Wednesday, September 23, 2015
In 'Tiger Style!' the playwright takes a personal look at the Tiger Mother, and how success and happiness don't always go hand-in-hand.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:18PM[SHARE]The season, the first for incoming artistic director John Langs, includes two musicals and a trio of literary adaptations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:08PM[SHARE]Among the grantees are Emerson College, the National New Play Network, and TCG.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:56PM[SHARE]Roger Rees, Tony Kushner, and Julie Taymor are among those honored for their achievements.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 22, 2015
The innovative Off-Broadway company honored alumni Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Jill Furman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:47PM[SHARE]The writers of 'Appropriate' and 'Detroit '67' will receive this year's honors in November.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PM[SHARE]Kite assumes his new position after a seven-year tenure as producing artistic director of La Mirada Theatre Company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:27PM[SHARE]This week's roundup includes classic musicals and contemporary plays, with Bruce Graham and Shakespeare well represented.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:49AM[SHARE]A new show at Black Ensemble Theater sets Chaz and Roger Ebert's storied romance to music.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:38AM[SHARE]Monday, September 21, 2015
The slate includes plays by Scott Woldman and Dana Lynn Formby, and a guest production of a Nambi E. Kelley play by Pegasus Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:08PM[SHARE]Year after year, our national season preview survey shows a 4-to-1 ratio of male to female playwrights. What can we do about it?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:12AM[SHARE]Theatres that continue to program male-dominated seasons deserve scrutiny. But what about the many companies that are trying to get the balance right?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:10AM[SHARE]These organizations have made programming a preponderance of female playwrights a priority.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:09AM[SHARE]The push for gender equity in American theatre is part of a global struggle, and the stakes are economic as well as spiritual.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:08AM[SHARE]Do men write better plays than women? We think we know that's not true. So why does the disparity persist?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:08AM[SHARE]Obviously, theatre's gender gap has a long history. Less obvious: so do plays by women.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:07AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 20, 2015
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Friday, September 18, 2015
Appropriation is about more than facepaint; it's about pretending that minority cultures are metaphors or fantasy worlds or backdrops for white narratives.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:25PM[SHARE]For the busy director, who also heads the TEAM, theatre is a continual search for the miraculous.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2015
The late director was expert at new plays, musicals, and classics, and as sensitive with actors as with design. Another art he mastered: friendship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:08PM[SHARE]The presentation is part of a cross-promotional campaign for upcoming performances of 'King Lear' and 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:21PM[SHARE]Of 1,914 shows planned for the 2015-16 season, how many are written by women? We've got the stats.
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