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

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

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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■ 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

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

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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▪ 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 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 New Zealand

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Proudly calling herself an Australian-Bulgarian, this Gold Coast born-and-bred beauty speaks three languages, believes in the power of deep conversation and is a multi-talented performer. After her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer was c

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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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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

AMERICAN THEATRE

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■ Shakespeare Festival St. Louis has named Elizabeth Archer, Myah Gary, and Rob Maesaka as participants of the 2020 Confluence Regional Writers Project. The playwrights will visit St. Louis throughout the year for writing sessions and workshops, culm

Singapore Tatler

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When the Singapore International Festival of Arts (Sifa) was forced to take a hiatus last year in light of Covid-19, the organisers wasted no time in programming Sifa v2.020. Not only did the series of curated virtual events comprising talks, worksho

Weekend Argus Saturday

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PERFORMING their 30-40-minute renditions of the Shakespeare play of their choice will be the De La Bat School for the deaf and hearing-impaired with Anthony and Cleopatra, followed by Worcester Gymnasium with Romeo and Juliet. Festival founder Kseniy

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

Chicago Tribune

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GEOQUIZ: To which country would you travel to attend a kabuki theater? Answer: Japan. The dance-drama is noted for elaborate costumes and makeup. Visit Chicago Tribune at www.chicagotribune.com

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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■ 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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▪ 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