9,626 stories from American Theatre
From regional theatres to Broadway, stars minted by RuPaul are showing up in a wide range of roles, pointing the way toward a more inclusively fabulous field.
The editors speak to the playwright of 'Dream Hou$e,' a new play about gentrification, sisterhood, and reality TV, now onstage at Long Wharf Theatre.
Actors Theatre of Louisville has cancelled this year's new-play fest to pivot to other means of supporting and lifting playwrights' work.
The last 2 years forced us to face fundamental uncertainty and loss, and that's a gift that will keep on giving.
A look at 8 shows that the pandemic cut short, what's happened to them since, and what might be next.
How Lloyd Suh's 'The Chinese Lady' made it through 2 years of pandemic, protest, and anti-Asian hate to emerge as the nation's most-produced and possibly most essential play.
The show felt very special in 2020, but it means even more now, colored by the loss of the past 2 years.
The work of understudies, standbys, and swings is always exhausting and show-saving, but it took a pandemic to get most audiences and even the industry to recognize their value.
A political science experiment to gather diverse Americans inspired a stage version at Florida Studio Theatre, which also brought people together to reflect on their similarities and differe…
An excerpt from a new collection of micro-plays.
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation will provide $1.6 million in support for the initiative.
Though shy and reserved himself, he pushed his actors beyond self-consciousness to imaginative extremes and genuine discovery.
The company will partner with at least 3 theatres per year to develop new works.
A producer on and Off-Broadway, she founded Drama Inc., now Milwaukee Rep, in 1954.
The 2022-23 program will assemble a cohort of early-career BIPOC leaders from Pittsburgh, the site of TCG's next conference.
This month features some notable births, a devastating fire, and an Indiana theatre founding.
The theatremaking couple, recently thrown into an unexpected controversy over their purported sequel to 'West Side Story,' are living out their own tale of cross-cultural exchange.
The Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP), Cardinal Stage, and Pigasus Institute will join forces starting in July 2022 to establish a comprehensive performing arts organization in Southern …
By branching into theatre, the popular platform for film and TV scripts has given playwrights another venue. Is this what they asked for?
In 'The Mytilenean Debate' at Forward Theater, Quan Barry puts 4 characters at a crossroads after a cataclysm to ponder the ever timely question: What comes next?
5 monologues by Asian American writers, performed by Asian American actors over 60, comprise a new NAATCO anthology at the Public Theater.
How the Suzuki technique has helped StageWest's new production rebuild Shakespeare's play from the feet up.
The theatre's founder and artistic director will step down in 2023 after an acclaimed 36-year run.
An oral history about the time the beloved Off-Broadway musical magically entertained American GIs in Vietnam.
Talene Monahon's new comedy casts Shakespeare and his inspirations in a new light.
