News in Brief (May/June 2013)
Theatrical Revolutions, Children’s Theatre, and festivals abound in this month’s News in Brief.
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Theatrical Revolutions, Children’s Theatre, and festivals abound in this month’s News in Brief.
The awards and prizes that have been given out since our last issue.
Those who stepped down from an old position or stepped up to a new one in April 2013.
Space constraints, new musicals, and Shakespeare are among this month’s round-up of news items.
Daniel Pearle wins the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award, Stephen Colbert is honored by Lookingglass Theatre Company, and more awards from our March 2013 issue.
Those who stepped down from an old position or stepped up to a new one in May and June.
From the New Mexican desert to the Windy City—this month in national news.
Awards, prizes, even an OBE.
Rob Ruggiero is the new artistic director of TheatreWorks in Connecticut, having been serving as the interim artistic director. His Broadway directorial credits include High and Looped. Artists Repertory Theatre of Portland, Ore., welcomed a new artistic director in January: Damaso Rodriguez. Previously the co-artistic director of Los Angeles’s Furious Theatre Company, Rodriguez replaces Allen Nause, who has retired after 25 years at the helm. Martin Platt has stepped down as artistic director of Olney Theatre Center in Maryland, after serving at the theatre since…
New works, vintage posters, a Chicago theatre buffet.