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Spring usually sees the premieres of lots of new Broadway musicals, but in the fall, the play's the thing. (There are still musicals opening, too.) From an epic 2.5-hour play about a Jewish family in the 20th century, to a fantasia about Black people on a mass exodus from America, to a revival of a beloved August Wilson play starring Samuel L. Jackson, this season’s plays on Broadway aren't just big-budget. They’re just plain big, ambitious, and indicative of the flourishing state of plays on Broadway. ....
Playwright Aleshea Harris Awarded 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize The Hermitage Artist Retreat (Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO), in collaboration with the Greenfield Foundation, has selected OBIE-winning playwright Aleshea Harris as the winner of the 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize, given this year in the artistic discipline of theater. Harris will receive a six-week residency at the Hermitage and a $30,000 commission for a new work, which will have its first public presentation in Sarasota in 2023 in collaboration with the Hermitage’s presenting partner, Asolo Repertory Theatre (Michael Donald Edwards, Producing Artistic Director). The Hermitage’s Artistic Director Andy Sandberg notes that Harris was selected by a distinguished jury that included jury chair Mandy Greenfield1, a member of the Hermitage Curatorial Council and the Artistic Director of Williamstown Theater Festival (Massachussetts); Nataki Garrett, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare ....