Gina Young Wins the 2014 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award
A lesbian spin on “The Women” takes the top prize for new feminist plays by women.
Space 55 Receives Phoenix Mayors Arts Award
The small Phoenix theatre will be recognized by the city’s mayor in a celebration on Friday.
Gabriel Kahane, a Musical Theatre ‘Ambassador’
The composer’s new hybrid work takes on myths and truths of Los Angeles, as well as one of his recurring subjects: the musical-theatre form itself.
Hal Landon Jr. Readies His 35th Scrooge
The South Coast Rep founding member talks about what keeps him coming back for more humbug.
Michael Gennaro Leaves Trinity Rep for Goodspeed Musicals
Executive director of the Providence company will start a new job with the same title in Connecticut next year.
The Community of Stephen Adly Guirgis
Honored with the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award this week, the New York-based writer talks about his inspirations, his process and his memorable titles.
Encuentro 2014 Makes a National Case for Latino Theatre
An historic gathering of Latina/o theatremakers put the focus firmly on the work and let the politics—including the identity politics—emerge, or not, from there.
Playwrights Horizons Launches Resident Company Program
Clubbed Thumb is the first beneficiary of Playwrights’s new initiative, which comes with free office, rehearsal and performance space.
Onstage This Week: Nov. 17-24
Amid the usual early trickle of holiday shows both strange and familiar are more intense fare: plays tackling meaty historical themes, some sweeping musicals, and piercing, intimate dramas.
Know Theatre's Alexandra Kesman Steps Down
The managing director at the Cincinnati theatre will step down next month; her duties will be shared among existing staff.
