This Month in Theatre History
From America’s first Black celebrity to Alice Childress’s Broadway turn in ‘Anna Lucasta,’ from Susan Glaspell opening ‘The Verge’ to raves for Canada Lee.
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From America’s first Black celebrity to Alice Childress’s Broadway turn in ‘Anna Lucasta,’ from Susan Glaspell opening ‘The Verge’ to raves for Canada Lee.
Artist residents for its 59th season include Philip Glass, Murielle Borst-Tarrant, Great Jones Repertory, Split Britches, Jerome Ellis, Yoshiko Chuma, and more.
This unassuming experimental theatre pioneer, renowned for his sets for Serban and Brook productions, leaves behind an extraordinary body of work.
From the birth of William Wells Brown and Ellen Stewart to the beginnings of Memphis’s Playhouse on the Square and McNally’s ‘Love! Valour! Compassion!,’ December was a noteworthy month.
How New York City’s landmark avant-garde hub maintains its links across nations and generations.
Bernard Rey and Nube Sandoval are celebrated for their international social work with youth.