#kwame kwei-armah

[paulsbettanys]

hannahmayaea: The Collaboration closing performance speech from @paulbettany!! 💗🎨🎥 just loved this show!!!!! . . . (Pease disregard the small interruption at the end as we picked up a pair of glasses and gave to an usher)

[astonishment-and-dread]

Just started listening to 12th night (the 2018 musical by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub) and i'm already obsessed. listen if you like dave malloy

[do-you-know-this-play]

[caroleditosti]

'The Collaboration,' Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope are Brilliant as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat

'The Collaboration' about Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting partnership rocks a must-see.

(L to R): Paul Bettany, Jeremy Pope in The Collaboration (courtesy of Jeremy Daniel) Whether you are an art aficionado, fan or critic, The Collaboration, by Anthony McCarten about Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s joint effort to produce paintings together is an astonishing, dynamic production. Starring Paul Bettany (an Inspector Calls-West End) and Jeremy Pope (Choir Boy) and directed by…

[lovelydialeonard]

Just found these photos! 🤩 (here a few more)

"Let there be love" @ Tricycle theatre - London, 2008.

Also, some reviews:

"Maria, his Polish home help, is his salvation. An oddball obsessed with Ikea and Madonna's Like a Virgin, she is also kind, credible and utterly endearing. It is a wonderfully written part, brilliantly brought to life by Lydia Leonard. She is physically lively without being annoying (tricky on stage), in a performance that radiates human warmth and even a bit of saintliness." (x)

"The sensational Lydia Leonard as Maria has a wonderful accent with that open delivery of one not being ashamed to voice what she really believes is right. She seems too good to be true but she actually is that good and generous natured. " (x)

"Lydia Leonard plays Maria with boundless energy and perfect Polish accent. Somehow she conveys the cyclical nature of struggle and hurt in her past whilst also exuding boundless joy and selflessness." (x)

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Charles Rowland Character Study!

tw for mentions of the AIDS crisis/Charles' father/internalized homophobia

There was a shadow looming over Charles’ shoulders from the very first memories he has. His father and his words and his belt on one side, and a disease on the other. A disease that everyone said was a punishment.

To be queer, to like boys, was to die young and painful, to be wrong, to be corrupting. To invite death in.

The shadow is large. It is looming. It has been there since Charles was eight-years-old, throwing its weight over every corner of his life.

The disease is proof that something in Charles is wrong. That his father was right. That Charles would never be able to live up to his father’s expectations, because something would always be wrong with him, because yeah, he likes girls, but there is something in him that always looked a little too long at the curve of muscles, the swing of a cricket bat, the curve of Hasan’s mouth as he gave a presentation.

The first time that anyone brings any sort of relief, any sort of light, is when a ghost hands Charles a lantern. The first time that anyone lifts any corner of the shadow is when a boy who flicks his body and gestures in a way that would have gotten him bullied spends the night with Charles, brings him safety and comfort and life.

(A canon-compliant Charles character study regarding his internalization of homophobia during the '80s due to his father and the ongoing AIDS crisis and the connection between death, life, and light.)

The song:

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[seeinganewlight]

2024 books read

2024 goal: 150 books

january: 1 - heartstopper vol. 1 → alice oseman (reread) 2 - heartstopper vol. 2 → alice oseman (reread) 3 - heartstopper vol. 3 → alice oseman (reread) 4 - heartstopper vol. 4 → alice oseman (reread) 5 - heartstopper vol. 5 → alice oseman 6 - a fragile enchantment → allison saft 7 - some shall break → ellie marney (audiobook) 8 - only if you're lucky → stacy willingham (arc) 9 - over my dead body: a witchy graphic novel → sweeney boo 10 - notes on an execution → danya kukafka (physical & audiobook) 11 - murder on the orient express → agatha christie (reread) 12 - our wives under the sea → julia armfield (physical & audiobook) 13 - the invocations → krystal sutherland (arc) 14 - red string theory → lauren kung jessen 15 - the breakup tour → emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (arc) 16 - the name drop → susan lee 17 - the secret of the old clock → carolyn keene (reread) 18 - bright young women → jessica knoll (audiobook) 19 - last call at the local → sarah grunder ruiz (audiobook) 20 - no one can know → kate alice marshall

