Thursday, January 15, 2015
Three new reports with data from 2012 show how much, and why, Americans participate in cultural activities. One takeaway: Get 'em while they're young.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:13PM[SHARE]Now in its sixth year, the new-play festival begun by Kelley Girod will feature a premiere by Nathan Yungerberg, 'Pousada, Azul,' and several short plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:19PM[SHARE]The longtime Old Dominion director makes the move to the West Coast, as Novato makes plans for a move from community to professional.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AM[SHARE]The TV star and sometime cabaret and theatre performer places his bets on the musical 'Honeymoon in Vegas.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:57AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Senior editor Eliza Bent talks to theatre critics Helen Shaw and Alexis Soloski about the experimental theatre festivals currently happening in New York City, what they loved and why you sh…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2015
The New York City theatre's 46th season will include a revival of 'Dutchman' and the world premiere of Baraka's final play, about W.E.B. DuBois.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PM[SHARE]The three-stage Massachusetts theatre will present a slate of musical revivals and new plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:55PM[SHARE]Can the New Play Exchange bring transparency and efficiency to the play-submission process? That's the idea, and soon it will be a reality.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:52PM[SHARE]This 184-seat theatre in San Diego's North County has grown over three decades into a year-round professional company without losing its intimacy and immediacy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:08PM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2015
The Tony winner will be in residence at the theatre, where he'll develop writing and directing projects, starting this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:58PM[SHARE]The Atlanta theatre's playwriting prize comes with a world premiere production for Hébert's 'THE C.A. Lyons Project.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:50PM[SHARE]The White House appoints a longtime L.A. theatre leader to the National Council on the Arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:53AM[SHARE]Bookended by two very different puppet shows (and two Lewis Black productions), this week's theatrical offerings range from the raw to the urbane, the frothy to the gritty, the poetic to the…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:55AM[SHARE]Friday, January 9, 2015
Susan Stroman, F. Murray Abraham, Frank Rich and more to be inducted into Theater Hall of Fame.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:28PM[SHARE]Annie Baker, Jeanine Tesori, Charles Fuller, Chisa Hutchinson and A.R. Gurney will take home prizes at the organization's annual awards ceremony.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:00PM[SHARE]Catching up with our favorite podcasts, from year-end wrapups to in-depth interviews, will keep us busy well into the New Year (or until next week, at least).
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:24PM[SHARE]A new musical from Dan Lipton and David Rossmer, and a revival of 'Once Upon a Mattress,' make up the Off-Broadway company's new season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:52PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 8, 2015
Four- to six-hour performances seem to be proliferating at this year's Under the Radar and COIL festivals. Why do artists---and audiences---want to go long?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:37PM[SHARE]Following its auspicious and acclaimed debut, the troupe's singing-and-signing take on the Duncan Sheik/Steven Sater tuner will get a spring reawakening.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:23PM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2014
Amid heated arguments over the city's version of the Equity showcase code, a real and resonant debate about artists' compensation seems to be emerging.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:21PM[SHARE]Caption this image and win the three plays in Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes' "Elliot Trilogy." PLUS, last month's winner and finalists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:55AM[SHARE]This former dinner theatre in Palm Beach County has left its star-studded past behind to focus on crowd-pleasing fundamentals, and on reimagining the musical-theatre canon.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:19AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 7, 2014
Crowd pleasers rub shoulders with outright provocations this week, with a wide enough range of warm holiday programming, and stark counter-programming, to keep any theatregoer on th…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:26PM[SHARE]Friday, December 5, 2014
Catching up with our favorite theatre podcasts after a holiday break, these feasts for the ears have us going back for seconds.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:14PM[SHARE]A season of musical tributes will salute Bill Withers and great pop divas, as well as Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first black baseball pro, and film critic Roger Ebert.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:10PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 4, 2014
A Texas playwright takes on an iconic Texas politician in 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society,' and finds a figure of Shakespearean---i.e., tragic---proportions.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 3, 2014
The flowery bed where a donkey-man and a fairy queen meet cute is an iconic Shakespearean image, so it's no surprise it's graced our cover so often.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 05:08PM[SHARE]This week, Offscript hosts a critic's panel on Joshua Harmon's play 'Bad Jews.' Plus, the editors discuss artists' compensation and when you should work for free.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 02:28PM[SHARE]Annie Baker's disorienting experience with a digital showing of 'Fanny and Alexander' fueled her play 'The Flick.' IFC has invited her back for a 35mm screening and a chat.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 02:28PM[SHARE]Among the first batch of grants announced under Jane Chu's chairmanship, more than $3.58 million went to theatre companies.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2014
In dramatizing questions about the man whose beating by police incited riots, solo artist Roger Guenveur Smith finds story that's deeply American---and quintessentially L.A.
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