How Dancers Can Keep Up with the Evolution of Broadway Choreography
In part three of this series, Chita Rivera, Andy Blankenbuehler, Wayne Cilento and more explore the training of today’s dancers.
Breaking Down the Ever-Changing Style of Choreography on Broadway
In the second of this three-part series, Tony Award-nominated performer Robyn Hurder, actor Clyde Alves, Tony-winning choreographer Casey Nicholaw and more weigh in on how the style of Broadway dance has changed.
How Does Broadway Choreography Today Match Up to the Heyday of Dance on the Main Stem?
In the first of this three-part series, director-choreographers Andy Blankenbuehler and Wayne Cilento discuss how dance has evolved on Broadway in recent decades and the state of choreography today.
Direconomics – A Three-Part Podcast Series
Join Member Danny Sharron in Direconomics, a three-part podcast series about the economics of theater.
BIPOC Directors—It’s Our Moment to be Seen
Introducing The BIPOC Director Database: a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive census of America’s community of theatre directors of color.
Katori Hall + Steve H. Broadnax III on the Power of Black Direction in Theater
The following is a conversation between writer Katori Hall (“Tina – The Tina Turner Musical,” Starz’ “P-Valley”) and writer-director-actor Steve H. Broadnax III; the two worked together on Hall’s play “The Hot Wing King,” with Broadnax serving as director. The discussion is moderated by the actor-playwright Nikkole Salter, who also wrote the introduction.
The School That Camille A. Brown Built
The dancer and choreographer was on a career high when the pandemic hit. Now she has created a virtual school powered by the kind of social dance at the heart of her work.
In Challenging Times, Our Theatres Can Rise to the Challenge
By Karen Azenberg – It’s going to be a long time before we’re back doing live theatre at full capacity indoors, but there is plenty of work to do until then.
The Wisdom of Theater Elders in COVID Time
By Carey Perloff – These artists remind us of how multivalent the theater is, how many solutions there are to the crises of funding, isolation, censorship and personal voice.
Director Schele Williams on Broadway’s Race Problem
Broadway actor and director Schele Williams has been having a lot of conversations recently about racism in the industry. The conversations vary from those wanting a knee-jerk, quick-fix reaction to a 100-year problem and those who genuinely want to understand and carefully approach change.
Black Choreographer Raja Feather Kelly Uses Dance To Help Playwrights Tell Stories
July 15, 2020 by Alexandra Starr Raja Feather Kelly doesn’t favor high kicks and fancy twirls. Instead, the young Black choreographer uses movement based on the personalities of his dancers …
ARTIST ACTIVIST VALERIE CURTIS-NEWTON HOLDS SACRED THE COMMUNION OF THEATER
by Beverly Aarons Theater is a communion, a space where difficult but important conversations take place between a diversity of people holding sometimes radically different viewpoints. It’s this paradigm that …
Ten Thousand Things’ Marcela Lorca: ‘Uncertainty is the name of the game’
By Pamela Espeland | 07/09/2020 When Marcela Lorca became artistic director of Ten Thousand Things Theater in 2018, succeeding founding director Michelle Hensley, she had been on staff at the Guthrie for more than …
Saheem Ali’s ‘Richard II’: What Does Authority Sound Like?
The Southern-bred director spent his early years breaking down barriers, and he’s now intent on joining a movement for change and inclusivity in the theatre.
Women of Color in Artistic Leadership: Associate Artistic Directors
We gathered three rising stars of the field who serve our industry as both director and associate artistic director to debunk what exactly is the role of an associate artistic director? We also deep-dived into the experience of being a woman of color on the job at a historically White institution. Drama League alums Nicole A. Watson (Round House Theatre), Dawn Monique Williams (Aurora Theatre Company), and Pirronne Yousefzadeh (Geva Theatre Center) sit down with our Artistic Director Gabriel Stelian-Shanks.
Ken-Matt Martin: ‘Rooting For Everybody Black’
The Southern-bred director spent his early years breaking down barriers, and he’s now intent on joining a movement for change and inclusivity in the theatre.
Directors Lab West Connects: Luis Alfaro and Laurie Woolery
An 8-day series of live-streamed conversations crafted for and by theater directors and choreographers.
