The brilliant composer/lyricist is remembered by a Tony-winning collaborator for his unique, unpredictable taste and his fierce but unassuming craft. William Finn left lyrics everywhere—in margins, ...

Scéal Nua regularly gathers writers with varied relationships to a common heritage to develop their work in a culturally responsive setting. New York has long been home to a vibrant community of Irish ...

‘John Proctor is the Villain,’ now on Broadway, is just one in a spate of recent plays that offer feminist correctives to ‘The Crucible’ and ‘Death of a Salesman.’ They are among the most famous words ...

This month we talk to the 6-time Tony-winning director about ‘Gypsy’ and his miraculous career, and the editors introduce our Spring print issue. You can download ...

2 auspicious births (Al Pacino, Bill Irwin), a Shepard premiere, a ‘Hedwig’ closing, and a Covid anniversary. Support American Theatre: a just and thriving theatre ecology begins with information for ...

LAKE WORTH BEACH, FLA.: Launched in 2014, the New Play Exchange was designed as a way to increase the transparency and efficiency of the play-submission process. In the years since, the National New ...

Equity’s Hiring Bias and Wage Gap Report shows gradual, positive steps towards a fairer industry. Equity, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers ...

NEW YORK: The Whiting Foundation has announced the 2025 winners for the 40th anniversary of the Whiting Awards. Among the 10 writers honored for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, Liza Birkenmeier ...

On Jan. 7, 60 students at California’s Altadena Arts and Eliot Arts magnet schools began rehearsals for their production of Shrek, Jr. That same night, while the young artists were soundly asleep, the ...

Guided by a vision that was as much philosophical as theatrical, he built—and tenaciously defended—an influential theatre that ran against the grain in an industry town. Ron Sossi, who founded Los ...

The court refused to block the NEA from reimposing a restriction on funding for projects deemed to promote ‘gender ideology,’ even as they maintained that the rule likely violates the First Amendment.

A national initiative led by theatremaker Bo Frazier will develop new works about the often overlooked history of gender nonconformity. “The Trans History Project is part of our broader commitment at ...