‘Pacific Overtures’ Gets an East West Encore
Sondheim and Weidman’s masterpiece about Japan’s ‘opening’ to the West returns to an L.A. company whose history with the show is as tightly intertwined as its subjects are.
All Stories About East West Players
Come As You Are
Theatre is all about human behavior. Is it time to let audiences be fully human too?
Lily Tung Crystal Departs Theater Mu to Lead East West Players
A Southern California native whose career has taken her to the Bay Area and the Twin Cities, she will succeed Snehal Desai in leading the L.A. company.
2 Days in April: TCG Goes to Washington
Theatre leaders gathered to train, talk, and meet with Congressional staff about urgent issues facing the industry.
Theatre Communications Group Announces THRIVE! Grants
Thirty theatres of color will receive $10,000 grants for general operating support.
This Month in Theatre History
January looks back on the first female theatre manager, a new-play producer, a groundbreaking Black theatre artist, peak Broadway, and more.
This Month in Theatre History
The first production to use electric lighting, a tragic theatre fire, a Broadway landmark, an Asian American icon, and a James Baldwin musical adaptation.
Authenticity and Urgency: New Plays For Us and By Us
How 4 theatres develop work by writers of color with communities of color at the center.
Snehal Desai Is Named Next CTG Artistic Director
Filling a major vacancy at the helm of the three-theatre L.A. company, Desai comes to the job after 7 years leading East West Players.
Asian American History, Told in Stages
The theatre is one place where the disparate, diverse Asian American experience has found common expression, as a new entry in Routledge’s Milestones series shows.
