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This month we talk to the 6-time Tony-winning director about ‘Gypsy’ and his miraculous career, and the editors introduce our Spring print issue. You can download ...
‘John Proctor is the Villain,’ now on Broadway, is just one in a spate of recent plays that offer feminist correctives to ‘The Crucible’ and ‘Death of a Salesman.’ They are among the most famous words ...
NEW YORK: The Whiting Foundation has announced the 2025 winners for the 40th anniversary of the Whiting Awards. Among the 10 writers honored for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, Liza Birkenmeier ...
On Jan. 7, 60 students at California’s Altadena Arts and Eliot Arts magnet schools began rehearsals for their production of Shrek, Jr. That same night, while the young artists were soundly asleep, the ...
We stand at a critical crossroads in American history—a crossroads where democracy, creative expression, artistic freedom, and the very artists and arts institutions that uphold these ideals face ...
Guided by a vision that was as much philosophical as theatrical, he built—and tenaciously defended—an influential theatre that ran against the grain in an industry town. Ron Sossi, who founded Los ...
A national initiative led by theatremaker Bo Frazier will develop new works about the often overlooked history of gender nonconformity. “The Trans History Project is part of our broader commitment at ...
The court refused to block the NEA from reimposing a restriction on funding for projects deemed to promote ‘gender ideology,’ even as they maintained that the rule likely violates the First Amendment.
The writer of ‘Issei, He Say’ talks about making plays from her family’s life, feeling the pressure to tell immigrant stories, and rebalancing her priorities. Each month on The Subtext, Brian speaks ...
LAKE WORTH BEACH, FLA.: Launched in 2014, the New Play Exchange was designed as a way to increase the transparency and efficiency of the play-submission process. In the years since, the National New ...
Equity’s Hiring Bias and Wage Gap Report shows gradual, positive steps towards a fairer industry. Equity, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers ...
While the organization plans to halt productions and programs starting this fall, a major fundraising campaign is underway to support strategic restructuring. PORTLAND, ORE.: Oregon Children’s Theatre ...