The 2020 Obie Awards Bring Magic Home
Big winners of the night included ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ ‘A Strange Loop,’ and ‘Is This A Room.’
Stories by Allison Considine
Allison Considine is the senior editor of American Theatre. She studied literature and cultural studies and theatre arts at Pace University. Follow her on instagram @allyooper and read more of her work at allisonconsidine.com
A Few Theatres Open for Business, If Not Business as Usual
How and why are a handful of theatres reopening, even as the coronavirus surges?
What Clothes After Closure? 4 Young Designers Have Some Ideas
Willa Kim Scholarship recipients are using it to supplement their costume design skills, from watercolor painting to digital rendering.
Austin Pendleton: Remember to Look Up
With ‘The Minutes’ on hold, Pendleton is passing time with ‘The American Clock’ and Zoom scene study classes.
Some Theatres Are Reopening Early—to Protesters
Theatres across the U.S., shut down due to the pandemic, scramble to make their lobbies refuges for protesters to rest and recharge.
Bit by Bit, Putting a Kids’ Musical Together
The title, ‘The Show Must Go Online!,’ is self-explanatory, but this new virtual musical still requires teachers, parents, and students to get in on the act.
What to Watch (and Do) This Month
From book launches to improv shows, from archived productions to cooking classes, here are some theatre (and theatre-adjacent) online offerings.
Shows Are Canceled, But the Galas Must Go On
How theatre companies are adapting their tentpole fundraising events to an online environment, opening virtual doors to all in hopes of opening checkbooks.
Paula Vogel: Borrowing Time and Toasting the Future
The playwright looks forward to opening nights, and a theatre we no longer take for granted, on the other side of COVID-19.
It’s Business as Unusual for Theatres’ Finance Directors
Finance directors have been working around the clock to lock down funds and plan for an uncertain future.
