Change By Degrees
Can theatre for social change be taught? Here’s a roundup of theatre-studies programs where arts activism is on the syllabus.
Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
In Memoriam: Paul Barry, Actor-Manager Extraordinaire
He led the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival through nearly three decades and the entire canon, but his best role may have been his soulful Cyrano.
Jeremie McCubbin In as Managing Director of Valley Youth Theatre
A former law partner will join the management team at the Arizona children’s theatre.
Aurora’s GAP Winners Are Don Nguyen, Jonathan Spector and Martyna Majok
Now entering its 10th year, the Aurora Theatre’s prize for “forward-looking” plays also takes a moment to look back on past successes.
William Inge Festival to Honor Donald Margulies
At next year’s Inge fest, the writer of ‘Sight Unseen’ and ‘Dinner With Friends’ will receive a reading of his newest play, ‘The Country House,’ and offer a master class.
Paying Playwrights More Than Play Money
Writers can’t live on commissions and royalties alone, so some theatres are adjusting the way they compensate them. Are these gestures enough to turn the tide?
The Cold Doesn’t Bother Audiences at Serenbe Playhouse’s ‘Snow Queen’
Building on the popularity of a certain icy musical film phenom, the team at this Georgia theatre went back to the source to create an otherworldly ‘Snow Queen.’
L.A. Theatres Have 99-Seat Problems, but Bitching Ain’t One
Amid heated arguments over the city’s version of the Equity showcase code, a real and resonant debate about artists’ compensation seems to be emerging.
Know a Theatre: Maltz Jupiter Theatre of Jupiter, Fla.
This former dinner theatre in Palm Beach County has left its star-studded past behind to focus on crowd-pleasing fundamentals, and on reimagining the musical-theatre canon.
Onstage This Week: Dec. 8-15
Crowd pleasers rub shoulders with outright provocations this week, with a wide enough range of warm holiday programming, and stark counter-programming, to keep any theatregoer on their toes.
