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A critic's round table on David Lindsay-Abaire's oft-performed 'Good People,' as well as chat about Sean Graney, diversity and Taylor Mac.
Festival founder Blair Thomas aimed to challenge the conventional notions of puppetry and maybe invent some new models along the way during this 12-day Chicago event.
The ensemble theatre's season will include Richard Nash's 'The Rainmaker,' James Still's 'Looking Over the President's Shoulder' and 'Little Shop of Horrors.'
The director left the company he founded to pursue his own muse. But he's since learned that theatre is about community, and leadership is about service. Oh---and he had some time and money …
Matthew Lopez's newest play, coming soon to Hartford Stage, tackles the intimacy gap in contemporary relationships.
Building audiences in two far-flung cities, as Alaska's biggest theatre has done, is one way to help ensure a theatre's economic sustainability.
The Druid's take on Shakespeare history plays, an English 'Ubu Roi,' a Russian 'Miss Julie,' a Murakami adaptation from Japan and a Harry Partch opera highlight this year's theatre offerings.
The company's founding director returns to take back the reins from Halena Kays.
Three new plays aren't giving the NFL a pass for its brain-injury crisis and macho culture.
Two parents are concerned about their young son's love for Cinderella and playing dress-up. Should they be? Daniel Pearle's play, coming soon to About Face Theatre, explores the question.
Last fall, Orange County's LORT powerhouse embarked on a collaborative community project with nearby Santa Ana.
The British-born director curates her Tribeca theatre with an eye on design, a taste for discomfort and a curiosity about who the work is for.
Jennifer Haley's unsettling play, a hit in L.A. and London now on its way to New York, questions our immersion in technology.
Rachel Chavkin returns to direct Wohl's "Small Mouth Sounds"; the new musical "Futurity" will have its New York premiere in a co-production with Soho Rep; and more resident artists announced.
East West Players artistic director Tim Dang has authored the 51% Preparedness Plan, calling for more diversity at Southern California theatres.
This week's characters onstage include kings, princes, heiresses and saints, as well as composers, actors, explorers---and some everyday folks.
This year, dozens of shows in a few weeks pushed boundaries and pointed in invigorating new directions for performance and performers.
Ecuadorian theatre broke away from European conventions in the 1960s. Today's artists are still venturing outside the theatre walls to engage audiences directly.
The Connecticut musical theatre company will premiere four new musicals in its 2015 season, and its roster of artists include Kathleen Marshall, Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown.
Joseph has won the 2015 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award for his play 'Guards at the Taj,' premiering at Atlantic Theater Company.
The co-creator of the mad pirates of "Jollyship" is writing plays for people now, but he's still unleashing comic chaos.
The Chicago-based director will work as an associate at the theatre under its Michael Maggio directing fellowship program for early career directors.
Another week, another series of far-ranging talks about the theatre and its makers from across the nation.
New work from Elizabeth Swados, Erin Courtney, Cory Finley and Sam Marks are slated for the downtown NYC mainstay.
New York will finally get to see some acclaimed and socially relevant new plays that have received productions and acclaim elsewhere.
