Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ Wins Edward M. Kennedy Prize
The prize awards dramatic literature inspired by the history of the United States.
A Sense of the Space: Where Dance/Theatre Leads Us
Theatres are stepping into new territory with site-specific dance—but then again, is there any other kind?
Misha’s Next Moves
As if running a Manhattan arts center weren’t enough, Mikhail Baryshnikov has two new solo shows on his dance card.
Dance or Theatre? Yes.
From Martha Clarke at Signature Theatre to Third Rail Projects at the Denver Center, resident theatres are partnering with dance-theatre companies to create genre-bending bodies of work.
He Said, She Said, and Then They Made a Show Together
How Megan Trout and Mark Jackson created the dance/theatre/social media duet ‘Now for Now.’
Writing TV, Thinking Theatre—But With Less Urgency
The transition from writing for nothing to writing for a paycheck has been smooth. But is stage work now a dream, or just a daydream?
Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat’ Receives 2016 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright receives a $25,000 award for her play about America’s industrial decline.
A Change in the Weather: Theatres Are Tackling Global Warming
Theatremakers are acting on environmental issues and bringing concerns about climate change to the stage.
Onstage This Week: Feb. 22–28
This week features works from Shakespeare to Mamet, in cities from Walnut Creek, Calif. to Knoxville, Tenn.
Lev Dodin Plants Chekhov’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ in the Eternal Present
The master director from St. Petersburg takes some liberties with the playwright’s final work, but the result is somehow all the more Chekhovian.
