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Miranda Cornell is a mixed-race, Japanese-American theater director, producer, and educator. Select directing credits include Head and Heart (NYMF), the North American premiere of Breach Theatre’s It’s True, It’s True, It’s True (Idlewild Theatre Ensemble), and more with The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, Access Theater, FringeNYC, and Semicolon Theatre Company. Assistant directing credits at McCarter Theatre Center, the Experimental Theater of Vassar College, New York Stage and Film, and The TEAM. She is currently the Asian American Arts Alliance Van Lier Fellow in Theater. Miranda graduated from Vassar College and has trained with SITI Company and Powerhouse Theater Training Program. mirandacornell.com 

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Photos: THE OUTSIDERS Company Celebrates Opening Night


Tulsa, 1967 didn't seem all that far away at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, where the cast of The Outsiders took their opening night bows on Broadway. Check out photos from inside the big night!

Photos: Original Greaser Matt Dillion Visits THE OUTSIDERS on Broadway


Greasers stick together! Previews for The Outsiders, the new musical based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton & Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark motion picture, are currently underway on Broadway. Matt Dillon, who played 'Dallas Winston' in the original 1983 film, stopped by the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre before opening night.

Works By T.J.L, J.C. Pankratz & More to be Featured in INK'D Festival of New Plays


The Playwrights Realm will present the 2024 INK’D Festival of New Plays. See programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Photos: The Cast and Creatives of Broadway's THE OUTSIDERS Meet the Press


The cast and creative team of the Broadway premiere of The Outsiders, the new musical based on the novel by S.E. Hinton & Francis Ford Coppola’s film, recently met the press. Check out photos from the event here!

Cast Set For BAKED! THE MUSICAL Concert Production Next Week


Prospect Theater Company and National Asian Artists Project have announced complete casting for their upcoming one night only concert of Baked! The Musical. Find out who is starring in the show here!

BAKED! THE MUSICAL Will Be Performed in a One-Night-Only Concert


Prospect Theater Company and National Asian Artists Project have announced a renewed partnership to present Baked! The Musical in a one night only concert. Learn more about the concert and how to get tickets here!

New York Theatre Workshop Reveals 2050 Fellows, New Company-in-Residence and Artistic Department Expansion


New York Theatre Workshop has announced the artists selected for the 2023/24 Season 2050 Artistic Fellowship.

Moxie Arts NY Joins WP Theater As Newest Resident Of The WP Space Program


This June, WP Theater will welcome Moxie Arts NY as its second Space Program Residency as Moxie brings three world-premiere plays by emerging artists to the WP stage.

The Playwrights Realm to Present 2023 INK'D Festival of New Plays This Month


The Playwrights Realm will present the 2023 INK’D Festival of New Plays (April 24–27), the annual culmination of their Writing Fellows program.

Marilu Henner, Sydney Lemmon, Jim Hogan & More to Join THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES


Tonight, The 24 Hour Plays will present a special edition of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues to celebrate the essential work of swings and understudies, which came to greater attention during the theater industry's unprecedented last three years.

Roundabout Now Accepting Applications for Directing Fellowship and Directors Group


Roundabout Theatre Company is now accepting applications for two of the institution’s signature Artists-in-Residence programs: the Roundabout Directing Fellowship and the Leon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group.

KRISTINA WONG, SWEATSHOP OVERLORD to be Presented in Co-Production Between Portland Center Stage and Boom Arts


Portland Center Stage and Boom Arts are partnering on their first co-production, Kristina Wong’s witty, tour-de-force look at the early days of the pandemic, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord. The play begins preview performances on November 5, opens on November 11, and runs through December 18 in the Ellyn Bye Studio at The Armory.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN's Sam Primack Takes Over Our Instagram!


Tune into our Instagram story today as Dear Evan Hansen star Sam Primack takes you behind the scenes as he sings the National Anthem at the Mets game at Citi Field vs. the Cincinnatti Reds!

Photos: THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS 2022 Now Available To Stream Online!


In a dynamic live return of The 24 Hour Plays flagship intensive for early-career artists, a select group of 43 actors, directors, playwrights, producers and a composer created new work written, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours. See photos from the plays!

THE 24 HOUR PLAYS Announce 2022 Nationals Company With A Return To The In-Person Program


The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals will take place in person in New York City for the first time since 2019 at Theatre Row on Monday, July 25th. Tickets for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals 2022 performance will be offered exclusively through a lottery system.

Photos: NO MERCY Opens at The DR2 Theatre


Moxie Arts NY will present NO MERCY by SMJ, opening TONIGHT at the DR2 Theatre in Union Square for five performances only! Check out photos here.

DR2 Theatre To Host World Premiere Of 3 New Plays With Moxie Arts NY


Three new works from the 2022 Moxie Incubator program to premiere at the DR2 Theatre in Union Square this July.

New York Theatre Workshop Announces 2022/23 2050 Artistic Fellows


New York Theatre Workshop has announced the playwrights and directors selected for the 2022/23 Season 2050 Artistic Fellowship. The 2022/23 Artistic Fellows are Miranda Cornell, Thaddeus McCants, Aileen Wen McGroddy, Attilio Rigotti, Andrew Rodriguez and Minghao Tu.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Will Play Final Broadway Performance This Fall


Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical, will play its final Broadway performance this fall, almost six years after it opened at the Music Box Theatre. Find out how to get tickets to the last month's of shows and more.

STRANGER THINGS Star Gaten Matarazzo Will Return to Broadway in DEAR EVAN HANSEN


Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo is headed back to Broadway! He will make his Broadway return in the role of Jared Kleinmann in Dear Evan Hansen, beginning July 19. Get the scoop.

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