Thursday, May 14, 2015
The Barrow Group returns to producing with main stage productions by Craig Wright and Anthropological Theatricals, alongside its new works festivals.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:41PM[SHARE]The playwright/director has won the $50,000 prize for his contribution to the arts in Minnesota.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM[SHARE]The seven productions of the 2015--16 season revolve around the theme of family.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:16AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2015
In theatricalizing a genre well represented on film and TV, the one-act festival highlights the form's unique storytelling value.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:33PM[SHARE]She communicated ease onstage, but few worked harder or had a more intense commitment to their work or their colleagues.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:24PM[SHARE]This week's guest is playwright Qui Nguyen, who is also the artistic director of Vampire Cowboys. He discusses his Vietnam War comedy 'Vietgone,' the origin of the term geek theatre and how …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:10PM[SHARE]Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's 'Octoroon' and Kristoffer Diaz's 'The Upstairs Concierge' bookend celebrations of the theatre's neighborhood and of the Latino theatre movement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:33AM[SHARE]A news story provided the initial spark. Then the playwright stirred science and Greek myths into her new play about a star-crossed couple.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Cynthia Nixon return to the theatre for a mix of old and new.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:46PM[SHARE]A celebratory season of Shakespearean fare, limited engagements and special events.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:10PM[SHARE]Another big winner of was Lyric Stage Company's 'Into the Woods,' with a special prize for Gold Dust Orphans founder Ryan Landry.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:51PM[SHARE]The slate includes Chicago premieres by Nicky Silver and Deborah Brevoort.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:58AM[SHARE]Three plays will undergo a complete development cycle, from staged readings to full productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:54AM[SHARE]Two new plays and a classic to be staged at the Connecticut Valley theatre company's new home.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:48AM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2015
Also on the slate are the more obscure 'Cabin in the Sky' and 'Do I Hear a Waltz?'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:06PM[SHARE]Free classics bookend a season of new plays and musicals by authors including Robert O'Hara, Sarah Burgess and Tarell Alvin McCraney.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PM[SHARE]From the Adelaide Cabaret Festival to the Edinburgh Fringe to Bushfire, summer is a festive theatre season around the globe.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:06PM[SHARE]The slate includes world premieres by David Jacobi and Hansol Jung, as well as a script development program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:45PM[SHARE]The play will be read at this year's festival prior to its fall premiere in New York. Also announced: Next year a commission will be added to the prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:33PM[SHARE]Lin-Manuel Miranda's founding-fathers musical took 10 awards, including best musical, at the Off-Broadway awards on Sunday night.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15PM[SHARE]Honors from journalists based outside New York City go mostly but not exclusively to shows on Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:31PM[SHARE]This week's offerings range from Long Branch, N.J., to Los Angeles, from pirate ships to 1950s Iran, from royal decadence to military camaraderie.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:55AM[SHARE]Friday, May 8, 2015
The Boston theatre's 2015--16 season showcases companies from London, St. Petersburg, Chile and Los Angeles.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:45PM[SHARE]She joins artistic director Armando Molina at the helm of the longstanding L.A. company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:58PM[SHARE]The slate inlcudes new plays by Mfoniso Udofia, Tanya Barfield and Penelope Skinner, as well as a revival of Jessica Hagedorn's 'Dogeaters.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:03PM[SHARE]Caption this image and win a copy of the movie tie-in edition of 'Into the Woods' by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, published by TCG Books.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AM[SHARE]Readers wrote in to quibble with or praise our stories about improv, theatre in museums and the latest developments in theatrical naturalism.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 7, 2015
The new 'Marley' musical at Center Stage, about the iconic Jamaican singer, narrows the focus to a fertile time of tension and exile.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:15PM[SHARE]Phillipa Soo, Josh Grisetti, Julie Halston and Brad Oscar will receive this year's Actors' Equity citations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:55PM[SHARE]It's our second annual Humana critics roundtable! We sit down with three theatre critics to discuss what they liked or didn't like about this year's Humana Festival programming, and why you …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:28PM[SHARE]The slate includes new work by Sibyl Kempson, Lucas Hnath, Anaïs Mitchell, David Bowie and Enda Walsh.
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