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May 30, 2019

Playwright Interview: Tabitha Mortiboy on The Amber Trap

Tabitha Mortiboy shares an insight into writing The Amber Trap.
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May 23, 2019

Richard Taylor on adapting The Go-Between for the stage

An interview with composer and lyricist Richard Taylor.
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May 20, 2019

Gypsy: 60 Years of Iconic Leading Ladies

Gypsy turns 60. In celebration, take a look at these iconic pairings throughout the years.
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May 16, 2019

The Charm of The Awesome 80s Prom

Drama director David O’Hara didn’t expect to fall in love with the 80’s when he directed Ken Davenport’s The Awesome 80s Prom, not once, but twice!
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May 10, 2019

Playwright Interview: Jack Bradfield of Poltergeist

Jack Bradfield of Poltergeist discusses creating the play Lights Over Tesco Car Park and offers advice on how to stage it yourself.
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May 3, 2019

Finding the Funny in Motherhood (Parenting!)

MOMologues author Lisa Rafferty talks everything comedy, theatre, and parenthood.
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April 23, 2019

From the Desk of Licensing: Collegiate Edition

Our collegiate licensing team discusses their picks for next year’s perfect season.
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April 23, 2019

Our Picks for the 2019/20 Season: K-12 Edition

If you’re planning a season for K-12 students, this article might be just what you need to get started. Take a look at our picks for the 2019/20 Season for K-12.
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April 16, 2019

Great Roles in Agatha Christie Plays

With the release of expanded The Agatha Christie Collection, which features some plays that were unavailable to the general public for decades, actors have the opportunity to embrace some exciting and challenging new roles. 
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April 16, 2019

Agatha Christie’s Radio and Television Plays

Agatha Christie is well-known for writing for the page and the stage, but it is not common knowledge that she also wrote for radio and television as well. 
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April 15, 2019

From the Desk of Licensing: K-12 Edition

Rosemary Bucher discusses her picks for plays great for K-12 performers.
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April 10, 2019

10 Plays for University Students

Great plays and musicals for UK university students to perform.
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April 8, 2019

Top 15 Plays and Musicals About Siblings

Celebrate this Siblings Day with Concord Theatricals’ list of 15 shows all about brothers and sisters.
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April 3, 2019

Who Is The Stranger?

SPOILER ALERT: Artistic Director Mary Jane Hansen muses on Enid Bradshaw, and the central debate in Agatha Christie’s The Stranger.
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April 3, 2019

Playwright Interview: Phil Porter

Playwright Phil Porter shares an insight in his creative process writing Blink and rewriting Roman comedy in classical farce Vice Versa.
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April 1, 2019

Stephen Dolginoff on writing Thrill Me and other musicals inspired by historical fact

An interview with the writer and composer behind Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story.
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March 27, 2019

Our Picks for 2019 Fall Plays

Spring musicals season is winding down, which means it’s time to kick back, open a script, and start thinking about your fall dramas. Take a look at our picks for 2019.
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March 14, 2019

Playwright Rosary O’Neill Connects with the Art of Edgar Degas in Paris, France

Playwright Rosary O’Neill talks Degas, New Orleans, and Paris.
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March 13, 2019

Monica Dolan on writing and performing The B*easts

Monica Dolan discusses writing and performing in her one-woman play, The B*easts.
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March 12, 2019

Censorship, Art & the Elizabethan Era

Get ready to debate in this in class exercise from the Shakespeare in Love Production Handbook.
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March 12, 2019

The Structure of a Sonnet

Unleash your inner poet in this excerpt from the Shakespeare in Love Production Handbook.
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March 12, 2019

Shakespeare in Love from Screen to Stage

Take a journey across the sea in this excerpt from the Shakespeare in Love Production Handbook.
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February 28, 2019

Creating Community Connections

A discussion where you will hear from three of the many people who came together to make Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau a success:
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February 26, 2019

Murder in the Studio: Staging a Radio Play

Jenni Rushton and Keith Beattie share their experiences of directing an amateur production of Agatha Christie’s Murder in the Studio.
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February 21, 2019

Playwright Interview: Bekah Brunstetter

A conversation with playwright Bekah Brunstetter on the opening of The Cake at MTC, all things playwriting, working on This Is Us, and about her upcoming project The Notebook Musical.
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February 21, 2019

How Does Theatre Centered on the Black Experience Hold Up with Predominantly White Audiences?

“How would this play centered on the Black experience hold up with a predominantly white audience? Would the jokes land and appropriate emotions be stirred?” In this article, director Reginald Douglas discusses fostering empathy and conversation with August Wilson’s Two Trains Running at Weston Playhouse.
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February 20, 2019

From the Desk of Licensing: February Edition

Here are hot titles straight from our licensing team that you need to know this month.
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February 20, 2019

Raymond Allen on Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em

Raymond Allen discusses his hit sitcom Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave ‘Em, which has recently been adapted for stage by Guy Unsworth.
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February 13, 2019

Javaad Alipoor on directing One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Javaad Alipoor shares an insight into directing One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.
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February 4, 2019

What About Pierre?: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Contributor Katie Coryell shares 10 things you might not know about The Great Comet.
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January 28, 2019

Wherefore Art Thou? 10 things you didn’t know about Shakespeare in Love

The much beloved 1988 film turned stage adaptation has audiences clamoring into theatres across the country. Here we share 10 facts only a true fan would know!
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January 7, 2019

Our Picks For The 2019/20 Season

We chatted with our Professional Licensing Team, Theresa Posorske and Zach Kaufer, about their suggestions for plays and musicals that could round out your season planning.
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