This Month in Theatre History
November recalls the play Lincoln first saw Booth in, Kern’s Princess Theatre musicals, a Puerto Rican literary godfather, a gospel Oedipus musical, and a century-defining epic.
Prof. Dr. Erika Fischer-Lichte to Receive 2024 Thalia Prize
Her specialties have been performance theory, European theatre and cultural history, transformative aesthetics, and performances of Greek tragedies since 1800.
Jarrett King Receives Katherine Owens/Undermain Fund for New Work Grant
The new works grant is named in honor of founding artistic director Katherine Owens.
Frank Chin, Migdalia Cruz Receive Legacy Playwright Awards
The 2 writers were honored at last week’s Dramatists Guild Foundation gala.
Be Open, Let Go: What I Learned From The 24 Hour Plays
Why a very busy TV writer has regularly joined a group of theatre artists who pull all-nighters to create plays from scratch.
‘Thinking’ Small and Local
Keen Company’s roving production of Joan Didion’s mourning memoir makes a good fit for Long Wharf’s itinerant programming agenda.
Theatrical Mustang: Michael Urie’s Medieval Musical Era
This month Woodzick talks to mutli-hyphenate performer Michael Urie ahead of his return to Broadway in ‘Spamalot.’
Joe Mazza’s Brave Lens
How one iconic Chicago theatre photographer captures the ‘now’ not only with his camera but with his whole body and soul.
Robert Brustein Raised the Bar for Us All
The founder of Yale Rep and ART had intellect, idealism, and indignation to spare, and he put it all in service of the theatre he wanted to see in the world.
Engagement, Not Commentary: Celebrating Theatres that THRIVE!
A look at 3 companies of color who are making theatre that’s local, new, and inventive.
