9,623 stories from American Theatre
The war in Gaza has put a fresh spotlight on the question of what theatres and artists should say or do in response.
A roundtable on how to create radically welcoming access at the theatre.
June looks back on Frederick Douglass's criticisms of blackface, Uta Hagen's legacy, Eugene O'Neill's nine-act 'Interlude,' Steppenwolf's 'Menagerie,' and a Lynne Nottage premiere.
Reflections on what's bringing joy, and a look at where we'll meet the next challenge.
We say theatre can be healing, but what if that were literally true?
A lively and perceptive watcher and thinker, she helped generations of artists and critics view theatre as a kind of space and time travel.
The new initiative will give unrestricted funds to 5 trans women of color in the performing arts and theatre.
Attendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing.
He'll fill the role recently left by Erica Ezold while the Pennsylvania company seeks a successor.
The barn doors at SPACE will close after more than a decade supporting creators and cultivators, while the board considers what comes next.
A far-ranging conversation about their common approach to text as a springboard, why they're past theory, and how they introduced Jessica Lange to Viewpoints.
Livingston will head to Houston this August.
A new report details the efforts of 20-plus artists, administrators, and organizations to join forces and give microgrants to colleagues impacted by the pandemic and its effects.
Theatres are taking a hard look at a well-worn patron model, and coming to different conclusions about its usefulness.
Colleagues and friends of the actor-playwright recall his legacy as a dramatist, poet, producer, mentor, truth teller, and friend.
Theatre is all about human behavior. Is it time to let audiences be fully human too?
The small Seattle theatre reports that it needs to raise 62.5 percent more in contributed income than in pre-pandemic times to sustain operations.
This month Brian speaks with the busy playwright about dramatizing Idaho, promoting the film of 'The Whale,' and working on a new play at Steppenwolf.
This year's 6-person cohort is based in Chicago.
Staging the complete 'KÄmau Trilogy' in repertory for the first time in 30 years, Kumu Kahua Theatre aims both to honor the losses of the past and break the cycle of intergenerational tra…
When La Liga Teatro Elástico came to Chicago, they built a puppet parade to dramatize our ecological interdependence.
As theatres across the country diversify their casting of Disney princesses in musicals, more girls get to see themselves onstage.
As the Chicago playwright's newest work hits the Raven Theatre stage, Allen revisits the gestation and meaning of his South Side-set Grand Boulevard Trilogy.
In her early days as the org's producing artistic director, she discusses process and the state of new-play development in American theatre.
A longtime performer and teaching artist with the company, she will serve alongside managing director Anh Thu T. Pham while a successor for Lily Tung Crystal is sought.
