Ravenhill - 'theatre is failing playwrights because it is obsessed with new writers'
News | www.thestage.co.uk | Nov 10, 2009
Shopping and Fucking playwright Mark Ravenhill has criticised the theatre industry for placing too much emphasis on producing the work of first-time writers, claiming more time should be spent developing "long-term" relationships with talent.
http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/26167/ravenhill-theatre-is-failing-playwrights
Gregory novel set for ITV1
News | www.broadcastnow.co.uk | Nov 9, 2009
Philippa Gregory’s novel The Little House is set to be adapted for a “atmospheric and chilling” two-part drama on ITV1.
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/gregory-novel-set-for-itv1/5007889.article?referrer=RSS
Summer Theater Producer John Kenley Dies at 103
News | www.backstage.com | Oct 30, 2009
John Kenley, a theater producer who ran a legendary summer stock circuit in Ohio beginning in the 1950s that attracted numerous Broadway and Hollywood stars, has died.
http://www.backstage.com/bso/content_display/news-and-features/e3i26911e62ce1ee0f763aa9c72d025db13
A Murder Mystery Musical Targets China's Yuppies
News | www.npr.org | Oct 21, 2009
Meng Jinghui is China's most avant-garde theater director: One of his plays focuses on the obsessive love of a rhino keeper. Now, he takes a stab at reinventing the musical with a story that deals with murder, death and "people collapsing in this ridiculous society."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114008271&ft=1&f=1001
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News | www.varietymediacareers.com | Oct 21, 2009
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That great don't-come-and-get-it day....
Blog | blogs.thestage.co.uk | Oct 20, 2009
I’ve often noted here just how spoilt theatre critics sometimes are: not only do we not have to actually pay for (most of) our tickets - and I know my own theatregoing lifestyle would be simply unsustainable if I did - but also the arrangements for them, on both sides of the Atlantic, are typically
http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/shenton/2009/10/that-great-dont-come-and-get-it-day/
Jeff Awards announced
Blog | leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com | Oct 20, 2009
TimeLine Theatre's production of "The History Boys" just concluded a 25-week run. It picked up five Jeff Awards Monday night in Skokie. Nick Bowling’s TimeLine Theatre production of “The History Boys” passed the examinations of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee...
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/10/jeff-awards.html
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Press Release | www.media-match.com | Oct 7, 2009
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Trio honored with Steinberg awards
News | www.variety.com | Sep 17, 2009
Scribes Bruce Norris, David Adjmi and Tarell Alvin McCraney have picked up the 2009 Steinberg Playwright Awards..Legit News, news from the entertainment source: Variety.Trio honored with Steinberg awards.
Should whites direct black plays, vice versa?
Blog | newsblogs.chicagotribune.com | Sep 1, 2009
Earlier this year, I wrote a story about the increasing number of white professors teaching African-American studies. At the center of the discussion was/is authenticity and whether white people can teach in a discipline that requires such an immersion into...
