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.
Caption Contest: The Aliens Edition (February 2015)
Caption this image and win “Stage Kiss” by Sarah Ruhl! PLUS, last month’s winner and finalists.
Offscript: Dancers with Furniture
This week’s guest is Native American playwright and actress Larissa Fasthorse, who discusses her new play ‘Landless’ from Alter Theater, and how to be a playwright without an MFA.
Arena Stage Slates Premieres, 1 Broadway-Bound Musical
Among a group of new plays, imports and revivals, the D.C. theatre’s next season includes two shows set amid its hometown political scene.
‘An American in Paris,’ Back From an Out-of-Town Tryout in—Where Else?—Paris
How a Gershwin classic went from the concert hall to the cinema, and from Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet to Broadway.
‘The Second Girl’ Shows the Other Side of O’Neill’s ‘Long Day’s Journey’
The design team of ‘The Second Girl’ at Huntington Theatre Company go hyper-realistic, creating a real working kitchen, where the cast members could clean, iron and cook a real chicken
The Civilians Uncover the Craft and Humanity of Porn in ‘Pretty Filthy’
Director Steve Cosson explains how his troupe’s new show fits into a tradition of backstage musicals—and not just because of the crescendos and climaxes.
New Musical About Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Kicks Off TheatreWorks New Season
The Silicon Valley company, known for shepherding new musicals, will also bring back its singing ‘Emma’ in a season that also includes plays by Margulies and Auburn.
