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Socially engaged performance has a rich history in this country, and it deserves an account as localized and multivocal as its leading practitioners.
As he marks his 20th year in a show now celebrating its 25th Broadway anniversary, Mercer says that enthusiastic audiences---and a certain amount of backstage pranks---are what keep him ener…
For the show's associate music director, 'KPOP' brings together 2 things that are precious to her: the Broadway musical, and contemporary Korean and Korean American culture.
American Theatre's former senior editor talks about her new editor-in-chief gig, and how she thinks the theatre discourse has changed for the better.
The program will allow for 15 applicants to shadow, observe, or support experienced choreographers and directors during a production process.
JCA Arts Marketing's study showed declines in seats sold and revenue per performance, driven in part by last year's omicron surge.
The 5-acre farm in Doylestown, Pa., where Oscar Hammerstein II wrote his epochal musicals is being turned into a museum and education center.
A new production from Houses on the Moon Theater Company explores the untold stories of family members whose loved ones are incarcerated.
In a free-ranging retrospective interview, the Tony-winning choreographer of 'The Wiz' talks about his influences, his work with pop stars, his time with Alvin Ailey, and the love of his lif…
What began as a dark thought experiment---what if Black folks just left America and its racist violence behind?---has grown into a scathing satire that speaks to something deep inside audien…
Starting Dec. 1, Slight will temporarily replace Cody Estle, who is leaving Raven to serve as artistic director of Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee.
Next week's awards ceremony will feature a conversation among Hausmann, playwright Sarah Ruhl, and the author's nephew, Tappan Wilder.
In the newly created, Hunter succeeds the company's former producing director and director of external affairs.
Staying to true to your gut, making the work no one is hiring you to do, finding a community that gets you, taking mental health breaks---these are just some of the tips these creative folks…
Moses will be awarded $15,000 and a reading of his play 'The Ally' at Theater J's annual benefit next week.
The festival will feature work from playwrights Donja R. Love, Charlie Oh, Omer Abbas Salem, Gina Femia, Nancy GarcÃa Loza, and Jeffrey Lieber.
The expansion includes five spaces on the sixth floor of the Tank's current Midtown Manhattan location.
In a new memoir, the longtime Old Globe leader and frequent Broadway helmer considers an eventful career and offers tips he picked up the hard way.
In this excerpt from his new memoir 'Jack in the Box: Or, How to Goddamn Direct,' Jack O'Brien recounts his fierce face-off with theatre giant George Abbott.
For 25 years, this hugely influential program welcomed directors from all over the world to compare work and share practices. Is it really over?
In 'Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family' and 'The Gospel Woman' this journalist-turned-playwright recovers overlooked histories---and that work started at home.
Many theatregoers in the region say they'd be more likely to attend if masks were required.
This year's 24-hour intensive will make a star studded in-person return with six new works developed over the course of one night.
November looks back on some Houdini hijinks, the origins of two major regional theatres, and a First Nations-led premiere.
Samuel will receive a cash award and a complimentary annual American Theatre Critics Association membership.
