High Ambition, Low Stakes: How Clubbed Thumb Cultivates Strange New Theatre
With this year’s Summerworks festival, the New York City company reaffirms its commitment to new voices in a variety of registers.
Category Archives: On the Scene
‘Jersey’ Twins: How 2 Brothers Are Sharing the Role of a Lifetime
Coby and Chris Oram are living a long-held dream by alternating as Frankie Valli in a Kansas City dinner theatre.
A Truck Full of Props and Asian Joy
Gaven D. Trinidad’s ‘Learning to Read by Moonlight’ is being produced by 2 companies and staged at 3 different Boston locations, giving its themes of immigrant belonging a wide and hyper-local reach.
A Marriage of True Minds in ‘We Are Gathered’
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s new play for Arena Stage both celebrates and complicates hard-won marriage equality rights just as D.C. welcomes WorldPride festivities.
‘Endlings’ Makes New Waves at Hedgerow Theatre Company
In its regional premiere, Celine Song’s debut play, about older Korean woman who dive for their food, has fresh resonance this time around—and a lot less actual water.
‘Utopian Hotline’ Calling: Do You Have an Answer?
Theater Mitu’s investigation into a better world proves an unexpectedly perfect fit beneath a Boston planetarium’s dome.
All About My Mother: The Parent Trap of ‘Rheology’
Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s new play at the Bushwick Starr isn’t just about his mother, the physicist Bulbul Chakraborty. She’s also his co-star.
She Built Herself a Home
Ahead of concerts at Steppenwolf and Ravinia, Kelli O’Hara reflects on her journey, artistry and breath work, and the “service” of performing.
In New York City, a ‘New Story’ for Irish Playwrights
Scéal Nua regularly gathers writers with varied relationships to a common heritage to develop their work in a culturally responsive setting.
A School Musical Foiled by L.A. Wildfires to Go Up on CTG’s Biggest Stage
Altadena Arts and Eliot Arts Magnet School students will perform ‘Shrek Jr.’ at the Ahmanson next week.
