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An Asian American theatremaker reflects on the intent and impact of Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ and the precedent its latest casting decision may set.
MIAMI: On July 15, Miami-Dade County released its proposed FY 2025-26 budget. If adopted in its current form, the cuts could devastate the local arts ecosystem, impacting hundreds of organizations, ...
In a time when many arts organizations are scaling back, Baylor University’s Theatre Arts Program is stepping up. This September, something extraordinary will take place in the heart of Texas. From ...
Colleagues and friends remember the playwright and multidimensional theatre artist, who died on July 14 at the age of 43.
6 writers from abroad who make theatre in the U.S. reflect on their craft and careers in a cultural climate that feels freshly fraught and urgent.
9 Parts of Desire Heather Raffo adapts her multi-award-winning solo play—an exploration of love and grief within countries undone by division, violence, and neglect—for the screen and for our current ...
While some companies can quickly plug the holes in their budgets for now, the ripple effects of across-the-board cutbacks to federal arts funding may be long-lasting and felt by the most vulnerable.
For his part, the should-be-legendary Doug Besterman has not just one but three shows with his orchestrations on Broadway this season: Death Becomes Her, Boop!, and Smash. A three-time past Tony ...
In one of the first few scenes of Lisa D’Amour’s wild new play Frozen Section, a nonbinary grocery clerk named Sage chats about their gender nonconformity with a customer who’s more concerned that she ...
The world outside can't help but enter the classroom, which offers both a challenge and an opportunity to make theatre training more meaningful.
His new play ‘The Antiquities’ offers a kind of history of our post-human future, while a new collection of his plays suggests some common themes. One way to view Harrison’s newest play, The ...
Jonathan Spector’s play Eureka Day follows several contentious parents’ meetings about vaccine policies at a Berkeley private school. Originally staged in 2018, the play is currently running on ...