The TYA Canon: How Licensing Agencies Build Artists and Audiences
Samuel French, Music Theatre International, and Plays for Young Audiences aim to expand the reach and broaden the appeal of works for young audiences.
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20 Theatres You Should Take Your Kids To
From Honolulu to Boston, a look at institutions that produce theatre for young audiences.
Animals + Children? Ann Carlson Accepts That Challenge
Part modern dance, part interactive improv, Carlson’s ‘Animal Dance’ at Children’s Theatre Company partners toddlers with livestock.
The Taboo of Sadness: Why Are We Scared to Let Children Be Scared?
It’s not only possible to confront young audiences with the full range of human emotions—it’s imperative.
D.C. Artists Protest Washington Post No-TYA-Review Policy
In 2014, the paper stopped reviewing theatre for young audiences, but local companies aren’t taking it lying down.
A Sense of the Space: Where Dance/Theatre Leads Us
Theatres are stepping into new territory with site-specific dance—but then again, is there any other kind?
Misha’s Next Moves
As if running a Manhattan arts center weren’t enough, Mikhail Baryshnikov has two new solo shows on his dance card.
Dance or Theatre? Yes.
From Martha Clarke at Signature Theatre to Third Rail Projects at the Denver Center, resident theatres are partnering with dance-theatre companies to create genre-bending bodies of work.
He Said, She Said, and Then They Made a Show Together
How Megan Trout and Mark Jackson created the dance/theatre/social media duet ‘Now for Now.’
Writing TV, Thinking Theatre—But With Less Urgency
The transition from writing for nothing to writing for a paycheck has been smooth. But is stage work now a dream, or just a daydream?
