Jennifer Holliday, From ‘Dreamgirls’ to ‘Sophisticated Ladies’
She may have moved beyond the big bring-the-curtain-down numbers, but the singer can still bring down the house. Next: ZACH Theatre’s Ellington revue.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Onstage this Week: July 13–20
The dog days of summer mean a batch of classics and musicals, plus a smattering of new plays.
Horrors! The Audience Is Alive!
It is theatre’s blessing and curse that it shares space with all of humanity—even humans with cell phones.
How Lynn Nottage, Inveterate Wanderer, Found Her Way to Reading and ‘Sweat’
The playwright of ‘Ruined’ and ‘Intimate Apparel’ talks about her new play, inspired by America’s ‘de-industrial revolution’ and bowing this month at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
The Infamous iPhone Incident at ‘Hand to God’: Theatre Could Use a Charge Like That
One audience member trying to plug his phone into a Broadway set is not the end of civilization—nor should a ‘why not’ attitude be entirely unwelcome in the theatre.
Delaware Theatre Company Announces 37th Season
Maurice Hines taps in tribute, Wyeth paints Nureyev, and Sheryl Crow’s ‘Diner’ musical takes another bow, among other offerings.
TCG in Cleveland: Shining Light on a Future That’s Already Here
With a renewed focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion, the 25th conference brought together the nation’s theatremakers to share strategies and challenges, as well as drinks and laughs.
The Future of the Past in Jordan Harrison’s ‘Marjorie Prime’
A new play about loss and memory contemplates a world full of eternal afterimages—‘primes’—that can learn to look and act like us. But how will they feel?
The Neo-Futurists Announce a Season of Development and Devising
The form-breaking troupe plans a brand new Neo-Lab, a quarterly experimental workshop called the Arrow, and riffs on Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, and Marsha Norman.
Darcy Addison Named Executive Director of Collaboraction
As part of an expansion of the company and its mission, she will share leadership with founding artistic director Anthony Moseley.
