A key figure in New York's experimental scene in his own right, he devoted himself with passion and rigor to preserving La MaMa's path-breaking heritage for succeeding generations.

How do you make inaction interesting? Appropriately, Miranda composes the Aaron Burr chord progression to maximize a feeling of being stuck. If there is a chord progression that lacks teleology, it’s ...

A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions. Support American Theatre: a just and thriving theatre ecology begins with information for all. Please join us in this mission ...

6 writers from abroad who make theatre in the U.S. reflect on their craft and careers in a cultural climate that feels freshly fraught and urgent.

My theatregoing calendar has slowed, but I’m enjoying the splendors of summer—weekend escapes from the city, baking cherry pies, and dining al fresco. But for many of you, summertime means theatre ...

9 Parts of Desire Heather Raffo adapts her multi-award-winning solo play—an exploration of love and grief within countries undone by division, violence, and neglect—for the screen and for our current ...

A Broadway show about the making of a historic record in Cuba doesn’t sacrifice the authenticity of its deep cultural context—or its original language. This season on Broadway, Buena Vista Social Club ...

While some companies can quickly plug the holes in their budgets for now, the ripple effects of across-the-board cutbacks to federal arts funding may be long-lasting and felt by the most vulnerable.

Arts organizations, including dozens of theatre companies, had NEA grants withdrawn or terminated late last week, and leadership resignations at the endowment bode ill.

RHINEBECK, N.Y.: On April 29, the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat announced the 24 writers of nine new musicals that will receive weeklong residencies in the Hudson Valley this summer, June 22-Aug. 24. The ...

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 ...

A stagehands' walkout at the Off-Broadway theatre is just one of several union efforts at nonprofit theatres nationwide.