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Baltimore Center Stage, Breaking the Binary Launch Trans History Project

A national initiative led by theatremaker Bo Frazier will develop new works about the often overlooked history of gender nonconformity.

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Liza Birkenmeier Receives 40th Annual Whiting Award for Drama

Past winner James Ijames presented the award to Birkenmeier tonight.

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Hope Collides With Change in ‘Mother Russia’

As in 'Cambodian Rock Band' and 'The Great Leap,' Lauren Yee's new play at Seattle Rep mashes up communism and pop culture, in a mix that resonates beyond its historic setting.

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A School Musical Foiled by L.A. Wildfires to Go Up on CTG’s Biggest Stage

Altadena Arts and Eliot Arts Magnet School students will perform 'Shrek Jr.' at the Ahmanson next week.

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Offscript: George C. Wolfe’s Dreams and Defiance

This month we talk to the 6-time Tony-winning director about 'Gypsy' and his miraculous career, and the editors introduce our Spring print issue.

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In New York City, a ‘New Story’ for Irish Playwrights

Scéal Nua regularly gathers writers with varied relationships to a common heritage to develop their work in a culturally responsive setting.

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Producing the Producers of Tomorrow

A tuition-free program started by Theatre Producers of Colors is mentoring a new generation of theatremakers.

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William Finn Knew What He Liked, and Made Plenty to Love

The brilliant composer/lyricist is remembered by a Tony-winning collaborator for his unique, unpredictable taste and his fierce but unassuming craft.

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How William Finn Spelled Family

An original collaborator on ‘The 25th Annual Spelling Bee’ recalls its intense creation and the generous spirits that blessed it.

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Theatrical Mustang: Where River Hetzel Finds Safety and Community

The versatile actor and artist talks about their role in 'Curious Incident,' about solidarity and kindness in a time of struggle, and about why intersectional representation matters.

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People to Watch: Lolita Chakrabarti

The British playwright is all over U.S. stages this spring, with her adaptation of 'Life of Pi' on tour and a city-specific rewrite of her play 'Hymn' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

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All About My Mother: The Parent Trap of ‘Rheology’

Shayok Misha Chowdhury's new play at the Bushwick Starr isn't just about his mother, the physicist Bulbul Chakraborty. She's also his co-star.

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A Jewish Testament: The Story of Ben Hecht’s ‘Warsaw Ghetto’

In 1943, when the horrors of the Holocaust were still not widely known, the famed screenwriter joined other big names for a pageant that toured the U.S. to raise awareness—and to celebrate resistance...

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New Philly Death and Arts Festival to Re-Envision the Art of Dying

The inaugural festival explores mortality through art, performance, and collective care at Pennsylvania’s Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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Making Arrangements (and Orchestrations) on Broadway

Orchestrator Doug Besterman (‘Death Becomes Her,’ ‘Boop!,’ ‘Smash’) and music director/arranger Marco Paguia (‘Buena Vista Social Club’) compare notes.

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TCG’s New Survey of Nonprofit Governing Boards Is First in 10 Years

'In Whom We Trust VI: Governing Boards Survey 2024' shows an increase in board diversity, among other changes.

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Just Sow Story: ‘The Vermont Farm Project’

Behind the scenes of a new interview-seeded 'farm-to-stage' musical at Northern Stage.

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Life and (Near) Death in Broadway’s ‘Swept Away’

The star of this season’s shipwrecked Avett Brothers musical reflects on the show's brief, brilliant voyage—and how its dark depths rescued his first love.

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A New Wind Sweeping Down the Plain in ‘O.K.!’

In Christin Eve Cato's play at Intar Theatre, a pregnant actor finds herself in a state where she cain't say no.

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TFANA Names Arin Arbus Artistic Director

The company’s former associate artistic director will step up when founding artistic director Jeffrey Horowitz departs in August.

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Trump Proposes Elimination of NEA and NEH

The administration’s 2026 budget comes at a time when the future of NEA staff and grant programs remains in doubt.

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Native Theater Project Awards Writers on MMIR Awareness Day

In conjunction with the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives, Indigenous playwrights received cash awards.

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NEA Abruptly Pulls Arts Grants on a Massive Scale

Arts organizations, including dozens of theatre companies, had NEA grants withdrawn or terminated late last week, and leadership resignations at the endowment bode ill.

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The Subtext: Rachel Bublitz Is Writing for Her Younger Self

The writer of 'Funny, Like an Abortion' and 'The Night Witches' talks about long commutes, writing science plays, and the parts she wishes she'd been able to play in school.

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St. Louis’s Muny to Receive Regional Tony

The St. Louis musical theatre mainstay, now in its 107th season, will receive the special award on June 8.