february: 21 - worst wingman ever → abby jimenez 22 - drop, cover, and hold on → jasmine guillory 23 - with any luck → ashley poston 24 - the atlas six → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 25 - that's not my name → megan lally 26 - not here to stay friends → kaitlyn hill 27 - this golden state → marit weisenberg 28 - today tonight tomorrow → rachel lynn solomon (reread, annotation) 29 - past present future → rachel lynn solomon (arc, annotation) 30 - the atlas paradox → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 31 - the guest list → lucy foley (audiobook) 32 - in the market for murder → t.e. kinsey (audiobook) 33 - the neighbor favor → kristina forest 34 - in the mix → mandy gonzalez 35 - everyone in my family has killed someone → benjamin stevenson 36 - the seven year slip → ashley poston 37 - veronica ruiz breaks the bank → elle cosimano (audiobook) 38 - finlay donovan rolls the dice → elle cosimano (audiobook) 39 - the simmonds house kills → meaghan dwyer (arc)

march: 40 - the mysterious case of the alperton angels → janice hallett 41 - the book of cold cases → simone st. james 42 - what the river knows → isabel ibañez (audiobook) 43 - cut loose! → ali stroker & stacy davidowitz 44 - how i'll kill you → ren destefano 45 - the reappearance of rachel price → holly jackson (arc) 46 - when no one is watching → alyssa cole (audiobook) 47 - outofshapeworthlessloser: a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out → gracie gold (audiobook) 48 - julius caesar → william shakespeare (rerad, audiobook) 49 - the family plot → megan collins (audiobook) 50 - if we were villains → m.l. rio (reread) 51 - alone with you in the ether → olivie blake (physical & audiobook) 52 - disappearance at devil's rock → paul tremblay (audiobook)

april: 53 - shakespeare: romeo and juliet graphic novel → martin powell & eva cabrera 54 - shakespeare: macbeth graphic novel → martin powell & f. daniel perez 55 - shakespeare: julius caesar graphic novel → carl bown & eduardo garcia 56 - shakespeare: a midsummer night's dream graphic novel → nel yomtov & berenice muniz 57 - twelfth knight → alexene farol follmuth (arc) 58 - kill for me, kill for you → steve cavanagh 59 - murder road → simone st. james 60 - everyone on this train is a suspect → benjamin stevenson 61 - listen for the lie → amy tintera 62 - king cheer → molly horton booth, stephanie kate strohm, jamie green 63 - twelfth night (musical adaptation) → kwame kwei-armah & shaina taub 64 - in juliet's garden → judy elliot mcdonald 65 - fat ham → james ijames 66 - death by shakespeare → philip l. nicholas, jr 67 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread) 68 - good girl, bad blood → holly jackson (reread) 69 - as good as dead → holly jackson (reread) 70 - dark corners → megan goldin (audiobook) 71 - the one that got away with murder → trish lundy (audiobook) 72 - funny story → emily henry 73 - imogen says nothing → aditi brennan kapil 74 - people we meet on vacation → emily henry (audiobook, reread)

may: 75 - episode thirteen → craig dilouie 76 - the girls i've been → tess sharpe (reread) 77 - the girl in question → tess sharpe (arc) 78 - wild about you → kaitlyn hill (arc) 79 - just for the summer → abby jimenez 80 - my best friend's exorcism → grady hendrix 81 - second first date → rachel lynn solomon 82 - the ballad of darcy & russell → morgan matson 83 - the good, the bad, and the aunties → jesse q. sutanto (audiobook) 84 - truly, madly, deeply → alexandria bellefleur 85 - your blood, my bones → kelly andrew 86 - amy & roger's epic detour → morgan matson (reread) 87 - romancing mister bridgerton → julia quinn (reread) 88 - the viscount who loved me → julia quinn (reread) 89 - bittersweet in the hollow → kate pearsall 90 - to sir phillip, with love → julia quinn (reread) 91 - when he was wicked → julia quinn (reread) 92 - it's in his kiss → julia quinn (reread) 93 - on the way to the wedding → julia quinn (audiobook, reread) 94 - emma → jane austen (audiobook, reread)

june: 95 - first lie wins → ashley elston 96 - we got the beat → jenna miller 97 - firekeeper's daughter → angeline boulley 98 - chlorine → jade song (audiobook) 99 - what stalks among us → sarah hollowell 100 - hollow fires → samira ahmed (audiobook) 101 - part of your world → abby jimenez 102 - the road trip → beth o'leary 103 - yours truly → abby jimenez 104 - finally fitz → marisa kanter 105 - the last love song → kalie holford

