BWW Exclusive: The Scarce History of Tony-Nominated Female Writers by the Numbers
This year's Tony Award nominations feature a rarity: a Best Play category comprised of as many women as men.
Wendy Wasserstein News
Date of Birth: October 18, 1950
Date of Death: January 30, 2006 (55)
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY, USA
TheatreWorks New Works Festival Opens 8/11-20
Lovers of new theatre from all over the country will gather this August for an advance look at tomorrow's hits in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 2017 New Works Festival.
Bid to Visit the Set of GAME OF THRONES, See Broadway's DEAR EVAN HANSEN, COME FROM AWAY and More to Benefit Playwrights Horizons
Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons has opened its 2017 Online Auction.
Original Millennial Theatrical Show Debuts in Salon Venues Across Los Angeles
The love affair between Jewish people and the stage dates back to Yiddish theatre in the late 19th century.
SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER Extends One Week at Second Stage Theater Uptown
Second Stage Theater's (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) production of SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER has been extended by one week and will now play through Sunday, June 25.
TV: She's a Shining Light! O'Neill Theatre Center Honors Judith Light with Monte Cristo Award!
It was a night full of Broadway and TV reunions for beloved stage and screen star Judith Light at the 2017 Monte Cristo Award ceremony earlier this week, presented by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and held for the first time at 583 Park Avenue.
Stephane Duret and Will Van Dyke to Perform at TDF's Open Doors Graduation
Over 400 guests including current and past New York City high school students and the performing arts professional mentors who have participated in TDF's award-winning Open Doors, the theatre arts mentoring program that TDF founded in 1998 with playwright Wendy Wasserstein, will attend this year's
Disney/ABC's Kevin Brockman Joins Second Stage Board of Directors
Second Stage Theater, the preeminent home for American plays and living American playwrights, has announced that Kevin Brockman, Executive Vice President, Global Communications, Disney/ABC Television Group, has joined the company's Board of Directors.
Photo Flash: Judith Light Honored with O'Neill Center's 2017 Monte Cristo Award
It was a night full of Broadway and TV reunions for beloved stage and screen star Judith Light at the 2017 Monte Cristo Award ceremony last night, presented by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and held for the first time at 583 Park Avenue.
Scalia Drama THE ORIGINALIST to Return to Arena Stage This July
Fresh off a cross-country tour, John Strand's critically-acclaimed political drama The Originalist, based on the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, returns to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater under the direction of Artistic Director Molly Smith.
The Kilroys Unveil 4th Annual List of Recommended Plays, Featuring Works by Nwandu, FastHorse, Yee and More
Continuing the fight to achieve gender parity in the American Theater, LA-based playwright/producer collective The Kilroys has facilitated its fourth annual List of industry-recommended new plays.
TheatreWorks Announces Retirement of Robert Kelley After 50th Season
Ending one of the longest tenures in American theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley announced today that Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley will retire at the conclusion of the company's 50th season, 2019/2020.
Maltby & Shire's New Musical Adaptation of THE COUNTRY WIFE Gets Reading at Red Bull Theater
Red Bull Theater today announced a very special Revelation Reading: for two nights only, on Sunday, June 18th and Monday June 19th at The Duke on 42nd Street (229 West 42nd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues) Red Bull will present a concert reading of THE COUNTRY WIFE, a new musical adapted from
Photo Coverage: Keri Russell, Hugh Dancy & More Take Bows in AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER Reading
Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Wendy Wasserstein's prescient play AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER returned to New York lastnight at 7pm for a one night-only, sold-out benefit reading at the Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rd Street) directed by Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award winner Christine Lahti
Playwrights Horizons Offering $5 Lottery for BELLA: AN AMERICAN TALL TALE
Playwrights Horizons begins accepting entries today, Monday, May 8 at 12 Noon, for the LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to their world premiere production of BELLA: AN AMERICAN TALL TALE, a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Obie Award winner Kirsten Childs (The Bubbly Black Girl Sh
Max Jenkins and Erich Bergen Join the Cast of Tonight's Sold-Out Benefit Reading of AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER
Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Wendy Wasserstein's prescient play AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER returns to New York tonight at 7pm for a one night-only, sold-out benefit reading at the Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rd Street) directed by Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award winner Christine Lahti.
Brandon Victor Dixon to Sing at Playwrights Horizons' A CELEBRATION OF SONG Gala
Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons will hold its annual Spring Gala on Monday evening, May 8, at the event space 583 Park Avenue.
OriginKC: New Works Festival to Welcome Major Artistic Leaders for Festival Weekend
Kansas City Repertory Theatre elevates its profile in the national theatre community with the second annual OriginKC: NEW WORKS FESTIVAL.
Yellow Sound Label & Playwrights Horizons Release Original Cast Recording of Musical IOWA
Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) has announced that the score for their World Premiere production of the musical IOWA has been preserved as an Original Cast Recording, produced by Michael Croiter (Matilda, The Visit, Big Fish) and Todd Almond.
Two River Theater Announces the Lineup of Artists for AN EVENING ON THE MUSICAL FRONTIER
Two River Theater Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces An Evening on the Musical Frontier, a benefit performance featuring songs from musicals in development at Two River.
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