Derek Charles Livingston Named Stages Artistic Director
Livingston will head to Houston this August.
View ArticlePaula Vogel, Tina Landau, and the Room That Made ‘Mother Play’
A far-ranging conversation about their common approach to text as a springboard, why they're past theory, and how they introduced Jessica Lange to Viewpoints.
View ArticleDavid Schmitz Joins People’s Light as Interim Managing Director
He'll fill the role recently left by Erica Ezold while the Pennsylvania company seeks a successor.
View ArticleThey Will Survive: Theatres That Are Beating the Odds
Attendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing.
View ArticleTCG Launches Funding Program for Trans Women of Color
The new initiative will give unrestricted funds to 5 trans women of color in the performing arts and theatre.
View ArticleElinor Fuchs, Peerless Guide to Theatre’s ‘Small Planet’
A lively and perceptive watcher and thinker, she helped generations of artists and critics view theatre as a kind of space and time travel.
View ArticleLeaders in a Time of Transformation
Reflections on what's bringing joy, and a look at where we'll meet the next challenge.
View ArticleThe Right (to) Protest
The war in Gaza has put a fresh spotlight on the question of what theatres and artists should say or do in response.
View ArticleNew Plays, Good Food, Great Plains: A Proven Recipe
While other new-work development hubs have dried up, the Great Plains Theatre Commons continues its convivial creative tradition with local and national support.
View ArticleWho It’s All For
With our Spring issue, we've turned our focus away from the stage to the house to consider the audience.
View ArticleBrandon J. Dirden Caps the Wilson Cycle With a ‘Gem’
As either actor or director, often at N.J.'s Two River Theater, he's tackled all 10 plays in August Wilson's canon, but he's not resting on his laurels.
View ArticlePeople to Watch: Whitney White and Kecia Lewis
A busy director with a new play about Queen Margaret at Hudson Valley Shakes, and a Broadway veteran cooking in 'Hell's Kitchen.'
View ArticleTCG Announces Co-Leadership Structure and Turnover in Advocacy Dept.
Longtime director of advocacy Laurie Baskin will retire this month, with Erica Lauren Ortiz stepping in as interim advocacy leader, while TCG kicks off a search for 3 top leaders.
View ArticleEmily Van Fleet Named Creede Rep Artistic Director
A longtime member of the theatre's acting company, she succeeds interim leader Kate Berry, who stepped in when John DiAntonio left last fall.
View ArticleThrowing Toys, Facing the Music: My Cathartic 2-Show Day
How to deal with rejection and gain perspective on this crazy business? Maybe spend a day watching Broadway musicals you worked on but ultimately weren't cast in.
View Article121 Project, Van Lier New Voices Fellows, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
View ArticleNaveen Kumar Is Looking Forward to D.C.
The Washington Post's next theatre critic is excited to dive into a scene that's new to him and to continue covering an industry in flux.
View ArticleThe Gift of Living in Whitney White’s Queendom
An intrepid, in-demand force in the American theatre, this writer-director is finding more to say through Shakespeare’s only recurring female character, Queen Margaret.
View ArticleGwen Watkins Named Stages Managing Director
The native Houstonian joins newly-appointed artistic director Derek Charles Livingston.
View ArticleErnie Nolan Named Unicorn Theatre Artistic Director
Nolan succeeds Cynthia Levin, who will retire after 45 years at the Kansas City theatre.
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