This Month in Theatre History
From the birth of P.T. Barnum to the Broadway debut of ‘A Chorus Line,’ July has many historical events to boast about.
All Stories About Public Theater
#TCG15 Plenary 2: The Democracy of Consciousness
Access and daring, expression and dramatic action were among the themes of a meaty morning plenary with ‘Fun Home’ writer Lisa Kron and NEA chairman Jane Chu.
Public Theater Season to Bring Back Stew, LaChiusa, deBessonet and Gob Squad
Free classics bookend a season of new plays and musicals by authors including Robert O’Hara, Sarah Burgess and Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Drone Plays: There’s Something in the Air
Two new one-woman plays dramatize the unique stress and ethical pitfalls of fighting in the Chair Force.
Myths Mix in Plays by Parks, Shepard and Kneehigh
Playwrights superimpose ancient myths over contemporary concerns, in a theatrical alchemy that makes the old seem new again—and the new seem timeless.
Joanna Settle's Unsettling Year
She took a new job in a new city, bought a new home—and then got a breast cancer diagnosis. She’s getting by with a little from her friends, including Sam Beckett.
There Is No Escape for, or From, Young Jean Lee
The downtown playwright/theatremaker talks about the traps she lays for herself—and for her audiences.
9 Magical Takes on 'The Tempest'
Nine adaptations of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” ranging from American Repertory Theater to Cornerstone Theater, that shows you don’t need to do it as a straight play, or set it in Italy, to make it magical (though you can add real magic if you’re really ambitious).
New York Ticket Sales Go Mobile with TodayTix
With a new mobile app, TodayTix aims to change ticket-buying habits and attract more audiences to the theatre.
This Month in Theatre News (October 2014)
Check out what’s happened and is happening in theatre’s across the country this month.
