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Video: First Look at TORERA, Now Extended at WP Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 7, 2025

Torera will extend its run at WP Theater. You can now get a first look at footage of the production here. Learn more about Torera and see how to purchase tickets!

Photos: First Look at TORERA at WP Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2025

First look photos have been released from the WP Theater production of Torera, Monet Hurst-Mendoza and director and choreographer Tatiana Pandiani’s heart-pounding drama about a woman breaking the molds of tradition through bullfighting. 

Complete Cast Set for TORERA at WP Theater Off-Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 14, 2025

Torera Off-Broadway at WP Theater has revealed its full cast! Torera is written by WP Theater Playwrights Lab alum, Monet Hurst-Mendoza. See the full cast and learn how to purchase tickets!

Photo: Chicago Shakespeare's BILLIE JEAN Welcomes Billie Jean King And Ilana Kloss
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2025

Tennis legend and social justice icon Billie Jean King attended the August 5 performance of Billie Jean at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, joined by her wife Ilana Kloss. See a photo from her visit.

Review: BILLIE JEAN at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Rachel Weinberg - Jul 25, 2025

In Chilina Kennedy, director Marc Bruni and Lauren M. Gunderson have found a tenacious and hard-hitting actor to play the eponymous tennis legend in BILLIE JEAN. The role of Billie Jean King, who tirelessly fought for women to have equal pay in professional tennis, necessarily centers the play. Kennedy’s boundless energy and appealing spunk really give it life.

Video: BILLIE JEAN is Now Playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 24, 2025

Performances are now underway for Billie Jean, running through August 10 in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Check out an all new trailer for the production in the video here!

Video: The Cast of BILLIE JEAN at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
by Emmy Rice - Jul 12, 2025

The comapny of Billie Jean at the Chicago Theatre shares their thoughts and excitement for the upcoming production from the rehearsal room! The production runs July 18–August 10, 2025, in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. See the video here! 

Chilina Kennedy Will Lead BILLIE JEAN at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Cast and Creatives Revealed
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2025

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast and creative team of the world premiere play Billie Jean, about sports icon and equality champion Billie Jean King.

Review: Compelling transitions abound in A.R.T.'s BECOMING A MAN
by R. Scott Reedy - Mar 1, 2024

What did our critic think of BECOMING A MAN at Loeb Drama Center?

Photos: First Look At BECOMING A MAN At American Repertory Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2024

See first look photos of Becoming A Man at American Repertory Theater, a world premiere play about one man's gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America. From acclaimed memoirist P. Carl and Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, Becoming a Man is a story about the courage-and the community-we need to become ourselves.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for BECOMING A MAN at A.R.T.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 26, 2024

Check out rehearsal photos fro Becoming a Man at A.R.T.

Cast and Creative Team Set for BECOMING A MAN World Premiere Stage Adaptation at A.R.T.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 18, 2024

The cast and creative team has been revealed for Becoming a Man, an A.R.T.-commissioned world-premiere play about the courage—and the community—we need to become ourselves.

Review: LOVE ALL at La Jolla Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - Jun 19, 2023

As creatively at home as Anna Deavere Smith has been delving into multiple perspectives on the Crown Heights riots of 1991 and the fallout from the Rodney King verdicts of 1992, a traditionally-structured play – even one about a figure as arresting as Billie Jean King - may not be in her artistic wheelhouse.

Chilina Kennedy, Kate Rockwell & More to Star in LOVE ALL World Premiere at La Jolla Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 20, 2023

La Jolla Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for its world-premiere production of Love All, by Anna Deavere Smith. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets!

Photos: First Look at TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 at American Repertory Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 1, 2022

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is playing now – September 24, 2022 at the Loeb Drama Center. Get a first look at photos here!

A.R.T. Announces Free and Subsidized Ticket Initiative for TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 25, 2022

American Repertory Theater at Harvard University announced that 1,500 tickets priced at $5 and 1,000 free tickets for public high school students will be available across the upcoming 29 performances of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.

Photos: First Look At TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 In Rehearsal at A.R.T.
by Grace Cutler - Aug 20, 2022

Los Angeles, 1992, playing August 28 – September 24, 2022 at the Loeb Drama Center

Photos: On the Red Carpet at the 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - May 2, 2022

The 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway was presented on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at NYU Skirball.

KIMBERLY AKIMBO, ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS, and More Take Home 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards; Full List!
by Nicole Rosky - May 1, 2022

The 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway was presented on Sunday, May 1, 2022 and we have the full list of winners and nominees!

KIMBERLY AKIMBO & ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS Lead Nominations for 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 7, 2022

Nominations for the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced today by theatre veterans Lilli Cooper and Lea DeLaria, stars of Broadway’s POTUS. With COVID safety in mind, rather than having one host and multiple presenters, this year the Awards will be handed out by a few Host/Presenter pairs on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm EST. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF.