Lear deBessonet Named New Artistic Director of Encores!
Where will this acclaimed director, slated to succeed Jack Viertel, take New York’s beloved musical theatre revival program?
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Anne Kauffman Is New Artistic Director of Encores! Off-Center
The acclaimed director will take the helm of the summer musical-theatre revival series, which she co-led this past year.
Anne Kauffman, Jeanine Tesori to Helm Encores! Off-Center
Tesori, who began the New York City Center program, joins Kauffman to program summer 2018.
How Sarna Lapine Makes ‘Sunday in the Park’ Sing
Family and time have something to do with how her new revival cracks open the great musical her uncle wrote with Sondheim.
Does Race Have a Place in Theatre Criticism?
What the blow-up over a Times review of ‘Big River’ says about this cultural moment—and what it may bode for the direction of criticism.
New York City Center Announces 2016 Encores! Off-Center Season
Jeanine Tesori’s final season will include ‘Runaways’ and ‘Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.’
Offscript: Susan Booth and a Wild Party
Susan Booth, artistic director of Alliance Theatre, defines white privilege and explains why she doesn’t do classics. Also, the editors talk the Count and ‘The Wild Party.’
Encores! Off-Center Summer Season Announced
Ellen Greene returns to the “Little Shop of Horrors,” Sutton Foster and Joshua Henry throw a “Wild Party,” and Jonathan Groff sings about “A New Brain” at City Center’s Off-Broadway series.
