Tuesday, October 21, 2014
In staging Alice Childress's obscure 1962 play, the classical-oriented Antaeus Company is making a statement about the play's value---and its relevance.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 05:36PM[SHARE]Sound Theatre Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre and wigmaster Joyce Degenfelder among the big winners at the annual Seattle theatre honors.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 01:27PM[SHARE]Project Shaw insists on the relevance of not only of the late dramatist's plays but of his criticism and activism, as well.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:34AM[SHARE]In a new exhibit for Atlanta's Center for Civil and Human Rights, the New York director highlights the theatricality, and the drama, of the Civil Rights Movement.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:10AM[SHARE]Monday, October 20, 2014
The play-development house announces the slates artists who'll make new plays at retreats in Boston and Suffolk County.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 04:25PM[SHARE]The Everyman Theatre will host a memorial for longtime resident company member Vivienne Shub, who passed away last month at the age of 95.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 02:42PM[SHARE]Music, murder, trickery and grief are some of the themes in play this week across America, from the Greeks to the geeks, from the cocktail hour to the boxing ring.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 08:34AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 19, 2014
With a playful play on a serious topic, Sullivan County's resident devised-theatre company hopes to change the dialogue around the environment.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 04:06PM[SHARE]A new singing-and-signing version of the rock musical puts its themes"voiceless youth, generational misunderstanding"into even sharper focus.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 09:14AM[SHARE]Friday, October 17, 2014
With a new mobile app, TodayTix aims to change ticket-buying habits and attract more audiences to the theatre.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 05:43PM[SHARE]The original "Wiz" recalls its director as half-man, half-god---and as the "gigantic mythic crow" who cawed a trouble show back to life.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 03:04PM[SHARE]PCPA becomes the Pacific Conservatory Theatre, and Tennessee Rep becomes Nashville Rep.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 01:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 16, 2014
After making an album together, the playwright/musician and singer/songwriter decided to collaborate on a new musical.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 03:31PM[SHARE]From Orbiter 3 to the Welders to the Workhaus Collective, companies have taken 13P's playwright-focused production model and put their own spin on it.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 01:23PM[SHARE]At this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, American artists leapt the fourth wall to hug, prod and party down with audiences.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:10AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 15, 2014
With her new play, the writer of "In the Next Room" and "The Clean House" imagines parenting a very precious child.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 05:20PM[SHARE]Tony Simotes, Tina Packer's successor at Shakespeare & Company will depart Nov. 10, leaving leadership to new exec director, Rick Dildine.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 04:32PM[SHARE]Stephen Rountree, a longtime leader on the business side of L.A.'s Music Center, takes a similar role at CTG's three-stage company.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 04:05PM[SHARE]The Jungle Theater announces its 2015 season, its last under founder and artistic director Bain Boehkle.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 02:58PM[SHARE]The filmmaker and TV producer talks about why he prefers L.A. to his native New York, about plans for a "Pretty Woman" musical, and about beating "Miss Saigon" at softball.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 12:07PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Playwrights Kia Corthron, Sibyl Kempson and Sigrid Gilmer are among the 2014 USA Fellows; each will receive $50,000.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 06:17PM[SHARE]The artistic director and executive director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company talk about their decisions to step down and the legacy they hope to leave.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 01:38PM[SHARE]At Chicago's Equity Jeff Awards, productions at American Blues Theater, Goodman Theatre and Writers Theatre were the biggest winners of the night.
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:58AM[SHARE]Site-specific maven Anne Hamburger, back from producing live shows for Disney theme parks, is behind a new multimedia piece about U.S. Marines, 'BASETRACK Live.'
SOURCE: americantheatre.org at 11:15AM[SHARE]International in its focus and its aesthetic, the Quantum Theatre has staged multidisciplinary, site-specific work all over Pittsburgh.
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