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Curt Columbus Stages His ‘Getaway’ From Trinity Rep

Curt Columbus Stages His ‘Getaway’ From Trinity Rep

The historic Providence theatre’s artistic director, whose last play at its leader...

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Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater to Merge as Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater to Merge as...

Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford and Kyle Haden will lead the newly combined organization.

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Black Theatre’s Family Reunion

Black Theatre’s Family Reunion

Every other year since 1989, the International Black Theatre Festival has gathered...

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Mosaic Theater Company Kicks Off Season with ‘Somewhere Over the Border’

Mosaic Theater Company Kicks Off Season with ‘Somewhere...

Mosaic Theater Company is set to debut its new musical "Somewhere Over the Border,"...

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The Time Sam Shepard Taught Playwriting Way Out West

The Time Sam Shepard Taught Playwriting Way Out West

Recruited by Padua Hills Playwrights founder Murray Mednick, Shepard joined an ad-hoc...

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What Else Is New: From ‘Gilgamesh’ to ‘Basquiat’

What Else Is New: From ‘Gilgamesh’ to ‘Basquiat’

The cup overfloweth in this nationwide roundup of new stage works.

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Melissa Castellanos-Espat receives Beverly Smith Lopez award for theatre and film

Melissa Castellanos-Espat receives Beverly Smith Lopez...

By Zoila Palma:  Belizean educator, director and producer Melissa Castellanos-Espat...

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Gamba Cole – interview

Gamba Cole – interview

Gamba Cole played a leading role in Stephen Merchant’s acclaimed BBC comedy-drama THE...

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Sun Valley Resident Playwright, Sloan Commissions, Princess Grace Awards, and More

Sun Valley Resident Playwright, Sloan Commissions, Princess...

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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TCG to Publish Flynn Center, Blackburn Prize’s ‘Women+ On the Edge of Democracy’

TCG to Publish Flynn Center, Blackburn Prize’s ‘Women+...

Featuring more than 30 short plays by women+ playwrights, the new anthology is also...

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What’s in ‘HMong Futures’?

What’s in ‘HMong Futures’?

Katie Ka Vang’s play about a historic Twin Cities immigrant community became more...

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Theatre Washington Announces Theatre Week 2026

Theatre Washington Announces Theatre Week 2026

The three-week celebration will bring discounted tickets, free pop-up performances...

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REPORTS: ‘Dreamgirls’ revival will not open on Broadway in Fall 2026

REPORTS: ‘Dreamgirls’ revival will not open on Broadway...

A report says the ‘Dreamgirls’ Broadway revival is delayed beyond Fall 2026, but...

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A STATEMENT FROM SHARON D CLARKE & THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 

A STATEMENT FROM SHARON D CLARKE & THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE...

The RSC today announce the postponement of Othello starring Sharon D Clarke in the...

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TRAFALGAR RELEASING ANNOUNCES THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE FOR HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL

TRAFALGAR RELEASING ANNOUNCES THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE FOR...

Trafalgar Releasing has announced the theatrical release date for Hadestown: The...

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Sold-out stage adaptation of hit film Pride transfers to the West End

Sold-out stage adaptation of hit film Pride transfers to...

Pride is heading to the Bridge Theatre for a new London run from October 2026, following...

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Plays Are Meant to Be Seen, Not Heard

Plays Are Meant to Be Seen, Not Heard

In the early 2000s, some major U.S. theatres dedicated spaces in their buildings...

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Taken for Granted? The NEA Under a New Regime

Taken for Granted? The NEA Under a New Regime

The National Endowment for the Arts has survived decades of attacks and cuts, even...

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Headlong release rehearsal images for UK tour of August Wilson’s Fences

Headlong release rehearsal images for UK tour of August...

Pioneering theatre company Headlong have today released rehearsal images for their...

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DANCE UMBRELLA ANNOUNCES FURTHER DETAILS FOR TOUCH THE FLOOR

DANCE UMBRELLA ANNOUNCES FURTHER DETAILS FOR TOUCH THE...

Dance Umbrella, London’s contemporary dance festival have announced further details...

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Jade Hackett and Omar The LOve Book 12-27 Feb 2027

Jade Hackett and Omar The LOve Book 12-27 Feb 2027

Some love stories don’t fade. They keep playing. 1950s, a young couple arrives in...

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Access £10 tickets to see The World As We Know It at Hackney Empire  20 Oct 2026

Access £10 tickets to see The World As We Know It at Hackney...

Human life is fleeting, the world is still unfolding… Redefining dance from the...

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The Rise of Josephine Baker   25-29 Aug 2026

The Rise of Josephine Baker 25-29 Aug 2026

Inspired by the extraordinary life of Josephine Baker, The Rise of Josephine Baker follows...

