Crime and Kicks in Laural Meade’s "Harry Thaw"
Laural Meade’s melodrama “Harry Thaw Hates Everybody” gets a revival at Shotgun Players.
Category Archives: Previews
Natasha Trethewey’s ‘Native Guard’ Gets the Theatrical Treatment
Former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey’s Pulitzer winning collection of poetry is getting made into a play at the Alliance Theatre.
Mike Daisey Takes on Shakespeare at CalShakes
Mike Daisey puts on a series of new monologues about Shakespeare’s tragedies at California Shakespeare Theater.
Paata Tsikurishvili On Playing the Evil Dr. Moreau
Paata Tsikurishvili on why the evil Dr. Moreau in “The Island of Dr. Moreau” at Synetic Theater, is the perfect role for him.
Carey Crim’s ‘Conviction’ Wends Its Way to the Rubicon
After countless workshops, readings, and revisions, Carey Crim’s “Conviction” is ready to open at the Rubicon, directed by Scott Schwartz.
‘Bull Durham’ in a New Ballpark
Ron Shelton’s “Bull Durham” goes from a baseball movie to a baseball musical, slated to run at the Alliance Theatre and directed by Kip Fagan.
Catherine Filloux’s New Play Honors Victim of Civil Rights Movement
Catherine Filloux’s “Selma ’65,” set to run at La MaMa E.T.C., is about Viola Liuzzo and Tommy Rowe, both of whom were deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.
‘Native Son’ Takes Over Chicago
Both the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre and the American Blues Theater have taken an interest in play adaptions of Richard Wright’s “Native Son.”
Jordan Harrison Embraces Technology in ‘Marjorie Prime’
Jordan Harrison’s “Marjorie Prime,” about artificial intelligence among other things, runs at Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
Antarctica Comes to Minneapolis in ‘Lake Untersee’
Playwright Joe Waechter’s new play about a troubled teenager and the icy continent of Antarctica, opens at Illusion Theatre in Minneapolis.
