Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its open-source Agent Framework, positioning it as the production-ready evolution of the project introduced in October 2025 by combining Semantic Kernel ...

Everybody gets frustrated when web apps are broken, but testing them thoroughly doesn't need to be a chore. Playwright, a new open-source browser automation tool from Microsoft, makes testing web apps ...

Fashioning a career in the music industry that lasted several decades, Chip Taylor nearly picked a different path. Before finding his love for music, he followed in his father’s footsteps, hoping to ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A week before opening night, tensions spilled over offstage, with the show’s producing team temporarily prohibiting Stephen Adly Guirgis from entering ...

If you’ve been going to the theatre lately, you’ve seen plenty of what I’ve started to think of as “piñata plays.” In this sort of story, a big family gets together and there are a lot of secrets. For ...

The Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA) has created a new national, annual award for playwrights: The Godfather Prize for Playwriting. Each year, the award will honor one Asian ...

After a few false starts trying to dive into the play, I found a deeply satisfying solution: I retyped the play in its entirety: not just reading it passively and taking notes, but actually writing ...

Playwright Justin Tanner, author of “Pot Mom,” “Little Theatre” and “Voice Lessons,” is one of the signal voices of L.A.’s wild and free intimate theater scene. He has not only written what might be ...

The Cherry Lane Theatre has announced its Playwrights Collective, a nine-month developmental program under the direction of playwright Annie Baker, designed to support rising playwrights through ...

Andy Muschietti remains involved as director as the studio takes a measured approach in its development. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Christina Hodson, known for her work in the big IP and action ...

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