Wednesday, June 3, 2015
She leaves after 13 years as dean of the school of dramatic arts, with David Bridel serving as her interim replacement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2015
The company will conduct a nationwide search to find a successor for the late artistic director PJ Paparelli.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:29PM[SHARE]Robert O'Hara's new play for Woolly Mammoth mixes Jacobean drama with political satire and the zombie apocalypse to make a statement about the undead way we live now.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:23PM[SHARE]A dozen awards recognizing women in theatre and their advocates were given at the annual ceremony.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:19PM[SHARE]The theatre's Disability Visibility Project aims to encourage more productions from a growing theatrical literature, and more work for disabled artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PM[SHARE]She already crossed a gender line. Now this northeast Ohio critic is crossing another barrier to become a playwright/performer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:42AM[SHARE]Monday, June 1, 2015
A summer season featuring classic plays and new musicals for audiences of all ages.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:10PM[SHARE]A new exhibit at the New York Historical Society and a new book celebrate both the timeliness and the timelessness of the caricaturist's work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:59PM[SHARE]The site for the 2015 TCG conference is a city on the rebound, and Cleveland Play House and Cleveland Public Theatre are key players in the upsurge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:46PM[SHARE]Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical took home seven prizes and Simon Stephen's play won six, in every category it was nominated in.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:28PM[SHARE]From the formation of the White Rats to the 'Miss Saigon' controversy, historical events in June were busting out all over.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:07PM[SHARE]From musical passion to small-town despair, from Orinda to Wellfleet, another ecletic theatre sampler.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:12AM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2015
This week's guest is Laura Kepley, artistic director of this year's Regional Tony winner Cleveland Play House. She talks about why Cleveland is the next big arts town---and where to find a g…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:55PM[SHARE]How set designer Louisa Thompson, and the creative team at Soho Rep, turned an empty storefront into a hyper-realistic yet fantastical laundromat.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:18PM[SHARE]The company's sixth season includes plays, musicals, a fringe festival and a development program for female playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:15PM[SHARE]At a three-day festival led by the Alliance Theatre, and in an Aussie import at the New Victory Theatre, theatre for the very young is growing up fast.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:49AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2015
The theme of the season is "radical change" and includes work by Michael Lluberes, Joe Maloney, A.R. Gurney and Jordan Harrison.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:13PM[SHARE]Artistic director David Saar's last season is filled with adventure, imagination and magic.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:04PM[SHARE]The roster includes four regional premieres and a world premiere musical.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:00PM[SHARE]Ten months after the killing of Michael Brown, playwright Lee Patton Chiles conjures voices from the struggle on a nearby stage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:55PM[SHARE]Spooky Action Theater's 'Jarry Inside Out' imagines the strange afterlife of the brain behind 'Ubu Roi.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 27, 2015
The slate includes works by Milta Ortiz, Hilary Bettis, Elaine Romero, Virginia Grise and Martin Zimmerman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:03PM[SHARE]These theatremakers don't just live and work together; their plays, including 'The Upper Room,' grow from and reflect their shared experiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Elizabeth A. Davis, Kirsten Childs and Mike Lew are among the 17 artists who will develop their new musicals in the Upstate New York retreat.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:07PM[SHARE]Minneapolis-based playwrights Cristina Castro and James Tyler will each receive the $14,000 fellowship, given to early-career writers of color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:43PM[SHARE]The season will include Aaron Posner's 'Stupid Fucking Bird' and Christopher Durang's 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,' plus a rolling world premiere from Steve Yockey.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:46PM[SHARE]Monday, May 25, 2015
From Olympia, Wash., to Arlington, Va., from apocalyptic musicals to kitchen-sink dramas, it's another eclectic theatre week in the U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:03PM[SHARE]If the late director was tireless, it wasn't for his own sake. He demanded as much from himself as he did from others, and we are all the richer for it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:49PM[SHARE]Friday, May 22, 2015
He follows his Obie-winning show 'No Place to Go' with the album 'Raw Milk,' and lets us have an exclusive listen to 2 new songs from it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:12PM[SHARE]She vacates the post after six years helping to lead the arts education theatre ensemble.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:22AM[SHARE]As she retires from leading the Hunter College MFA playwriting program, I'm grateful for what she taught me about plays---and about life.
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