Photos: First Look at FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS at Opera San Jose
by Blair Ingenthron
- Apr 20, 2024
Opera San José concludes its 40th anniversary season with the Bay Area premiere of Daniel Catán’s captivating opera, Florencia en el Amazonas, marking its debut at the California Theatre as the company’s first Spanish language opera performed on its mainstage. Check out production photos below!
WAM Theatre Unveils 15th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 13, 2024
WAM Theatre has unveiled its 2024 season centering new paths and brave futures, through four innovative theatrical stories and a special 15th Anniversary Benefit.
The Inspired Acting Company to Present TALLEY'S FOLLY in December
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 6, 2023
Join The Inspired Acting Company for their captivating production of TALLEY'S FOLLY, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play that explores themes of love, identity, and human connection. Don't miss this unforgettable performance in Walled Lake, MI.
Review: OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD at Center Theatre Group And IAMA Theatre Company
by Andrew Child
- Aug 29, 2023
In the ways Angels in America embodies and reflects the zeitgeist of the AIDS epidemic, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord presents a story of four young women with a penchant for summoning spirits that somehow perfectly encapsulates the larger experiences of living in a terror-obsessed, post-9/11 world muddied by senseless shootings.
Review: Splendid Donizetti Rarity POLIUTO Showed Its Great Bones via Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo
by Richard Sasanow
- Jul 20, 2023
Usually, when long-neglected works somehow find their way to the forefront, we find there’s a pretty good reason for the lack of interest. Happily for us, this does not apply to Donizetti’s POLIUTO, which Will Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo performed last weekend at Montclair State’s Kasser Theatre and on July 19th at Jazz from Lincoln Center’s Rose Theatre. It’s filled with wonderful music that the current performers--particularly the suave tenor of Argentine Santiago Ballerini in the title role and the potent coloratura soprano Chelsea Lehnea--deliver with aplomb.
Industry Pro Newsletter: UK Extends Tax Relief, Room Won't Come to Broadway
by Alex Freeman
- Mar 20, 2023
While the UK grapples with unruly audiences (not an issue unique to the West End by any means), one critic makes the case that the way we are discussing unruly audiences doesn’t have the best interest of the art form in mind - that it gives it a sense of snobbishness that doesn’t invite more audiences in to enjoy a show.
Mid-Career Playwrights Struggle to Get Support in Youth-Focused Industry
by Cara Joy David
- Mar 20, 2023
Theater is often focused on the young. One would think this is only true on the stage—actors and appearance receive the bulk of attention. But behind-the-scenes it is that way too. With a few exceptions for established writers like Tom Stoppard, emerging writers are given way more attention than older ones.
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