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WEBThe Gift of Living in Whitney White’s Queendom. By Brittani Samuel. An intrepid, in-demand force in the American theatre, this writer-director is finding more to say through Shakespeare’s only recurring female character, Queen Margaret. Entrances and Exits in Arts Journalism. Naveen Kumar Is Looking Forward to D.C.
AMERICAN THEATRE | Features
WEBThe Top 20* Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2024-25 Season. Kate Hamill and Rajiv Joseph tie for the top spot on a diverse list of dramatists and adaptors (*23 due to ties). American Theatre provides news, features, artist interviews, and editorials about theatre in the US and abroad.
News - AMERICAN THEATRE
WEB3rd Annual Breaking the Binary Festival Programming Announced. News September 30, 2024 American Theatre Editors Leave a comment. Running Oct. 21-27, the festival features works from multiple trans, nonbinary, and two-spirit+ artists.
Spring 2024 - AMERICAN THEATRE
WEBWish You Were Here: A Radical Access Roundtable. Moderated by Gabriela Furtado Coutinho. Access consultants and artists discuss how they create sensory conscious shows for disabled folks and their families, as well as how radical inclusivity enhances theatre for everyone. Subscriptions Are Dead. Long Live Subscriptions! By Rosie Brownlow-Calkin.
Theatre in Crisis: What We’re Losing, and What Comes Next
WEBJul 24, 2023 · The last time American theatres faced a crisis of contraction anything like the one they’re facing now—with significant layoffs at New York City’s Public Theater and Dallas Theater Center, season “pauses” at L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum and Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company, emergency fundraising at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Westport Country Playhouse, not to mention a ...
Are the Ticket Prices Too Damn High? - AMERICAN THEATRE
WEBSep 28, 2023 · According to self-reported data from 63 AEA- and TCG-affiliated theatre companies obtained in a survey and in multiple interviews, with budgets ranging from less than $1 million to over $42 million, the average bottom ticket price for a non-discounted adult ticket in 2019 was $31.72; now it’s $34.75, about three bucks more.
About Us - AMERICAN THEATRE
WEBAmerican Theatre magazine is the nation’s only general-circulation magazine devoted to theatre. Founded in 1984 by the pioneering arts service organization Theatre Communications Group, the magazine featured cowboy-hatted playwright Sam Shepard on its first cover in April of that year. Since the fall of 2023, it is published quarterly. American Theatre covers theatrical trends and events ...
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WEBTo see more of our theme packages and special issues, go here. 2024 Summer 2024 Spring 2024 Winter 2024 2023 Fall 2023 2020-21 March 2021 (digital cover) September 2020 (digital cover) August 2020 (digital cover) July 2020 (digital cover) May/June 2020 April 2020 March 2020 January/February 2020 2019 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 July/August 2019 May 2019 April 2019 ...
Seasons - AMERICAN THEATRE
WEBOpen Stage Announces 2021-22 Season. Seasons June 8, 2021 American Theatre Editors Leave a comment. The Harrisburg company’s 36th season will feature 10 productions, including Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Pulitzer-winning ‘Fairview.’.
AMERICAN THEATRE | On the Scene
WEBFrom Chicago: Beyond the Bylines. On the Scene July 29, 2024 Gabriela Furtado Coutinho, Jerald Raymond Pierce Leave a comment. This month, Gabriela reflects on an enlightening experience at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and …