9,658 stories from American Theatre
It's the Grinch edition of Offscript! This week, our editors talk about holiday shows and the people who watch them (hint: it's not us). Plus, Suzy interviews 10-year-old Chicago theatre cri…
This is clearly a teaching moment about race and justice in the U.S. Here's a list of plays---new and old, all of them eerily timely---that speak to this essential American struggle.
Ellen Greene returns to the "Little Shop of Horrors," Sutton Foster and Joshua Henry throw a "Wild Party," and Jonathan Groff sings about "A New Brain" at City Center's Off-Broadway series.
The master director taught me to find the event in every scene---an easy lesson to remember, since each session with him was an event in itself.
From little black dresses to jeans, bicycles to balloons, six memorable reinventions of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's "Into the Woods" from 2014 (not counting the movie).
The current artist-at-large at Geva Theatre Center is stepping into a new role in Lowell, Mass.
Alongside Scrooge and the Cratchits you'll find Crumpet, Ralphie and George Bailey, as well as some fun alternative-holiday offerings and some intriguing counter-programming.
A physical-theatre phenom created in 1979 by Jerry Mouawad and Carol Triffle, 'FROGZ' brings together acrobatics and animals, and unites audiences of all ages.
More hot cups of talk on our favorite theatre podcasts, from Baltimore to the Bay Area.
After a number of years and as many setbacks, a new musical of Barry Levinson's buddy film hits the stage, with tunes by Sheryl Crow.
The MacArthur "genius" grantee talks about his new play 'Pocatello' at Playwrights Horizons, and why the Olive Garden makes a great metaphor for family and community.
The songwriter and performer behind the Joe's Pub hit "Rock Bottom" chat about kitties, titties and raunchy ditties.
Theatre is born of collective effort and aspiration. Maybe that's why it's such a powerful vehicle of social engagement, and why activist artists are drawn to it.
For the nation's theatre teaching artists, "arts education" is a redundant phrase. Their own lives and careers prove it.
Can theatre for social change be taught? Here's a roundup of theatre-studies programs where arts activism is on the syllabus.
Meet a cadre of artists and companies who put social, political and civic causes at the forefront of their work.
With "California: The Tempest," the pioneering community-focused company is showcasing its influential methodology, as well as the institute it's created to teach it to others.
Two new books on Alexander technique demonstrate both the power and the pitfalls of conveying a hands-on practice in written form.
He led the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival through nearly three decades and the entire canon, but his best role may have been his soulful Cyrano.
A former law partner will join the management team at the Arizona children's theatre.
In excerpts from speeches newly translated by Zack Rogow and Renée Morel, the celebrated author of "Gigi" tells how she found her identity as a writer in the music halls of Paris.
Now entering its 10th year, the Aurora Theatre's prize for "forward-looking" plays also takes a moment to look back on past successes.
At next year's Inge fest, the writer of 'Sight Unseen' and 'Dinner With Friends' will receive a reading of his newest play, 'The Country House,' and offer a master class.
Patricia Ariza and Joanna Sherman lead companies in war zones where female bodies and liberty are among the worst casualties.
Writers can't live on commissions and royalties alone, so some theatres are adjusting the way they compensate them. Are these gestures enough to turn the tide?
