9,641 stories from American Theatre
Artists build the imaginary worlds of the stage; producers and managers build the actual worlds where imaginations can play.
Harold Prince has always made work that matters to him---and most often to a wide audience.
Whatever contribution I've made to the theatre repertoire has been because I took risks on great material and got backers to trust me with it.
The theatre in Portland, Ore., joins the organization for national profile---and local leadership on wages.
What nonprofit managers and commercial producers can learn from each other, and pass on.
For many small theatres, the leap to midsize, and from renting to owning, can be a make-or-break deal.
The theatre subscription model may seem creaky, but maybe all its needs is an upgrade---a monthly, recurring upgrade.
Richard Nelson's newest cycle of plays views the presidential election through a painfully personal lens.
The second annual award recognizes the playwright for her play 'Is God Is.'
From headless horsemen to blood thirsty vampires, from witch prosecutions to murder trials, this week's theatre offerings are spooky.
Samuel French's Playwrights Welcome initiative will give away unsold seats at select theatres to Dramatists Guild members.
This site-specific Chicago project takes audiences back to school, where the lessons aren't all on the syllabus.
In a new memoir, the Guerrilla Girl recounts a life as an art provocateur and a reluctant feminist haunted by abuse.
On this week's podcast, Lynn Nottage discusses the presidential election and her new play 'Sweat.' Plus the editors discuss 'Hamilton's America' and 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.'
The company sets Shakespearean fare, timeless mysteries, and classic musicals for the summer.
The playwright's new nonfiction collection offers a grab bag of alternately brilliant and brittle asides.
He is set to assume his post in early November.
Like Bob Dylan's songs, Fo's plays gave voice to his times and continue to live most fully in the moment of performance.
The season will include works by Nilo Cruz, Josh Tobiessen, Jennifer Haley, Lauren Gunderson, and Margot Melcon.
Russians, who've begun to develop a taste for American-style musicals, recently downed a shot of Broadway.
Chicago Equity theatre was honored at the annual ceremony on Monday night.
Epic NEXT's high schoolers devise theatre to address their immediate concerns---and get trained and paid in the bargain.
The Pulse massacre in June raised many troubling issues, and a new batch of short plays, to be read at theatres nationwide, set out to dramatize them.
How the Every 28 Hours Plays project, born from the outrage over police violence, is spreading across the nation.
From barn spiders to baloney sandwiches, from the open sea to the galaxy, it is an exciting week for theatre.
