B.D. Wong Newest Artist-in-Residence at La Jolla Playhouse
The Tony winner will be in residence at the theatre, where he’ll develop writing and directing projects, starting this month.
Tsehaye Geralyn Hébert Wins Alliance Play Competition
The Atlanta theatre’s playwriting prize comes with a world premiere production for Hébert’s ‘THE C.A. Lyons Project.’
Director/Producer Diane Rodriguez Nominated to National Arts Post
The White House intends to appoint a longtime L.A. theatre leader to the National Council on the Arts.
Onstage This Week: Jan. 12-19
Bookended by two very different puppet shows (and two Lewis Black productions), this week’s theatrical offerings range from the raw to the urbane, the frothy to the gritty, the poetic to the prosaic.
Theater Hall of Fame Names 2014 Inductees
Susan Stroman, F. Murray Abraham and Frank Rich are among the newest inductees.
Dramatists Guild Announces 2015 Award Winners
Annie Baker, Jeanine Tesori, Charles Fuller, Chisa Hutchinson and A.R. Gurney will take home prizes at the organization’s annual awards ceremony.
Top of the Pods
Catching up with our favorite podcasts, from year-end wrapups to in-depth interviews, will keep us busy well into the New Year (or until next week, at least).
Transport Group’s 2015 Season Includes a ‘Blonde’ and a ‘Mattress’
A new musical from Dan Lipton and David Rossmer, and a revival of ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ make up the Off-Broadway company’s new season.
Taylor Mac and Temporary Distortion: In for the Duration
Four- to six-hour performances seem to be proliferating at this year’s Under the Radar and COIL festivals. Why do artists—and audiences—want to go long?
Deaf West’s ‘Spring Awakening’ Moves to Wallis in May
Following its auspicious and acclaimed debut, the troupe’s singing-and-signing take on the Duncan Sheik/Steven Sater tuner will get a spring reawakening.