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Access £20 tickets OUR EYES LOOKING FOR GOD 9-13 SEP 2026

Access £20 tickets OUR EYES LOOKING FOR GOD 9-13 SEP 2026

A groundbreaking opera exploring Black British experiences, telling an urgent national...

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New Work, Fresh From WWU’s Summer Test Kitchen

New Work, Fresh From WWU’s Summer Test Kitchen

Western Washington University's summer program brings students together with guest...

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Can We Talk About Success? The Pregones/PRTT Story

Can We Talk About Success? The Pregones/PRTT Story

NYC’s Puerto Rican theatre, a new Wallace Foundation report shows, faces structural...

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Dusk of a Great Day at Theater Mu

Dusk of a Great Day at Theater Mu

A new report, part of the Wallace Foundation’s Advancing Well-Being in the Arts...

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The Dance Floor is Black Queer Frequencies Weekend  22-23 Aug 2026

The Dance Floor is Black Queer Frequencies Weekend 22-23...

Vibes on vibes on vibes As part of The Music Is Black Festival, presented by East...

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SHE: THE LIVE EXPERIENCE 5 Sept 2026

SHE: THE LIVE EXPERIENCE 5 Sept 2026

It’s time to celebrate all the SHE’s out there! We’re talking strength, the softness,...

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How the Other Half Loves – review

How the Other Half Loves – review

The Comedy About Spies is a very British kind of night at the theatre: silly, broad...

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An Excerpt From ‘Yuchewahkénh (Bitter)’

An Excerpt From ‘Yuchewahkénh (Bitter)’

Vickie Ramirez's play explores the erasure of Indigenous women, and what it takes...

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That Banyan Tree

That Banyan Tree

This creative work from Lee Cataluna explores what Maui means to the world in the...

José Rivera: Mystery, Awe, and the Long Apprenticeship

José Rivera: Mystery, Awe, and the Long Apprenticeship

This month Brian talks to the prolific playwright and screenwriter about religion,...

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Leadership Changes at The Public, Juilliard, Childsplay, and More

Leadership Changes at The Public, Juilliard, Childsplay,...

A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.

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Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective Unveils Inaugural Cohort

Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective Unveils Inaugural Cohort

A collaboration between the Cherry Lane Theatre and Pulitzer-winning playwright...

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The Comedy About Spies – review

The Comedy About Spies – review

The Comedy About Spies is a very British kind of night at the theatre: silly, broad...

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It’s A National Cake, Let Us Laugh, For We Cannot Cry

It’s A National Cake, Let Us Laugh, For We Cannot Cry

When Chief (Stanley Okeke) walks on to the stage, Austine Onuoha’s National Cake...

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Cats – review

Cats – review

Dear Kaffy: Diary of a Single Woman follows Kikelomo, who keeps falling for men...

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Does ‘Rhinoceros’ Still Have Its Charge?

Does ‘Rhinoceros’ Still Have Its Charge?

Diane Paulus’s new staging at American Repertory Theater—starring John Turturro,...

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The Quotable Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Now Onstage In Little Rock

The Quotable Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Now Onstage In Little...

Arkansas Rep artistic director Steve H. Broadnax III has written a new show about...

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Getting Real at the 2026 National Critics Institute

Getting Real at the 2026 National Critics Institute

Reflections from this past summer’s institute, and on the work we saw at the Eugene...

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Dear Kaffy – Review

Dear Kaffy – Review

Dear Kaffy: Diary of a Single Woman follows Kikelomo, who keeps falling for men...

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The Final Collaborator: Why New Work Needs Audiences

The Final Collaborator: Why New Work Needs Audiences

As developmental spaces dwindle, the New York Stage & Film Summer Season preserves...

Joseph’s Big Swings at the Guthrie

Joseph’s Big Swings at the Guthrie

What has he learned after leading Minneapolis's flagship theatre for the last 11...

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Bradley Gibson – interview

Bradley Gibson – interview

Bradley Gibson plays Hercules. His theatre credits include Hercules (Paper Mill...

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I’m Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical – review

I’m Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical – review

Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you Chaka Khan… She’s long been the soundtrack...

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Talene Monahon: Meaning in Armenian

Talene Monahon: Meaning in Armenian

The writer of ‘Meet the Cartozians’ chats with her leading actress about the history...

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Grease the Immersive Movie Musical – review

Grease the Immersive Movie Musical – review

If you have ever seen Grease and loved it then you need to check out Grease: The...

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The Award-Winning Nigerian Stage Production Dear Kaffy Makes Its Highly Anticipated London Debut

The Award-Winning Nigerian Stage Production Dear Kaffy...

LONDON, UK — One of Nigeria’s most celebrated and emotionally resonant stage productions...

