Jessie Jones, a TV actress who became a succesful playwright with “Dearly Departed” and the Jones Hope Wooten Comedies, died March 20 in Washington, D.C. after a long illness. Her friend and writing ...

New York City welcomes a bountiful gathering of Off-Broadway stage productions this Spring, focusing on sisterhood, motherhood, and family: Chinese Republicans (Alex Lin, Roundabout Theatre), Meat ...

The Cherry Lane Theatre has announced its Playwrights Collective, a nine-month developmental program under the direction of playwright Annie Baker, designed to support rising playwrights through ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The lawsuit, against the prominent Off Broadway theater, is backed by Edward Blum, who has long challenged race-based policies. Playwrights called it ...

Tom Stoppard, the Academy and Tony Award-winning British playwright and screenwriter, has died at the age of 88. Stoppard’s agents confirmed his death to the BBC, noting in a statement that he “died ...

In addition to his five Tony Awards for Best Play, Stoppard won the Academy Award in in 1998 for "Shakespeare in Love" and was nominated in 1985 for "Brazil." Tom Stoppard, the brilliant, beloved ...

Cleage is known for her transformative plays centering on Black women's experiences. Pearl Cleage, an acclaimed writer known for her emphasis on Black feminist ideology, now reigns as a 2025 recipient ...

One of the beams supporting the vibrant theater scene here in South Florida is the number of local playwrights we have in the region. So it’s not entirely surprising that as the “season” starts ...

The New Play Festival offers a breadth of entertainment through a collection of short plays ranging from 10–30 minutes in length. Audience members will gain a first look at emerging playwrights while ...

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SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...