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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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