A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions. They also awarded special recognition to Masi Asare, associate professor of theatre and performance studies at Northwestern University and a ...
Robert A. Freedman died on Sept. 22 at the age of 89. Perhaps it’s appropriate that this memoriam is being written on a cold and wind-swept rainy night, a fitting and dramatic setting for someone ...
As a special offering in our Offscript feed, we share this monologue by Kevin Renn about the legendary fashion designer who gave the world the Playboy Bunny costume. American Theatre is excited to ...
NEW YORK CITY: There’s good news for theatre criticism at two of the nation’s most important outlets, The New York Times and The New Yorker. After holding the job of theatre critic and staff writer ...
Theatres are stepping up for a national series of play readings by Indigenous writers, set for May 5, 2026, National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives. HILLSBORO ...
Over the next two years, PlayCo will team with six partner organizations and send nine playwrights abroad for global residencies. Theatres are stepping up for a national series of play readings by ...
Jeremy O. Harris talks about the sexual politics of white supremacy, and about how he finds humor in horror (and vice versa). Jeremy O. Harris. (Photo by Andre D. Wagner for the New York Times) TONYA ...
After an outpouring of op-eds bemoaning the state of U.S. theatre, 2 Chicago writers lift up innovative collaborations in their own backyard as examples for the field. This common question used to ...
Since 2000, thousands of productions of ‘The Laramie Project’ have shared Matthew Shepard’s story with communities around the world. Head writer and assistant director Leigh Fondakowski measures the ...
Clocking the missed opportunities, missteps, and outright transphobic tropes in 3 currently running musicals. Patten has said that she decided to continue to play Jo to honor all the queer people who ...
On Monday, Aug. 18, 1919, the best stage show in New York wasn’t on Broadway. It was raining in the city, and there was a subway strike. Yet 500 standees had crowded into the auditorium at the ...
What will the union’s new Open Access mean for the theatre industry? Here’s our stab at an explainer. Inarguably one of the biggest pivots in U.S. theatre history was the official recognition of ...