A review of ‘Peter Hall’s Diaries: The Story of a Dramatic Battle,’ by Peter Hall, edited by John Goodwin, Harper and Row, New York, NY. 416 pp, $25 cloth. Available May.

CHICAGO: Carson Grace Becker has stepped down from her role as Chicago Dramatists (CD) artistic director, effective Aug. 31. The board and staff have no immediate plan to name an interim leader.

NEW YORK CITY: Signature Theatre has announced that Emily Shooltz will be the company’s new artistic director, succeeding interim leader Beth Whitaker, who has served in the role since the departure ...

NEW HAVEN, CONN.: This year’s digital new-work festival Black Trans Women at the Center: a New Play Festival has been announced as a co-production of Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., The ...

An L.A. tribute to Harold Clurman, a transition for N.Y.’s Nathan Leventhal, and other updates. A true resident theatre actor, she will be greatly missed by all who collaborated with her or saw her ...

MALVERN, PA.: Nestled among lush foliage on Conestoga Road in a relatively affluent borough that serves as the headquarters for the investment management firm the Vanguard Group and the electronics ...

Chicagoan and English professor Melda Beaty started writing plays in 2011 and sent them out to readings, festivals, and theatres, with limited response. Then she submitted to a contest—and won. Her ...

SEATTLE: The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation announced today the 14 new recipients of its annual Social Impact Theatre Grant Program. The program supports theatres in Western states that ignite ...

NEW YORK CITY: Lincoln Center Theater has announced that director Lear deBessonet will be the theatre’s new artistic director, and LCT resident director Bartlett Sher will assume the new role of ...

Just about three hours southwest of Indianapolis, nestled against the Wabash River where it carves the border between Indiana and Illinois, sits the small town of New Harmony, Ind. New Harmony boasts ...

Three multi-hyphenates on this magazine’s editorial staff are promoted as Theatre Communications Group restructures and creates new positions. NEW YORK CITY: Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the ...

Revered actor John McCullough’s career ended at the McVicker’s Theater in Chicago when he was helped offstage after struggling to deliver his lines during a performance of The Gladiator on Sept. 29, ...