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Monday, June 17, 2024

On the Ground: Meeting Chicago Theatre by American Theatre Editors

New to Chicago, theatre journalist Mike Davis offers his early learnings to visitors to the great theatre town.

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On the Ground: On Stage in Chicago by American Theatre Editors

As the TCG conference comes to town, artists with work onstage tell us about themselves, their shows, and their city.

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Friday, June 14, 2024

People to Watch: Whitney White and Kecia Lewis by American Theatre Editors

A busy director with a new play about Queen Margaret at Hudson Valley Shakes, and a Broadway veteran cooking in 'Hell's Kitchen.'

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Brandon J. Dirden Caps the Wilson Cycle With a 'Gem' by American Theatre Editors

As either actor or director, often at N.J.'s Two River Theater, he's tackled all 10 plays in August Wilson's canon, but he's not resting on his laurels.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Orlando Award, McKnight Residency, McNally Award, and More by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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Who It's All For by American Theatre Editors

With our Spring issue, we've turned our focus away from the stage to the house to consider the audience.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

New Plays, Good Food, Great Plains: A Proven Recipe by American Theatre Editors

While other new-work development hubs have dried up, the Great Plains Theatre Commons continues its convivial creative tradition with local and national support.

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The Right (to) Protest by American Theatre Editors

The war in Gaza has put a fresh spotlight on the question of what theatres and artists should say or do in response.

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Friday, June 7, 2024

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

June looks back on Frederick Douglass's criticisms of blackface, Uta Hagen's legacy, Eugene O'Neill's nine-act 'Interlude,' Steppenwolf's 'Menagerie,' and a Lynne Nottage premiere.

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Leaders in a Time of Transformation by American Theatre Editors

Reflections on what's bringing joy, and a look at where we'll meet the next challenge.

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Elinor Fuchs, Peerless Guide to Theatre's 'Small Planet' by American Theatre Editors

A lively and perceptive watcher and thinker, she helped generations of artists and critics view theatre as a kind of space and time travel.

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

TCG Launches Funding Program for Trans Women of Color by American Theatre Editors

The new initiative will give unrestricted funds to 5 trans women of color in the performing arts and theatre.

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They Will Survive: Theatres That Are Beating the Odds by American Theatre Editors

Attendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

David Schmitz Joins People's Light as Interim Managing Director by American Theatre Editors

He'll fill the role recently left by Erica Ezold while the Pennsylvania company seeks a successor.

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SPACE on Ryder Farm to Suspend Operations by American Theatre Editors

The barn doors at SPACE will close after more than a decade supporting creators and cultivators, while the board considers what comes next.

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Paula Vogel, Tina Landau, and the Room That Made 'Mother Play' by American Theatre Editors

A far-ranging conversation about their common approach to text as a springboard, why they're past theory, and how they introduced Jessica Lange to Viewpoints.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

How Cultural Solidarity Fund Got $1 Million Covid Relief to NYC Arts Workers by American Theatre Editors

A new report details the efforts of 20-plus artists, administrators, and organizations to join forces and give microgrants to colleagues impacted by the pandemic and its effects.

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Subscriptions Are Dead, Long Live Subscriptions! by American Theatre Editors

Theatres are taking a hard look at a well-worn patron model, and coming to different conclusions about its usefulness.

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Monday, June 3, 2024

Samm-Art Williams, Gentle Giant, Is Called Home by American Theatre Editors

Colleagues and friends of the actor-playwright recall his legacy as a dramatist, poet, producer, mentor, truth teller, and friend.

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Come As You Are by American Theatre Editors

Theatre is all about human behavior. Is it time to let audiences be fully human too?

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Taproot Theatre Campaigns to Save Its Season and Its Future by American Theatre Editors

The small Seattle theatre reports that it needs to raise 62.5 percent more in contributed income than in pre-pandemic times to sustain operations.

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Friday, May 31, 2024

The Subtext: Samuel D. Hunter Writes His Way Home by American Theatre Editors

This month Brian speaks with the busy playwright about dramatizing Idaho, promoting the film of 'The Whale,' and working on a new play at Steppenwolf.

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TCG Names 2024 Rising Leaders of Color by American Theatre Editors

This year's 6-person cohort is based in Chicago.

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In 'The Kāmau Trilogy,' No Man Is an Island by American Theatre Editors

Staging the complete 'Kāmau Trilogy' in repertory for the first time in 30 years, Kumu Kahua Theatre aims both to honor the losses of the past and break the cycle of intergenerational tra…

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How the Wolf Survives by American Theatre Editors

When La Liga Teatro Elástico came to Chicago, they built a puppet parade to dramatize our ecological interdependence.

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

Joshua Allen: Coming Home Again by American Theatre Editors

As the Chicago playwright's newest work hits the Raven Theatre stage, Allen revisits the gestation and meaning of his South Side-set Grand Boulevard Trilogy.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Katie Bradley Named Theater Mu Interim Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

A longtime performer and teaching artist with the company, she will serve alongside managing director Anh Thu T. Pham while a successor for Lily Tung Crystal is sought.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

From Chicago: A Ghost Light Through the Dark by American Theatre Editors

A new movie centers Chicago theatre and theatremakers, plus news from the region and thoughts from artists Dolores Díaz and Alice da Cunha.

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For Winnie Holzman, 'Choice' Is Personal by American Theatre Editors

Her new play at McCarter Theatre explores the topic of abortion, minus polemics, plus humor and a touch of mysticism.

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Friday, May 24, 2024

Emily Comisar Named Exec Artistic Director of Oklahoma City Rep by American Theatre Editors

The company's current managing director will merge that role with that of artistic director, which Kelly Kerwin will leave in June.

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