“Sing out, Louise!” my mom would call to me when I left the house in the morning. Not every day—that would have been a bit much. But if I had an audition or interview or a class presentation, she’d ...

Evan Yionoulis has always been a woman of the theatre, growing up from the kind of child who wrote and directed the school play, to an undergraduate who could turn a dining hall into a theatrical ...

Sometimes prose isn’t enough; artivism requires something louder. Carissa Atallah’s “part play, part slam poem” Brown Face embraces that need head-on. From May 7 through 24, this world premiere with ...

CHICAGO: American Theatre magazine, The Understudy, and Pocket Theatrics have announced Re:working Chicago Theatre, a monthly roundtable series, beginning in July and concluding in November, that will ...

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 ...

The Last Five Years follows Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress, and Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, who recant their five year relationship and doomed marriage. Support American Theatre: a just ...

The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein, “The Sound of Music” is often described as the world’s most-beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including “Climb Ev’ry ...

Of course, if it feels like Schmigadoon! contains many more quotes and references than that, that is hardly a mistake. As the show’s book writer-composer-lyricist Cinco Paul showed me in a recent ...

Preston High School’s production of “Mamma Mia!” (Photo by LionChaser Media) The temperatures are rising, cherry blossoms are in bloom, my urban herb garden is planted, and high school musicals are in ...

NEW YORK CITY: The Guggenheim Foundation has awarded fellowships this year to 223 American and Canadian scientists, scholars, writers, and artists, selected from nearly 5,000 applicants. The theatre ...

A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions. ATLANTA: True Colors Theatre Company has announced that managing director Chandra Stephens-Albright will retire at the ...

Best known for his role on Sesame Street, Muraoka has also appeared on Broadway and directed at regional theatres across the country. The New York-based artist will next helm Wai Yim and Jason Ma’s ...