Halcyon Theatre Announces a Season of Otherworldly Plays by Women
The small Chicago theatre, newly affiliated with Actors Equity, plans an ambitious slate of new plays by Madhuri Shekar, Charise Castro Smith and Callie Kimball.
‘Father Comes Home From the Wars’ Bearing a Kennedy Award
Suzan-Lori Parks’s Civil War-era epic receives the $100,000 prize for a play inspired by American history.
Conor McPherson Searches for God in ‘The Night Alive’
The Irish playwright talks about the ‘supernaturalism of the everyday,’ and about structure and ghosts and Dickens.
Onstage This Week: Feb. 23-Mar. 2
New spins on old chestnuts, from the Greeks to the French golden age, mingle with contemporary tragedies, tete-a-tetes and a few tunes.
Palm Beach Dramaworks Announces a Dramatic New Season
Classics by Inge and O’Neill share the stage with new plays by John Patrick Shanley, Alan Bennett and Terry Teachout.
John Kander and Nick Blaemire on Musicals Old and New
Veteran composer John Kander talks and emerging talent Nick Blaemire, both with new musicals at Arlington’s Signature Theatre this month, trade thoughts about the state of musical theatre.
Mina Morita to Succeed Marissa Wolf as Crowded Fire’s Artistic Director
Morita, who plans to continue and amplify the theatre’s focus on new and diverse voices, will be among the few women of color at the helm of a Bay Area theatre.
How Chicago Theatre Week Builds Audiences for Theatres Big and Small
The event offers $15-30 tickets to more than 100 productions at Chicago theatres, and experts and theatre leaders say it’s putting more (and new) butts in seats.
Theatre Nova Announces Inaugural Season Devoted to New Plays
New theatre plans two world premieres and several local premieres, including works by George Brant, Lauren Gunderson and Jonathan Tolins.
Equity Vs. L.A. 99-Seat Theatre, the Final Showdown
As the battle over L.A.’s non-remunerative 99-seat plan comes to a head, players on either side have radically different prognoses for the health of the city’s sprawling theatre scene.
