Friday, September 4, 2015
The Midnight Run, now a 10-year tradition, can teach us a lot about how shared experience can deepen a sense of connection.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:23PM[SHARE]Three adult-oriented dance/theatre works feature the troupe's signature mix of opera, circus, and burlesque.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PM[SHARE]A scandalous season of Jacobean tragedies, Restoration comedies, and new plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PM[SHARE]Robert Brustein, Melinda Lopez, and Wesley Savick will showcase new work as part of the 34th season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:12PM[SHARE]In a field of 11 honorees are 3 who have had a large and lasting impact on the theatre field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:36AM[SHARE]The award will support the development of a new play to premiere at the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 3, 2015
150 YEARS AGO (1865) Less than six months after the Civil War's end, an ad publicizes a black minstrel group claiming to consist of former Georgia slaves. The troupe's manager, Charles Hicks…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:59PM[SHARE]Walden Theatre and Blue Apple Players have shared programs and personnel for years. Now they're taking their relationship to their next level.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AM[SHARE]After nearly five years in upstate New York, Parrish will take a similar position in Providence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:05AM[SHARE]Twelve companies have received $10,000 grants, among them Portland Playhouse, Serenbe Playhouse, and the NOLA Project.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 2, 2015
The experimental theatremaker takes her cues from the natural world, the subconscious, and feminist thought in her genre-defining works.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:09PM[SHARE]Sometimes she directs and he acts, sometimes vice versa. For Wyoming's Pete and Lynne Simpson, it's all in a life's work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Tom Lazarus's new play 'Princes of Kings Road' traces two Viennese modernists who briefly worked together, then split up---then met again in an L.A. hospital.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:54PM[SHARE]Monday, August 31, 2015
As young actors at Harvard, they formed a kind of de facto theatre company. Then they hit the pavement in New York. Here's the story of their last 20 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:40PM[SHARE]Musicals and plays, both old and new, usher in Labor Day weekend across the U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:26AM[SHARE]Keith Josef Adkins's new play, debuting at New Jersey's Premiere Stages, delves into the history of Seneca Village, the black and immigrant neighborhood destroyed to make Central Park.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:09AM[SHARE]Oregon Shakes' history-play commissioning project may not have funded the founding fathers hip-hop musical everyone's talking about, but their slate so far is pretty revolutionary anyway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:25AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 30, 2015
Gentle but passionate, as handy with farce as with tragedy, the late director brought together the Bay Area's disparate theatrical tribes like no one else.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:17AM[SHARE]Friday, August 28, 2015
The farm-based Massachusetts company draws upon the life of lead actor Carlos Uriona for 'Once a Blue Moon.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:34PM[SHARE]The Chicago storefront theatre loses its home at the Angel Island Theater after nearly three decades.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2015
Playwright Jeremy Gable's "The 15th Line" gathered a lot of attention when it premiered (on Twitter) in 2010, and now Erin Mee is bringing the play back online.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:12PM[SHARE]This week's guest is Mark Valdez, executive director of Network of Ensemble Theaters, who discusses the evolution of the ensemble model. Plus, the editors discuss the controversy over Manhat…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:19PM[SHARE]Bookwriter Robert Horn, along with Nashville song pros and director Gary Griffin, aims for the heart as well as the humor of the TV variety chestnut.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:22AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The roster runs the gamut from children's theatre to classic musicals and contemporary plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:34PM[SHARE]The longtime ensemble member and collaborator won't just help lead the company---she'll also still be onstage in the coming season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:58PM[SHARE]Moore will lead the 15-year-old professional training program for professional comedians and aspiring clowns.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:52PM[SHARE]An American playwright wins Britain's oldest literary award for his unsettling science-fiction drama 'Tomorrow Come Today.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:47PM[SHARE]What happens when writers accustomed to grown-up audiences aim younger? The results can be rich and rewarding for all concerned---though there are pitfalls.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 25, 2015
As impish as he was earnest, as reliable as he was sensitive, the theatre's longtime managing director led by actions as much as words.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:57PM[SHARE]On the slate are Sarah Ruhl's epistolary play about Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, and a coproduction with Rattlestick of Martyna Majok's 'Ironbound.'
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