Robert Falls: Letting Go of the Goodman
After stepping down from the helm of the Chicago theatre he ran for 36 years, he’s directing—what else?—Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard.’
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After stepping down from the helm of the Chicago theatre he ran for 36 years, he’s directing—what else?—Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard.’
Artistic director Justin Waldman and managing director Nora Deveau-Rosen have taken over a New Jersey theatre not far from NYC but with strong roots in its community.
In tackling Eric Bogosian’s multi-character show ‘Drinking in America’ as his first stage performance in 15 years, the Bronx-born actor is making a defiant return to his roots.
3 years after shutdown, despite some encouraging signs, most U.S. theatres are struggling to get audiences to commit.
Two in-demand directors of new plays meet to discuss their current projects and the state of the field.
South Coast Rep puts Lillian Hellman and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s plays about Southern inheritance into rotating, and possibly revealing, repertory.
Managing director David Schmitz will depart, with artistic director Nataki Garrett taking the role of interim executive artistic director and Anyania Muse chief operating officer.
It was a year of highs and lows, very often both at once.
The longtime artistic director of Pasadena Playhouse talks about his new book, which recounts a career of both achievements and arguments over the shape (and shade) of the American theatre.
The co-executive directors talk about the unique challenges of this moment, and how their theatre service organization is poised to meet them.