Race, Mystery, RBG, Opera: I’ve Got a Little List
From a Conan Doyle-inspired inquiry to an Emmett Till trilogy, from a Baroque opera to an Alaskan Tlingit journey, here are some shows I’d put on my hypothetical theatre calendar.
All Stories About Perseverance Theatre
A Capital Season
Theatre folks from Alaska to Ohio to Misssissippi tell us where they’re seeing the most change and what they’d like to see on a stage in the coming season.
‘Why Is Every Single Thing I Say a Problem?’
Artists of color have been placed in leadership positions across the U.S., but are they actually getting the respect and support they deserve?
Online This Week: Taylor Mac’s Special ‘Sauce’
Concerts and benefits, as well as starry revivals and readings, fill this week’s stocking.
Online This Week: Games, Greed, and Memory
This week: a Nick Cordero memorial tribute, festivals of Latinx writers and young playwrights, Harriet Harris as Eleanor Roosevelt, and a Madhuri Shekar encore.
Perseverance Theatre Names Leslie Ishii Artistic Director
Ishii has been serving as Perseverance’s interim artistic director since July.
Second Chances for a Sex Offender?
Cyrano’s Theatre, and Anchorage’s small theatre community, respond to a thorny casting controversy.
Perseverance Theatre, Living Up to Its Name Again
On its way back from the brink of closure, Alaska’s largest theatre has eliminated its debt and found new funders.
Perseverance Theatre Names Joshua Midgett Managing Director
Midgett will join the Alaska company’s leadership team this fall.
Indigenous States
Native theatre in the U.S.’s two non-contiguous states, Alaska and Hawai‘i, shows resonant connections as well as telling differences.
