Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The Jewish theatre's season will feature plays focusing on identity, with world premieres by Caleen Sinnette Jennings and Derek Goldman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:57PM[SHARE]The 'Great Comet' composer returns to Russia for 'Preludes,' and this time it's more personal.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:40PM[SHARE]Monday, June 22, 2015
NNPN largesse goes to playwrights and theatres to produce, and partner to produce, new work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:21PM[SHARE]This year, Bitter Lemons' annual critic's panel wasn't a discussion of the state of L.A. theatre criticism so much as a defense of the website's controversial pay-for-review policy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PM[SHARE]From Phoenix to Sarasota, from Falstaff to Rapunzel, it's another wide array of theatre across the U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:56AM[SHARE]As the impact of their first list is still being felt, the group announces a new list that reflects steps to increase the diversity of voices.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:39AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 21, 2015
The TCG conference closed with a panel of artistic leaders discussing artistic risk vs. institution-building, and feted two dedicated field veterans, Rhodessa Jones and Jim O'Quinn.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:50PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 20, 2015
Conference attendees listened to one of America's great listeners, StoryCorps' Dave Isay, as he shared both how he captures people's lives on tape---and why it's worth doing.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:57AM[SHARE]Friday, June 19, 2015
Access and daring, expression and dramatic action were among the themes of a meaty morning plenary with 'Fun Home' writer Lisa Kron and NEA chairman Jane Chu.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:23PM[SHARE]Shakespeare's themes of murder and mayhem resonate with prisoners, certainly, but so do his language, his humanity and his humor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:30AM[SHARE]At the opening gathering of Theatre Communications Group's 2015 National Conference, the topics include race, Cleveland, and performance by any means necessary.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:38AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 18, 2015
In his new book, former Kennedy Center impresario Michael Kaiser argues that the future of the arts lies with quality, subsidy, and daring---all of which are in dangerously short supply.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PM[SHARE]The two composers met recently to talk music, theatre, and how they clear their conscience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Bob Kelly and Sam Chanse, Ben Wexler and Mark Sonnenblick, and Shaina Taub and Jen Silverman will develop new musicals in New Haven this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:18PM[SHARE]The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced the seven recipients of the Impact Awards, who will each receive $80,000.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:47PM[SHARE]At the TCG National Conference this week, James Houghton, Lear deBessonet and Rhodessa Jones will be recognized for their theatrical achievements.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:02PM[SHARE]The son of Geffen founder Gilbert Cates will follow in his father's footsteps and lead the Los Angeles theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:49PM[SHARE]He's happily played underdogs and second bananas, but in a new musical from Justin Paul and Benj Pasek, the 'Pitch Perfect' star at last has a role with range---and not just vocally speaking.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:41AM[SHARE]American Theatre Wing's program for new arrivals teaches things they didn't learn in school.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 16, 2015
The American theatre as we know it didn't just evolve organically, inevitably; it was conjured by visionaries who dreamt of a national theatre outside New York, then built it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:39PM[SHARE]The October fest draws national companies to create work that will sprawl through various locations in the UC San Diego area.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:28PM[SHARE]The roster includes an improvisational musical, satire, comedy and drama.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PM[SHARE]Playwrights at Erik Ehn's annual Texas retreat don't speak for 10 days. New writing rushes into the void, along with a sense of community.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:50PM[SHARE]Monday, June 15, 2015
How does HFF, now in its sixth year, stack up to other fringe fests? Sources say: comparable to NYC, but no match for Perth.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:52PM[SHARE]Robert Askins, writer of 'Hand to God,' talks with David Javerbaum, author of 'An Act of God,' about religion, theatre, and the music of comedy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:56PM[SHARE]From the Silicon Valley to Kansas City, from mysteries to puppet shows, it is another wide-ranging week for theatre across the nation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PM[SHARE]Anne Washburn's new play at Soho Rep, about a troubled tech rehearsal, puts a fictional backstage crew and the show's real backstage crew into a new kind of dialogue.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PM[SHARE]A response to Dana Dusbiber's wrongheaded 'Washington Post' column arguing that dead, white Shakespeare shouldn't be taught anymore.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:42AM[SHARE]Friday, June 12, 2015
The roster includes a newly devised version of 'Frankenstein' and a new musical, 'Oedipus Rox.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:53PM[SHARE]The roster includes Stephen Schwartz, Tennessee Williams, Brian Friel and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2015
This week, teacher/performer/author Kameron Steele stops by to talk about a new book of Suzuki's writing, and the editors argue about the Tonys and Bitter Lemons' pay-for-reviews gambit.
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