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It was all musical theatre all the time all over Cardiff last month, as the capital city of Wales played host to the first-ever International Festival of Musical Theatre.
Cloudy Effect on Funding, Rents
Writing plays with specific actors in mind is a long tradition--and continues to fuel some of theatre's most innovative creative teams.
Bill Macy and Felicity Huffman share everything, including the stage.
A weakened economy means many U.S. opera companies and orchestras are facing financial crunches, reflected in less-than-brisk box-office sales, delayed ticket purchases, declines in subscrip…
Composers, Writers, and Directors on the Journey from One Medium to Another
Your Guide to Hearing New Works in the NYC Area
Henry V's David Melville and Melissa Chalsma compare their countries' Shakepearean styles.
Few theatres in America can boast a partnership as fruitful as the one between Philadelphia's The Wilma Theater and playwright Tom Stoppard.
Union Contracts "Mamma Mia!" and Looks to Future
The Taper is going through with plans for a new space in Culver City, South Coast Repertory just opened its new 336-seat Julianne Argyros Stage, and now another SoCal LORT theatre joins the …
When audiences step into the Orpheum Theatre Sunday, Nov. 24, to celebrate Theatre LA's 2002 Ovation Awards, they will be stepping back in time. They will also be stepping into the future.
In the "All-American" town of Somerville, MA, just a few steps from the site where Mat Damon and Ben Affleck toasted the wrapping of "Good Will Hunting," another local star is about to unwra…
Musical Artists Union Cautions Dancers About Fees to Audition
The purchasing of "every available seat" to every Main Stem show by Washington Mutual Bank seemed to be quite the boon for Broadway. But the event also turned out to benefit a great swath of…
In the actor/agent relationship, who has the upper hand?
Wolfe Tuner Honored at 30th Annual Black Theatre Awards
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed 25% property-tax increase may prove more of a detriment to individual artists and ticket buyers than to theatre companies and arts organizati…
Wave after wave of disheartening economic news has rocked the commercial and the nonprofit theatre industry for nearly three years--the third anniversary of the 2000 stock market crash being…
The Ovations may not be the Tonys, but rewards for a winning company can still be substantial.
When recession hits and the wallets of patrons thin down, companies specializing in musical theatre can be especially hard hit.
