All Stories About La Jolla Playhouse

The Play Makers: How New American Writing Makes It to Broadway

Is drama dying on the Main Stem? Not if these writers (and some enterprising nonprofits) can help it.

How ‘Come From Away,’ ‘Amélie,’ and ‘War Paint’ found their footing in resident theatres before stepping up to New York City.

Quiara Alegría Hudes changed her mother/daughter drama into a musical. Then the world changed even more.

Sholem Asch’s groundbreaking 1906 play, the subject of the Broadway-bound ‘Indecent,’ gets a new Yiddish revival.

Next season will feature a musical from Jimmy Buffett, and plays by Rachel Bonds and Hansol Jung.

The latest installment of TCG’s annual industry report finds companies adapting to a changing world and connecting with their communities.

In adapting an old mother/daughter drama into a musical, Quiara Alegría Hudes added not only songs but new layers and context.

These theatres prove that you don’t have to be a TYA-specific theatre to commission and produce shows for kids and teens.

What nonprofit managers and commercial producers can learn from each other, and pass on.

The season will include a musical adaptation of ‘Freaky Friday,’ a world premiere, and a celebration of Shakespeare.