Olympia Dukakis, Minister of the Interior
A fierce, unsentimental explorer of the human experience, she was also a subversive wit and a dear friend, especially to her audiences.
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Is Streaming Theatre Here to Stay? The National Theatre Network Is Banking on It
A new streaming platform from Broadway on Demand offers a place for regional theatres to introduce themselves to national, even global audiences.
ACT Announces Amended 2021-22 Season
The season will feature the premiere of a new virtual play by Christopher Chen and the pre-Broadway run of the musical ‘Soul Train.’
Woolly Mammoth Announces Digital Spring Programming
The spring season will feature new and returning on-demand and live streaming productions.
Peter J. Kuo: Schooling the Field
ACT’s new director of the conservatory talks about teaching self-analysis, working within structures to dismantle them, and the possibilities of digital platforms.
Online This Week: We Three Categories
Concerts, a ‘Carol’ or 3, and a surfeit of readings, benefits, and other virtual theatre kick off December in abundant style.
Conservatory Director Melissa Smith to Leave American Conservatory Theater
Peter J. Kuo and Danyon Davis will step in for Smith, who has led the conservatory for 25 years.
Online This Week: Games, Greed, and Memory
This week: a Nick Cordero memorial tribute, festivals of Latinx writers and young playwrights, Harriet Harris as Eleanor Roosevelt, and a Madhuri Shekar encore.
ACT Announces 2020-21 MFA Programming
The conservatory will present virtual productions this fall, plus four possible in-person shows for 2021.
ACT Announces Live and Virtual Programming Through 2022
The San Francisco company will produce a radio version of ‘A Christmas Carol,’ a film of a Heather Christian musical, plus five in-person productions.