Monday, March 26, 2012
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of World Theatre Day, we will be discussing the idea of “A Generation Without Borders” for The Weekly Howl, our weekly conversation on Twitter. C…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:29PM[SHARE]Growing up in New York, I was privileged to see my hometown represented, mythologized and eulogized in movies, plays and TV shows on a regular basis. As a child, I imagined everyone had this…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:49PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 25, 2012
So a playwright walks into a bar in Antarctica (usually Gallagher's, the largest of the three bars at McMurdo Station) and has this conversation over and over: A: What do you do back home? B…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:22PM[SHARE]Dramatists Guild’s DuoLogue with Michael Weller and Richard Nelson will livestream on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Tuesday, March 27 at 2:30pm-4pm (Los Angeles) / 4:30pm-6pm (Ch…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:23AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 24, 2012
Two weeks ago I did a Google search on down coats. The sunny day after my virtual search, I found a cute red down coat on sale in a downtown shop and bought it. Great, good for you, you'd sa…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:53PM[SHARE]As part of the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the third of four panel discussions webcast live on #NEWPLAY TV will kick off on Sunday,…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:16PM[SHARE]Friday, March 23, 2012
Check out what's happening in the #newplay world: Newplay.us is a site driven by the #newplay community on Twitter. People from all around post opportunities and news from the #newplay secto…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:37PM[SHARE]Reposting a comment from Polly Carl’s What's Done Cannot be Undone: Lies in the Theater and Some Thoughts on Mike Daisey I have been sitting this one out because I haven’t fou…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:27AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 22, 2012
Josh Kornbluth and I have made a bunch of pieces together over the past fifteen plus years. He's created 10 monologues and made four films based on them"all of them autobiographical. I wante…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:55PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 21, 2012
I think it's very social. If you embrace it, it will take you out of your selfishness."Mac Wellman on theater When I had just left college and moved back to New York, I had the great fortune…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Erik Ehn continues this series. What makes an artistic home? A bed, a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AM[SHARE]For better or worse I have always had a passion for justice. This was not a lip service passion, it was one I tried to live out. I intended to graduate from college and change the world, to …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:06AM[SHARE]Monday, March 19, 2012
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SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PM[SHARE]Join arts researcher Alan Brown and project director Clayton Lord as they discuss Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art, a new book that examines the ways theater artists…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 18, 2012
You mustn't take theater seriously. You must do it seriously."Jan Grossman (1925"1993), Czech dramaturg and director and frequent Havel collaborator I think theater should always be somewhat…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:40PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 17, 2012
This post is the second column of a regular series on Parenting & Playwrighting. Find the first column here. Here's what my advice column will offer you: a place to ask questions and sha…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 16, 2012
As part of the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the second of four panel discussions webcast live on #NEWPLAY TV will kick off on …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00PM[SHARE]Check out what's happening in the #newplay world: Newplay.us is a site driven by the #newplay community on Twitter. People from all around post opportunities and news from the #newplay se…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 15, 2012
Kwame Kwei-Armah is the relatively new Artistic Director at Center Stage in Baltimore. He's a playwright and an actor. We talk about the challenges of being a playwright and an Artistic Dire…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:39PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Are you on the Map? The New Play Map is a project that seeks to change the mental map we have of the theater field. Community-generated and designed, open-access and open-source, it…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:29PM[SHARE]Monday, March 12, 2012
Join the HowlRound team for our Weekly Howl on Twitter! This week we are discussing “Bound By Broadway: The State of the American Musical” by Ryan Bogner. This Twitter convers…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:34PM[SHARE]The Dramatists Guild is proud to present two of the most respected and honored lyricists in musical theater, Sheldon Harnick and Lynn Ahrens, sitting down to discuss the ups and downs of bei…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:40AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 11, 2012
It is no secret that Broadway is the driving engine behind the development of new musical theater, largely because it's one of the only ways a musical can be profitable. When musicals succee…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:31PM[SHARE] The Student Playwrights Project (SPP)Â is the education component of Arena Stage’s commitment to new American voices. This year, the annual Ten-Minute Play Competition receive…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:25PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 10, 2012
Recently, I told a well-respected artistic leader in the theater community about the MFA graduate program I am currently enrolled in – Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communitie…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:08PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 8, 2012
Today, in keeping with our "deep dive" into the Intrinsic Impact Study this week, I talk with Fran Kumin, Director of the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative at the Pew Center for Arts & Her…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:48PM[SHARE]As part of the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the first of four panel discussions webcast live on #NEWPLAY TV kicks off on Saturday, M…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:31PM[SHARE]This interview is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art.  This book includes the final report from research firm WolfBrown …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:47PM[SHARE]The Riverrun Theatre Company of Madison, Indiana presents Seeing Red by David J. Loehr “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream…&…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 7, 2012
This essay is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. This book includes the final report from research firm WolfBrown on th…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:26PM[SHARE]A conversation on “Creating the New American Musical” featuring Charles Busch, Abigail Poegrebin, Gordon Greenberg and facilitated by Warren Hoffman will be webcasted on #NEWP…
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