Friday, January 21, 2022
This class of artist-activists are honored for their use of narratives to impact systemic racism and criminal justice reform.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:19AMAmong the grants are nearly 300 for theatre organizations, earmarked for a total of more than $3.2 million.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:10AMThursday, January 20, 2022
The groundbreaking Harlem company has broken literal ground, in plans for a prominent part within a mixed-use high-rise.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PMA poet/playwright reflects on the pleasure and possibility of a medium where deliberate fakery can lead to a kind of freedom.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:38AMWilliamson, whose background is in directing, producing, and dramaturgy, will be the first woman to lead the Rochester company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:42AMWednesday, January 19, 2022
Peter Marks and Elisabeth Vincentelli gather one more time to remember their recently departed co-host, Terry Teachout.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:51AMTuesday, January 18, 2022
Readers have a lot to say about post-show discussions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:57PMKnown for his historical plays, including 'Nixon's Nixon,' Lees also made a name scripting video games.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:18PMWoods recently served as co-artistic director at Seattle's Sound Theatre Company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:06PMThe Minnesota company will produce three new plays, including one by the late playwright Barbara Field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:59PMHow the Philly playwright's arrival in New York in 1968 changed the course of Black theatre in the U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:41PMThis week we say farewell to associate editor Jerald Raymond Pierce and talk to Steppenwolf Theatre's new co-artistic directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:05PMHe was a writer with rigor and taste, but as anyone who knew him (or sat near him) could tell you, he was as demonstrative and passionate an advocate as the theatre has ever had.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:44AMThursday, January 13, 2022
1812 Productions didn't just come up with a way to collaborate with designers on mini-stagings of 'King Lear' during the pandemic---they also turned it into a bake-off-style web series.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:23PMWednesday, January 12, 2022
As she takes the reins of the Pace School of Performing Arts, she talks mentorship, marathons, and the future of the field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:17PMInspired by the Federal Theatre Project and the Black Arts Movement, the New Lafayette Theatre and New Federal Theatre were hubs of both art and activism.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:39AMIn this excerpt from a new biography, playwright Lorraine Hansberry crosses paths with the director who would help to shape her iconic play.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMTuesday, January 11, 2022
Adams was selected following a top-to-bottom reevaluation of the company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:32PMLovers, friends, and colleagues gathered in New Orleans to celebrate the founding editor's open mind, questing spirit, and the delights he shared with the world.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:53PMThis month's production of 'A Raisin in the Sun' has been postponed to spring, and a Broadway-bound staging of 'Destiny of Desire' has been cancelled.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:54PMWorking alongside 3 artistic directors over 3 decades, she expanded the theatre's new-works department and emphasized mentorship and education.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:00PMThe multi-department management group includes longtime company member Brandon Carter serving as artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:45PMLiz Fisher, Jarrett King, and Carl Gonzales will join Nathan Jerkins as associate artistic directors at the Austin-based company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:32AMThe Dallas playwright, whose play 'penny candy' has just been published, talks about his city, his writing, and the busy intersection of the two.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:30AMMonday, January 10, 2022
As the giant puppet wended her way from Syria to England, she retraced the steps of Europe's refugee crisis, forging beautiful connections along the way.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:20PMThursday, January 6, 2022
Tommy Anderson and Tucker Leighty-Phillips join Becca Finney and Tiffany Turner to round out the company's first full turnover at the top.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PM3 years ago Erin Cronican was given 3-5 years to live, and now she's starring in a production of Margaret Edson's play about a scholar with cancer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:15AMJenkins will create and implement a comprehensive marketing plan to advance TCG's mission.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:06AMWednesday, January 5, 2022
Fichter, who succeeds Chad Henderson, is said to bring "a 360-degree view" of the field to the South Carolina theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:14PMHow the New Year kicked off years ago: with auspicious openings, a notorious arrest, and the birth of an icon.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:44AMThursday, December 30, 2021
The Broadway stage manager recounts how her company conceived and staged a new concert version of the popular show in the face of COVID cancellations.
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