Friday, February 13, 2015
Hershey Felder, Ayad Akhtar and Stephen Schwartz are some of the names on schedule for the theatre's new season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:05PM[SHARE]Denver Center Theatre Company artistic director Kent Thompson turned Denver into the must-see spot for new play development with the Colorado New Play Summit.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:49PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2015
This week's guest is Native American playwright and actress Larissa Fasthorse, who discusses her new play 'Landless' from Alter Theater and how to be a playwright without an MFA.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:38PM[SHARE]Among a group of new plays, imports and revivals, the D.C. theatre's next season includes two shows set amid its hometown political scene.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:01PM[SHARE]How a Gershwin classic went from the concert hall to the cinema, and from Paris's Théâtre du Châtelet to Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2015
The design team of 'The Second Girl' at Huntington Theatre Company go hyper-realistic, creating a real working kitchen, where the cast members could clean, iron and cook a real chicken
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:01PM[SHARE]Director Steve Cosson explains how his troupe's new show fits into a tradition of backstage musicals---and not just because of the crescendos and climaxes.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:37PM[SHARE]The Silicon Valley company, known for shepherding new musicals, will also bring back its singing 'Emma' in a season that also includes plays by Margulies and Auburn.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:57PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2015
The 2014--15 season at the NYC theatre will feature a drag queen, an abducted teen and a little magical realism.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:03PM[SHARE]The South Florida theatre's 12th season will include 'The Mousetrap,' 'Will Rogers Follies,' 'Kiss Me, Kate,' 'Frost/Nixon' and 'Billy Elliot.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:03PM[SHARE]Highlights include real-life couple Audra McDonald and Will Swenson doing O'Neill, Eric Bogosian and Cynthia Nixon as literary types, and a double header of new British plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:33AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2015
The Baltimore theatre's director of marketing has been promoted to managing director
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:53PM[SHARE]It's not just the artistic directorship that's changing hands at the growing Chicago ensemble.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:18PM[SHARE]The New York City theatre's new season includes two world premiere plays, plus new works by Lucas Hnath, Taylor Mac, Jordan Harrison and Danai Gurira.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:55PM[SHARE]MINNEAPOLIS:Â Children's Theatre Company (CTC) will celebrate its 50th anniversary season in 2015–16. To commemorate it, the company’s season will feature five world premieres,…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:37PM[SHARE]History, both real and reimagined, inspires several offerings this week; many of the rest hone in on intimacy, both authentic and fictive.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:31AM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2015
A young puppet theatre company tells the untold story of the Tin Man using an aluminum puppet and the Wicked Witch of the East
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:37PM[SHARE]New plays by Steven Yockey and Kirsten Greenidge, plus a new 'Snow Queen' musical, are slated for the Massachusetts theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:17PM[SHARE]For their version of Bram Stoker's classic vampire tale, the design team at the Alley Theatre channeled the ghost of Edward Gorey.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:10PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2015
The Texas theatre's new season has a little bit of picking, a little bit of grinning, and plays about immigration, isolation, dreams and visions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PM[SHARE]Language and culture, not race, are the faultlines in a new adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy by Norwegian director Stein Winge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:41PM[SHARE]The state's largest Equity house fosters collaboration, not competition, by partnering with nearby companies, including the Pollard Theatre and the Poteet Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PM[SHARE]The D.C.-based classical theatre's 2015-16 slate will strip down 'Salomé' and put a dress on Billy Porter, who'll play Kate in 'The Taming of the Shrew.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2015
The African-American playwright will be recognized at Theatre Bay Area's annual conference for his Lorca-inspired play 'The House that will not Stand.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:44PM[SHARE]The troupe announces a slate of classics, including two works by Shakespeare and one with Shakespeare as a character.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PM[SHARE]Theatre Under the Stars' Broadway slate includes last year's Best Musical Tony winner alongside three musicals built around British children.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:37PM[SHARE]Nominees for the women-only playwright honor include Lisa D'Amour, Clare Barron, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Lindsey Ferrentino, Heidi Schreck and Ruby Rae Spiegel.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:07PM[SHARE]One of the Texas ensemble's heads will leave her leadership role, while Alexandra Bassett will assume the newly created position of managing director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:16PM[SHARE]With a mix of federal and private funding, the Tempe-based company is helping teachers introduce drama into the classroom, with a special emphasis on language learning.
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