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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Women's Project Theater Announces New Season in a New Home by American Theatre Editors

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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Pegasus Theatre Announces 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

CHICAGO: Pegasus Theatre has announced its 2015"16 season, including a world premiere and the annual playwriting festival for high-school aged authors. "We are excited to share a season that…

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Virginia Stage Company Announces 37th Season by American Theatre Editors

The slate includes plays acclaimed in New York, a new installment in a series based on local history, and a 'Tempest' featuring the Virginia Symphony and chorus.

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Israeli Stage Announces Season of Works by Women by American Theatre Editors

A series of readings and productions will celebrate and examine Israeli culture from the female perspective.

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Chicago Dramatists Names Meghan Beals Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

Beals, a longtime associate of founding artistic director Russ Tutterow, inherits his mission of championing new plays and playwrights in Chicago.

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Onstage This Week: Aug 24"30 by American Theatre Editors

The last week of summer brings a mixture of Shakespeare, musicals, and dramas, from stages ranging from Nantucket to Olympia to Sarasota.

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Caption Contest: Summertime Edition by American Theatre Editors

Caption this image and win a copy of 'The Realistic Joneses' by Will Eno!

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Me Vs. Them: How I Got Schooled on a Gender-Neutral Pronoun by American Theatre Editors

Who knew that grammar was a front in the battle for fuller gender expression? Well, duh.

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Friday, August 21, 2015

Westport Country Playhouse Announces 2016 Season by American Theatre Editors

The Connecticut theatre offers a range of recent works, old favorites, and a reimagined classic.

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Samantha Barks Finds Her Outgoing Inner Child for Musical 'Amelie' by American Theatre Editors

Best known stateside as the big-screen Eponine, Barks throws herself into the role of a mischievous French waif.

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Soho Rep 2015-16 Season to Feature César Alvarez and the Lisps by American Theatre Editors

The Off-Off Broadway company will produce 'Futurity,' a Civil War sci-fi musical, and a U.S. premiere by Alice Birch.

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New Books Evince Richard Eyre's Erudition, Joan Littlewood's Exuberance by American Theatre Editors

They have little in common but their country of origin, but the former director of the National and the founder of Theatre Workshop are British leaders to be reckoned with.

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Open Call: A Year in the Lives of 15 Actors, Part 1 by American Theatre Editors

An ART graduating class hits the pavement of NYC.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Eric Ting Named Next Artistic Director at Cal Shakes by American Theatre Editors

The Obie-winning director will succeed longtime leader Jonathan Moscone at the 42-year-old company.

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Labyrinth Theater Company Announces 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

Next season at the Off-Broadway theatre will include an Aaron Mark world premiere, starring Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Mona Mansour's 'The Way West.'

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Know a Theatre: City Theatre Company of Pittsburgh by American Theatre Editors

This two-stage theatre produces innovative new works and keeps its focus on the community, particularly with the next generation of playwrights and theatremakers.

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Beijing Opera Star Zhang Huoding Packs 'Jewelry Purse' for the U.S. by American Theatre Editors

The Chinese opera diva, who has revivified a classic form, rides a wave of adulation to Lincoln Center.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Latino Theater Company Announces Fall Season by American Theatre Editors

A West Coat premiere and a holiday tradition headline the company's season.

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59E59 Theaters Announces Lineup for Fall/Winter 2015 by American Theatre Editors

Next season at the Off-Broadway presenting house includes Lauren Gunderson, Aaron Loeb, and an evening of Tennessee Williams short play adaptations.

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Playwright Rajiv Joseph Wonders: How Do Two Men Kill Beauty? by American Theatre Editors

In his funny, heartrending new play 'Guards at the Taj,' the writer of 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo' and 'Gruesome Playground Injuries' asks big questions through two small lives.

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Bedlam Announces World Premiere and Reprise Production by American Theatre Editors

The roster includes a world premiere and the anticipated return of 'Sense & Sensibility.'

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Let's Be Realistic: Can Theatre Beat Film at Recreating Life? by American Theatre Editors

The native language of theatre is artifice, but as Annie Baker's 'John' proves, it doesn't always feel that way.

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Monday, August 17, 2015

Manhattan Theatre Club Slates 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

The roster includes frequently produced playwrights Shanley and Greenberg and a pair of Nicks (Payne and Jones).

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Dee Sandt Named Managing Director of American Theater Company by American Theatre Editors

The administrator travels from Synchronicity Theatre to join the Windy City troupe.

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Two New Riffs on an Ancient Legend Set Out With: Free Salomé! by American Theatre Editors

Two brand-new productions of biblical proportions tell the story of Salomé.

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

From Milwaukee to Boise to Atlanta, from Robin Hood, to Aesop's Fables to Shakespeare, another varied week onstage across the nation.

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Onstage this Week: Aug. 17"24 by American Theatre Editors

From Milwaukee to Boise to Atlanta, from Robin Hood, to Aesop's Fables to Shakespeare, another varied week onstage across the nation.

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Friday, August 14, 2015

ACT II Playhouse Announces 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

The roster includes comedy, contemporary plays, and an iconic musical.

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International City Theatre Celebrates American Writers for its 2016 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season features works from Lee Blessing, Christopher Durang, Donald Margulies, John Patrick Shanley, Richard Maltby, Jr., and David Shire.

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REDCAT Announces a Season of International Performances by American Theatre Editors

Highlights include a world premiere from the Wooster Group, a Joey Arias tribute to Billie Holiday, and Halloween offerings from John Fleck and Astrid Hadad.

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What Price Goodness? Ten Thousands Things and the LAPD Have Kept Accounts by American Theatre Editors

Two new books look at companies that serve audiences outside the institutional theatre's cocoon of privilege.

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