A Reopening of Sorts
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Yearly Archives: 2023
Qween Jean: Leading With Love in a Time of Awakening
For this New York City-based costume designer and trans activist, artistry and protest are intertwined.
Offscript: Heidi Schreck and Selina Fillinger, Women on Top
On this episode, Rob and Gabriela celebrate this season’s most-produced plays and playwrights with surprise guests Heidi Schreck and Selina Fillinger.
Attention Must Be Paid to the Translator in ‘Salesman之死’
Yangtze Rep’s new production looks behind the scenes, and under the layers, of Arthur Miller’s Beijing staging of ‘Death of a Salesman.’
The Top 10* Most-Produced Plays of the 2023-24 Season
Dramas and comedies with a political edge top this year’s list (*actually 12 due to ties).
The Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2023-24 Season
Lynn Nottage again tops the list, followed closely by a mix of dramatists, librettists, and adapters.
Co-Pros and Solos, Sure, But Also Ambition and Artistry
The offerings that are emerging from the midst of contraction and crisis show how theatres can balance values and budgets.
New Repertory Theatre to Close Doors After 40 Seasons
The board of the Boston-area theatre cites a philanthropic shortfall as the reason for the company’s end.
Making Space for ‘Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress’
Children’s Theatre Company proudly debuts juliany taveras’s new stage adaptation of a book that has faced challenges and attacks in some schools.
Decentering Doom: A Word From Chicago Theatre Workers
After an outpouring of op-eds bemoaning the state of U.S. theatre, 2 Chicago writers lift up innovative collaborations in their own backyard as examples for the field.
