NIGHT SIDE SONGS Comes to Philadelphia Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - Jan 15, 2025
Philadelphia Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Night Side Songs, a new musical from acclaimed musical theatre duo Daniel and Patrick Lazour and directed by PTC Co-Artistic Director and Obie-winner Taibi Magar.
Philadelphia Theatre Company Reveals New Managing Director and Board Chair
by Stephi Wild - Mar 5, 2024
The Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) has named Margo Moskowitz their new managing director and Glenn Gundersen their new board chair. Moskowitz has been the theatre's general manager since 2018 and assumed the role of interim managing director last September. Gundersen joined the PTC board in 2009.
Review: MACBETH IN STRIDE at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Roger Catlin - Oct 17, 2023
They aren’t actually that in Whitney White’s concert cum critique “Macbeth in Stride” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. But they do backup singing, some choreographed dance moves (by Raja Feather Kelly), reply and advise the lead and never quite leave the stage, itself dressed up like a spangly nightclub revue (set by Daniel Soule, lighting by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew). In all, it seems perfect for that girl group from Detroit.
Photos: First Look at The Philadelphia Theatre Company's EMPATHITRAX
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2023
The Philadelphia Theatre Company continues its season with a Philadelphia Premiere of Empathitrax, an eerie and comical exploration of the consequences of one pharmacological breakthrough in the romantic life of one couple. Check out photos here!
Taibi Magar to Direct THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL at New York Theatre Workshop
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2022
New York Theatre Workshop has announced that Obie Award winner and NYTW Usual Suspect Taibi Magar (Help) will direct the previously announced production of The Half-God of Rainfall by Hay Festival Medal for Poetry winner Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles), part of NYTW’s 2022/23 season.
Industry Pro Newsletter: Where are the Audiences?
by Alex Freeman - Aug 22, 2022
Theatres and arts organizations are back to producing seasons in the way that we were used to before the pandemic. However, the audience hasn’t returned in the same way. In multiple articles in this week's newsletter, we examine the question from a few different angles - where has the audience gone, and how do producing organizations get them back?