8+ hour, 4+ min ago  (723+ words) American Theatre Magazine 1916 (110 years ago) The Washington Square Players, a short-lived theatre troupe in New York City, produced The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. The troupe's core belief was that the American theatre needed to be free of "commercial considerations" and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (275+ words) 3 world premieres across three seasons will include a musical by C'sar Alvarez, a Native epic by Madeline Easley, and a site-specific immersive folk tale. All three shows are ambitious in terms of artistic scope, cast size, design challenges, special effects,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1902+ words) Theatre students from the class of 2024 tell us how they're faring in a changing market. I couch-surfed at friends' apartments, and for a month I shared a bunk bed with my toddler cousins in Brooklyn before finally landing a lease....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (568+ words) With a script by Simon Stephens and a (video-captured) cast of 4, a new mixed-reality experience at The Shed may be the closest this new medium has come to a bona fide play. As An Ark opens, actor Golda Rosheuvel enters…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (405+ words) A monthly gathering produced by the American Playwriting Foundation channels stories of the U. S. immigration system with the unique theatrical urgency of in-ear verbatim technique. David Bar Katz, American Playwriting Foundation's founding artistic director, admitted some initial skepticism about the in-ear…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (226+ words) A friend and colleague remembers the director as a private but passionate man who treated new plays like classics, and classics like new plays. Director Mark Brokaw, known for directing dozens of major American plays, mostly Off-Broadway, including How I…...