This Month in Theatre History
From America’s first Black celebrity to Alice Childress’s Broadway turn in ‘Anna Lucasta,’ from Susan Glaspell opening ‘The Verge’ to raves for Canada Lee.
Yearly Archives: 2021
A Manifesto for the Future Stage: Performance Is a Human Right
How we can make the most of the possibilities of liveness, technology, and human innovation.
Karen Olivo to Keynote PAAL Summit on Centering Humanity
The digital summit, to be held in partnership with the Public Theater in December, will address humane practices and caregiver support in the performing arts.
Gennean Scott: Broadway Can and Will Change
For the Broadway League’s first director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, action is going to be as important as words.
Playwrights Realm Bestows Its International Theatermakers Awards
Nkenna Akunna, Dina El-Aziz, Isra Elsalihie, Abhishek Majumdar, and Tidtaya Sinutoke will receive free legal assistance in applying for an O-1B Artist Visa.
What Can Still Be Seen by ‘Twilight’
As Anna Deavere Smith’s theatrical document of the 1992 L.A. uprising returns in a new form, it may feel so in touch with our moment because it helped to define it.
Gloucester Stage Announces Leadership Transition
Robert Walsh steps down and Paula Plum will serve as interim artistic director.
Mandy Greenfield Resigns From Helm of Williamstown Theatre Fest
The embattled artistic director will be replaced by interim leader Jenny Gersten.
We Must Reject ‘Oppression Olympics’
We won’t achieve equity for marginalized voices by pitting themselves against each other, as Theresa Rebeck’s recent column seemed to suggest.
MTC Announces New Commission and Development Programs
Manhattan Theatre Club has extended commissions to several writers and launched a new Groundworks Lab program.