july: 106 - dead girls walking → sami ellis (audiobook) 107 - home is where the bodies are → jeneva rose 108 - we used to live here → marcus kliewer 109 - the children on the hill → jennifer mcmahon (audiobook) 110 - what moves the dead → t. kingfisher 111 - my throat an open grave → tori bovalino 112 - dashed → amanda quain (arc) 113 - asking for a friend → kara h.l. chen (arc) 114 - beach read → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 115 - book lovers → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 116 - happy place → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 117 - you have a match → emma lord (reread, annotation) 118 - bonnie & clyde musical script → ivan menchell (reread) 119 - such charming liars → karen m. mcmanus (arc) 120 - she left → stacie grey (audiobook) 121 - let the games begin → rufaro faith mazarura (audiobook) 122 - death at morning house → maureen johnson (arc)

august: 123 - cleat cute → meryl wilsner (audiobook) 124 - i wish you would → eva des lauriers 125 - the break-up pact → emma lord (arc) 126 - water for elephants → sara gruen 127 - when you get the chance → emma lord (reread, annotation) 128 - come out, come out → natalie c. parker (arc) 129 - my lady jane → cynthia hand, brodi ashton, jodi meadows 130 - the lies of alma blackwell → amanda glaze (arc)

september: 131 - the spare room → andra bartz 132 - late bloomer → mazey eddings (audiobook) 133 - savor it → tarah dewitt (audiobook) 134 - triple sec → t.j. alexander (audiobook) 135 - the skeleton key → erin kelly 136 - the examiner → janice hallett (arc) 137 - the dark we know → wen-yi lee (audiobook) 138 - pretty girls → karin slaughter 139 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread, annotation) 140 - lady macbeth → ava reid 141 - the pumpkin spice café → laurie gilmore 142 - the main character → jaclyn goldis (audiobook) 143 - queen macbeth → val mcdermid (arc) 144 - the cinnamon bun bookstore → laurie gilmore (audiobook)

october: 145 - midnight on beacon street → emily ruth verona (audiobook) 146 - make me a mixtape → jennifer whiteford (arc) 147 - haunt sweet home → sarah pinsker 148 - graveyard shift → m.l. rio 149 - the bitter end → alexa donne (arc) 150 - morbidly yours → ivy fairbanks 151 - someone in the attic → andrea mara 152 - a new lease on death → olivia blacke (arc) 153 - the christmas tree farm → laurie gilmore 154 - staged → elle cosimano 155 - the reunion dinner → jesse q. sutanto 156 - a crime of fashion → emma rosenblum 157 - the nosy neighbor → nita prose 158 - one lucky subscriber → kellye garrett 159 - a classic case → alicia thompson 160 - interview with the vampire → anne rice (audiobook) 161 - horror movie → paul tremblay (audiobook) 162 - everything is poison → joy mccullough (arc) 163 - romeo and juliet → william shakespeare (reread) 164 - no place left to hide → megan lally (arc) 165 - macbeth → william shakespeare (reread)

november: 166 - dinner for vampires → bethany joy lenz (audiobook) 167 - make the season bright → ashley herring blake 168 - a bánh mì for two → trinity nguyen (audiobook) 169 - merriment and mayhem → alexandria bellefleur 170 - a novel love story → ashley poston

[blackonbroadway]

“Disney’s Hercules”

Theatre: Paper Mill Playhouse 

Run: Feb. 16th - March 19th, 2023

It’s a terrific twist of fates! The inspired Disney animated film is now a mythical new musical adventure. Hercules is the divinely funny story of an honest-to-Zeus hero on a quest to discover who he is and where he belongs. Is love a possibility too? Oh, Hades, yes! The roof-raising score by Alan Menken and David Zippel features all the hits you love from the film, including the Oscar®-nominated song “Go The Distance,” as well as “Zero to Hero” and “I Won’t Say (I’m in Love),” along with new songs written for the stage. The show features a new book by Tony Award® winner Robert Horn (Tootsie) and Kwame Kwei-Armah (artistic director of London’s Young Vic), and direction by Obie Award-winning Lear deBessonet.

Photographed by Evan Zimmerman

[bestmusicalworldcup]

Disney's Hercules will play London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane beginning summer 2025.

This would appear to be the Hamburg staging, with both director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw and choreographer Tanisha Scott returning to work on the London production.

