Impro Raises the Theatrical Bar
How a troupe of L.A.-based improvisers reawakened one critic's taste for the possibilities of live theatre.
How a troupe of L.A.-based improvisers reawakened one critic's taste for the possibilities of live theatre.
The distance from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the Improvised Shakespeare may not be as far as you think.
This week's guest is TCG board president Diane Rodriguez, who discusses the recent TCG board meetings, the Latino theatre movement and the L.A. 99-seat plan. Plus, the editors preview our De…
A director whose stage career spanned improv, tragedy, even musicals, as well as some very fine film adaptations of plays.
When the nation's most powerful newspaper chooses to review new plays in early productions outside New York, is that helping or hurting the field?
Two new plays in two different cities raise new questions about shadowy government plots of the 1980s. Coincidence?
A lesbian spin on "The Women" takes the top prize for new feminist plays by women.
The small Phoenix theatre will be recognized by the city's mayor in a celebration on Friday.
The composer's new hybrid work takes on myths and truths of Los Angeles, as well as one of his recurring subjects: the musical-theatre form itself.
The South Coast Rep founding member talks about what keeps him coming back for more humbug.
Executive director of the Providence company will start a new job with the same title in Connecticut next year.
Honored with the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award this week, the New York-based writer talks about his inspirations, his process and his memorable titles.
An historic gathering of Latino/a theatremakers put the focus firmly on the work and let the politics---including the identity politics---emerge, or not, from there.
Clubbed Thumb is the first beneficiary of Playwrights's new initiative, which comes with free office, rehearsal and performance space.
Amid the usual early trickle of holiday shows both strange and familiar are more intense fare: plays tackling meaty historical themes, some sweeping musicals, and piercing, intimate drama…
Original interviews of Eddie Dowling gives a glimpse into the trials and tribulations of the original production of "The Glass Menagerie" as the show is revived on Broadway.
The managing director at the Cincinnati theatre will step down next month; her duties will be shared among existing staff.
There's a staff switch at the Working Theater as B.J. Evans steps in as managing director and Nicholas Betito steps out from being general manager.
Artistic directors Jenny Avery and Jason Loewith reflect on what made the Evanston theatre special, and why it ended this week.
The experimental Chicago ensemble hires a fundraising and community partnership leader.
From the TBA Awards to Chicago's literary slam WRITE Club, this week's theatre podcasts hit close to home.
Theatre Communications Group's star-studded event celebrated artists and organizations who've advanced the art and practice of theatre.
The outgoing artistic director of the Off-Off-Broadway Flea Theater talks about his plans for the transition, and what he's looking for in a new leader.
A lap dance from a peanut-butter-covered werewolf? A hip-hop Dickens intervention? No wonder this comedy storefront attracts a young, rowdy ATL audience.
TBA spreads the love with its first awards show, doling out a total of 69 awards in four categories to Bay Area theatres and artists.