Sleep No More and Gatz win 2011 Obie Awards
Congratulations to GATZ and SLEEP NO MORE for their 2011 Obie AwardsPresented by the Village Voice The 56th Annual Obie Awards ceremony was held at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village and emceed by "Law...
View ArticleAmerican Repertory Theater wins eight 2010 Independent Reviewers of New...
A.R.T. productions from the 2010 calendar year were honored with eight Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards last night, tying with the Huntington for total number of awards. No theater...
View ArticleA.R.T. nominated for Elliott Norton Awards
The Elliott Norton Award nominations have been announced, and the A.R.T. has received 10 nominations! Artistic Director Diane Paulus also received a nomination for her direction of the HAIR national...
View ArticleA.R.T. nominated for 26 IRNE Awards
The A.R.T. is nominated for 26 IRNE Awards, from Best New Play for The Blue Flower, to Best Ensemble for Cabaret... and many more!The A.R.T. is nominated for 26 IRNEs this year! Congratulations to all...
View ArticleEmerging America is coming!
We're gearing up for the second annual Emerging America May 13-15—a festival featuring groundbreaking performance by American artists—co-presented with our friends at the Huntington Theatre Company and...
View ArticlePrometheus Bound Rehearsal
Kati Mitchell visits rehearsal for Prometheus Bound.I had the pleasure of sitting in rehearsal today, and took some photos as one of the major scenes - of Prometheus' arrest and torture - were being...
View ArticlePrometheus Bound Workshop
Yesterday afternoon the A.R.T. staff, institute students, and board members were treated to a fabulous and exciting workshop presentation of the upcoming Prometheus Bound to open late February -- great...
View ArticleA Visual Arts Exhibition for The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower visual arts exhibition transforms the Loeb Drama Center lobby into Cabaret Voltaire.As we begin performances of The Blue Flower in our theater, there is another element in the building...
View ArticleThe A.R.T. Celebrates Amnesty International’s 50th Anniversary
The A.R.T. partners with Amnesty International to integrate direct action into the production of Prometheus Bound, starting February 25, 2011.Steven Sater, writer and lyricist for the A.R.T.’s upcoming...
View ArticleSpecial performance from Theater of War
Upcoming on October 4: A special performance by our friends and partners Theater of War.We'll be partnering with Theater of War to create special events surrounding our production of Ajax in February...
View ArticleDeath and the Powers Rehearsal Photos
Rehearsal photos from Death and the Powers as it readies for its world premiere in Monaco next week!Rehearsal photos from Death and the Powers as it readies for its world premiere in Monaco next...
View ArticleCabaret Meet and Greet
Starting work on Cabaret.This afternoon we began rehearsals for Cabaret, which stars our old friend Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer (also in our production of The Onion Cellar a few seasons ago) as the...
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Johnny Baseball Update: 4-26-2010
I was lucky enough to spend some time in New York at Johnny Baseball rehearsal at the end of last week.....The A.R.T. gang is housed for one more week in an airy studio on 42nd street (where lots of...
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Alice vs. Wonderland
Alice vs. Wonderland - on the Loeb Stage starting September 18 - ran for three sold-out months in Moscow this spring."He has the movie-star quality of Sean Connery…with the popularity of Barack Obama."...
View ArticleTHE DONKEY SHOW celebrates its 100th Show!
THE DONKEY SHOW celebrates its 100th Show!DJ Orlando here inviting all you lovers and friends out there to break out your boogie shoes and celebrate the 100th performance of The Donkey Show! That's...
View ArticleSpecial Event: Creative Responses to Hard Times
Special eventCreative Responses to Hard TimesTuesday, March 2, 4:30 - 6 p.m.At the Harvard Art MuseumMarch 2, 2010, 4:30 to 6 p.m.Harvard Art Museum485 Broadway, Cambridge MAJoin the American Repertory...
View ArticleBlog: Hope Over Experience
Timothy Egan's New York Times commentary "Slumburbia"—and the reader comments on it—offer some parallels to Paradise Lost.I found this through the New York Times and found it really interesting....
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Paradise Lost: 1930s and Today
Our upcoming production Paradise Lost voices the anger and hope of a family struggling to find solid ground in a sinking economy. Check out these articles and photos that explore the parallels between...
View ArticleA Reading of The Lady Hamlet on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:30PM
Join us on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:30 for a reading of The Lady Hamlet, a hilarious new play about two 1920's stage divas competing to play the role of Hamlet on Broadway. A comedy with a brain and...
View ArticleSay what? Audience comments on The Donkey Show and Sleep No More
The blog isn't the only place for comments on our website: you can also comment on the show pages themselves, and we've been getting some great dialogue in the comments on the Donkey Show and Sleep No...
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Death and the Powers Workshop
A couple of weeks ago we had an amazing workshop presentation of an opera in progress, Death and the Powers.A couple of weeks ago we had an amazing workshop presentation of an opera in progress, Death...
View ArticleUncover the secrets of the seeds
Join us Saturday, October 3 as we travel to Brookline to uncover the secret of Cawdor Seeds on a Sleep No More scavenger hunt.Uncover the secret of the Cawdor Seeds on a Sleep No More scavenger hunt on...
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Blog: OBERON is almost ready for prime time!
OBERON is almost ready for prime time!We began technical rehearsals at OBERON yesterday, and I had a very hard time not to dance - again - the disco music is so inviting, and the kids look gorgeous in...
View ArticleBlog: The Donkey Show rehearsals
Rehearsals for The Donkey Show are in full swing...We were invited to observe a rehearsal for The Donkey Show last week, with a presentation from Diane Paulus, artistic director of the A.R.T. and...
View ArticleA fabulous Best of Both Worlds workshop
Several of us from the A.R.T. trekked down to the big apple yesterday for the presentation at the end of a one-week workshop kindly hosted by the folks at The Public Theater.Several of us from the...
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