Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective Unveils Inaugural Cohort
A collaboration between the Cherry Lane Theatre and Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker, the collective offers six writers a nine-month fellowship culminating in a series of readings.
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Bodily Fluids, Heartsick Lyrics, and a Viral Musical
This month: Alia Shawkat on Clare Barron’s ‘You Got Older,’ Robert Kaplow on his Oscar-nominated screenplay for ‘Blue Moon,’ and Joriah Kwamé on his TikTok-hit-turned-musical, ‘Little Miss Perfect.’
Cherry Lane Theatre and Annie Baker Launch Playwrights Collective
The new Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective incubator program continues the theatre’s commitment to supporting rising playwrights.
This Month in Theatre History
March looks back on a musical comedy duo, a Carolina laureate, A Cherry Lane icon, the Living Theatre, and a Fornés tetralogy.
Lortel Theatre Buys Building in Chelsea
The move coincides with news that film studio A24 has purchased the historic Cherry Lane Theatre in the West Village.
Could It Happen Here? How U.S. and U.K. Plays Are Staging Antisemitism’s Resurgence
Over the past year, no fewer than 10 shows on both sides of the Atlantic have addressed the historical rise of Nazism and/or the troubling resurfacing of antisemitism.
Offscript: What We Talk About When We Talk About Abortion
This week the editors discuss theatre’s role in dispelling the fears and misconceptions surrounding abortion with Alison Leiby and Justice Hehir.
A Second Chance for ‘Coal Country’
The show felt very special in 2020, but it means even more now, colored by the loss of the past 2 years.
Audrey Webb Wins Judith Barlow Prize From History Matters/Back to the Future
Audrey Webb will receive the annual award for a play inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’
My Year of Writing Dangerously
At a solitary Gulf Coast retreat, veteran playwright Craig Lucas reconnects with the sublime.
