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?
View ArticleOffscript: 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.
View ArticleMaurice 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.
View ArticlePulitzers, Steinberg, Lortels, Jerome Fellows, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
View ArticleWorking 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.
View Article‘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.
View ArticleConstellation 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.’
View ArticleUnkindest 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.
View ArticleWe 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.
View ArticleA 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.
View ArticleA 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.
View ArticleHow ‘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.
View ArticleCharles Strouse, Jedi Master
One of the late composer's musical theatre successors pays tribute to his elder's craft, creativity, and unflappable professionalism.
View ArticleDiversity 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.
View ArticlePacific 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.
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleArtistic 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.
View ArticleFunny, 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...
View ArticleOn the Street Where He Lived: Terrence McNally Way Unveiled
The late playwright of 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' gets an official marker in New York City.
View ArticlePride 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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