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Summer Stock: A Vibe Check

How is this long-standing American theatre tradition faring in an age of social media, raised expectations, and post-Covid recovery?

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Offscript: Danya Taymor & Knud Adams’s Ensemble Ethos

This month we talk to 2 Tony-nominated directors who specialize in new plays, and catch up with tireless critic Chris Jones for a recap of the Broadway season.

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Maurice Emmanuel Parent Named Front Porch Artistic Director

With the departure of co-founder Dawn Simmons, Parent assumes sole leadership on July 1, while education director Pascale Florestal steps up to be the associate artistic director.

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Pulitzers, Steinberg, Lortels, Jerome Fellows, and More

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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Working Theater, Broadway Advocacy Coalition Launch Stage Left Festival

6 readings of social justice-themed plays, programmed to respond to the current moment of political retrenchment, will run over 2 weekends in June.

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‘Endlings’ Makes New Waves at Hedgerow Theatre Company

In its regional premiere, Celine Song’s debut play, about older Korean woman who dive for their food, has fresh resonance this time around—and a lot less actual water.

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Constellation Theatre Company Marks Final Production at Source

After efforts to secure the space, the company embarks on a journey to continue producing elsewhere and close out their time in the black box with ‘Head Over Heels.’

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Unkindest Cuts: How Theatres Are Managing the Loss of NEA Funds

While some companies can quickly plug the holes in their budgets for now, the ripple effects of across-the-board cutbacks to federal arts funding may be long-lasting and felt by the most vulnerable.

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We Must Resist With Radical Imagination

In a recent keynote address at the New School, a Russian-born theatremaker stirred graduates with a message of hope in the face of despair.

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A Marriage of True Minds in ‘We Are Gathered’

Tarell Alvin McCraney's new play for Arena Stage both celebrates and complicates hard-won marriage equality rights just as D.C. welcomes WorldPride festivities.

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A Truck Full of Props and Asian Joy

Gaven D. Trinidad's 'Learning to Read by Moonlight' is being produced by 2 companies and staged at 3 different Boston locations, giving its themes of immigrant belonging a wide and hyper-local reach.

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How ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Expands the Language of the Musical

A Broadway show about the making of a historic record in Cuba doesn't sacrifice the authenticity of its deep cultural context—or its original language.

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Charles Strouse, Jedi Master

One of the late composer's musical theatre successors pays tribute to his elder's craft, creativity, and unflappable professionalism.

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Diversity and Its Discontents: It Was Never About the Money

The business case for a more diverse American theatre is a distraction from our core human and artistic values, which is the ground we must stand on in the fight for DEI.

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Pacific Gets Specific: Life in the Details at New-Play Fest

The most recent edition of South Coast Rep's annual play-development gathering showcased moving works about loss and reupped the theatre's long-standing commitment to emerging writers.

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The Theater Offensive Launches Queer [Re]Public Festival

The inaugural four-day festival (running June 26-29) will showcase queer creators of color in dance, theatre, and collaborative artmaking.

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Artistic Director Nik Whitcomb to Leave Bag&Baggage Productions

Having served since 2022, he will leave to begin a new chapter of public service, including studies in urban planning.

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Funny, With a Little Teeth: 2 Playwrights on the Lineage and Lens of Molière

Taylor Mac, whose new play 'Prosperous Fools' is loosely inspired by 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,' and Jeffrey Hatcher, who has a new adaptation of 'The Imaginary Invalid,' talk satire, philanthropy, and...

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On the Street Where He Lived: Terrence McNally Way Unveiled

The late playwright of 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' gets an official marker in New York City.

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Pride Plays Comes to D.C. for WorldPride

Michael Urie and the festival's co-founders are bringing Pride Plays to the nation’s capital for this year’s 50th anniversary of WorldPride.

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Brick Theater’s T4T Fest to Amplify Trans Voices

The festival, running June 3-8 at the Brick, plans to feature work by trans artists for trans audiences.

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BIPOC Critics Lab, Critical Minded Partner for Cohort at Public Theater

The residency dedicated to creating opportunities for theatre critics of color featured 12 writers in its 2024-25 cohort.

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Dallas Children’s Theater to Restructure and Reduce Programming

In a change addressing significant financial challenges for the small nonprofit, DCT will scale back productions and pause its education program.

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Joy, Justice, and Ingenuity at TYA/USA

Last month's D.C.-area gathering of makers and advocates of theatre for young people offered a radical yet knowing optimism about the industry and the art form at an especially urgent time.

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The Subtext: Andrew Rosendorf Leaves It on the Page

Brian talks to the Minneapolis-based playwright about learning from criticism, connecting with collaborators, and finding his voice.

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