New Musical About Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Kicks Off TheatreWorks New Season
The Silicon Valley company, known for shepherding new musicals, will also bring back its singing ‘Emma’ in a season that also includes plays by Margulies and Auburn.
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Stories with a national scope.
MCC Programs Matthew Lopez, Noah Haidle, John Pollono for 2015–16 Season (Updated)
The 2014–15 season at the NYC theatre will feature a drag queen, an abducted teen and a little magical realism.
Maltz Jupiter Season to Offer Mystery, Music and Nixon
The South Florida theatre’s 12th season will include ‘The Mousetrap,’ ‘Will Rogers Follies,’ ‘Kiss Me, Kate,’ ‘Frost/Nixon’ and ‘Billy Elliot.’
Starry Williamstown Summer Includes World Premieres by Inge, Morisseau and Friedman
Highlights include real-life couple Audra McDonald and Will Swenson doing O’Neill, Eric Bogosian and Cynthia Nixon as literary types, and a double header of new British plays.
Jonathan K. Waller Promoted to Managing Director at Everyman Theatre
The Baltimore theatre’s director of marketing has been promoted to managing director.
Kelli Strickland to Replace Megan Wildebour as Hypocrites’ Managing Director
It’s not just the artistic directorship that’s changing hands at the growing Chicago ensemble.
Playwrights Horizons Season to Include Premieres by Anne Washburn, Gregory Moss
The New York City theatre’s new season includes two world premiere plays, plus new works by Lucas Hnath, Taylor Mac, Jordan Harrison and Danai Gurira.
For Its 50th, Children’s Theatre Company Slates Premieres, Collaborations
Adaptations of ‘Akeelah and the Bee,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ and stories by Ezra Jack Keats bring in national and international talents.
Onstage This Week: Feb. 9-16
History, both real and reimagined, inspires several offerings this week; many of the rest hone in on intimacy, both authentic and fictive.
‘The Woodsman’ Gives the Tin Man a Backstory (and a Heart)
James Ortiz’s young company uses a mix of puppetry and human actors to create a wordless ‘Wizard of Oz’ prequel.
