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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Announces 2017 Summer Season by American Theatre Editors

The season at the New York theatre will include two Shakespeare plays and world premieres from Lauren Gunderson and Kate Hamill.

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American Players Theatre Announces 2017 Season by American Theatre Editors

The Wisconsin theatre sets eight productions for its repertory lineup.

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Maltz Jupiter Theatre Announces Plans to Expand by American Theatre Editors

The theatre has announced a capital campaign to expand its facilities and performances spaces.

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TYA for All: The Benefits of Programming for Young Audiences by American Theatre Editors

These theatres prove that you don't have to be a TYA-specific theatre to commission and produce shows for kids and teens.

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Sarita Ocón Receives 2016 RHE Artistic Fellowship Award by American Theatre Editors

The theatre artist and activist will receive a cash prize in December.

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Theatre Exile Leads Winners at 2016 Barrymore Awards by American Theatre Editors

The annual awards ceremony for Philadelphia professional theatre was held on Monday.

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They'll Make a Production of It by American Theatre Editors

Artists build the imaginary worlds of the stage; producers and managers build the actual worlds where imaginations can play.

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Prince's Theatre by American Theatre Editors

Harold Prince has always made work that matters to him---and most often to a wide audience.

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Broadway Needs Producers, Not Just Investors by American Theatre Editors

Whatever contribution I've made to the theatre repertoire has been because I took risks on great material and got backers to trust me with it.

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Why Join LORT? Artists Rep Explores the Process by American Theatre Editors

The theatre in Portland, Ore., joins the organization for national profile---and local leadership on wages.

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Same Job, Different Business by American Theatre Editors

What nonprofit managers and commercial producers can learn from each other, and pass on.

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Want to Own Your Theatre? Be Careful What You Wish For by American Theatre Editors

For many small theatres, the leap to midsize, and from renting to owning, can be a make-or-break deal.

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What Theatre Might Learn From Netflix by American Theatre Editors

The theatre subscription model may seem creaky, but maybe all its needs is an upgrade---a monthly, recurring upgrade.

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Monday, October 24, 2016

'The Gabriels': Family Matters in an Election Year by American Theatre Editors

Richard Nelson's newest cycle of plays views the presidential election through a painfully personal lens.

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Aleshea Harris Receives 2016 Relentless Award by American Theatre Editors

The second annual award recognizes the playwright for her play 'Is God Is.'

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Onstage This Week: Halloween Edition 2016 by American Theatre Editors

From headless horsemen to blood thirsty vampires, from witch prosecutions to murder trials, this week's theatre offerings are spooky.

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New Program to Offer Free Seats to Playwrights by American Theatre Editors

Samuel French's Playwrights Welcome initiative will give away unsold seats at select theatres to Dramatists Guild members.

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Friday, October 21, 2016

Teaching Moments in Albany Park's 'Learning Curve' by American Theatre Editors

This site-specific Chicago project takes audiences back to school, where the lessons aren't all on the syllabus.

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Donna Kaz: Behind the Mask, a Survivor and a Storyteller by American Theatre Editors

In a new memoir, the Guerrilla Girl recounts a life as an art provocateur and a reluctant feminist haunted by abuse.

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Offscript: Electoral Angst With Lynn Nottage by American Theatre Editors

On this week's podcast, Lynn Nottage discusses the presidential election and her new play 'Sweat.' Plus the editors discuss 'Hamilton's America' and 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.'

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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Announces 2017 Summer Season by American Theatre Editors

The company sets Shakespearean fare, timeless mysteries, and classic musicals for the summer.

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Richard Greenberg: Alone With His Thoughts by American Theatre Editors

The playwright's new nonfiction collection offers a grab bag of alternately brilliant and brittle asides.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

David Roberts Named Director of SDC Foundation by American Theatre Editors

He is set to assume his post in early November.

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Dario Fo, Another Nobel Laureate Best Heard Aloud by American Theatre Editors

Like Bob Dylan's songs, Fo's plays gave voice to his times and continue to live most fully in the moment of performance.

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The Jungle Theater Announces 2017 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include works by Nilo Cruz, Josh Tobiessen, Jennifer Haley, Lauren Gunderson, and Margot Melcon.

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Jazz Hands in Moscow by American Theatre Editors

Russians, who've begun to develop a taste for American-style musicals, recently downed a shot of Broadway.

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'Dreamgirls' and 'Tempest' Win Big at 2016 Equity Jeff Awards by American Theatre Editors

Chicago Equity theatre was honored at the annual ceremony on Monday night.

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Who Better to Satirize School Segregation Than Students? by American Theatre Editors

Epic NEXT's high schoolers devise theatre to address their immediate concerns---and get trained and paid in the bargain.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

'After Orlando,' Playwrights Step Into the Breach by American Theatre Editors

The Pulse massacre in June raised many troubling issues, and a new batch of short plays, to be read at theatres nationwide, set out to dramatize them.

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The Ferguson Moment Stages a Movement by American Theatre Editors

How the Every 28 Hours Plays project, born from the outrage over police violence, is spreading across the nation.

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Monday, October 17, 2016

Onstage This Week: Oct. 17-23 by American Theatre Editors

From barn spiders to baloney sandwiches, from the open sea to the galaxy, it is an exciting week for theatre.

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