Monday, July 27, 2015
The difference between arts professionals and the rest of us isn't about money but about dedication.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:22AM[SHARE]Friday, July 24, 2015
Susan Booth, the artistic director of the Alliance Theatre, defines white privilege and explains why she doesn't do classics. Also, the editors talk the Count and "The Wild Party."
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:33PM[SHARE]The LGBTQ focused theatre celebrates its 20th anniversary season with a world premiere and two Chicago premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:13PM[SHARE]The roster includes world premieres by Thomas Bradshaw, Frank Winters, and new artistic director Niegel Smith.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:42PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2015
In her raunchy new solo show 'Pound,' the solo performer takes on filmic stereotypes---and tries to one-up crude male comics.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:36PM[SHARE]In the tale of a century-old serial murder case, the feminist theatre company finds a resonant and literally immersive fable of abuse.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:37PM[SHARE]Over two weekends, writers at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival get two passes at their work, and their needs are as different as their plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2015
The 2016 opera-theatre festival from HERE Arts Center and Beth Morrison Projects tackle heavy themes of assisted suicide, the drug wars, and human trafficking.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:38PM[SHARE]After 27 years with the company, Leonard will continue as an in-house independent producer, and Daniels will serve as president.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:01PM[SHARE]Wildly and deeply inventive takes on the classics, and a commitment its suburban community, mark this small 10-year-old company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:52PM[SHARE]At the annual awards honoring Denver-area theatre, Denver Center was recognized for its production of 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown,' starring Beth Malone and directed by Kathleen Marshall, an…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 21, 2015
They may have lost their regular Brooklyn performance space, but for their newest show, Radiohole uses a script by Jason Grote to make another inimitable mess.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PM[SHARE]Sisters are doing it for themselves in the city of brotherly love with a new women's theatre festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:41PM[SHARE]On deck are a new play by Andrew Farmer, a PlayLab, and a mysterious one-night-only happening.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:24PM[SHARE]The Contemporary American Theatre Festival brings political, edgy, evocative new work to loyal audiences in this idyllic West Virginia town.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:52AM[SHARE]Monday, July 20, 2015
The design team explains how they constructed an Airstream trailer---and the Rocky Mountains---inside a low-ceilinged black box.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:04PM[SHARE]The season features Neil Simon, Noël Coward, and the return of the company's annual 'Holidaze.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:57PM[SHARE]A new Dramatist Guild/Lilly Awards study shows encouraging trends in new-play productions by women nationwide, and there's nowhere to go but up.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:41PM[SHARE]Nakissa C. Etemad and Morgan Jenness are recognized for their dramaturgical work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:07PM[SHARE]Murder mysteries, musicals, and more this week from Atlanta to Palo Alto.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:39PM[SHARE]The children's theatre season features giant peaches, marionettes, and mermaids.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:24PM[SHARE]The 'Identity/Identify' season brings light to Cleveland's past and present social issues through performance art, dance, and theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:03PM[SHARE]Why do we spell it 'theatre'? As with many questions of language, there's a simple answer but not a 'right' one.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:08AM[SHARE]Friday, July 17, 2015
The theatre slates a new play by Emory Wilson alongside regional premieres by Richard Strand, Fengar Gael, and Dan McCormick.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:56PM[SHARE]Caption this image and win a copy of Young Jean Lee's new play "We're Gonna Die." It comes with a free CD!
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:06PM[SHARE]The 'Frozen' songwriters mount a long-gestating dream project at La Jolla Playhouse while balancing high expectations and a hefty childcare bill.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:13PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 16, 2015
A new concert staging of Andrew Lippa's 'The Wild Party' rekindles comparisons with Michael John LaChuisa's version from the same bygone season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:17PM[SHARE]This week's guest is Chay Yew, the artistic director of Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago who previews next season at the theatre (it includes Hillary Clinton) and what he thinks of 'The Ki…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PM[SHARE]Sometimes theatre journalists write insensitive things. We all have unconscious biases, after all---but we can do better.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Teen councils aren't just about building young audiences; they've grown into powerful leadership-building and advocacy tools.
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