Students Ekele Ukegbu, Jeremy Fuentes Win Roger Rees Awards
Schools from Long Island, Westchester, and Manhattan were recognized in the annual honors for high school theatre students in the Greater NYC region.
Francisco Mendoza Wins Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting
Mendoza’s play ‘Machine Learning’ was selected to receive developmental support.
Lily Tung Crystal Named Theater Mu’s New Artistic Director
The performer/director/leadership coach, who founded San Francisco’s Ferocious Lotus, will take the reins of the Twin Cities company this fall.
At the Tonys, a Night of Call-Outs and History-Making
The musical ‘Hadestown’ took top honors in a hopeful ceremony that pointed the way forward for the theatre field.
Robert Kelley, Silicon Valley Theatremaker
Artistic director of the Tony-winning TheatreWorks, who will step down in 2020, looks back on 50 years of growth and new work.
Public Theater to Present ‘For Colored Girls’ and ‘Soft Power’
The Off-Broadway theatre will present the new David Henry Hwang/Jeanine Tesori musical and a world premiere by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, and Kwame Kwei-Armah.
Three on the Aisle: If We Ran the Tonys…..
The critics give their unofficial annual best production and performance awards—and Off-Broadway and regional productions are fair game.
Tear Down This Wall: TYA/USA’s 2019 Festival & Conference
The gathering, which featured YA novelist Jason Reynolds, focused on eliminating barriers—especially ones between kids and adults.
Jeff Daniels: Not Quite the Hero
How the Tony-nominated star of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ stays in the moment, even a complicated one.
Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau: Back in ‘Blakk’
In ‘Ms. Blakk for President,’ the two are unearthing a forgotten slice of queer history and drawing parallels to today’s presidential race.
