ATLANTA: Alliance Theatre has announced that Brandon Kahn will be its new managing director, beginning Aug. 1. Kahn steps into the position previously held by Mike Schleifer for 11 years, who ...

June is flying by—and while it’s a moment to wind down and ease into summer break, it’s also a time to reflect on the past year in theatre, from classroom productions to Broadway stages, and celebrate ...

What goes into the recipe for a new play? For Dhaba on Devon Avenue, now in its belated premiere in a co-production by Chicago’s Writers Theatre and TimeLine Theatre (June 19-July 27), playwright ...

Tarell Alvin McCraney’s new play for Arena Stage both celebrates and complicates hard-won marriage equality rights just as D.C. welcomes WorldPride festivities. “I’m always wrestling with things. They ...

Summer stock—the time-honored tradition of professional theatres that primarily operate from early through late summer, with repertory companies that rehearse and perform simultaneously—is still very ...

Call it a Friday night massacre: On the evening of May 2—just hours after the Trump administration released a proposed budget that would entirely eliminate the both the National Endowment for the Arts ...

Across the board, the bottom line for theatres has lagged in recent years. For a majority of Trend Theatres in 2023, Theatre Facts reported a negative change in unrestricted net assets (CUNA), an ...

One day in a theatre class, my college’s technical director projected some bleak employment stats from Actors’ Equity on the wall and explained that life in the business would be tough. This was about ...

Each month on The Subtext, Brian speaks with a playwright about life, writing, and whatever itches we are scratching.. This month he talks with award-winning playwright Tim J. Lord about his journey ...

In December 1959, the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the striking concrete home of Dallas Theater Center (DTC), welcomed its first audience. But its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, never saw a performance ...

In summer 2023, theatres around the country were still reeling in the aftermath of the Covid shutdowns of the previous few years.When New York City’s Public Theater laid off nearly 20 percent of its ...

ROB WEINERT-KENDT: I have to say, The Antiquities doesn’t just feel very Jordan Harrison—it almost feels like a summation of your work so far. JORDAN HARRISON: I don’t know if I was aiming for an ...