This Month in Theatre History
The first production to use electric lighting, a tragic theatre fire, a Broadway landmark, an Asian American icon, and a James Baldwin musical adaptation.
Yearly Archives: 2023
TYA/USA Announces 2024 National Festival and Conference
Presented in collaboration with the Alliance Theatre, this year’s convening will focus on the theme of possibility.
This Week in Theatre Awards: Youngblood, Write It Out!, and More
A roundup of prizes, residencies, and other recognitions.
Everyone’s Invited to ‘Mrs. Krishnan’s Party’
The New Zealand-based Indian Ink Theatre Company brings immersive festivities to a number of U.S. theatres starting this month.
Seeing Theatre’s Future in Warsaw
At the Generation After Festival in September, Polish theatres gave a fresh demonstration of the vitality, relevancy, and pliability of the live arts.
Theatre as Refuge and Resistance in a Time of War
For MENA-identifying theatres in the U.S., the current Israel-Hamas war makes the work of lifting Palestinian and Arab voices all the more urgent.
Changes Come Fast, Change Comes Slow
How a cohort of artistic directors of color, recently hired at major U.S. theatres, have confronted unforeseen upheavals.
Translating Jon Fosse Isn’t Just About the Words
How an American director became a translator, as well as a sort of U.S. ambassador, for the Norwegian writer who is this year’s Nobel Prize winner.
Authenticity and Urgency: New Plays For Us and By Us
How 4 theatres develop work by writers of color with communities of color at the center.
Harold Steward Named Chair of TCG Board
Steward, a former co-chair of the board’s diversity, equity, and inclusion committee, succeeds Nikkole Salter.
