Mellon Announces Grants to Support NY Artists
The Creatives Rebuild initiative provides either guaranteed income or employment funding for artists and arts institutions across New York State.
All Stories About COVID-19
How Theatres Are Facing the Omicron Wave
No, it’s not March 2020 all over again, but the latest COVID-19 variant has theatres struggling with some familiar dilemmas of safety and scheduling.
Why ACT Dropped the MFA
The legendary training program will continue its conservatory and other training programs, but its 3-year theatre degree has become a COVID casualty.
Guthrie Postpones One Show, Cancels Another
This month’s production of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ has been postponed to spring, and a Broadway-bound staging of ‘Destiny of Desire’ has been cancelled.
How ‘American Utopia’ Managed to Remain in Light
The Broadway stage manager recounts how her company conceived and staged a new concert version of the popular show in the face of COVID cancellations.
There Is No Metaphor
This moment has pushed us past even our most prescient preparations for crisis and challenge, but we can face it together.
Second-Act Problems: What Comes Next Is Up to Us, and Also Not
Poised between a troubled but familiar past and the uncertain promise of a transformed future, is it any wonder we’re having trouble with the next act of our lives?
Theatre’s Fall Plans, and the Delta Variant
After more than a year of uncertainty and some hopeful planning, some theatres’ aspirations for a fall return are crashing into a fresh COVID surge.
Actors’ Equity and Off-Broadway League Reach New Agreement
Enhanced COVID safety protocols are a focus, as are strengthening avenues of redress against workplace harassment and discrimination.
D.C.-Area Theatres Announce Vaccination Requirements
Both theatre workers and audiences will be required to show proof of vaccination, and audiences must wear masks inside.
