Sideshow Names Brian Pastor Executive Director
Pastor will work with artistic director Jonathan L. Green in leading the Chicago theatre.
TCG Announces 2020 Gala
TCG will honor the National Black Theatre Festival and David Henry Hwang with an evening of celebration and performances.
Geri Wright to Replace Managing Director Billy Russo at Arizona Theatre Co.
Russo will end his four-year post as managing director at the end of the company’s fiscal year.
New England Foundation for the Arts Names Advisory Council
Shoshona Currier, Stephanie P. Fortunato, Alyce Lee, and Jacob Padrón have been appointed as council members.
Don’t Blame It on Their Youth
The problem with young adult shows on Broadway isn’t that they focus on teens—it’s which teens they focus on.
Mustapha Matura, Convivial Trailblazer
This London-based Trinidadian, who had a series of popular plays at Arena Stage in D.C., brightened every room he came into.
Featured Contributors, Dec. 2019
A chat with a theatre deity, and a heartening comeback story.
Fiasco’s Rehearsal Room Joy and Rigor, Now Available in the Classroom
The company’s new 6-week conservatory program aims to provide tools for a collaborative rehearsal process.
Letters for January/February 2020
As a former Chicago theatre person (artistic and then executive director of Free Street Theater, from 1991 to 2003), I was glad to see American Theatre devote an article to the wonderful ensemble scene in Chicago (“Stronger Together,” AT, Nov. ’19). But I found it “curious” that the writer neglected to mention perhaps Chicago’s oldest functioning theatre ensemble, Curious Theatre Branch. Curious has been devoted to new work for more than 30 years, having produced Rhinofest long before the first “Fringe” for most of that…
The Subtext: Clare Barron’s Secret Sauce
Brian James Polak talks to the playwright of ‘Dance Nation’ and ‘You Got Older’ about memory, pain, and first drafts.
