Let’s Be Realistic: Can Theatre Beat Film at Recreating Life?
The native language of theatre is artifice, but as Annie Baker’s ‘John’ proves, it doesn’t always feel that way.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Manhattan Theatre Club Slates 2015–16 Season
The roster includes frequently produced playwrights Shanley and Greenberg and a pair of Nicks (Payne and Jones).
Dee Sandt Named Managing Director of American Theater Company
The administrator travels from Synchronicity Theatre to join the Windy City troupe.
Two New Riffs on an Ancient Legend Share a Mission: Free Salomé!
Two wildly different new versions unveil the woman behind the myth.
Onstage This Week: Aug. 17-23
From Milwaukee to Boise to Atlanta, from Robin Hood, to Aesop’s Fables to Shakespeare, another varied week onstage across the nation.
ACT II Playhouse Announces 2015–16 Season
The roster includes comedy, contemporary plays, and an iconic musical.
International City Theatre Celebrates American Writers for Its 2016 Season
The season features works from Lee Blessing, Christopher Durang, Donald Margulies, John Patrick Shanley, Richard Maltby Jr., and David Shire.
REDCAT Announces a Season of International Performances
Highlights include a world premiere from the Wooster Group, a Joey Arias tribute to Billie Holiday, and Halloween offerings from John Fleck and Astrid Hadad.
What Price Goodness? Ten Thousand Things and the LAPD Have Kept Accounts
Two new books look at companies that serve audiences outside the institutional theatre’s cocoon of privilege.
Tim Carroll Named Next Artistic Director of Shaw Festival
The Canadian company has selected the seasoned British director, best known for his work at London’s Globe, to succeed Jackie Maxwell.
