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Musical’s writer and star accuses ART’s Diane Paulus of racism

The Black cowriter and star of a musical that premiered at the American Repertory Theater in 2014 has implicated the theater’s artistic director, Diane Paulus, in the racism he says he experienced during the production of the show.

Diane Paulus’s statement

The ART’s artistic director responded to Griffin Matthews’s social media post with an open letter.

No work, lots of stress, but theater artists are getting some help paying their bills

Boston's Theatre Community Benevolent Fund has allocated more than $100,000 since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters.

Though you can’t watch the Tonys this weekend, some of Broadway’s best are just a click away

What’s a theater fan to do? We have some ideas.

THEATER
In Pittsfield, a theater is determined to raise the curtain this summer
“How do you do theater in the middle of a pandemic?’’ Barrington Stage has a plan that underscores the challenges its peers face.

THEATERWhat Boston theaters are saying about their current plans
You don’t have to read too deeply between the lines to see some darkened stages ahead.

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Urbanity Dance is projecting pop-up dance videos, powered by car battery, onto Boston buildings

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THEATER

Shakespeare on the Common’s ‘Tempest’ faces stiff winds

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