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Friday, February 5, 2016

New York City Center Announces 2016 Encores! Off-Center Season by American Theatre Editors

Jeanine Tesori's final season will include 'Runaways' and 'Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.'

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Local Theatres Face Off in a Super Bowl-Inspired Competition by American Theatre Editors

Denver- and Charlotte-based theatres make a friendly wager, while an Austin company hosts an alternative event.

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Trending Now: The Trans* Experience by American Theatre Editors

Transgender characters are enjoying greater visibility than ever before, in venues such as the Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons, but what does it mean for trans* artists?

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The Marriage Behind Atlantic Theater Company by American Theatre Editors

How the New York company and its school mirror the model marriage of their leaders, Neil Pepe and Mary McCann.

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The Welders Names Gwydion Suilebhan as Next Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

The last of the founding members of the playwrights' collective will take his turn at the helm.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

A Pause to Consider the Wooster/Pinter Kerfuffle by American Theatre Editors

Why did the Pinter estate demand that press be kept from the Wooster Group's L.A. staging of 'The Room'?

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6 Theatre Workers You Should Know by American Theatre Editors

From spiritual connections to channeling spirits, this month's theatre folks have what it takes.

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Tanya Saracho Has No Plans to 'Fade' Away by American Theatre Editors

What to do you when you're writing for TV and worry you've lost your stage mojo? Write a play about TV.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:00PM[SHARE]

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Announces Classics for 2016 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include Noël Coward, Shakespeare, and Ionesco.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:34PM[SHARE]

Eric Bentley: The Thinker as Critic by American Theatre Editors

The eminent critic looks back on a career, and a century, of high hopes and pitched battles.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:17AM[SHARE]

Immigrant Theatre Artists Lauded With 2016 Vilcek Prizes by American Theatre Editors

Blanka Zizka, Sarah Benson, Desdemona Chiang, and Yi Zhao are this year's honorees.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:31AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

USITT Announces 2016 Young Designers & Technicians Awards by American Theatre Editors

Recent graduates and students in their final semester of graduate programs are lauded for their work behind the scenes.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:10PM[SHARE]

Native Voices Named 2016"17 Resident Theatre Company at La Jolla Playhouse by American Theatre Editors

The L.A.-based company is the first theatre outside of San Diego to be in residence at La Jolla.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:24PM[SHARE]

And Then There Was Nunn: A Master Nears a Finish Line by American Theatre Editors

For his 35th Shakespeare, 'Pericles,' director Trevor Nunn decided to make it in America, at Theatre for a New Audience.

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Collapsable Hole Will Reopen at a New Home by American Theatre Editors

The artist-run performance laboratory will develop and produce cross-disciplinary performances once again.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PM[SHARE]
Monday, February 1, 2016

Westport Country Playhouse Launches New-Works Initiative by American Theatre Editors

The Playhouse will workshop two new works as part of the program.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:27PM[SHARE]

Onstage This Week: Feb. 1"7 by American Theatre Editors

Adaptations of classic literature, chilling thrillers, and contemporary dramas take the stage from Minneapolis to Chapel Hill.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:46PM[SHARE]
Friday, January 29, 2016

Dixon Place Announces an Eclectic 2016 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include work from On the Rocks Theatre Company, Monstah Black, De Funes Dance, and Boomerang.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:06PM[SHARE]

Pivot Arts Announces the 2016 Incubator Program Lineup by American Theatre Editors

Three new works will be developed at Loyola University.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:06PM[SHARE]

Sampling Locally Grown, Artisanal Theatre at Portland's Fertile Ground by American Theatre Editors

Amid the January rains, theatre artists and audiences scramble from show to show at a festival of seedlings, blossoms, and tilling for future harvests.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:58PM[SHARE]

Offscript: Eric Bogosian and Mike Daisey's Wild Ride by American Theatre Editors

This week, we welcome monologists Eric Bogosian and Mike Daisey, who chat about why they love and hate solo shows. Plus, the editors discuss television, leadership transitions in Chicago, an…

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Joe's Pub Takes the Road: First Stop? Houston by American Theatre Editors

Lott Entertainment Presents brings the popular NYC alt-cabaret venue's programming to Texas.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:57PM[SHARE]

NYC Study Finds Local Culture Nonprofits Lack Diversity by American Theatre Editors

The city surveyed nearly 1,000 not-for-profit cultural organizations and found that theatre staffs are 70 percent non-Hispanic white.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:20PM[SHARE]

American Players Theatre Announces 2016 Summer Festival Season by American Theatre Editors

The company will present a mix of classic and contemporary works in the meadows and woods north of the Wisconsin River.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:54AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 28, 2016

LMDA Announces 2016 Bly Fellowship and Grant Recipients by American Theatre Editors

Grant winners include dramaturgs from Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Canada.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:37PM[SHARE]

New Orleans Shakespeare Festival's 2016 Season Celebrates the Bard by American Theatre Editors

The Crescent City will unite for a city-wide celebration of Shakespeare.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:25PM[SHARE]

Theatre22 Announces a Season of Seattle Premieres in 2016 by American Theatre Editors

The season includes two mainstage productions and readings and workshops of new plays.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:31PM[SHARE]

Theatre Nova 2016 Season to Include 4 World Premieres and 3 Michigan Premieres by American Theatre Editors

The theatre's sophomore season will showcase four Michigan playwrights.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PM[SHARE]

Columbia University Announces Finalists for Edward M. Kennedy Prize by American Theatre Editors

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Qui Nguyen are this year's finalists.

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Pulled in All Directions, Especially New Ones, by New York's January Festivals by American Theatre Editors

In a week of showgoing, I enjoyed reconnecting with my performing-arts-presenter peers, but also searched for points of entry for the uninitiated.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:59PM[SHARE]

Lookingglass Theatre Company Announces Heidi Stillman as New Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

The ensemble member takes another turn as the artistic director of the Chicago theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:45PM[SHARE]

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