This Month in Theatre History
From a shooting at a theatre to the founding of one, from government crackdowns to government funds, a look back at previous Aprils in the American theatre.
Portland Playhouse Announces 2015–16 Season
Works by Idris Goodwin and Mia Chung, as well as a holiday favorite and ‘Peter and the Starcatcher,’ are on the slate.
David Adjmi’s ‘Three’s Company’ Parody ‘3C’ Cleared for Future Stagings
When the sitcom’s rights holders came and knocked on his door, the playwright took legal action. Now a New York district court judge has ruled in his favor.
Mass Live Arts Announces 2015 Festival Lineup
Live performances by Radiohole, Andrew Schneider and Joseph Silovsky alternate with a series of vintage Wooster Group performance films.
Sarah Rasmussen Is Jungle Theater’s New Artistic Director
The South Dakota native will succeed founder Bain Boehlke beginning this summer.
Women’s Voices To Be Heard at More Than 50 D.C.-Area Theatres
Dozens of artists and companies will be part of the 2-month tribute to female playwrights.
American Theatre Plans All-Twitter Edition
Features will include whimsical hashtags and magazine-style analysis, just shorter.
Offscript: Who Says That Women Can’t Write?
Tracy Liz Miller and Brenda Jean Foley of the Bridge Initiative talk about achieving gender parity in Arizona, plus more season announcements and what you should read in the April 2015 issue of American Theatre.
Former Drama-Logue Publisher Funds Relaunch of LA Stage Alliance Arts Site
Bill Bordy gifts LA Stage Alliance with five years of funding to support a return of its online performing-arts magazine.
What Is a Musical Now? The Polyphone Festival Jammed Some Fresh Answers
Theatremakers joined students at the University of the Arts for theatricalized concert versions of sounded the limits of the musical theatre form.
