Steppenwolf’s ‘This Is Modern Art’ Tagged With Controversy
Two major critics diss a new play about graffiti and hip-hop culture, igniting a debate about privilege, race and who gets to tell young people’s stories.
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Two major critics diss a new play about graffiti and hip-hop culture, igniting a debate about privilege, race and who gets to tell young people’s stories.
She leaves the California theatre after three years in the post to take a job leading the San Diego Civic Theatre and the Balboa Theatre.
New plays by Jose Rivera, Thomas Bradshaw, Charise Castro Smith and Seth Bockley highlight the Chicago theatre’s next season.
Triad Stage’s nine productions highlight music, comedy, drama and mystery.
Citing health reasons, the leader of one of Off-Broadway’s most prominent playwright-focused theatres will step down.
The Oregon theatre’s season ranges from American classics like ‘Our Town’ and ‘Streetcar’ to solo shows, ‘Sex With Strangers’ and ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’.’
Also on the company’s slate: an original devised work about a trapped miner, and a revival of ‘A Doll’s House.’
Two new shows, ‘Snapshots’ and ‘My Heart Is the Drum,’ will receive productions, along with three Broadway favorites.
The American Theatre Wing has named the winner of the grants for musical theatre writers.
The NYC-based ensemble will premiere ‘the theater is a blank page,’ a collaboration with visual artist Ann Hamilton, plus more tour dates for ‘A Rite’ and ‘Steel Hammer.’