Monday, March 30, 2015
Somehow a Russian doctor who died in 1904 was able to pre-diagnose our 21st-century ways of not connecting, of spending our lives alone together.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:26PM[SHARE]The city's notorious child murders of 1979 are the backdrop of Janine Nabers's 'Serial Black Face,' and Steve Yockey will get two world premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:49PM[SHARE]Critics shower awards on Northern California theatre, with 64 recipients across 22 categories.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:02PM[SHARE]A mix of new work and local premieres, including plays by Lucy Kirkwood and Stephen Adley Guirgis, are on tap, along with a new second-stage series.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:28PM[SHARE]Serge Seiden will leave Studio Theatre to work on other projects in the D.C. area.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PM[SHARE]The D.C.-area theatre's new season includes new musicals from Adam Gwon and Brian Feinstein, plus area premieres from Annie Baker and Bathsheba Doran.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49AM[SHARE]Her renegade first season at the earthquake-ravaged A.C.T. sparked outrage"and a surprise denouement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AM[SHARE]It's a week of extremes, full of bloody conflicts and hard lessons, though some are leavened by laughter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 29, 2015
When San Francisco's venerable but ailing flagship theatre hired a 32-year-old neophyte to lead it, they didn't know what they were in for. Neither did she.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:50PM[SHARE]The director and performance artist brings a mix of downtown and uptown credentials to the job of running the small but ambitious Off-Broadway theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PM[SHARE]Friday, March 27, 2015
The historian/playwright returns to Louisville with 'The Glory of the World,' a raucous tribute to the Trappist monk on what would be his 100th birthday.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:58PM[SHARE]With its summer season just a few months away, a new leader joins the team at the Illinois theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PM[SHARE]The longtime Ringling Bros. performer will take give counsel on Circus Center's programming and productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:02PM[SHARE]The troupe's 19th season also includes the Chicago premiere of 'American Idiot' and the return of 'ADDING MACHINE: A Musical.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:51PM[SHARE]Fernanda Coppel, Halley Feiffer and Benjamin Scheuer will receive the inaugural commissions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:21PM[SHARE]The New York City theatre celebrates its 30th season with a mix of new plays and musicals, including two world premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:53PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 26, 2015
This summer, 14 projects---from a Fidel Castro musical to a movement-based Murakami adaptation---will be developed in the theatre's new-works program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:06PM[SHARE]Also on tap are new works by A.R. Gurney and Naomi Wallace, a Martha Clarke collaboration with Alfred Uhry, and a return of the popular n'Old Hats.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:49PM[SHARE]An Australian expat finds a way to write about her sense of dislocation via a tunnel to Asia and a killer crocodile.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:04PM[SHARE]New plays by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Jennifer Haley and Rajiv Joseph, plus a return of the Neo-Futurists, are also on tap for the D.C. theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:50PM[SHARE]At the Bushwick Starr, Superhero Clubhouse crafts eco-theatre edutainment with Brooklyn students, fighting climate change one play at a time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:43PM[SHARE]Move over, Wednesdays"New Georges is making a case for TGIF. And why not?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:26PM[SHARE]The tenor, who will play the role in Lyric Opera of Chicago's 'Carousel,' also talks about vocal health, career advice and why it's best not to ask him to dance.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:10PM[SHARE]Since joining the theatre's staff four decades ago, he's helped guide the Chicago theatre to national flagship status. It wasn't an easy or inevitable climb.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:31PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 25, 2015
The Atlanta theatre will produce the world premiere of Mike Lew's 'Tiger Style!', Eleanor Burgess's 'Start Down' and Charles Randolph-Wright's Bebe Winans musical.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:04PM[SHARE]Artistic director Barbara Gaines will present her exploration of Shakespeare' history plays in 2016, plus the Q Brothers' hip-hop 'Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'Tempest' from Aaron Posner ma…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:53PM[SHARE]The San Francisco theatre's new season will include a U.S. premiere by Micheál Kerrigan and a world premiere by MJ Kaufman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PM[SHARE]The Atlanta theatre will feature three shows, from Lydia Diamond, David Mamet and Will Power
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PM[SHARE]In 'Dot' at the Humana Festival, Colman Domingo examines aging parents and the children who care for them, with a healthy dose of comedy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PM[SHARE]The three collaborators discuss their writing and development process for their musical, based on Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, which will debut on Broadway on March 27.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:09PM[SHARE]Anti-realist playwrights like Will Eno, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Young Jean Lee and Taylor Mac are taking the living-room drama and giving it an ironic spin
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