Wednesday, February 4, 2015
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.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:57PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2015
A Detroit-based multimedia collective and the director of the Public Theater's Public Works program are invited to create new urban arts projects for Dallas.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:54AM[SHARE]BURBANK, CALIF.:Â The Colony Theatre has announced its 2015-2016 season. It will feature two world premieres, two West Coast premieres and a California premiere. First up will be the West …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:20AM[SHARE]The Berkeley ensemble, which owns its own performance space, now has the keys to a new, custom-renovated rehearsal studio to prepare their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:53AM[SHARE]Monday, February 2, 2015
Historical figures are one theme this week---there are plays about W.E.B. DuBois, Lewis Carroll and Mae West---as is a pronounced emphasis on revivals, both of classics and of significant pl…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:40AM[SHARE]He wrote his best play last, but it's a mistake to think of the rest of the playwright's thorny, ambitious, stammeringly poetic work as simply a warmup for 'Long Day's Journey Into Night.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:09AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 1, 2015
This 49-seat venue in a small suburb west of Chicago serves its neighborhood with new plays at neighborly ticket prices.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:54PM[SHARE]From Elaine Stritch's birth to Arthur Miller's death, here are some notable dates in February.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:13PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 31, 2015
As the field faces the uncertain future, might ensemble theatres---with their mix of continuity and adaptability, and their focus on the artistic mission---point the way forward?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:51AM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2015
The reeling ecstasy of the troupe's new "record album interpretation" comes via the most straightforward means imaginable.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:48PM[SHARE]Christina Masciotti's uneasily naturalistic play depicts a factory worker fallen on hard times and caught between two contrasting neighbors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:41PM[SHARE]Matt Lyle's wild comedy, inspired by a mild real-life social humiliation, throws self-judgment and invidious class comparison on the grill next to the road kill.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:36PM[SHARE]Several books tell the rich history of New York's commercial theatre district from a variety of angles. What about its future?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:25PM[SHARE]We talked to 10 theatre artists about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of collaborating---in work and in life.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:44PM[SHARE]A critic's round table on David Lindsay-Abaire's oft-performed 'Good People,' as well as chat about Sean Graney, diversity and Taylor Mac.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2015
Festival founder Blair Thomas aimed to challenge the conventional notions of puppetry and maybe invent some new models along the way during this 12-day Chicago event.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:41PM[SHARE]The ensemble theatre's season will include Richard Nash's 'The Rainmaker,' James Still's 'Looking Over the President's Shoulder' and 'Little Shop of Horrors.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:16PM[SHARE]The director left the company he founded to pursue his own muse. But he's since learned that theatre is about community, and leadership is about service. Oh---and he had some time and money …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Matthew Lopez's newest play, coming soon to Hartford Stage, tackles the intimacy gap in contemporary relationships.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:57PM[SHARE]Building audiences in two far-flung cities, as Alaska's biggest theatre has done, is one way to help ensure a theatre's economic sustainability.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PM[SHARE]The Druid's take on Shakespeare history plays, an English 'Ubu Roi,' a Russian 'Miss Julie,' a Murakami adaptation from Japan and a Harry Partch opera highlight this year's theatre offerings.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:46PM[SHARE]The company's founding director returns to take back the reins from Halena Kays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Three new plays aren't giving the NFL a pass for its brain-injury crisis and macho culture.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:18PM[SHARE]Two parents are concerned about their young son's love for Cinderella and playing dress-up. Should they be? Daniel Pearle's play, coming soon to About Face Theatre, explores the question.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:27AM[SHARE]Last fall, Orange County's LORT powerhouse embarked on a collaborative community project with nearby Santa Ana.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:13AM[SHARE]The British-born director curates her Tribeca theatre with an eye on design, a taste for discomfort and a curiosity about who the work is for.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:03AM[SHARE]Jennifer Haley's unsettling play, a hit in L.A. and London now on its way to New York, questions our immersion in technology.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:01AM[SHARE]Monday, January 26, 2015
Rachel Chavkin returns to direct Wohl's "Small Mouth Sounds"; the new musical "Futurity" will have its New York premiere in a co-production with Soho Rep; and more resident artists announced.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PM[SHARE]East West Players artistic director Tim Dang has authored the 51% Preparedness Plan, calling for more diversity at Southern California theatres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:37PM[SHARE]This week's characters onstage include kings, princes, heiresses and saints, as well as composers, actors, explorers---and some everyday folks.
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