AMERICAN THEATRE

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■ The MacArthur Foundation in Chicago has announced its 2019 class of MacArthur Fellows. Known colloquially as the “genius grant,” the fellowship gives $625,000 over five years for professional pursuits to each fellow. Among the grantees are director

Guitar Techniques

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The strap line of the Musicians’ Union logo proudly proclaims ‘Keep Music Live’? However, I might suggest that you have not experienced the oxymoronically rich phrase, ‘Light Entertainment’. On a good day, it’s a painless way to earn a living, after

Cricket Magazine

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Pudding loved reading about all the great performers in this issue of Cricket—from Farley the dog, to ballet great Jacques D’Amboise, to the humble street musician in “Farewell.” For this month’s contest, she’s staging dramatic readings in Cricket Co

AMERICAN THEATRE

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■ Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Mass., has announced Stacey Rose’s America v. 2.1: The Sad Demise & Eventual Extinction of the American Negro as the winner of the first Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award. Rose will receive $25,000, and

Audio Technology

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APRA AMCOS’s SongHubs is a global program. As well as Australia’s capital cities, invitees can find themselves flying across oceans to hubs like LA, Nashville and London, or India, Toronto, and the latest addition, Brazil. Milly Petriella, APRA AMCOS

AMERICAN THEATRE

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■ American Blues Theater in Chicago has named Andrea Stolowitz the winner of the 2020 Blue Ink Playwriting Award. Stolowitz will receive a $1,250 cash prize and a staged reading of her winning play, Recent Unsettling Events, as part of the Blue Ink P

Los Angeles Times

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NEW YORK - During the deliriously zany setup for "The Prom," a new musical comedy at the Longacre Theatre, I thought I might have died and gone to campy heaven. The feeling doesn't last, but the laughter never dies. Beth Leavel and Brooks Ashmanskas,

BBC History Magazine

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The early works of a pioneering Chinese photographer have gone on public display for the first time. The Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, New York, is exhibiting nearly 50 photographs by Lai Fong (c1839–90), who founded one of t

Naples Illustrated

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In addition to main-stage performances of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (February 21 to March 15) and The Waverly Gallery (April 10-26), The Studio Players will present three oneact comedies, including two by local playwright Natalie King, November 15 to Dec

MAXIM New Zealand

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A model, actress and performance artist who can be seen in multiple mediums including film, stage and print, Erica Vanlee has taken her skills and passion around the world. Her TV credits include, Masters of Illusion, Raising Hope and Wrong On Every

AMERICAN THEATRE

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ONE OF MY QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE JOB OF RUNNING A magazine about theatre in the U.S., if I may say so myself, is that I have a strong sense of theatre in places other than New York City. I first became a dedicated theatregoer in earnest in Los Angele

Country Life

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CRITICS are often snooty about amateur theatre. Kenneth Tynan described it as ‘an exhibitionist alternative to bridge’ and James Agate, in his heyday at The Sunday Times, used to say that the difference between amateur and professional actors was tha

AMERICAN THEATRE

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▪ The Kleban Foundation in New York City has announced recipients of the 2019 Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre. Established in 1988, in honor of composer and lyricist Edward Kleban, the award recognizes musical theatre librettists and lyricists. The

MAXIM Australia

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A model, actress and performance artist who can be seen in multiple mediums including film, stage and print, Erica Vanlee has taken her skills and passion around the world. Her TV credits include, Masters of Illusion, Raising Hope and Wrong On Every

NPR

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Hear three mini-profiles of musicians and filmmakers whose art captures Latinx culture and identity — in three very different ways.

Classic Rock

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Nick enjoyed retracing his steps while researching his biography, Jack White: How He Built An Empire From The Blues, for this issue’s feature on the former White Stripe’s blues roots (p66). Long-time CR writer Nick’s favourite research perch remains

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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Opera aficionados flock here, set in stunning gardens just outside Brighton. There will be six operas including the Dialogues des Carmélites by Poulenc, starring Danielle de Niese and directed by Barrie Kosky. There’s also the return of John Cox’s st

AMERICAN THEATRE

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Profession: Actor and farmer Hometown: Born in Houston, raised on a ranch in the Houston area Current home: An 1870s farmhouse located between Austin and Houston KNOWN FOR: A company member at the Alley Theatre for 20-plus years, appearing in everyth

Getaway

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From marimba to marabi, uhadi to riel, this year’s Cape Carnival is going local with its theme, Incredible Journey: Sounds of South Africa. The reason? To celebrate music, dance and art that connects South Africans with their pasts, futures and each

North & South

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Street artists from all over the country will descend on Taupō over Labour Weekend to make a splash on the town’s blank walls at the Graffiato Taupō Street Art Festival . Follow the walking-tour map to view more than 80 different murals that redefine

Philippine Tatler Traveller

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Savoie Mont Blanc January 12-23, 2019 Join thousands of spectators in the French and Swiss Alps to witness one of the most challenging sled dog races in the world. Taking place over 12 days and 400 kilometres at different altitudes, 25 of the best mu

Malaysia Tatler

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YOUNG CECILIA LEONG- Faulkner always knew she was different from her peers. Ambitious, broad-minded and quietly resilient beneath her calm-and-collected exterior, Cecilia’s instant connection to the dazzling world of theatre was first realised when s

Classic Rock

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Fast-rising Mongolian sensations are sensational. Last summer The Hu sold out Camden Underworld. Tonight they’re round the corner at a venue three times the size and it’s equally full – just like every other date on their European tour. They’ve gone

WHO

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Some decades have very clear musical identities. 1960s: Beatlemania. 1970s: punk and disco. 1980s: synthesizers and pop superstars. 1990s: grunge and girl power. But the 2000s don’t seem to have developed a defining sound in the same way. Nor do they

Blue Mountains Life

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The 24th annual Blue Mountains Music Festival of Folk Roots and Blues (BMMF) returns to scenic Katoomba. Australian artists already confirmed include the eclectic The Others - a trio composed of jazz supremos James Morrison and Paul Grabowsky with Sp

Dance Australia

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INDEPENDENT choreographer Rachel Arianne Ogle is presenting consecutive seasons in Perth this June, with a remount of her 2014 work precipice, followed by its sequel i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night, which had its debut at

AMERICAN THEATRE

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Profession: Director & artistic leader Hometown: Born in Chicago, raised in Raleigh, N.C. Current home: Boston KNOWN FOR: Work in unusual locations—Shakespeare in a pool, Molière in treehouses. Her credits span the East Coast, from Wheelock Family Th

AMERICAN THEATRE

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Profession: Producer and dramaturg Hometown: Dowagiac, Mich. Current home: Chicago KNOWN FOR: Currently the associate producer at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST). Formerly associate producer at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center across all programs,

Woman & Home

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Opera aficionados flock here, set in stunning gardens just outside Brighton. There will be six operas including the Dialogues des Carmélites by Poulenc, starring Danielle de Niese and directed by Barrie Kosky. There’s also the return of John Cox’s st

Chicago magazine

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Sept. 22–Oct. 27 British playwright Alistair McDowall has a way with the unexpected, such as dropping supernatural elements into otherwise grubby crime stories. Sideshow Theatre Company, a troupe with its own affinity for the abnormal, is a strong ma