TimeLine Theatre Company Slates Another Season of History Plays
The BP oil spill, the Tiananmen Square massacre and the legacy of the Black Power movement are among the inspirations for plays in the theatre’s next season.
Milwaukee Rep Season to Include 3 World Premieres, Ayad Akhtar and ‘Dreamgirls’
The theatre’s 2015–16 seasons spans three stages with a variety of musicals and dramas. World premieres include a new John Denver revue and Joanna Murray-Smith’s ‘American Song.’
Lantern Theater Season to Feature New Play About Oscar Wilde
Artistic director Charles McMahon contributes a new work about the iconic author. Also on the roster are plays by Naomi Iizuka, Anna Ziegler and Glen Berger.
Joseph Haj to Succeed Joe Dowling as Guthrie Theater Artistic Director
To replace its longtime a.d., the venerable Minneapolis company taps an actor/director with a wide-ranging—you might even say ‘diverse’—history in U.S. resident theatres.
Know a Theatre: Riverside Theatre of Iowa City, Iowa
A small, smart venue in a small, smart Iowa town keeps its eye on national trends and tends toward new, often challenging plays.
In London, a Mix of Old and New, Often on the Same Stage
A new history play set in the future holds its own alongside classics, as well as new works by Stoppard and Hare and a pair of ace musical revivals.
Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry Reflect on the Legacy of ‘Parade’
As their 1998 musical about a lynching in the South readies for a Lincoln Center concert, the composer/lyricist and playwright recall its origins and its import.
Onstage This Week: Feb. 16-23
Love and luck, death and disease, real estate and unreal states are some of the themes of the week on U.S. stages.
Arizona Theatre Company Announces 2015–16 Season
Hershey Felder, Ayad Akhtar and Stephen Schwartz are some of the names on tap for the theatre’s new season.
How the Colorado New Play Summit Went From Local Gem to National Event
How Denver Center Theatre Company artistic director Kent Thompson turned Denver into a must-see stop for new-play development with the Colorado New Play Summit.
