Humana 2015: Jen Silverman Tackles Transformations in ‘The Roommate’
In her first play for the Humana Festival, Jen Silverman pays a tribute to badass women in their 50s.
South Central
Stories from the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Humana 2015: Erin Courtney Conjures a Ghost Town
In her play ‘I Will Be Gone,’ hauntings and grief are served with comedy and cupcakes.
Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Season to Include Wilson, the Hypocrites and Humana
Also on deck for the Kentucky theatre are plays by Amy Herzog and Rebecca Gilman, ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ and a few holiday favorites.
Know a Theatre: Arkansas Repertory Theatre of Little Rock, Ark.
Nearing its 40th year, the $4 million LORT theatre programs big shows for audiences as varied as the state, and it’s set to expand this spring.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre Announces 40th Season
The Little Rock-based theatre’s 2015–16 season will include classic and contemporary musicals, plus a world premiere directed by Jason Alexander.
John Kander and Nick Blaemire on Musicals Old and New
Veteran composer John Kander talks and emerging talent Nick Blaemire, both with new musicals at Arlington’s Signature Theatre this month, trade thoughts about the state of musical theatre.
The Bourgie Pecking Order Breaks Down in ‘Barbecue Apocalypse’
Matt Lyle’s wild comedy, inspired by a mild real-life social humiliation, throws self-judgment and invidious class comparison on the grill next to the road kill.
Signature Theatre to Receive $5 Million Loan from County
The theatre, plagued by debt woes from its new building, has been given a financial reprieve in the form of a $5 million loan and 19 years of free rent.
A Bright New Louisville
Louisville’s burgeoning indie scene is attracting—and increasingly keeping—a flock of eager theatremakers.
Know a Theatre: Dad's Garage of Atlanta
A lap dance from a peanut-butter-covered werewolf? A hip-hop Dickens intervention? No wonder this comedy storefront attracts a young, rowdy ATL audience.
