Of course, not everyone was on board with the idea of removing the gatekeepers. The statement “ Go woke, go broke ” echoed in watercooler conversations and in mainstream media coverage about DEI ...

“I’m always wrestling with things. They don’t usually become a play until I’m like, ‘Wow, this is a good wrestle! It’s not leaving me alone. I feel well matched.’” Lately, Tarell Alvin McCraney has ...

Over in Texas, Dallas Children’s Theater ’s board uses a process of gap analysis: analyzing and determining their organizational needs, then looking to find board members who can fill in the gaps to ...

In 2016 I was toast. My last two outings on Broadway had taken a toll. Though I’d been given the bucket-list gift of appearing in two of my all-time favorite plays, the power games and rancorous ...

For his part, the should-be-legendary Doug Besterman has not just one but three shows with his orchestrations on Broadway this season: Death Becomes Her, Boop!, and Smash. A three-time past Tony ...

In one of the first few scenes of Lisa D’Amour’s wild new play Frozen Section, a nonbinary grocery clerk named Sage chats about their gender nonconformity with a customer who’s more concerned that she ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kneeling in "DESCENT," Laurel Lawson leans back into the underside of her chair, arms outstretched and open in a wide V. Blue light washes the stage, a moment of breath and surrender. Laurel is a ...

The story of a square pumpkin living in a round pumpkin patch on Holiday Hill Farm. When a storm threatens the farm, it’s up to Spookley and his unusual shape to save the day. Based on the popular ...