American Theatre magazine

10/01/2026

The mayor said a new initiative by the Under the Radar festival exemplified an arts affordability agenda that he intends to pursue.

09/01/2026

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09/01/2026

Led by Under the Radar and New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, the initiative will allow 1,500 New Yorkers to see select Under the Radar shows at no cost.

Led by UTR and New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, the initiative will allow 1,500 New Yorkers to see select Under the Radar shows at no cost.

09/01/2026

As Brian begins a new year and what he calls his “hope season” as a writer, he interviews Afro-Latine playwright Rachel Lynett (“Committed,” “Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)”) about their journey from aspiring corporate defense attorney to playwright.

The playwright behind ‘Committed’ and ‘Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)’ shares their journey from aspiring corporate defense attorney to playwright.

08/01/2026

FIPPP Fest, the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project Festival, is a powerful four-day celebration of storytelling, resilience, and transformation. The festival takes place at the Berkeley Repertory Theater and features 12 formerly incarcerated performers presenting five unique solo s...

08/01/2026

"'I have never regarded any theater as much more than a conclusion to a dinner, or the prelude to a supper,' the essayist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm once wrote. Today performance start times are now no longer restricted to the 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. curtains of yore. More and more productions, especially Off-Broadway, are trying out new start times to win over audiences who, in a city that once famously never slept, now seem to want to keep more regular hours.

For example, a heavyweight, star-studded three-hour drama that starts at 7 p.m. may be more palatable to audiences than one that begins at 8 p.m. In London last year, as reported in The New York Times, the National Theater introduced 6:30 p.m. start times." - Tim Teeman

As Sam Pinkleton dreams of late-night Rocky Horror performances, Broadway and Off-Broadway are experimenting with new curtain times — from 11 a.m. matinees to pre-dinner starts. Are we entering a timely revolution?

08/01/2026

As a special offering in our Offscript feed with Classical Theatre of Harlem, we offer this monologue by Gethsemane Herron, performed by Candace Boahene, about Harlem Renaissance writer, artist, and journalist Gwendolyn Bennett.

As a special offering in our Offscript feed, we offer this monologue by Gethsemane Herron, performed by Candace Boahene, about Harlem Renaissance writer, artist, and journalist Gwendolyn Bennett.

08/01/2026

“We are competing with the couch. The couch offers better content, cheaper food, and no parking fees. The only thing the couch cannot offer is the physical presence of other human beings. The organizations that thrive in 2026 will be the ones that tweak their experiences to maximize human friction.” - Doug McLennan

If 2025 is the year that 20th Century culture models stopped working, 2026 is the year we turn to building something new.

08/01/2026

“This is a rage play for me, honestly. Every time there’s a school shooting in particular, but really, any mass shooting, I am—the phrase I would use is, psychically debilitated, sort of paralyzed. I think this is normal and rational; I don’t think we’re meant to be able to metabolize this scale of trauma in our faces all the time, this cadence of trauma. I just feel so much rage, because it is so deeply preventable and so senseless. It just doesn’t happen like this anywhere else in the world.” -Emily Kaczmarek, on her play SOFT TARGET

The playwright talks about how she channeled her anger about our nation’s gun violence epidemic into an audacious, imaginative play seen through the eyes of a child.

08/01/2026

Journal 2 Journey (J2J), a pre-professional, creative youth development program in Brooklyn designed to expose youth ages 16-20 to the world of devised theatre, is accepting applications through Jan. 14. Learn more and apply here:

Developed in partnership and collaboration with Urban Word, Journal to Journey, is a pre-professional, creative youth development initiative. This 9-month program for ages 14 to 21, links youth poets with professional artists to increase opportunities to achieve life goals, learn new skills, and col

07/01/2026

In 2015, American Theatre magazine launched a monthly vertical in our print edition called Role Call: People to Watch, in which we profile theatre workers more people should know about. They have included playwrights, directors, designers, administrative personnel, trustees, even a security guard. I...