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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Eric Keen-Louie Named Artistic Producing Director at La Jolla Playhouse by American Theatre Editors

Previously the theatre's executive producer, he will join the leadership team alongside artistic director Christopher Ashley and managing director Debby Buchholz.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:48AM

Artistic Director Brandon Carter to Leave American Shakespeare Center by American Theatre Editors

The theatre's first leader of color, who has acted with the company since 2018, will step down after 4 years in the position.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:02AM

Fountain Theatre Artistic Director Stephen Sachs to Retire by American Theatre Editors

The L.A. theatre's co-founder, a busy writer and director both at his company and elsewhere, will step down at the end of the year.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:01AM
Friday, February 16, 2024

ICONS 2: Lillian López by American Theatre Editors

This episode features a monologue by C. Quintana, performed by Sol Marina Crespo, dramatizing how the Puerto Rican activist fell in love with the library.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:32PM

Tina Howe: A Celebration by American Theatre Editors

A dramaturg and director who was fortunate enough to work with her reexamines her underrated legacy.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:02PM
Thursday, February 15, 2024

How ‘Becoming a Man’ Is Becoming a Play by American Theatre Editors

In staging his 2020 memoir about his transmasculine journey, he's incorporating new lessons and context, and doubling down on the love story.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:27PM
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

How to Lose a Country by American Theatre Editors

In Miami New Drama’s ‘Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard,’ Venezuelan artists told a story they couldn’t tell at home.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:09PM

Arizona Theatre Company’s 2-City Comeback by American Theatre Editors

The theatre was stabilizing after a rough decade, and then Covid hit, offering fresh challenges and opportunities, including a move to a new venue.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:41PM

Katy Sullivan’s Changeable, Charming, Deadly ‘Richard III’ by American Theatre Editors

Director Edward Hall and actor Katy Sullivan discuss the unique qualities that the Paralympian brings to one of Shakespeare's iconic roles.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15PM
Monday, February 12, 2024

Home Truths: 3 Plays With a Sense of Place by American Theatre Editors

A daughter's grief memoir on a Wisconsin farm, an Ireland-set comedy with roles for a large Santa Cruz ensemble, and a mall drama set in Portland.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:19PM
Friday, February 9, 2024

ICONS 2: Petra Allende, La Alcaldesa del Barrio by American Theatre Editors

This episode features a monologue by Christin Eve Cato, performed by Annie Henk, imagining a meeting between a Puerto Rican factory worker and an elected official.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:17PM

Raphael Picciarelli Joins Williamstown Leadership Team by American Theatre Editors

As managing director of strategy and transformation, Picciarelli will work with yet-to-be-named partners in a new collective leadership model.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:50PM

Charlotte Brathwaite and Sunder Ganglani to Lead Cornerstone Theater Co. by American Theatre Editors

The co-artistic leaders will join managing director Megan Wanlass in a leadership triumvirate, succeeding Michael John Garcés.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AM

Theatrical Mustang: Han Van Sciver, Myth Maker by American Theatre Editors

Woodzick talks to the multi-hyphenate theatre artist and musician about interrogating androgyny, self-mythologizing, and making their web series 'Sad Han.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:05AM
Thursday, February 8, 2024

Congo Square Exec Director Charlique C. Rolle to Step Down by American Theatre Editors

She'll leave in March after 4 four years in the role.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:37PM
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Chita Rivera: Icon, Ancestor, Force, and Presence by American Theatre Editors

A successor in the legendary role of Anita recalls her confidence-building encounter with the Broadway legend.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:31AM
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

February recalls the comedic duo Williams and Walker, a Gertrude Stein opera, a 'Death of a Salesman' debut, and more.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:26PM

Cynthia Levin to Retire From Unicorn Theatre by American Theatre Editors

The producing artistic director has been with Unicorn since 1979.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:24PM

Marc Masterson to Retire As City Theatre’s Co-Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

He'll leave the Pittsburgh company in June, capping a 45-year career which emphasized new-play development at various theatres, including South Coast Rep and Actors Theatre of Louisville.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:29PM

Lisa Portes Named Chair of UCSD Theatre and Dance Dept. by American Theatre Editors

The acclaimed director, a co-founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons, has relocated from Chicago to California for the job.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:11PM

The 1/52 Project: Funding Designers for the Future by American Theatre Editors

Now accepting applications and donations for its third consecutive year, the designer-backed grant program continues its mission to support underrepresented artists.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:38AM

‘Between Two Knees’: Between Slaughter and Laughter by American Theatre Editors

This raucous remix of Native American history by the 1491s, co-creators of 'Reservation Dogs,' is now onstage in NYC after a 6-year journey across the U.S.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:25AM
Monday, February 5, 2024

Theatre Awards Roundup: The Obies, Hermitage, and USITT by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:54PM

How 2 Iranian American Directors Translate Sanaz Toossi’s ‘English’ by American Theatre Editors

Arya Shahi and Naghmeh Samini are staging the Pulitzer-winning play about an Iranian language class at the Old Globe and ArtsWest, respectively.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:49PM

Where We Are and Where We’ve Been: ‘Tad in 5th City’ by American Theatre Editors

As Chicago's MPAACT remounts 'Tad in 5th City,' which first ran in 2010, its content finds new and continuing resonances within the Chicago community.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:25PM
Friday, February 2, 2024

ICONS 2: Raymundo ‘Ray’ Barretto Pagán by American Theatre Editors

This episode features a monologue by Nelson Diaz-Marcano, performed by Hiram Delgado, imagining an interview with the great Puerto Rican percussionist and bandleader.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PM

‘Warrior Sisters of Wu’: Humor and Ferocity on the Eve of War by American Theatre Editors

Damon Chua's new play at Pan Asian Rep retells a portion of a Chinese epic that follows the badass icons Wan and Qing.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:53AM
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Nicole A. Watson Named Playwrights’ Center Producing Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

Watson comes to Playwrights' Center from the McCarter Theatre Center.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:58PM

The Subtext: Katie Ka Vang Has Lived a Thousand Lives by American Theatre Editors

This month Brian talks to the Minnesota playwright about her Hmong American roots, having cancer in graduate school, and learning to live in the moment.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:50PM
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Joan Holden: Disarmingly Funny, Fiercely Political by American Theatre Editors

The longtime playwright for San Francisco Mime Troupe delivered keen, freewheeling, up-to-the-minute satire as progressive as it was populist.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:31PM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards