Working Capital is Not a Luxury
You’ve raised money to build and staff your theatre—but without cash reserves, you’re just one disaster away from, well, disaster.
November 2014
‘Relics’ Looks Back From the Future
In a new installation/show in the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio, artifacts of today become archeological curiosities.
Yale Rep’s Binger Center: Where Plays Get a Commission, and a Commitment
Many new-play programs pay for plays get written and developed. How about one that sets aside money for future productions?
Awards for November 2014
Stephen Adly Guirgis wins the $200,000 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, Samuel D. Hunter wins the MacArthur “Genius” grant, and more awards and prizes round-up from our November 2014 issue.
Performer/Playwright Hershey Felder’s Specialty: Conjuring Composers
From Beethoven to Irving Berlin, the versatile polymath has built a repertoire of solo shows about the lives and work of great musicians.
Celebrities From Now and Then Meet in Ed Dixon’s ‘L’Hotel’
The dead of Père-Lachaise come to life in a fanciful new play at Pittsburgh Public Theater.
New York City Children's Theater: a Brand New Name for an 18-Year-Old Company
Formerly Making Books Sing, this New York-based company has dedicated itself to creating work by local artists, for local audiences.
Advantages of the ‘Big Data’ Era
The upside of data mining for theatres: the opportunity to do marketing with demonstrable ROI.
Alice Childress’s Little-Seen ‘Wedding Band’ Gets the Classic Treatment
In staging Alice Childress’s obscure 1962 play, the classical-oriented Antaeus Company is making a statement about the play’s value—and its relevance.
The Shaw Must Go On: David Staller Makes the Case for the Writer’s Many Facets
Project Shaw insists on the relevance of not only of the late dramatist’s plays but of his criticism and activism, as well.
