
American Theatre magazine 40 years ago today Sesame Street made its debut. How have Big Bird and co. affected your life and your work in theatre?
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Cookie Monster now eats vegetables, but the core values of "Sesame Street" aren't much different from the show's first broadcast.

American Theatre magazine This small Brooklyn company is raising money specifically for childcare on an upcoming American tour. How do YOU juggle family and a life in the theatre?
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As a new father myself, I was moved to donate to Radiohole to support their latest tour of Whatever. Heaven Allows (Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, Jan. 14-16; The Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Feb. 12-13; PS122 in NYC, March, and UCLA Oct. 13-17). Why? Here's why:

American Theatre magazine What did you see over the weekend, and how was it?

American Theatre magazine What are you seeing this weekend?

American Theatre magazine Don't miss Randy Gener's in-depth profile of director Ivo van Hove in this month's issue. And this just in: Van Hove's next classic revival at NYTW will be "The Little Foxes," the 1939 drama by Lillian Hellman, in September 2010.
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Ivo van Hove's iconoclastic bad-boy status in the U.S. says far more about us—our intractable conservatism, our veneration of naturalism, our exoticizing of foreign fare, and our degraded critical discourse—than about this brainy-yet-feisty director's revisionist style. ...

American Theatre magazine We often ask our "20 Questions" interviewees to name their favorite hero or heroine in fiction. This month, Liv Ullmann says hers is Winnie-the-Pooh. Who is your favorite?

American Theatre magazine So you're an American Theatre fan. Are you also a subscriber? Why or why not?

American Theatre magazine This just in: Comments are enabled on the American Theatre site.
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PLUS - Faye Armon, Last of My Species: The Fearless Songs of Laarna Cortaan at Redmoon Theater, Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at Ten Chimneys, Howard Kissel on Jewish-American drama, Shadowbox in Columbus, Ohio and Liv Ullmann

American Theatre magazine The Nov. issue of American Theatre is out! Includes an in-depth look at director Ivo van Hove; an essay by Marsha Norman about theatre's persistent gender gap; a report from the historic Ten Chimneys acting summit; profiles of playwright/novelist Victor Lodato and prop designer Faye Armon; and much more!
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PLUS - Faye Armon, Last of My Species: The Fearless Songs of Laarna Cortaan at Redmoon Theater, Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at Ten Chimneys, Howard Kissel on Jewish-American drama, Shadowbox in Columbus, Ohio and Liv Ullmann

American Theatre magazine For Halloween, tell us your worst theatrical nightmare (real or imagined).

American Theatre magazine American Theatre associate editor Rob Weinert-Kendt and his son, Oliver, dressed as a carrot. What are you going as this year?

American Theatre magazine The Playgoer blog highlights a fascinating point in the great Dan Savage/Frank Rich interview.
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Dan Savage interviews Frank Rich about many weighty issues--both theatrical (Sondheim) and political (gay rights)--but their digression about the size of "road houses" is perhaps the most important take-away:

American Theatre magazine What are you seeing this weekend?

American Theatre magazine NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman's historic speech at the GIA conference. It looks extremely encouraging to us. What do you think?
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TNational Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman delivered a keynote address today to close the 2009 national Grantmakers in the Arts conference: Navigating the Art of Change




















