Mr. Abbott Meets the Kid: The Care and Feeding of the Revival
In this excerpt from his new memoir ‘Jack in the Box: Or, How to Goddamn Direct,’ Jack O’Brien recounts his fierce face-off with theatre giant George Abbott.
Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab: Not a Eulogy But a Celebration
For 25 years, this hugely influential program welcomed directors from all over the world to compare work and share practices. Is it really over?
Love Letters and Music in TyLie Shider’s ‘Mom and Pop’ Plays
In ‘Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family’ and ‘The Gospel Woman’ this journalist-turned-playwright recovers overlooked histories—and that work started at home.
Study Finds COVID Concerns Still Deterring D.C. Audiences
Many theatregoers in the region say they’d be more likely to attend if masks were required.
24 Hour Plays Are Coming Back to Broadway
This year’s 24-hour intensive will make a star studded in-person return with six new works developed over the course of one night.
This Month in Theatre History
November looks back on some Houdini hijinks, the origins of two major regional theatres, and a First Nations-led premiere.
Brittani Samuel Receives First ATCA Medina Award for Cultural Criticism
Samuel will receive a cash award and a complimentary annual American Theatre Critics Association membership.
The Evolution of Anthony Davis’s ‘Malcolm X’ Opera
The Met Opera-bound revival, directed by Robert O’Hara, plays this weekend in Omaha, where the influential Black leader was born Malcolm Little in 1925.
Wendy C. Goldberg to Leave O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
Goldberg leaves the post after 18 years, and the O’Neill will next seek an interim artistic director.
Cody Estle to Step Down From Raven Theatre
After 14 years with the Chicago theatre, 5 of them as artistic director, Estle is leaving to lead Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre.
