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New York City welcomes a bountiful gathering of Off-Broadway stage productions this Spring, focusing on sisterhood, motherhood, and family: Chinese Republicans (Alex Lin, Roundabout Theatre), Meat ...

Playwrights Horizons, one of New York’s premiere Off Broadway theaters and producers, is being sued by a New Jersey musician who claims that the venue’s recent discount offered to people of color is ...

Off Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons is being sued for discrimination over a one-night discount during its run of Nazareth Hassan’s Practice. A New Jersey–based musician named Kevin Lynch ...

Cults have seldom been so robustly represented in popular culture. We have the Zizians, the Sarah Lawrence sex cult, Nxivm, and the cult of Mother God, with each dutifully unpicked in articles and ...

Orlando Shakes PlayFest is back after a too-long two-year hiatus, in partnership with UCF. This year’s showcase features five staged readings over two weekends. Over the years, the festival has ...

Cleage is known for her transformative plays centering on Black women's experiences. Pearl Cleage, an acclaimed writer known for her emphasis on Black feminist ideology, now reigns as a 2025 recipient ...

Alex O'Keefe, a former writer for hit FX show "The Bear," was handcuffed and detained while traveling on a Metro-North train from New York City to Connecticut, an MTA spokesperson confirmed. O'Keefe, ...

One of the beams supporting the vibrant theater scene here in South Florida is the number of local playwrights we have in the region. So it’s not entirely surprising that as the “season” starts ...

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In the late days of June, as the old theatre season was ebbing away and new-season announcements were streaming in, a shock hit New York. Playwrights Horizons, the birthplace of shows including the ...

May Habib, co-founder & CEO of Writer, pictured at Web Summit Vancouver 2025. Ramsey Cardy/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images Writer was co-founded in 2020 by May Habib, who previously ...