Thousands of popular contemporary plays are produced across the U.S. each year. Why does one fade away, and another transform into a lasting work performed again and again over decades? “A play ...

Trinity Repertory Company has announced its 62nd season lineup, featuring a mix of contemporary plays and classics, according to a community announcement. The season will include a five-show ...

Two beloved Seattle theatre companies, ACT Contemporary Theatre (ACT) and Seattle Shakespeare Company (SSC), have announced the approval and next steps of their historic merger with an effective date ...

One disadvantage to living in New York is its overwhelming excess of “new American plays.” How do you know which ones are worth seeing and which ones are merely “new”? But in order for a small theater ...

“Cymbeline,” a play by William Shakespeare that is classified as a tragedy but has elements of romance and comedy, is being produced at a relatively new venue for the Lancaster-based theater troupe — ...

Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew isn't exactly a play that has won universal acclaim for its progressive attitudes. Its central courtship — admittedly, a loose application of the word — is ...

UTA Theatre Arts and Dance begins the fall semester with two contemporary plays presented in repertory in the Studio Theatre. Will Powers 2018 play, Seize the King, is a contemporary adaptation of ...