Onstage This Week: Apr. 20-27
Art and religion, music and murder, conspiracies and magic are among the subjects and themes strutting and fretting their hours on U.S. stages.
Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
Pioneer Theatre Company’s 2015–16 Season to Mix Old and New
The slate includes a new academic drama by T.J. Brady and the U.S. professional premiere of Frank Wildhorn’s ‘The Count of Monte Cristo.’
Yale Drama Series Award Goes to Barbara Seyda for ‘Celia, a Slave’
The playwright’s docutheatre piece, about an infamous case involving a young slave convicted for killing her master, takes top prize.
Keith Hamilton Cobb Seeks the ‘American Moor’ in the Role of Othello
Whatever Shakespeare’s intentions, the actor/writer argues, the role now offers a chance to reflect on race as it’s lived now. But are we up for that?
Bristol Riverside Announces Its 2015–16 Season
The slate ranges from Neil Simon to Julia, from a bio-drama about Justice William O. Douglas to ‘Man of La Mancha.’
TUTS Underground Announces New Musicals for 2015–16 Season
The Houston theatre’s series includes a ‘Sweet Potato Queens,’ a world premiere from Melissa Manchester and Rupert Holmes.
‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’ Celebrates Its 20th Birthday at the Alliance Theatre
Playwright Pearl Cleage, for whom tales of the Harlem Renaissance were childhood bedtime stories, reflects on her 1995 period piece.
New Wallace Foundation Program Targets Audience-Building
New $52-million effort will support and study the audience-development work of 26 arts organizations, including 8 theatres.
Lyric Stage Sheds New Light on ‘Lady in the Dark’
The company’s landmark recreation of the Weill/Gershwin/Hart musical from 1941 sets out to recapture the show’s original glamour.
O’Neill Center Announces Summer of New-Work Conferences
New plays, musicals, puppetry pieces and cabaret shows will get an airing at the storied development center.
