Get Past the Lobby: Theatres Rethink How We Gather
From Arkansas to Harlem, theatres are using lobbies, rooftops, exhibition spaces, and more to expand the ways they can gather and engage their communities.
From Arkansas to Harlem, theatres are using lobbies, rooftops, exhibition spaces, and more to expand the ways they can gather and engage their communities.
The award, given annually by the Shakespeare Theatre Association, goes to the founder and artistic director of NY Classical Theatre.
The Tony-winning lighting and set designer will succeed Susan Hilferty in the role.
The award from Premiere Stages at Kean University goes to a current student and an alumna.
The program will support two new projects from tribally affiliated artists.
The 10 finalists include writers from the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and the U.K.
The editors speak to the new artistic director of Southwest Shakespeare in Arizona about claiming the classics for all people everywhere.
He was a stage manager whose career ranged from the Midwest to Broadway to Salt Lake City.
Reading is no substitute for dancing, but 2 new books---one about Tommy Tune, the other about canonical Broadway dances---have plenty to offer.
The streaming service, which will be free to audiences, will share ad sales revenue with featured artists.
As the Chicago Tribune's lead theatre critic from 1978 to 2002, he helped build the city's unique theatre scene, both by covering it and by getting to know its major players.
Sondheim's work is elusive, ambivalent, internally conflicted, and deeply concerned with how stories are told. What could be more Jewish?
The busy stage director, now represented by 'Yoga Play,' is eager to garner both weighty conversations and big laughs.
Safe Harbors NYC, Dominican Artists Collective, and JAG Productions will join resident company Noor Theatre.
The new program from Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective and the American Myth Center will commission plays about Black life.
DeLanna Studi, Machine Dazzle, Marga Gomez, Nataki Garrett, and Lars America Jan make up the theatre and performance fellows.
The Harlem native, a classically trained actor and producer, will take the reins of the Arizona theatre company.
No, it's not March 2020 all over again, but the latest COVID-19 variant has theatres struggling with some familiar dilemmas of safety and scheduling.
The program will commission 7 Jewish playwrights of color in an effort to 'correct and broaden' conceptions of Jewishness onstage.
Reynolds-Knott will develop a new play with Oklahoma City University, Centre College in Kentucky, and Furman University in South Carolina.
This month Brian talks to the creator of Jomama Jones about the books and music that saved him as a child, and how they led to the books and music he's making now.
Dipika Guha, Hilary Bettis, Joy Meads, and Melissa Crespo will talk about the gender-parity collective with moderator Kelundra Smith.
2021 fellow Bleu Beckford-Burrell will also continue her fellowship into a second year.
The legendary training program will continue its conservatory and other training programs, but its 3-year theatre degree has become a COVID casualty.
The producing fellows will join a larger class of fellows across the theatre industry.