And now I do too. I clearly hear his voice, see that sparkle in his eyes, “Hey, man. How you doin’?” I would tell him, and he would say, “Wow, let’s talk.” And we did so many, many times. Woodie was ...

This edition includes milestones related to Langston Hughes, Montreal’s Black Theatre Workshop, Tennessee Williams, and Lucas Hnath. The American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) disassociated ...

In this moment of collective upheaval, the existing hierarchies within theatrical practice are reaching their shelf life and it’s time to unearth alternatives. It’s becoming difficult to build deep ...

A pre-teen is forced into a mother’s role. That’s one way to read Wendy’s story in the classic J.M. Barrie tales of Peter Pan and the Darling family. And that’s one spin that Harley Brooke Walker, MFA ...

A new musical about a gay teen’s coming-out journey premieres at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. It’s 2015, and 16-year-old Mike is planning to come out as gay to his family and high school ...

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions. Scholarship winners included Nia Alsop, the musical theatre recipient of the Fran Morganstern Davis scholarship, given to a full-time ...

The maker of the original film reflects on how his gory fable about vagina dentata became a savagely witty stage musical by Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson. Following is the foreword to the ...

A just and thriving theatre ecology begins with information for all. At American Theatre our mission is to provide coverage of the nonprofit theatre, in the U.S. and around the world. We’re a ...

The versatile actor-writer talks about his autobiographical solo show, ‘How Shakespeare Saved My Life,’ which plays at 3 theatres this year. A teenager’s life is in danger. Just as he feels he might ...

A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions. Support American Theatre: a just and thriving theatre ecology begins with information for all. Please join us in this mission ...

This New Jersey company commissions and stages topical new plays but doesn’t claim ‘world premiere’ status, giving playwrights a safe place to work and students a place to learn about new-work ...

2 playwrights talk to theatremakers in the West Bank and Gaza, who are continuing their resistance to occupation with their art and their witness. The Wisconsin theatre just announced 6 new plays, to ...