Monday, November 10, 2014
A founding staffer at the Village Voice, Tallmer reported on a changing city, and championed its most adventurous theatre, for five decades.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 05:09PM[SHARE]The Philadelphia play-development organization begins partnering with theatres to ready works for the stage. First up: Playwrights Theatre of NJ and Suzanne Bradbeer's "The House That Jack B…
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 04:13PM[SHARE]CPS Shakespeare!, which puts underserved high schoolers into fully staged productions on the Chicago Shakes stage, is recognized for its unique impact.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 07:26AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 9, 2014
A contrasting pair of Heddas, the specter of death, and battles of faith and religious identity spark some of this week’s notable offerings across America.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 09:10PM[SHARE]Friday, November 7, 2014
The 15-16 season at La Jolla Playhouse will feature world premieres from Paula Vogel, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and José Cruz González, as well as direction from Rebecca T…
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 06:23PM[SHARE]Florida theatre announces a slate featuring plays by Sarah Treem, Lauren Gunderson and Allison Gregory.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 12:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 6, 2014
A managing director shakeup at the D.C. theatre replaces three-decade veteran of the theatre with newcomer Meridith Burkus.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 07:13PM[SHARE]Under the Radar and the COIL unveil slates of returning favorites, durational experiments, multi-disciplinary ventures and more.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 03:01PM[SHARE]It's the all-Public-Theater edition of Offscript! Senior editor Eliza Bent joins us to discuss Young Jean Lee's newest show "Straight White Men" at the Public Theater. Then Suzy, Rob and Eli…
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 01:35PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 5, 2014
People's Light & Theatre, along with the greater Delaware Valley theatre community, remember Greg Rowe as a passionate advocate for local arts and their patrons.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 04:47PM[SHARE]After a last-minute scare with the bank, the long-troubled Pittsburgh arts center is in the hands of local foundations, with ambitious plans to get it right this time.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 03:59PM[SHARE]"Wonderful Town" choreographer and Broadway dancer Donald Saddler has passed away, leaving behind a legacy of awards and a fidelity to period movement.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 02:53PM[SHARE]Clare Barron is the 2014 recipient of the Paula Vogel Playwrighting Award, given to emerging playwrights.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 02:32PM[SHARE]She took a new job in a new city, bought a new home---and then got a breast cancer diagnosis. She's getting by with a little from her friends, including Sam Beckett.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 12:47PM[SHARE]In Fiasco Theater's reimagining of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's fairy-tale musical, 11 actors take over all of the roles while playing their own musical instruments.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 12:22PM[SHARE]With two stages and a rotating repertory season, this small mountain-town theatre company specializes in intimate new plays and contemporary revivals.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 12:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 4, 2014
A seldom-produced Elizabethan epic storms a Brooklyn stage, and its lead actor John Douglas Thompson reflects on the value of Marlowe and the universality of the classic roles.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 05:47PM[SHARE]L.A.'s peer-judged awards recognize the most notable theatre work of the past year, from Broadway-bound to black box, and dole out $75,000 worth of honorary cash awards.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:42AM[SHARE]Monday, November 3, 2014
Political and cultural conflicts, plus a dash of camp (two vintage Charles Busch revivals!), ignite this week’s offerings on stages across America.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 06:25AM[SHARE]Friday, October 31, 2014
To celebrate its 30th anniversary season, Working Theater has commissioned plays about, and developed in, NYC's five boroughs.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 01:33PM[SHARE]TCG's Theatre Facts report gives cause for hope, and a new database of Holocaust plays recalls theatre's essence as a living document.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:12AM[SHARE]From Young Jean Lee to Roald Dahl, from Shaw to Wedekind, the issue is packed with peril and conflict.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:00AM[SHARE]Intending to serve as interim artistic director, McFadden instead oversaw five years of growth for the company, including the building of a new home.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 10:21AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 30, 2014
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author talks about unsettling his audience and repainting the Muslim image in the West.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 04:39PM[SHARE]Brass tacks and emotional outbursts highlight this week on the nation's theatre podcasts.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 02:53PM[SHARE]A former SEIU organizer takes the helm of the stage union's Western region at a potentially dramatic juncture.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 01:37PM[SHARE]Elements Theatre Company, a theatre company within a Benedictine Christian community, forgoes religious pageantry for a mix of classics and new plays.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 12:37PM[SHARE]The current managing director of the Contemporary American Theatre Festival will bring his new-play passion to Pittsburgh.
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