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Into the Everyday and Existential
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Into the Everyday and Existential
Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse’s Texts for Performance in New York, 2004 to the present
Monday 6 May 2024
New York
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
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Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
A Playwriting Masterclass
Monday 20 May 2024
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
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Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
A Playwriting Masterclass
Monday 13 May 2024
The Holly Woodlawn Memorial
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The Holly Woodlawn Memorial

Saturday 14 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

La MaMa in New York City presented the Holly Woodlawn Memorial livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 14 May at 10:30 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 12:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 17:30 GMT / 6:30 p.m. BST (London) / 19:30 CEST (Berlin). Share your thoughts on Twitter with #howlround and follow @LaMaMaETC and @HowlRoundTV.

Hamilton, Democracy, and Theatre in America
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Hamilton, Democracy, and Theatre in America

13 May 2016

Professor Patricia Herrera writes about teaching Hamilton through the lens of American democracy.

Men vs. Women on Broadway This Season
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Men vs. Women on Broadway This Season

12 May 2016

Jonathan Mandell explores the gender politics of Broadway offerings such as American Psycho, Waitress, Eclipsed, The Color Purple, and more.

The Edwin Booth Award: Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir
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The Edwin Booth Award: Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir

Monday 9 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir—the winner of this year’s Edwin Booth Award—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 9 May at 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York). On Twitter use #HowlRound.

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass.

Monday 9 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 9 May at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights
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A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights

Anne Washburn

8 May 2016

Todd London on playwright Anne Washburn on winning the Herb Alpert Award for Theatre.

Beyond Orientalism: The Forum at Fordham University
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Beyond Orientalism: The Forum at Fordham University

Monday 2 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Asian American Arts Alliance, Asian American Performers’ Action Coalition (AAPAC), Theatre Communications Group, and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts in association with Fordham University Theatre Program and Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center presented Beyond Orientalism: The Forum livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 2 May from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6 p.m.-9 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4 p.m.-7 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 23:00 GMT (Monday, May 2)-02:00 GMT (Tuesday, May 3).

The League of Professional Theatre Women’s Award Celebration & Big Mingle
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The League of Professional Theatre Women’s Award Celebration & Big Mingle

Monday 2 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

The League of Professional Theatre Women presented the Award Celebration & Big Mingle from New York City livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 2 May from 6:30 p.m. EDT-10 p.m. EDT (New York) / 3:30 p.m. PDT-7 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). On Twitter, use @LPTWomen and #BigMingle. 

Cultural Advocacy & Policy in NYC: A Forum
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Cultural Advocacy & Policy in NYC: A Forum

Monday 2 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented Cultural Advocacy & Policy in NYC: A Forum livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 2 May at 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York). On Twitter use #HowlRound. 

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass.

Monday 2 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 2 May at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

Bro Theatre
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Bro Theatre

A Dangerous Dynamic

30 April 2016

Holly L. Derr deconstructs a new dynamic in her theatre department.

Holding On to Creative Control
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Holding On to Creative Control

Can the Playwright be Wrong?

29 April 2016

Alex Goldberg wonders if it's possible for a playwright to be wrong about an aspect of his or her own play, and describes a fraught production process.

Why I Paid Too Much for Tickets to Hamilton, and Other Musings on the Fragility of Life
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Why I Paid Too Much for Tickets to Hamilton, and Other Musings on the Fragility of Life

28 April 2016

Playwright Melinda Lopez shares her experience buying tickets to see Hamilton, and addresses the cost of watching a Broadway show versus the cost of caring for her mother.

Lyricist Sheldon Harnick talks Fiddler on the Roof
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Lyricist Sheldon Harnick talks Fiddler on the Roof

28 April 2016

Marcina Zaccaria speaks with Fiddler on the Roof lyricist Sheldon Harnick as he approaches his ninety-second birthday.

Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s The Oldest Boy Benefit for Nepal Earthquake Relief
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Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s The Oldest Boy Benefit for Nepal Earthquake Relief

Monday 25 April 2016
New York, NY, United States

You’re invited to join a post-reading discussion with Sarah Ruhl, Geshe Tashi Dorjee, Tenzin Gelek, and President of Tibet Fund Rinchen Dharlo livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 25 April at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 01:00 GMT (Tuesday, April 26).  In Twitter use #oldestboybenefit. 

Why I Will Never Be a Starving Artist
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Why I Will Never Be a Starving Artist

26 April 2016

Playwright Natalie Sacks shares her post-graduate experience of working various theatre jobs, her take on the “starving artist” model, and her journey to writing her first play since college.

Comedy, Contrivance, and Criticism
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Comedy, Contrivance, and Criticism

A Defense of Smart People

26 April 2016

Anchuli Felicia King on the Second Stage production of Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People in New York.

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

Monday 25 April 2016
New York, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 25 April at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

Interview with Javier Muñoz
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Interview with Javier Muñoz

21 April 2016

Marisela Treviño Orta interviews Javier Muñoz, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s alternate in Hamilton.

The Dangerous Old Ladies of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord
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The Dangerous Old Ladies of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord

19 April 2016

Ellen Mareneck on David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord, directed by David Hyde Pierce at Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. 

A Reading of Paula Vogel's Indecent
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A Reading of Paula Vogel's Indecent

Monday 18 April 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented a reading of Paula Vogel's Indecent livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 18 April at 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York). 

Antlia Pneumatica Symposium : Where the Playwright Asks the Questions with Anne Washburn
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Antlia Pneumatica Symposium : Where the Playwright Asks the Questions with Anne Washburn

Saturday 16 April 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Playwrights Horizons' Antlia Pneumatica Symposium: Where the Playwright Asks the Questions with Anne Washburn livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 16 April at 21:00 BST (London) / 20:00 GMT / 4 p.m. EDT (New York) / 3 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 1 p.m. PDT (Vancouver). In Twitter, use #howlround. 

Committed to Not Knowing
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Committed to Not Knowing

Lessons from BOOMERANG

15 April 2016

Playwright Will Arbery shares his experience working with BOOMERANG Dance Company and how movement informs his writing process.

“Something Perversely Pure”
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“Something Perversely Pure”

The Resurrected Corpus of Ivo van Hove’s A View From the Bridge

12 April 2016

Olivia Rubino-Finn on the Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, directed by Ivo van Hove. 

Spalding Gray: A Celebration of his Life and Work
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Spalding Gray: A Celebration of his Life and Work

Monday 11 April 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Spalding Gray: A Celebration of his Life and Work livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 11 April at 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:30 GMT / 23:30 BST (London). On Twitter, use #howlround to join the conversation.