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Danai Gurira, Samuel D. Hunter among Whiting Award winners
Four playwrights are among this year's 10 winners of the Whiting Writers' Awards, which honors writers in various fields. The playwrights are Danai Gurira and Meg Miroshnik, both of whom reside in Los Angeles, and Samuel D. Hunter and Mona Mansour, who...
Tags: The Walking Dead (tv program), Arts and Culture, Treme (tv program), Kirk Douglas, Tony Kushner
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The '60s Classic 'A Raisin In The Sun' Still Has Plenty Wisdom to Impart
A Raisin in the Sun Through Nov. 3 at the Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, Westport, westportplayhouse.org Better late than never, Lorraine Hansberry's game-changing 1959 Broadway hit A Raisin in the Sun is making its Westport Country...
Tags: Civil Rights, Long Wharf Theatre, Sanaa Lathan, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bruce Norris condemns use of blackface for 'Clybourne Park'
Bruce Norris, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "Clybourne Park," has published a letter condemning a production of the drama that had been planned for a theater company in Berlin. The writer said he withdrew rights to the production after learning...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Clybourne Park (play), Arts and Culture, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Tony Awards
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'A Raisin in the Sun' Shines Again
Hartford CourantThe show: “A Raisin the Sun” at Westport Country Playhouse First impressions: Emotions run high on stage in a rewarding production of Lorraine Hansberry’s compassionate, thematically-rich 1959 play; for the members in the audience,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Long Wharf Theatre, Africa, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Arts and Culture
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Phylicia Rashad: How She Followed the 'Sun'
The Hartford CourantYou can't help but feel the maternal touch of Phylicia Rashad. She exudes warmth, calm and centeredness that brings to mind ideal qualities of a mom. Her voice is honeyed and clear, her answers are specific and instructional, and when she says, "Oh,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Long Wharf Theatre, Movies, Washington, DC, Howard University
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New Haven Fall Arts Preview: A Lively, Unpredictable Theater Season
Let the casting debates begin! Paul Giamatti will star as Hamlet next spring at the Yale Repertory Theatre, part of a lively Rep season that includes new works by Sarah Ruhl (with the Clean House playwright devising "a play in letters" from the...
Tags: Blue Man Group, Long Wharf Theatre, John Waters, Yale Cabaret, Westport Country Playhouse
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New Haven's Theater Scene is Bursting
Most states are lucky to have one theater that's won the Tony Award for Best Regional Theater. Connecticut has five, and two of them are in New Haven. The Yale Repertory Theatre [1120 Chapel St., New Haven; (203) 432-1234, yalerep.org], right downtown on...
Tags: Blue Man Group, William Shakespeare, Long Wharf Theatre, Yale Cabaret, Colleges and Universities
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Tony Awards 2012: For 'Once' daring trumps commerce
Will wonders never cease: David overcame Goliath in a rare victory at the Beacon Theatre that will force us to rethink the old truism that commerce trumps independent vision on Broadway. "Once," the little musical spun from an Irish art house film,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Spider (music group), Judy Garland, Health, Media Industry
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Mark Taper season includes plays by Bruce Norris, Sebastian Barry
The 2013 season at the Mark Taper Forum will feature plays by Bruce Norris and Sebastian Barry, as well as revivals of classics by August Wilson and Joe Orton. Actor Brian Dennehy will be featured in Barry's "The Steward of Christendom." In all, the...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Steppenwolf Theatre, Brian Dennehy, Arts and Culture, Red (movie, 2010)
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Tony Awards 2012: From L.A. to the Great White Way
The Tony Awards may be the toast of Broadway, but there were Champagne glasses being raised for some of Sunday's victors who have roots in Southern California. The most noteworthy production was "Clybourne Park," which was named best play. The Pulitzer...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Judith Light, Washington, DC, Arts and Culture, London Theatre
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Tony Awards 2012: The complete nominees and winners list
Here is the full list of Tony nominations for 2012 (WINNERS are noted): Play "Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris WINNER "Other Desert Cities," Jon Robin Baitz "Peter and the Starcatcher," Rick Elice "Venus in Fur," David Ives Musical "Leap of Faith"...
Tags: David Alan Grier, Harvey Fierstein, Judith Light, Frank Langella, James Earl Jones
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Watching the Tonys? Root For The Home Players
The Hartford CourantConnecticut theater fans will have a few folks with local connections to root for when they tune in to Tony Award telecast on CBS 8 p.m. Sunday night, June 10. What could be a dramatic and emotional moment would be a win for Da'Vine Joy Randolph,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, East Haddam, David Alan Grier, Long Wharf Theatre, Haddam
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