Onstage This Week: May 11-18
This week’s offerings range from Long Branch, N.J., to Los Angeles, from pirate ships to 1950s Iran, from royal decadence to military camaraderie.
ArtsEmerson Plans Ambitious 14-Show Season for 2015–16
The Boston theatre’s 2015–16 season showcases companies from London, St. Petersburg, Chile and Los Angeles.
Selene Santiago Named Managing Director of Company of Angels
She joins artistic director Armando Molina at the helm of the longstanding L.A. company.
Magic Theatre Announces All-Female Season for 2015–16
The slate includes new plays by Mfoniso Udofia, Tanya Barfield and Penelope Skinner, as well as a revival of Jessica Hagedorn’s ‘Dogeaters.’
Caption Contest: Theatre in Bed Edition
Caption this image and win a copy of the movie tie-in edition of ‘Into the Woods’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, published by TCG Books.
Letters to the Editor
Readers wrote in to quibble with or praise our stories about improv, theatre in museums and the latest developments in theatrical naturalism.
Kwame Kwei-Armah Imagines ‘Marley’ in Exile
A new bio-musical of the iconic Jamaican singer at Center Stage narrows the focus to a fertile period of tension and creativity in London.
Actors’ Equity Foundation Announces Derwent and Seff Honorees
Phillipa Soo, Josh Grisetti, Julie Halston and Brad Oscar will receive this year’s Actors’ Equity citations.
Offscript: The Humana Happening
It’s our second annual Humana critics roundtable! We sit down with three theatre critics to discuss what they liked or didn’t like about this year’s Humana Festival programming, and why you should see more new plays.
New York Theatre Workshop Season to Include David Bowie and Anaïs Mitchell
The slate also includes new work by Lucas Hnath and Sibyl Kempson, with Elevator Repair Service.
