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

The Christian Science Monitor

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A recent local stage show was different from anything one young theatergoer had experienced before. She was no longer a passive member of the audience, but an active participant in the play.

The Critic Magazine

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SONIA FRIEDMAN is a doyenne of theatrical production in London — as tough as they come from a family born to the stage. As the pandemic unleashed lockdowns around the world she closed 18 productions, forfeiting revenues for the year of many tens of m

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

Chicago magazine

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The local actress is so in demand that she competes against herself: At the 2017 Jeff Awards, she was nominated twice for best actress in a musical (for her lead roles in Wonderful Town at the Goodman and Sweeney Todd at the Paramount). Sudia is trai

TIME

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The Lehman Trilogy is an electric commentary on the American Dream gone spectacularly awry. The story chronicles the rise and fall of the onetime Wall Street powerhouse Lehman Brothers, covering nearly two centuries of bristling ambition, greed, econ

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

Literary Hub

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In a room off of the administrative offices of San Francisco’s Magic Theatre, playwright and novelist Hang Ong sits by an open window that looks out to a view of the Pacific. Ong is here from his home in New York for rehearsals of his new play, Grand

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

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

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,

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

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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Profession: Playwright Hometown: Montgomery, Ala. Current home: Washington, D.C. KNOWN FOR: She is a recipient of the 2018 Lammy Award for LGBTQ Drama for her play The Gulf. Her play Alabaster won her the David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright

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

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,

Cairns Vibrance

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Wolfgang Valentine has hit the big time and is bringing his super sexy cabaret to Cairns Performing Arts Centre for one night ONLY! Prepare to be tempted, teased and seduced with beautiful vocals, dazzling dancers, outrageous drag queens, jaw-droppin

AMERICAN THEATRE

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■ The American Theatre Critics Association and the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation have named Leah Nanako Winkler the recipient of the 2019 Francesca Primus Prize for her play Two Mile Hollow. Winkler will receive a $10,000 cash prize through the

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

AMERICAN THEATRE

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Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee has been named the winner of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. The award recognizes the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2018 an

Country Life

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1 a) All have played Hamlet; b) All have played King Lear; c) All have played Cleopatra; d) All have played Malvolio; e) All were directed by Peter Brook; f) All were designed by the architect Frank Matcham 2 a) ‘Hamlet’; b) ‘Look Back In Anger’; c)

India Today

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Just like life, the mean ing of her play is hidden. Yes, there is a text. But there are also diverse subtexts, making the whole experience enchanting and challenging. The translucent aspects of Jyoti Dogra's popular solo play Notes on Chai are very p

Global Voices

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Tributes are pouring in across social media channels following the death of this local theatrical icon.

India Today

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Jino Joseph, who at 32 already has two Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Award(META)-winning plays to his credit, makes his Mumbai debut this week with his latest winner, Nona. A socio-political satire, the Malayalam play won the writer-director four ac

AMERICAN THEATRE

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▪ In March Addison, Texas’s WaterTower Theatre welcomed new producing artistic director Shane Peterman. Peterman succeeds Joanie Schultz, who resigned last fall. ▪ Chicago Dramatists has named Carson Grace Becker its new artistic director. Becker, wh

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

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

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