Public Theater to Host 2023 BIPOC Critics Lab
Applications for the cohort are now open and will be accepted through April 30.
Yearly Archives: 2023
Will Davis Named Rattlestick Artistic Director
When the busy director succeeds Daniella Topol in the position as of May 1, he will be the first transgender leader of a major non-LGBTQ-specific theatre.
Florida Studio Theatre Announces Partnership with The Haven
The new program will expand performing arts opportunities for people with disabilities.
Actors’ Equity Hiring Bias Report Shows Small Gains
An analysis of data from 2021 shows a slight increase in jobs for BIPOC and non-binary union members, as well as wage gaps for older workers.
Christina Anderson Wades Into the History of Swimming Pool Segregation
In ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home,’ next playing at Kansas City Rep and Yale Rep, this busy playwright pens another piece inspired by history.
Combing: A Recollection of Working With Adrian Hall
Somehow the late, great director could work on my play—and give it exactly what it needed—even while occupied with countless other thoughts and projects.
New Ohio Theatre to Close This Summer
After 30 years of artistry in the downtown independent theatre community, New Ohio will conclude operations at 154 Christopher Street on Aug. 31.
‘200 Years’ That Brought American and Liberian Artists Together
To mark the bicentennial of Liberia’s founding by formerly enslaved and free Black Americans, a troupe from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation joined with Liberians to make theatre about it.
Broadway Guilds Condemn Antisemitic ‘Parade’ Protesters
The first preview of the acclaimed musical, about the lynching of a falsely accused Jewish American, was picketed by neo-Nazis.
Lanise Antoine Shelley Named Black Theatre Coalition AMEX Directing Fellow
Shelley was formerly the artistic director of the House Theatre of Chicago.
