Tuesday, January 16, 2018
A look behind the scenes of an immersive musical, and a survey of generative directors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:23PM[SHARE]The first fellows in a program designed to foster a new generation of leaders of color are Jess McLeod and Aaron Todd Douglas.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:51PM[SHARE]Introducing a new podcast to American Theatre's network: the Subtext, where playwright Brian James Polak interviews playwrights about what makes them tick.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:36PM[SHARE]Casting data show a rise in minority casting, though some ethnicities are still underrepresented onstage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:28PM[SHARE]In Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire, theatre persists despite declining government support and lingering questions about who it's for.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:51AM[SHARE]American theatre must embrace all body types, and stop shunning and shaming fat performers and their stories.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:55AM[SHARE]Friday, January 12, 2018
From early theatre for young audiences to the creation of the Asian Multi Media Center, January's theatrical milestones started the year with a bang.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:29PM[SHARE]The initiative will support an exchange of playwrights and their plays at multiple theatres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:34AM[SHARE]In trying to fix one of Shakespeare's problem plays, did we create a new race issue? A fair note, but here's the backstory.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:52AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 11, 2018
The season will include world premiere plays, classic musicals, and children's shows.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:15PM[SHARE]She is currently the managing director of Theatre Bay Area, and will begin her new job next month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:51PM[SHARE]The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will present Miranda with the award this spring.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PM[SHARE]In this podcast episode, recorded live at the Robert Moss Theater, directors Anne Kauffman, Rachel Chavkin, Anne Bogart, and Liesl Tommy discusses the hows and whys of directing.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:13PM[SHARE]The kind of leader who listened as much as he led, he also modeled an enviable work/life balance.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:26AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Playwrights Angela Hanks and Gabrielle Reisman won for their takes on the work of Caryl Churchill.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:52PM[SHARE]The team-up will allow New York theatregoers to pick from shows with at least 50 percent female or trans people on the creative team.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:45PM[SHARE]The theatre in Plano, Texas shuddered in December after more than two decades. We speak to its artistic directors, who are moving back overseas.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PM[SHARE]The longtime leader of the Houston theatre is retiring, effective immediately.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 9, 2018
The poet's haunting 'Native Guard,' now a theatre piece at the Alliance, goes to the Civil War and back.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:55PM[SHARE]A new generation of theatremakers is ready to blow up the gay canon and reclaim a defiantly queer aesthetic.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:57AM[SHARE]Monday, January 8, 2018
Given the chance to play Claudio as a black man, neither I nor our production took the racial implications lightly.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:50PM[SHARE]Friday, January 5, 2018
Holdren is recognized for her debut review essay on 'Joan of Arc: Into the Fire.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:57PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 4, 2018
The season will include works by Yusuf Toporov, Daniel Talbott, Molly Smith Metzler, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:57PM[SHARE]Excellence honored in scenic, costume, lighting, sound design, and effects.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:49PM[SHARE]Fourteen public schools will receive classroom resource grants to support theatre education programs.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:19PM[SHARE]As the nation grows more diverse, theatre education needs to become less Eurocentric and more inclusive.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 3, 2018
The theatre will feature work from artists with disabilities, and make its productions more accessible.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:29PM[SHARE]Directors set the table for our theatrical meals, and preparation is key.
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