Directors Lab West Connects: Daniela Atiencia, Gianna Formicone and Makiko Shibuya
An 8-day series of live-streamed conversations crafted for and by theater directors and choreographers.
Directors Lab West Connects: Laurel Lawson and Diana Wyenn
An 8-day series of live-streamed conversations crafted for and by theater directors and choreographers.
Directors Lab West Connects: Anne Bogart and Jessica Hanna
An 8-day series of live-streamed conversations crafted for and by theater directors and choreographers.
Directors Lab West Connects: Anne Cattaneo and Sheldon Epps
An 8-day series of live-streamed conversations crafted for and by theater directors and choreographers.
Three on the Aisle: Tamilla Woodard on Doing the Work
The critics talk to Tamilla Woodard, co-artistic director of Working Theater, about her experience of racism in the theatre and her recommendations of how to fight it.
BWW Exclusive: The National Black Theatre Team Makes Statement With A SEAT AT OUR TABLE
The team at the National Black Theatre has penned an article exclusively for BroadwayWorld, discussing their thoughts on this current moment in time, their plans moving forward and more.
Artists First? Charting a Future for the American Theater
By the time our theaters reopen, which artists will be left standing? Let us revisit the ancient notion of the acting company.
‘Find Joy in the Destruction of the Lie’
The complete text of speeches by Jamil Jude, Monique Holt, and Nikkole Salter that opened last week’s TCG 2020 virtual conference.
Four Black Artists on How Racism Corrodes the Theater World
A playwright, a director, an artistic director and an actor share their experiences — and prescriptions for change.
BWW Exclusive: Tome’ Cousin Speaks Up About the Lack of Diversity in Theatre
Read a piece (first published in 2019 and shared with us today) from writer and Broadway veteran Tome’ Cousin.
SEGAL TALKS: Anne Bogart (New York, USA)
Daily Live Online Conversations with US and Global Theatre Artists
Choreographer Warren Adams Challenges Broadway to Confront Racism
As Black Lives Matter protests across the U.S. and beyond demand an end to police brutality and justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black folk killed at the hands of police, producer Warren Adams has issued a call to Broadway leaders and the industry at large to confront its own treatment of artists of color.
Aida Director and Theatrical Leader Schele Williams Speaks Out Against Racism On Broadway
The Broadway actor raises her voice to call on the theatre industry to stop racism, offer solutions, raise up Black voices, and more.
How an ‘Urban Rez’ Grew Into a ‘Native Nation’
Larissa FastHorse’s Cornerstone piece about L.A. County’s Native peoples wasn’t just adapted for Arizona—it was rebuilt from the ground up.
25 top theater minds dream the future: What will the post-pandemic stage look like?
How might theater be different after COVID-19? Artists offer a wish list for economic, aesthetic, even architectural change.
SEGAL TALKS: Kelly Copper & Pavol Liska (Nature Theatre of Oklahoma) + Annie-B Parson & Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theatre)
Daily Live Online Conversations with US and Global Theatre Artists
SEGAL TALKS: Oskar Eustis and Tony Torn
Daily Live Online Conversations with US and Global Theatre Artists
Webinar Recap: Engaging with Audiences During Closure and Beyond
A webinar to highlight innovative ways arts organizations have been engaging their audiences since having to close their doors.
‘I Made What I Could With What I Had’
The 24 Hour Plays, a theatremaking model founded on rapid creation and collaboration, is doubling down on a core strength: the relationship between writers and actors.
‘I Can’t Imagine Not Having Live Theater’: Local Theaters Chart Plans for Survival Amid COVID-19
The Takeaway spoke with Paige Price, producing artistic director for the Philadelphia Theatre Company and Snehal Desai, producing artistic director for East West Players, the country’s oldest Asian American theater company, in Los Angeles, California.
Guthrie Theater: A Message From Artistic Director Joseph Haj
Enjoy this heartfelt video about the future of theater and why nothing can replace the centuries-old tradition of gathering together.
Has Anyone Asked Artists What They Need?
(Published in Dance Magazine)
by SDC Member Raja Feather Kelly