Open, Again by American Theatre Editors

Tony Taccone, a co-pilot for the first flight of 'Angels in America,' brings Kushner's epic back home to Berkeley.

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The Children of 'Angels' by American Theatre Editors

A generation of playwrights reflects on a play that still sets the bar high for their work.

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Lee Pace, Not Your Regular Joe by American Theatre Editors

A role as the gay Mormon lawyer in 'Angels in America' on Broadway brings the Texas-born actor back to a play that helped make him an actor.

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National Themes: How Britain's Subsidized Theatre Helped 'Angels' Fly by American Theatre Editors

The National Theatre revival, now headed for Broadway, brings an American play's long London history full circle.

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Would 'Angels' Get Off the Ground Today? by American Theatre Editors

This epic 'gay fantasia' emerged from the recession-wracked regional theatre of the early 1990s, but the field may be even more risk-averse now.

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