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Get ready for the 2022-23 school year with special guides on plays, musicals, and one-acts
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The Big Idea: Get ready for the 2022-23 school year with these ultimate guides on Plays, Musicals, and One-Acts.
Hot Topics: Texas Church To Pay Unspecified Damages For Altered ‘HAMILTON’, Producers To Donate Financial Damages To LGBTQIA+ Coalition.
The Broadway Beat: New ‘SWEENEY TODD’ revival coming to Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda And John Kander Team Up For New Broadway Musical, and get a sneak peek at Broadway-Aimed THE GRISWOLD’S BROADWAY VACATION.
Shows You Should Know: The plays of Lynn Nottage
THE ULTIMATE GUIDES FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLANNING School is back in session! Still setting your season? Find your next great play, musical, or one-act here!
THE ULTIMATE PLAY GUIDE FOR BACK TO SCHOOL PLANNING Browse play recommendations in the following categories:
THE ULTIMATE MUSICAL GUIDE FOR BACK TO SCHOOL PLANNING -Discover Musical hits, familiar favorites, and Hidden Gems that will fill your needs. Explore titles in the following categories:
THE ULTIMATE ONE-ACT GUIDE FOR BACK TO SCHOOL PLANNING -No matter if you’re looking for library building, classroom use, directing projects, performances, or competitions, we’ve rounded up our recommendations for one-acts for this school year. See titles in the following categories:
HOT TOPICS
TEXAS CHURCH TO PAY DAMAGES FOR ALTERED ‘HAMILTON’ - The Door Christian Fellowship McAllen Church, posted a public apology and agreed to pay damages for two unauthorized performances of ‘Hamilton’ earlier this month.
PRODUCERS TO DONATE ALL DAMAGES - All damages paid by the Texas’ Church for two unlicensed and lyrically altered performances will go to the South Texas Equality Project, a coalition of Texas LGBTQIA+ groups.
THE BROADWAY BEAT
‘SWEENEY TODD’ REVIVAL HEADING BACK TO BROADWAY! - The Revival will feature Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford & ‘Hamilton’ Director Thomas Kail
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA AND JOHN KANDER TEAM UP FOR NEW BROADWAY NEW YORK, NEW YORK MUSICAL! - The new musical, loosely based on the 1977 Martin Scorsese film, will be directed by Susan Stroman
SNEAK PEEK AT THE BROADWAY-AIMED THE GRISWOLD’S BROADWAY VACATION-Get a Sneak Peek at Kate Rockwell, Hunter Foster, and More In Rehearsal
POLL QUESTION
IF YOU COULD HIRE ONE PERSON TO WORK IN YOUR THEATRE PROGRAM, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING JOB TITLES WOULD THIS PERSON HAVE?
PRODUCER - I would love to let someone else produce my shows so I can focus on directing. [ANSWER]
DIRECTOR - I would be happy to let someone else direct my shows, I only want to be the Producer! [ANSWER]
TECH DIRECTOR - My life would get a lot better if I had a full-time tech director on staff! [ANSWER]
FUNDRAISER - I want someone else to focus on raising money for my program, I will do everything else. [ANSWER]
MARKETING DIRECTOR - I would hire someone who can put butts in seats! [ANSWER]
CHECK OUT THE FULL POLL RESULTS HERE
THE PLAYS OF LYNN NOTTAGE American playwright Lynn Nottage is one of the hottest playwrights of the last 20 years. Lynn’s work often focuses on the experience of working class people, particularly the African-American working class. Lynn is the first and only woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, first in 2009 for her play RUINED , and again in 2017 for her play SWEAT. Click on the titles below to learn about all the plays of Lynn Nottage.
