‘You Could Be King’
When it comes to Shakespeare and Western classics, questions of legacy and belonging get raised when Black men take the stage—and the answers are increasingly clear and powerful.
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American Shakespeare Center Announces Summer Season
The company’s cohort of actor-managers will lead a season of three shows in repertory.
An Offstage Tempest at American Shakespeare Center
The Virginia company, reeling from a tumultuous year, moves forward without the leader many company members say made it worse, Ethan McSweeny.
Ethan McSweeny Resigns After Brief Tenure Leading ASC
The company will move forward with an actor-led model intended to echo the production process of Shakespeare’s theatre.
You Say You Want a Revolution
How to rebuild the theatre field post-COVID? Invest in artists and let them do their best work in rep, and audiences will follow.
5 Theatres With Ghost Stories to Raise Your Spirits
Sentient elevators, a mysterious observer, a life-saving phantom, and more fill our annual roundup of tales from haunted theatres.
Managing Director Amy Wratchford to Leave American Shakespeare Center
Wratchford has served as ASC’s managing director since May 2010.
Online This Week: What Is Theatre?
From a ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ watch party to a Beethoven bio-play with music, this week offers many answers to the eternal question.
Three on the Aisle: Side With Hope
The critics return to consider when theatre will return, how to cover it when it does, and how not to succumb to Zoom despair.
A Tale of Two Reopenings, With and Without the Union Label
American Shakespeare Center and Berkshire Theatre Group will soon open full-scale productions, but only one has Actors’ Equity’s approval.
