Friday, September 12, 2025
A report from last weekend’s gathering of makers, leaders, and thinkers, curated by National Black Theatre at NYC’s Park Avenue Armory.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMA season-long August Wilson celebration will honor the playwright’s 80th birthday with community partnerships throughout New Haven, Connecticut, where six of his plays premiered.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:11AMThough many have regained pre-pandemic attendance levels, theatres remain behind other cultural organizations, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance found.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:04AMA roundup of awards, citations, and residencies.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:51AMThursday, September 11, 2025
In the first edition of our new column: a dive into some data about the coming theatre season across the U.S. and in NYC.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:18PMPre-show dinner and discussions at Round House Theatre are using Matthew López’s two-part epic to gather queer folks of various ages to reflect on community, care, and culture.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:20PM‘Huzzah!’ at the Old Globe, the first major effort by the musical-writing couple since ‘Legally Blonde,’ is about a succession crisis at a family-run Renaissance Faire.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMWednesday, September 10, 2025
With the lease on its building set to expire, a Pittsburgh theatre convened a gathering of voices to reconsider and reimagine questions of ownership, property, and community, particularly fo…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:58PMTuesday, September 9, 2025
14 new Kilroys have been named to carry forward the group’s advocacy for gender parity in the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:25AMLessons from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s last 2 years at Hunter: collaboration, delegation, and digging deeper.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMMonday, September 8, 2025
The new two-theatre complex in San Diego is the culmination of a partnership between Cygnet Theatre and the historic preservation group Arts District Liberty Station.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:47PMFriday, September 5, 2025
The vaccination-themed farce, born at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company and acclaimed nationwide, is back with a lot of its original team—but not at the original theatre, which has shut do…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:36AMThursday, September 4, 2025
A year after ending operations in upstate New York, SPACE will offer Family Residencies to 5 artists affected by the Eaton-Palisades fires earlier this year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PM1945 (80 years ago) Tennessee Williams returned to New York after spending the summer at a resort in Mexico writing poetry and a play he would later name A Streetcar Named Desire. His return…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMWednesday, September 3, 2025
A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:21PMAt Citizens Theatre and in countless shows on both sides of the pond, Havergal—who died on Aug. 24 at the age of 87—was a model of theatrical resourcefulness, joy, and persistence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:36PMTuesday, September 2, 2025
A proposed merger of Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theatre, and Pittsburgh CLO could serve as a model for other regional theatres in a time of financial crisis.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:04PMFor its ambitious 'Neighborhood Project,' Artists at Play has commissioned writers to create work inspired by various Southland communities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:53PMNew initiative will award 3 annual residencies for new-work development.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:50AMThursday, August 28, 2025
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:00PMWednesday, August 27, 2025
An excerpt from Martyna Majok's play, slated for a new Manhattan Theatre Club production this fall.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMYussef El Guindi's short play follows Ahmed as he waits in line to get his passport stamped.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMMonday, August 25, 2025
This month: a Pulitzer-winning playwright readies for his next challenge, plus educators offer tips as they head back to school.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:43AMFriday, August 22, 2025
George C. White, founder of the influential Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, who died on Aug. 6 at the age of 89, played a central role in the last 6 decades of American playwriting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:12AMThursday, August 21, 2025
The first-of-its-kind free digital platform offers tools and guidance to help cultural institutions become more inclusive.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:42PMWednesday, August 20, 2025
Our field, and our current issue, continue to remind us: We have the mans to create connection in divisive times.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PMA report on the state of artists' visas, and a look at pathbreaking work in the Global South.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:47PMTCG’s annual governance convening will return to New York City to build collective power and future-ready boards with the theme of “Leadership for the Long Arc.”
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:11PMWith a play about homelessness at various non-theatrical locations, Out of Hand Theater created a useful fiction for real-life Atlantans.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15AMTuesday, August 19, 2025
Theatres in the Washington, D.C. region will celebrate the launch of the theatre season with discounted tickets to over 20 productions and free community events, from Sept. 18 to Oct. 5.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:23AMMonday, August 18, 2025
A new production facility in a nearby suburb was devastated by water damage, even as the theatre's main downtown complex is on track to unveil a new renovation.
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