You’re in the Band: Bay Area Students Perform ‘School of Rock’
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical gets its first amateur staging at the Curran Theatre while still a hit on Broadway.
All Stories About Showcase
Front & Center for April 2016
Stories about autism, Chicago shows, a musical about a young girl in 1890s Paris, and more take the stage this month.
This Month in Theatre History (April 2016)
From a gender-bending actress in the early 19th century to female playwrights on Broadway in the 1920s, April is a month of milestones.
Norway Plans Ibsen Theme Park
Attractions to include a house haunted by guilt, a slamming-door exhibit, and Little Eyolf’s Rat Race.
What Ever Happened to ‘Shuffle Along’? Ask George C. Wolfe
His newest Broadway effort aims to tap the power of a little-remembered 1921 show that changed the American musical.
Laughing in London, When We’re Not Dreading or Dreaming
A few farces aside, current plays in the Old Smoke offer no escape from a disturbing world.
As the Climate Change Threat Grows, So Does a Theatrical Response
What started as a North American short-play project around last year’s Paris talks blossomed into an ongoing worldwide effort.
Middle East Solos: Out of Context, Creating a New One
What did 4 female-led works at New York Live Arts’ Live Ideas Festival have to say to us or to each other—or are those even the right questions?
No Escape in Atlanta: Freddie Ashley Challenges Audiences at Actor’s Express
The artistic director confronts his hometown with difficult, meaty work. Next: Janine Nabers’s ‘Serial Black Face.’
‘A Fierce Kind of Love’ for People of All Abilities
Suli Holum’s new play, presented by the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, offers new perspective on living with a disability.
