Thursday, March 5, 2015
After just over six months as head of the Massachusetts theatre, he'll return to Shakespeare Festival St. Louis with a slightly different title.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:22PM[SHARE]The CUNY center's free programs will also include screenings of films by two avant-garde theatre auteurs, Lee Breuer and Richard Foreman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:31PM[SHARE]Tony-winning costume designer Jess Goldstein and scenic designer Douglas W. Schmidt are among the winners of the design-centric awards.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PM[SHARE]Nearing its 40th year, the $4 million LORT theatre programs big shows for audiences as varied as the state, and it's set to expand this spring.
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The Little Rock-based theatre's 2015--16 season will include classic and contemporary musicals, plus a world premiere directed by Jason Alexander.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PM[SHARE]The Chicago company's 40th season will contain a world premiere by Tracy Letts and a new adaptation of John Steinbeck's 'East of Eden.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:49PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 3, 2015
The Croatian playwright has won the biggest and oldest prize for female playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:52PM[SHARE]Boundary-busting troupes like the Civilians, Pig Iron and Native Voices have staged plays in partnership with---and in counterpoint to---the art on the walls.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:45PM[SHARE]Juliette Binoche as Antigone, a Brazilian 'Oliver Twist' by Karen Zacarias and a women's voices festival anchor the Kennedy Center's theatrical season
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:11PM[SHARE]Monday, March 2, 2015
How do you adapt an underwater epic for the stage? Very carefully, say adaptors Ann Sonneville and Clint Sheffer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:43PM[SHARE]After penning a dark, intense family drama, the Mississippi-born playwright started watching old silent comedies. The result: a frothy, flowery farce.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:49PM[SHARE]Whether working downtown at Target Margin, uptown on Broadway or out of state on an opera, Zinn wrestles with space and beautifies the awkward.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PM[SHARE]Plays outside the theatre walls are the focus of our two main features; plays outside other theatrical traditions are the subjects of others.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:55PM[SHARE]A political satire by George Brant and a drama by Andrew Case about police brutality highlight a season that also includes Williams, Shakespeare and McDonagh.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:37PM[SHARE]After taking on Homer with 'An Iliad,' Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare tackle the Bible for Chicago's Court Theater---and find that the Scriptures can give as good as they get.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:12PM[SHARE]Families both fictive and real, and our alternately shared and shirked responsibility to our fellow humans, related or not, are among the themes highlighted this week onstage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PM[SHARE]The Pennsylvania theatre includes dramas by Laura Schellhardt and Zak Berkman, a new Musketeers musical, a Jane Austen adaptation and more.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:48AM[SHARE]The New Jersey musical-theater company plans premieres of 'A Bronx Tale' and 'Bandstand' and revivals of 'Pump Boys' and 'West Side Story.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:21AM[SHARE]A Chicago troupe explores a new way to build short-play festivals around a theme: taking inspiration from seminal rock albums.
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Tina Packer tracks the Bard's growth via his female characters, and James Grissom tracks down divas who alternately inspired and frustrated Williams.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:27PM[SHARE]Director Chuck Smith curates an August Wilson Celebration, with readings of all 10 of the Century Cycle plays and little-heard Wilson poetry.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:44PM[SHARE]Her new play unfolds like a detective story, which is only fitting, since the playwright doesn't map out her work but discovers it as she writes.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:36PM[SHARE]The songwriters of the Disney film join playwright Peter Parnell to reenvision the story as a tale of lust and deformity.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:12PM[SHARE]Diversity and inclusion are more than just values and talking points; they require and entail a specific series of actions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:37PM[SHARE]Like a cocktail with your classics? Troupes are attracting new audiences by mixing sauce with Shakespeare---and even some purists would like another round.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:22PM[SHARE]Conor McPherson's 'The Night Alive,' Dominique Morisseau's 'Sunset Baby' and Laura Eason's 'Sex With Strangers' will kick off the new season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:45PM[SHARE]The former executive vice president Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami will join the Denver company in a pivotal leadership role.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:13PM[SHARE]Season to include world premieres by Karen ZacarÃas and Lauren Gunderson, revivals of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'The Secret Garden,' and a new play about Satchel Paige.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:04PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2015
Ayad Ahktar and Emily Simoness speak, and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul sing, about the future of theatre at the fourth annual TEDxBroadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:58PM[SHARE]The L.A. 99-Seat Theatre wars get a full airing with special guest Isaac Butler, and the editors have some recommendations.
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