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Gender parity, theatre awards, the mystery of QR codes and our robot future are some of the themes hit by this week’s top podcasts.
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Gender parity, theatre awards, the mystery of QR codes and our robot future are some of the themes hit by this week’s top podcasts.
“It’s the bitch of living.” Except not really. In this episode of Offscript, we talk to arts reporter Linda Buchwald about “Spring Awakening” at Deaf West Theatre, which uses deaf actors and sign language to add a new dimension to the Duncan Sheik/Steven Sater musical about teenage desires in 19th-century Germany. Plus our editors argue over gender parity and the politics of representation.
Her musical about the suffragists behind the 19th Amendment comes to Broadway with a few amendments of its own (and with Hillary Clinton as a producer).
The WP Producers Lab alumna succeeds Rebecca Martinez after her 3 years in the role.
Part of the Lorraine Hansberry Initiative to support women and nonbinary playwrights of color, the award comes with a $25,000 living-expenses stipend for each year of the fellows’ graduate studies.
How 2 veterans of New York’s 1960s-’70s avant-garde theatre made edgy, alternative theatre in a conservative state, and what enduring lessons their example may hold out for others.
The initiative will honor the pioneering playwright’s legacy with a touring statue and support for the work of multiple female/non-binary playwrights of color.
When the L.A. theatre announced a season light on women playwrights, a protest led to change and greater transparency.
Jeff Rosenberg and Laura Jacqmin’s new project answers the question: Why break up with theatre when you recreate some of its conditions on a film set?
The virtual season will include short plays, including works by Lynn Nottage, José Rivera, and Alayna Jacqueline.