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With founder Julian Wiles's departure, Marybeth Clark will become artistic director alongside a new managing director starting in May 2023.
This week the editors discuss theatre's role in dispelling the fears and misconceptions surrounding abortion with Alison Leiby and Justice Hehir.
She will succeed founding leaders Chip Walton and Dee Covington, who will serve in transitional roles during the 2022-23 season.
Sarah Silverman's musical memoir, delayed by pandemic and the death of a key collaborator, finally arrives at the Atlantic with its frank, irreverent spirit intact.
After 52 years at the influential bilingual theatre, 17 of those at the helm, Robert Federico feels he is leaving Repertorio in good hands with Rafael Sánchez.
At Bucks County Playhouse, the award-winning actor stars in a one-woman show reckoning with the legacy of her showbiz family and the experiences of Asian Americans in the theatre.
This year's winners will be honored at an in-person ceremony on May 26.
The writers of 'Exception to the Rule' and 'What the End Will Be,' both at Roundabout Theatre, talk about their paths from home to work, and possibly back again.
Beryl Briane Ford and Michelan Le'Monier will co-lead the Brooklyn-based organization.
In depicting a transphobic murder in Washington, Mikki Gillette's new play sets out to show a young woman's confidence in the face of chaos.
The end of yet another path-breaking play development program, one with fieldwide impact and global reach, has not been properly mourned.
With 3 plays opening within as many months of each other, the prolific writer talks about comedy, empathy, and his deep love for television.
This month we talk to the administrator, activist, and casting professional about amplifying trans talent, rethinking the canon, and prioritizing mental health.
New works by Samuel D. Hunter and by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire were named best play and best musical of 2021-22.
A Chicago-bred director, producer, and teacher, Berry will join Penobscot executive director Jen Shepard to lead the company's 49th season.
A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with new-arrival Marilyn, she h…
When a young man tries to save his Gullah family home, he dives into the history of his family lineage, the Civil War, and the first town of Black freedmen in America. Mitchelville is a stor…
D'Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy"an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check D'Agata's es…
An intimate theatre with a focus on new plays and local stories, its season ends with the return of local star Terry Burrell as 'Lady Day.'
This New York-based company, dedicated to giving neurodiverse theatremakers a space to express their authentic selves, opens a production of '25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' tonight.
Inspired by the story of a DREAMer from Arizona, a new musical makes a humanizing case for the undocument immigrants whose rights he now advocates for.
The actor talks about his voice and craft, his approach to an iconic role, and where the storm ends and the madness begins.
The author of the near-future history play 'King Charles III' turns his attention to our once and possibly future president, but is it a comedy or a tragedy?
For years he was the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization's secret weapon, with an impeccable ear and an ideal combination of passion and practicality.
This month Brian talks to the producing artistic director of Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis about supporting writers, following a unicorn, and teaching doctors to write.
