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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 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 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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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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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 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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November 27, 2018

25 Years Later: Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Alley Theatre’s Associate Director for Design Kevin Rigdon revisits Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile.
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November 16, 2018

Lucy Bailey on Witness for the Prosecution

Director Lucy Bailey’s take on Witness for the Prosecution.
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November 15, 2018

An Introduction to “The Collection” – Agatha Christie’s Lost Plays

Discovering Agatha Christie’s lost manuscripts.
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October 31, 2018

Don’t Dream It, Be It: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Rocky Horror Show

The 1975 screen adaptation of Richard O‘Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show is a undeniable cult classic. Here are our top 10 freaky and fabulous facts about the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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October 15, 2018

A Tenacious Melody: Memory and Music in “Cambodian Rock Band”

Tragic yet musically upbeat and joyous, read about playwright Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band.
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September 24, 2018

The Endearing Awkwardness of Growing Up: Todd Almond’s The Earth is Flat

Director Richard Hess discusses bringing Todd Almond’s coming-of-age drama to life at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
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September 24, 2018

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Chicago (…and All That Jazz)

Contributor Katie Coryell explores little-known facts about Kander & Ebb’s Chicago.
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July 30, 2018

How a Director/Writer Collaboration all Started in a Diner Decades Ago

Director Martha Banta discusses an enduring playwright-director relationship with Lori Fischer.
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July 12, 2018

Doing The Lambeth Walk: 5 Things I Learned From Producing Me And My Girl

British agent Alex Armitage shares invaluable advice from a career producing Me and My Girl.
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June 6, 2018

Runaways by Elizabeth Swados Four Decades Later

Theatre writer Jonathan Mandell shares the revelation that is experiencing Runaways four decades after its creation.
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June 6, 2018

Wakey, Wakey: How Will Eno’s Work Brings Joy to Theatre

Director and Actor Ken Webster shares the joy of Will Eno’s contributions to theatre.
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May 23, 2018

Music + Lyrics: Max Vernon

Lawrence Haynes interviews Max Vernon, the composer, lyricist, playwright, and performer behind Off-Broadway hits The View UpStairs and KPOP.
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May 18, 2018

Here I Go Again: Why the Eighties is Better the Second Time Around (Or Why YOU Should Produce Rock of Ages: Middle School Edition)

Stacey Boone and Melissa Leftwich are Theatre Arts and Art teachers at Jay M. Robinson Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Having completed performances of Rock of Ages: Middle School Edition last year, they share tips and some of their favorite moments of the show!
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May 18, 2018

Who Ever Heard of a Smooth Revolution?

Contributor Nikki Przasnyski analyzes Bryna Turner’s Bull In A China Shop.
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May 8, 2018

Leslie Odom, Jr.’s Failing Up: An Excerpt

An excerpt from Leslie Odom, Jr.’s new memoir, Failing Up.
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April 16, 2018

Cardboard Piano: Park Square Theatre’s Journey to Sharing Space

A play’s influence on a theater’s journey to greater inclusion.
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April 12, 2018

Turtle Soup Wins Best-of-Show at the Spectral Sisters One Act Play Competition in New Orleans

Turtle Soup is currently being staged in a workshop production and famed play publishers Samuel French—located in New York City—is in talks with Rosary O’Neill about publishing the script.
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April 11, 2018

A Day In Hollywood / A Night In The Ukraine: Two First Nights

Writer-Composer Frank Lazarus tells the story of bringing A Day In Hollywood / A Night In The Ukraine to Broadway.
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March 22, 2018

Finn and Lapine’s A New Brain is Filled with Heart & Music

Contributor Katie Coryell describes her connection to the title character, Gordon, and how, with Lapine and Finn, lightning can strike twice.
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February 22, 2018

A Writer’s Daughter

Jennifer Alden remembers her father, Jerome Alden, during the writing of his play, Bully.
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February 12, 2018

Quirky & Epic: 24 Shows That Are All About Love

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, contributor Katie Coryell shares her favorite shows about love.
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February 5, 2018

Be the Funny! A Brief Primer on Writing Comedy

Playwright Diana Amsterdam breaks down writing comedy.
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