5 Theatre Festivals This Month
From shadow puppetry to chamber operas, here are some experimental theatre festivals taking place this month.
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Offscript: Electoral Angst With Lynn Nottage
On this week’s podcast, Lynn Nottage discusses the presidential election and her new play ‘Sweat.’ Plus the editors discuss ‘Hamilton’s America’ and ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.’
Is This Any Time for Nuanced Politics?
Even in a polarized age, the best dramatists are drawn to complications, not simple answers, as Richard Nelson’s Chekhovian plays prove.
The Very Model of a Modern Major Musical
The megahit of the moment, like many revolutionary popular works, has strong roots in musical theatre’s past.
#TCG16 Plenary 4: Theatre Beyond Borders
The final TCG plenary testified to the global power of theatre to tear down walls.
4 Theatre Artists to Receive Henry Hewes Design Awards
Designers from both ‘Hamilton’ and ‘The Invisible Hand’ will be celebrated.
For Michael John LaChiusa, When It Rains It Pours
With ‘Rain’ and ‘First Daughter Suite,’ the composer/lyricist returns to signature themes in typically uncharted ways.
Columbia University Announces Finalists for Edward M. Kennedy Prize
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Qui Nguyen are this year’s finalists.
Christopher Demos-Brown, Sarah Burgess Receive the Laurents/Hatcher Award
Monetary awards will be given to each playwright and to the theatres producing the premiere productions of their plays.
Stacey Luftig and Daniel Goldstein Recieve Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre
The awards are bestowed to musical theatre librettists and lyricists in honor of ‘Chorus Line’ lyricist Edward L. Kleban.
