Expanding Autism-Friendly Work Under a Big Umbrella
No longer a rarefied practice, sensory-friendly performances got a national boost from Lincoln Center’s April-May festival.
Education
A Florida ‘Awakening’ in the Wake of Tragedy
The Stoneman Douglas school shooting and the #NeverAgain movement made a stark, stirring backdrop for a high school production of the coming-of-age musical.
Actors Home Seniors ‘Still Dreaming’ in PBS Documentary
Residents at the New Jersey home, many former Broadway pros, got another turn in a staging of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
How To Be an Artist in a World That Hates You
If you can find a calling that gives you peace, you owe it to yourself to follow it, no matter what stands in your way.
Want to Develop a New Musical? Take It To School
How Penn State and Pace University are helping professional composers create new work, with the help of their acting students.
Evan Yionoulis Named Director of Drama at Juilliard
An experienced director and longtime professor at Yale School of Drama, she succeeds the late Jim Houghton at the prestigious school.
Is ‘Angels in America’ Tough to Teach? Maybe, But We’re Here to Learn
College students question an editorial in which a university professor lamented the hurdles of teaching Kushner’s gay fantasia.
Frederick Kennedy Wins 2018 Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship
Kennedy will receive a cash prize and the opportunity to design at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.
Roundabout Trains the Next Generation of Backstage Workers
The Theatrical Workforce Development Program readies young people to take on jobs backstage and in the booth.
Surprised That ‘Never Again’ Leaders Are Theatre Kids? I’m Not
Many of these Florida teen activists found their voice and their sense of community onstage.