Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Announces 2015–16 Finalists
Ten female playwrights from the U.S. and the U.K. are nominated, with the winner to be announced Feb. 22.
All Stories About National Theatre
One Way for Nonprofit Theatre to Go National: Via the Small Screen
Theatre is an inherently local medium, but two new PBS programs hope to reach new audiences with plays where they live.
Know a Theatre: Pistarckle Theater of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
A theatre in a tropical climate where year-round residents and snowbirds flock together is producing its first contemporary play by a local playwright.
New Books Evince Richard Eyre’s Erudition, Joan Littlewood’s Exuberance
They have little in common but their country of origin, but the former director of the National and the founder of Theatre Workshop are British leaders to be reckoned with.
The Curious Incidence of Theatre on the Autism Spectrum
Autism-related theatre for youth has its own spectrum, from work created for autistic kids to pieces devised with their input.
In London, a Mix of Old and New, Often on the Same Stage
A new history play set in the future holds its own alongside classics, as well as new works by Stoppard and Hare and a pair of ace musical revivals.
At the Kendu Hearth Conference, the Future of Theatre in Uganda
Despite recent political acts of intolerance, the nation’s theatre artists band together to forge a more harmonious future
Over There
Do new plays have a better shot at success in Britain than in the U.S.? Let’s investigate.
Living for Design
Design is about more than pretty pictures, as reviews of three new books on costuming, scenography and lighting prove.
A Lively Theatre
There’s a revolution afoot in theatre design that takes its cue from the three-dimensional spaces of centuries past.