The musical features a book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by David Zippel.

I believe this is the first Disney musical since Mary Poppins to have a West End run without having first played Broadway. Whether Disney will give Hercules a Broadway run at all at this point remains to be seen.

[rkdaily]

‼️ Ramin Karimloo and Anoushka Lucas to star in A Face in the Crowd musical at the Young Vic‼️

“Ramin Karimloo and Anoushka Lucas are set to lead the world premiere of A Face in the Crowd, featuring book by Sarah Ruhl, songs by Elvis Costello and directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, at the Young Vic Theatre from 10 September to 9 November.”

read more here :)

[picolin]

A Face in The Crowd

Based on the original story and screenplay by Budd Schulberg and the Warner Bros, film

Music and Lyrics by Elvis Costello and Book by Sarah Ruhl

dir. Kwame Kwei-Armah

2024年9月21日 Young Vic

1957年の映画 『群衆の中の一つの顔』 のミュージカル化作品。楽曲をエルヴィス・コステロ、脚本をUSの劇作家サラ・ルールが担当。メインキャストにミュージカル界のスターであるラミン・カリムルーと 『オクラホマ！』 に続くYV登場となるアヌシュカ・ルーカスを配する。また、クウェイ・アーマーの芸術監督としての最後の演出作品となる。

アンナ・フレイシュルの美術。プロセニアムアーチで、舞台中央にラジオの配信ブースとドアを設置した壁を照明が囲んでいる。その上部に「On Air」と作中の番組名でありタイトルでもある「A FACE IN THE CROWDS」という印字のある照明があり、そのさらに上部が通路のようなスタジオコンソールとなっている。後半には舞台後方も開いて意外なセットが現れる。向かって右側には場面によってバンドが生演奏を繰り広げられるが、作中の半分ぐらいは裏で演奏しているのがややもったいない。

1950年代の、ラジオからTVへのメディアの移行を地方と都市部の対照も合わせて描写した社会風刺作品を、現代のソーシャルメディアにおけるインフルエンサーの影響力を重ねたような脚色になっている。今年はちょうどUSの大統領選が行われるということで、大衆に人気のある芸能人の直接の支持が選挙の趨勢に多大な影響を及ぼす現実を思い起こさせる。そうした風刺の要素と同時に、古くは 『ジェリー・スプ��ンガー・ジ・オペラ』 から 『ネットワーク』 の舞台版、ジェームズ・グレアムによるいくつかの近作に連なる 「USのメディア・スタディを欧州人が舞台化する」 系譜上のプロダクションとも言えよう。その中心で圧倒的なカリスマと歌唱力を披露するカリムルーは担当楽曲も多く、クラッシーな歌唱で魅了するルーカスともども大変に贅沢な気分にさせてくれる。

[paulsbettanys]

mtc_nyc: Thank you to everyone who joined us at #TheCollaborationPlay!

Costumes & Scenery by @annafleischle

[moviereviews101web]

Breaking (2022) Movie Review

Breaking – Movie Review ABC Film Challenge – Thriller – E (892) Director: Abi Damaris Corbin (Actors Anonymous) Writer: Abi Damaris Corbin, Kwame Kwei-Armah (Screenplay) Cast John Boyega (Star Wars The Last Jedi) Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth) Selenis Leyva (Spiderman Homecoming) Michael Kenneth Williams (Critical Thinking) Connie Britton (This is Where I Leave You) Jeffrey Donovan…

[thecastingcircle]

HERCULES: The Musical | Inside Look

Here's a sneak peek at the cast of HERCULES: The Musical in rehearsal! It’s a terrific twist of fates! 

The inspired Disney animated film is now a mythical new musical adventure. Hercules is the divinely funny story of an honest-to-Zeus hero on a quest to discover who he is and where he belongs. Is love a possibility too? Oh, Hades, yes! The roof-raising score by Alan Menken and David Zippel features all the hits you love from the film, including the Oscar®-nominated song “Go The Distance,” as well as “Zero to Hero” and “I Won’t Say (I’m in Love),” along with new songs written for the stage. The show features a new book by Tony Award® winner Robert Horn (Tootsie) and Kwame Kwei-Armah (artistic director of London’s Young Vic), and direction by Obie Award-winning Lear deBessonet. Premiering at Paper Mill Playhouse, Feb 16–Mar 19, 2023