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

Total Film

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FILM OUT 11 DECEMBER NETFLIX Broadway. It’s the opening night of Eleanor, a lavish production starring two-time Tony award-winning diva Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep) in the title role of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The reviews are scathing - how cou

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

MAXIM Australia

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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

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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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

AMERICAN THEATRE

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A MUNICIPAL GUARD WALKS ONSTAGE AND starts describing the causes of an accident involving a motorcycle and a tree. He somehow manages to blame the tree for the accident—or, more precisely, he singles out the dissonance between the temporality of the

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

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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Chicago is known for an incredible ecosystem of smaller theatres, and part of the beauty of the community is the way big vision and impact emerge in small spaces. I’m excited about Haven Chicago’s upcoming season, especially the winter production of

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,

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

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

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

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

Global Voices

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

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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IN 1999, MEGHAN PRESSMAN WAS AN APPRENTICE at Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. It was there that she met Michael Ritchie, then the festival’s artistic director. Little did she know that 20 years later, she would be working alongside Ri

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

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

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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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

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

Woman's Own

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If you love musicals, you are going to love The Prom, a fun-filled film version of the hit Broadway show. And if you also love A-list stars such as Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, you really are in for a treat! It tells the tale of Broadway stars Dee

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,

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

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

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