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Phamaly’s ‘504: The Musical’ Makes a Sit-In Sing

Phamaly’s ‘504: The Musical’ Makes a Sit-In Sing

A vital yet often-overlooked disability-rights protest in San Francisco in 1977...

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People to Watch: Phanésia Pharel

People to Watch: Phanésia Pharel

The Haitian American playwright reflects on female empowerment and her wishes for...

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Dear Kaffy- Diary of a Single Woman in Lagos 7-9 Aug 2026

Dear Kaffy- Diary of a Single Woman in Lagos 7-9 Aug 2026

Dear Kaffy – Diary of a single woman in Lagos is a captivating tale of Kikelomo...

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WORLD PREMIERE THE ‘CROWN PRINCE OF REGGAE’ MUSICAL FEB/MAR 2027

WORLD PREMIERE THE ‘CROWN PRINCE OF REGGAE’ MUSICAL FEB/MAR...

Bagga John (BJ) Production and special arrangement with the Dennis Brown Estate...

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AT&T Center, Dallas Theater Center Plan Merger

AT&T Center, Dallas Theater Center Plan Merger

The partnership would make DTC the official producer within the sprawling performing...

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Adrian Lester – interview

Adrian Lester – interview

Adrian Lester’s theatre credits include: Henry V, Othello (National Theatre; Evening...

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Wano Waife: Interrogating Social Realities and Dialogue on the National Theatre Stage

Wano Waife: Interrogating Social Realities and Dialogue...

Wano Waife, a moving community theatre production which was staged in Walukuba village...

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People to Watch: Bernardo Cubría

People to Watch: Bernardo Cubría

A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, the playwright reflects on community and...

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5 Things the Pros Can Learn From High School Theatre

5 Things the Pros Can Learn From High School Theatre

We could all use a bit of the enthusiasm, imagination, and determination I witnessed...

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New Dramatists Resident Playwrights, NAMT Musicals, Edinburgh Fringe, and More

New Dramatists Resident Playwrights, NAMT Musicals, Edinburgh...

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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New Dramatists Resident Playwrights, NAMT Musicals, Edinburgh Fringe and More

New Dramatists Resident Playwrights, NAMT Musicals, Edinburgh...

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Where Do We Go From Here?

The articles in our Summer 2026 issue are underpinned by questions about who we’ve...

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Disney’s Hercules – review

Disney’s Hercules – review

This matinee performance of Hercules was full to the brim, with the chatter of animated...

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Puppet Confidence in Creede Rep’s ‘Eureka’

Puppet Confidence in Creede Rep’s ‘Eureka’

CRT's latest KID Show, with the help of Dragoncillo puppetry troupe, aims to help...

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Carolyn ML Forsyth – interview

Carolyn ML Forsyth – interview

Carolyn ML Forsyth’s 20-year track record demonstrates her dynamism and expertise...

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Writing With Our Ancestors

Writing With Our Ancestors

A ceremony from the writing room, and how to keep it at your own desk.

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A Summer of Reflection

A Summer of Reflection

For our guest columnist’s final column (for now), she reconnects with past students...

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Mia Katigbak, Actor-Manager

Mia Katigbak, Actor-Manager

This busy performer-producer set out to establish a company for Asian American actors,...

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Tender by Eleanor Tindall – review

Tender by Eleanor Tindall – review

Most fictional love stories follow a familiar formula: two people meet by chance,...

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Proof of Passage: A Dispatch from Festival TransAmériques

Proof of Passage: A Dispatch from Festival TransAmériques

Hedonism, shame, aquaphobia, and memory were in the mix at Montreal's interdisciplinary...

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Leadership Changes at Arena, Wilma, Mu, and More

Leadership Changes at Arena, Wilma, Mu, and More

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Arena Stage artistic director Hana S. Sharif publicly announced...

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Hana Sharif Leaves Arena, Leaving Questions for the Field

Hana Sharif Leaves Arena, Leaving Questions for the Field

The artistic director’s departure, after just 3 years, from the helm of the D.C.’s...

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THE YARD IS BACK WITH A  NEW BUILDING AND IAN MCKELLEN

THE YARD IS BACK WITH A  NEW BUILDING AND IAN MCKELLEN

The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick, London, announces its first season in its new...

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Brave Onstage, Quiet at Home

Brave Onstage, Quiet at Home

MILCK's first musical at La Jolla Playhouse this summer can't keep quiet, telling...

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The Caste Is Stacked in ‘The Employee Dharma Handbook’

The Caste Is Stacked in ‘The Employee Dharma Handbook’

A human resources tangle among tech workers is at the heart of Geetha Reddy's new...

Dave Osmundsen Doesn’t Do Inspiration

Dave Osmundsen Doesn’t Do Inspiration

This month Brian talks to the author of 'Light Switch' and 'Berrywild' about autism,...

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