Recently added articles from American Theatre:
Editor's note.(theater criticism)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008; O'Quinn, Jim ... Nothing gets theatre people talking like the topic of criticism. American Theatre's February '08 special section "The Future of Criticism"--headlined by a landmark discussion between three iconic American critics, Eric Bentley, Robert Brustein and Stanley Kauffmann--prompted not only a ...
Other voices.(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... I applaud American Theatre for including multiple perspectives in the special section "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on Stage" (May/June '08). It is important to allow such alternative voices to be heard for reasons that go beyond the Middle East. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is ...
Wild and wilder.(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... It might be worthwhile to note that Our Town (1938) was not the first "vehicle Wilder used to eliminate the obtrusive bric-a-brac of scenery and props" and "synthesize life to its barest elements" ("Welcome Back to Grover's Corners," May/June '08). In 1931, a collection of his short plays ...
Ticketing tricks.(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... I am writing to express my appreciation for Eliza Bent's Strategies article "Come Back, Little Audience Member" (March '08). I find exorbitant ticket prices and the resulting lack of audience to be the most pressing issue in growing and sustaining American theatre today. A recent ...
Movies by parker.(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... I was thrilled to find a piece on Dorothy Parker's work for the theatre in your April issue ("Close to Home"). As a fan of Parker (and Moss Hart and George Cukor and, most especially, Judy Garland) I must offer a slight correction to the description of one of Parker's Hollywood offerings ....
Correction.(Correction notice)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The April '08 cover image, of The Cherry Orchard at New Jersey Shakespeare ...
How theatre saved America, part 1.(FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Jul 01, 2008; Eyring, Teresa ... Every so often, TCG is contacted by a reporter who questions how common it is for theatres in America to have resident acting companies. The purpose of such a call is usually to confirm that there are just a handful. Sometimes the idea is to highlight the achievements of the companies that ...
TCG Awards.(NEWS FROM THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP AVAILABLE ONLINE)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The 2008 TCG Awards--annual honors for major contributors to the field--were presented in June at the close of the National Conference in Denver, Colo. The corporate award went to Time Warner, Inc.; the foundation award went to the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; and the ...
2008 TCG National Conference transcripts.(NEWS FROM THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP AVAILABLE ONLINE)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Transcripts and video from TCG's 2008 National Conference, held in Denver, Colo., June 10-14, will be available on the website in August, including plenary sessions by Kinney Zalesne, co-author, microtrends: the small forces behind tomorrow's big changes; British playwright Kwame ...
Grant recipients, Bay Area Commissioning Fund.(NEWS FROM THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP AVAILABLE ONLINE)(Scott Fosdick, Sam Hurwitt, Nirmala Nataraj, and Chloe Veltman)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Four writers have been selected to participate in the first round of a new program at American Theatre. The Bay Area Commissioning Fund, supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will support a one-year affiliation between established arts writers in the San Francisco Bay Area ...
Arriva Mexico en Chicago.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Latino Theatre Festival)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CHICAGO: Mexican culture is the rhythm pulsing-through the Goodman Theatre of Chicago's Latino Theatre Festival, running Aug. 8-24. The biennial summer event showcases international theatre companies along with Chicago troupes, which include Aguijon Theater Company, Albany Park Theater ...
Bard merger.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Seattle Shakespeare Company and Wooden O merged for outdoor and touring performance)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SEATTLE: The 17-year-old Seattle Shakespeare Company has historically served its patrons September through June. Over the past 15 years, about six miles to the east, another company called Wooden O has performed free outdoor Shakespeare every summer at Mercer Island's Luther Burbank Park ...
Talking to teens about war.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(G-Star School of the Arts)(Children of Conflict)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MANALAPAN, FLA.: The students of G-Star School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Fla., don't have to wonder what it's like to be a young person in a war-scarred region. They can ask--thanks to "Children of Conflict," a project created by Florida Stage's director of education, Susan Hyatt ....
Windfalls for new writers.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Second Stage Theatre)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ASHLAND, ORE., NEW HAVEN, CONN., AND NEW YORK CITY: During the past two seasons, many large theatre institutions are getting good traction--and large sums--by initiating new programming initiatives devoted exclusively to commissioning new and emerging playwrights. This past June, New ...
Drama in print.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(exhibition of William Kentridge prints )(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.: Those who visit the exhibition of William Kentridge prints on view at the Williams College Museum of Art until Aug. 24 will be able to see how the South African artist's many printmaking techniques--such as lino-cut, sugar lift, silkscreen, drypoint, etching and ...
La Jolla plus.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(La Jolla Playhouse)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... LA JOLLA, CALIF.: Following the lead of many LORT theatres across the country, La Jolla Playhouse has launched a new initiative to assist smaller theatre companies in its region with no established venues. From Aug. 18 through Sept. 21, and again in May and June of 2009, Mo'olelo ...
Goodbye, Provincetown Playhouse?(NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK CITY: This past May, New York University proposed to demolisha row of four buildings and a 170-seat theatre on MacDougal Street where the Provincetown Playhouse first produced the plays of Eugene O'Neill. NYU's plan is to redevelop the brick buildings to create a new space that ...
Tennessee unity.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Destiny Theatre Experience)(Destiny of the Shades of Black Festival)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NASHVILLE: "Many people tend to think 'country music' when they think of Nashville," says Shawn Whitsell, whose Destiny Theatre Experience helped establish the Shades of Black Theatre Festival in that southern hub three years ago. "There's truly a renaissance going on here that ...
Google eyes.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(online advertising through Google Grants )(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NATIONWIDE: When the economy flags, advertising is one of the first budget lines to feel the pinch. So goes the industry wisdom--but a growing number of theatres have been able to increase their online advertising despite the slowdown, thanks to Google Grants. Thus far the search-engine ...
'Wrights of the roundtable.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Playwrights Alliance of Pennsylvania)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... HARRISBURG, PENN.: Playwright Marjorie Bicknell always found it invigorating when fellow scribes in her region of Pennsylvania got together to share work and advice. But the enclave was "continually falling apart and regrouping somewhere else," she recalls. With colleagues Kevin Pry, Cindy ...