Wednesday, July 1, 2015
The former producing director of Maryland Shakespeare will bring her management, fundraising, and producing skills to her new role at Elm.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:19PM[SHARE]235 YEARS AGO (1780) The British Officer Corps finishes its fourth season of plays in New York City, two months longer than the previous seasons. Impressed by the Redcoats' theatrical output…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PM[SHARE]Cutting Ball's first managing director transitions to a new position at Hubbard Street Dance in Chicago.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PM[SHARE]The season features 16 productions from all over the globe, with storytelling through shadows, puppetry, and music for the young, from toddlers to teens.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Culled from 50,000 high school students nationwide, a final 52 performers made their Broadway debut to compete for the Jimmy Awards.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:54PM[SHARE]Shaw, Bentley, Tynan---it's not so odd for professional critics to work the other side of the footlights. But there are a few ground rules.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PM[SHARE]Dang makes way for new leadership after 22 years at the helm of the nation's oldest continually operating theatre of color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PM[SHARE]This small one-stage theatre exclusively produces works by British playwrights, with an emphasis on farce and a specialty in panto.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2015
How did Andrew Russell bring this venerable resident theatre back from the brink of debt and dysfunction? Slowly, carefully---and locally.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:44PM[SHARE]Plays by the Portland native, including 'The Call,' 'Blue Door,' and 'Bright Half Life,' are on the slate.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:19PM[SHARE]All aboard! Schooners, seafaring, and whale hunting are recurring themes this week onstage from coast to coast.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:49AM[SHARE]Friday, June 26, 2015
A reading of Robert Askins's 'Hand to God' kicks off a new-work slate of eight new plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:12PM[SHARE]'Off the Main Road,' a long-unproduced play by the Kansas-born writer, will make its long-overdue premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PM[SHARE]The roster includes plays by Ken Urban, J. Julian Christopher, and Johnna Adams, that tackle social issues and explore realms between fantasy and reality.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:01PM[SHARE]Writers from either side of the pond---Hamish Linklater, Sam Hunter, Simon Stephens, and Laura Wede---fill a season of premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:21PM[SHARE]Just far enough from New York to get away and stretch with new work, but close enough for a day trip, Vassar's Powerhouse has been a theatre development hub for 3 decades.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:45PM[SHARE]This week's guest is chairman of the NEA Jane Chu, who discusses arts funding and 'South Pacific.' Plus, highlights from the TCG National Conference in Cleveland and a discussion of the new …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:49PM[SHARE]How theatre is transforming the lives of the Lebanese capital's most marginalized people.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:48PM[SHARE]This new version of 'The Parent Trap' story, about teen girls separated by a divorce, draws on the German original but updates it for the contemporary U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AM[SHARE]In 1990, the theatre's board gambled on a young writer/director with an agenda. It's paid off: Mann built a team around her vision, attracted new audiences, and steered the company through b…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 25, 2015
The theatre's new season will contain two world premieres as part of a new five-year initiative to develop musical theatre works.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:32PM[SHARE]She comes from a large family of theatremakers. Is it any wonder she makes family, and theatre, everywhere she goes, from Cultural Odyssey to the California's prisons?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:09PM[SHARE]ATC's 2015--16 season will feature plays by Dan LeFranc, Thomas Bradshaw, and Abe Koogler, plus a new spin on 'The Wiz' with Bailiwick Chicago.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:34AM[SHARE]The company public relations director will take over for Kerry Shiller, and continue acting on its stage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Andrew Schneider's synesthetic masterwork 'YOUARENOWHERE' kicks off another summer of barrier-breaking performance at the Berkshires fest.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:21PM[SHARE]The D.C.--based playwrights collective has found their replacements, who'll take over in 2016 and steer the company in some new directions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:55PM[SHARE]As today's cutting-edge puppeteers peer into the souls of animated objects, they're seeing the future---or rather, the eternal present---of the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:16AM[SHARE]Their work tackles existential dilemmas and the challenges of aging; the Vermont-based company also hosts family-friendly festivals each summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:15AM[SHARE]The hard-to-classify work of this multimedia Chicago company is coming out of the shadows.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The Edge Center for the Arts, Cynthia Gehrig, Theresa Sweetland, the Steeles and the American Composers Forum have been lauded for their contributions to the local arts scene.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:18PM[SHARE]The Jewish theatre's season will feature plays focusing on identity, with world premieres by Caleen Sinnette Jennings and Derek Goldman.
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