Out of Town but Not Out of 'Times'
When the nation’s most powerful newspaper chooses to review new plays in early productions outside New York, is that helping or hurting the field?
Mid Atlantic
Stories from Delaware, Washington, DC, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Gabriel Kahane, a Musical Theatre ‘Ambassador’
The composer’s new hybrid work takes on myths and truths of Los Angeles, as well as one of his recurring subjects: the musical-theatre form itself.
Playwrights Horizons Launches Resident Company Program
Clubbed Thumb is the first beneficiary of Playwrights’s new initiative, which comes with free office, rehearsal and performance space.
B.J. Evans in as Working Theater Managing Director
There’s a staff switch at New York’s Working Theater, with B.J. Evans steps in as managing director and Nicholas Betito out as general manager.
Top of the Pods
From the TBA Awards to Chicago’s literary slam WRITE Club, this week’s theatre podcasts hit close to home.
TCG's Fall Gala Fetes the Field
Theatre Communications Group’s star-studded event celebrated artists and organizations who’ve advanced the art and practice of theatre.
Jim Simpson Looks for Successor, Looks Ahead to Post-Flea Life
The outgoing artistic director of the Off-Off-Broadway Flea Theater talks about his plans for the transition, and what he’s looking for in a new leader.
Jane Jung Named the Civilians's New Managing Director
A producer with experience at several New York indie theatres, most recently with Ping Chong + Company, joins NY’s premier investigative-theatre troupe.
Theatre Critic and Obies Founder Jerry Tallmer Dies at 93
A founding staffer at the Village Voice, Tallmer reported on a changing city, and championed its most adventurous theatre, for five decades.
Room for More in PlayPenn
The Philadelphia play-development organization begins partnering with theatres to ready works for the stage. First up: Playwrights Theatre of NJ and Suzanne Bradbeer’s “The House That Jack Built.”
