Working Theatre News

Today we shine a spotlight on Chicago's Auditorium Theatre with CEO, Rich Regan.

Today in our Regional Spotlight series, we are shining a spotlight on New Orleans' Southern Rep Theatre.

Today we're checking in with the Billie Holiday Theatre. We chatted with Dr. Indira Etwaroo, Executive Director of the theatre.

Today we shine a spotlight on L.A. Theatre Works, with Artistic Producing Director Susan Loewenberg.

Today, we're checking in with the Alley Theatre in Houston, TX. We chatted with Artistic Director Rob Melrose.

As part of the Goodman Theatre's Intermission series, Casting Director Lauren Port gives a peek behind the scenes at how the Goodman's shows get casta?"even while working from home.

Today in our Regional Spotlight series, we are shining a spotlight on Rochester, New York's Geva Theatre Center.

Today, we're checking in with NY Theatre Barn, with Artistic Director Joe Barros.

Today we shine a spotlight on Kansas City Public Theatre with Executive Artistic Director Elizabeth Bettendorf Bowman.

Today in our Regional Spotlight series, we are shining a spotlight on Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Today we shine a spotlight on Florida Repertory Theatre with Associate Artistic Director, Jason Parrish.

Today, we're checking in with Washington, D.C.'s Folger Theatre, with Marketing/PR Manager, Peter Eramo.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Wynn Handman, co-founder of the American Place Theatre, has died at age 97. Handman's daughter, Laura Handman, confirmed that his cause of death was COVID-19-related illness.

Today, we're checking in with Arlington, Virginia's Signature Theatre, to find out how the health crisis is affecting them, how you can help the theater, and more.

Today in our Regional Spotlight series, we are shining a spotlight on Epic Theatre Company in Rhode Island.

The Coterie Theatre School is offering its Spring session of drama classes as live, interactive online instruction. Now available to youth nationwide, The Coterie's classes are led by our staff of trained teaching artists and are focused on a process-based curriculum. Classes for age three through grade 12 begin on Saturday, April 4, with additional classes starting on a staggered schedule throughout April 2020.

Out of an abundance of caution and to follow DC Health's recommendations, Ford's Theatre Society is altering its programming schedule through April 4. Ford's Theatre Society is staying abreast of the evolving situation related to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and following advice from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The latest Ford's Theatre updates will be posted on www.fords.org and main box office phoneline (202) 638-2941.

Ford's Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault today announced the Ford's Theatre 2020-2021 season will include: Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, directed by Michael Wilson and featuring Nancy Robinette; the D.C.-premiere of a new play based on the real-life friendship of contralto Marian Anderson and physicist Albert Einstein titled My Lord, What a Night, written by Deborah Brevoort and directed by Sheldon Epps; the musical Man of La Mancha, featuring Kevin McAllister and directed by Stephen Rayne; and A Christmas Carol featuring Craig Wallace in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge for the fifth year.

Working: A Musical, running now through March 8th at Meadow Brook Theatre, is a thought-provoking exploration of the modern American workforce. Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, and the housewife - just to name a few. Nominated for six Tony Awards, this classic has been updated for a modern age.

With stage direction and an ensemble that was nothing short of perfection, a live band that complimented and didn't overpower the vocals, costumes, choreography, sound and lighting and a set that, despite being in a small area, felt huge, this was a spectacular start to the professional theatre's 20th year of providing true stories to their audiences. Based on the book by Studs Terkel, Working A Musical wasn't your typical musical. There was no actual plot, no rising action, no twist, no denouement. It was organized in a way that one scene made an easy transition into the next, being directly related to what the earlier character had said. It was a wonderful series of vignettes and songs that gave us a behind-the-scenes close-up look at the person behind the job.