#Play
Phylicia Rashad to Make Broadway Directorial Debut with “Blue”
Phylicia Rashad is returning to the theater, but this time she’ll be working behind the scenes. Deadline confirms the Tony-winning actress is making her Broadway directorial debut with Charles...
Jackie Sibblies Drury Wins Drama Pulitzer for “Fairview”
For the third straight year, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama has been awarded to a woman playwright. The Hollywood Reporter confirms Jackie Sibblies Drury won the Pulitzer for “Fairview.”...
Anna Deavere Smith Will Be Signature Theatre’s Playwright in Residence Next Season
Signature Theatre is getting in the Anna Deavere Smith business. As Deadline reports, the Off Broadway venue has appointed Smith its playwright in residence for the 2019-20 season and is staging...
Actress Mirirai Sithole Talks About Her New Play & Why She Considers Inclusive Projects the Norm
When it comes to working with women, actress Mirirai Sithole has been very fortunate. From playwrights Jocelyn Bioh and Ngozi Anyanwu to the gals behind “Broad City” and “Russian Doll,”...
Nataki Garrett Becomes Oregon Shakespeare Fest’s First Artistic Director of Color
Nataki Garrett has held a variety of posts throughout her 20-plus-year career in theater — director, playwright, producer, administrator, educator — and has worked at organizations such...
Alice Birch Named Winner of 2018 Blackburn Prize
Alice Birch is this year’s recipient of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, American Theatre reports. She’s being honored for “Anatomy of a Suicide,” a play about three generations of women...
Interview: Paula Vogel Talks About Being a Woman in Theater and Making Her Broadway Debut with…
Interview: Paula Vogel Talks About Being a Woman in Theater and Making Her Broadway Debut with “Indecent” Paula Vogel: paulavogelplaywright.com Paula Vogel is making her Broadway debut this...
Jacqueline Goldfinger Wins $10K Yale Drama Series Prize
Jacqueline Goldfinger has been awarded the 2017 Yale Drama Prize for her play “Bottle Fly,” a multi-generational family drama. The honor comes with a stipend of $10,000, and “Bottle Fly”...
Imelda Staunton Becoming a Theatrical Leading Lady
She may have immortalized her career in film by playing Delores Umbridge in the “Harry Potter” movies, but Imelda Staunton is having an equally successful turn on the stage as of late. As...