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A new podcast featuring three longtime New York drama critics talking about theatre in the U.S. kicks off with a discussion of the stage's response to Trump and a season preview.
The two writers will each receive a $50,000 prize.
The turnover of so many artistic director positions at U.S. theatres provides a genuine opening to overcome exclusionary hiring practices.
She was recognized for her play 'Roe,' about the Roe v. Wade case.
The cohort includes Rae Binstock, Nick Gandiello, Lucas Hnath, C.A. Johnson, and Susan Soon He Stanton.
The former lawyer, now moving into arts management, joins the company's new artistic director, Joanie Schultz.
Robinson will bring his experience with community development and social justice to the arts organization.
In honor of his 20th season as the resident playwright, a $2.5-million gift will give Still a permanent artistic home.
In times of crisis, theatre has more than one role to play.
For this year's preview of U.S. theatre's offerings, we look at the how and why as much as the what.
Whose programs do the programmers admire most? We asked some U.S. theatre leaders and they told us.
Caution may make sense in a crisis, but our long-term missions require us to make bolder choices.
After a quarter century at the helm of ACT, the classics-minded director/playwright is quitting while she's ahead.
His unprecedented tenure at Yale Rep may be topped off (fingers crossed) by a new theatre-and-school complex.
How New York City's landmark avant-garde hub maintains its links across nations and generations.
Our magazine doesn't include the Bard on its annual most-produced lists, but this year he snuck his way to the top anyway.
Once again, new plays far outnumber revivals and classics---and they're the only sector in which the playwriting gender gap is narrowing.
The festival will feature works by Christopher Chen, Jonathan Payne, and Jen Silverman.
MJ Halberstadt and Brenda Withers have been selected for the two-year residency.
For the characters in Guillermo Calderón's plays, daring to get things wrong can lead to a deeper understanding.
How these leaders put their stamp on long-running theatres they inherited.
The new-play incubator program will feature two world premiere plays, four new plays, and short works.
This week's guests are Lauren Gunderson, the season's most-produced playwright, and Ken Cerniglia, dramaturg of Disney Theatrical Group, the force behind this year's most-produced play.
Over 10 days of performance art, lines between performer and audience blurred, then disappeared altogether.
PlayMakers's producing artistic director receives an award named for one of her mentors and idols.
