This Month in Theatre History
February recalls the premieres of 2 groundbreaking Black musicals on Broadway, the contentious beginnings of English theatre in the Big Easy, and a little company that could in Pennsylvania.
Roe Is Dead in Texas, But ‘Roe’ Lives in 2 New Stagings There
Lisa Loomer’s play about the historic decision arrives at 2 theatres in a state that’s once again on the front lines of the reproductive rights battle.
Cincinnati Playhouse Announces First Incubator Program Members
The inaugural Incubator program members include 9 organizations and 2 artists.
2023 Black Choreographers Festival Runs This Month
The festival will present BCF @ CSUEB at the Cal State East Bay University Theater on Feb. 11 and New Voices/New Works at Dance Mission Theater on Feb. 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Clarence Coo Wins Williamstown’s L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award
The award comes with a $10,000 prize and an accompanying $10,000 Jay Harris Commission for a new play, to be read at the festival this summer.
Ryan Scott Oliver, Ethan Lipton Win 2023 Kleban Prize
The awards ceremony will be available to stream on Broadway On Demand.
Amanda Feldman Named CSC Managing Director
She joins Classic Stage Company after years as managing director of the new-play-focused Page 73.
‘Sign’ of the Times: Lorraine Hansberry’s 2nd Play Gets 2 New Looks
A forgotten chapter of mid-20th-century theatre history is about to be restored, as ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’ is restaged in Seattle and Brooklyn.
The Play That Got Away: A History of ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’
Lorraine Hansberry’s long-awaited sophomore effort was greeted coolly, even confusedly, in 1964, but ambivalence—about art, activism, and their fraught intersection—has always been in the play’s DNA.
Rachel Brosnahan Reads the ‘Sign’ in Iris Brustein’s Window
For her first stage role in a while, the ‘Mrs. Maisel’ actor is ready to embrace the role of another imperfect but lovable woman performer in a rocky marriage.
