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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.

The critics return to consider when theatre will return, how to cover it when it does, and how not to succumb to Zoom despair.

American Shakespeare Center and Berkshire Theatre Group will soon open full-scale productions, but only one has Actors’ Equity’s approval.

A number of canceled shows from San Diego to Phoenix were recorded before the pandemic shutdown, and now you can watch them at home.

L M Feldman’s ‘Thrive,’ which is in dialgoue with Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night,’ will tour with the ASC’s production of that classic.

Playwrights Anchuli Felicia King and Emma Whipday’s works, inspired by ‘Othello’ and ‘Cymbeline,’ respectively, will be produced.

The season will mark the first under new artistic director Ethan McSweeny.

The internationally acclaimed director will take over the position vacated by Jim Warren.

The season will feature a world premiere adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Emma.’

Works by Amy E. Witting and Mary Elizabeth Hamilton will be the first plays produced as part of the project.