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Black LGBTQ+ playwrights and musical-theater artists you need to know

These artists are producing amazing, timely work.

By Marcus Scott Posted: Friday July 24 2020, 4:56pm

Marcus Scott is a New York City–based playwright, musical writer, opera librettist and journalist. He has contributed to Elle, Essence, Out, American Theatre, Uptown, Trace, Madame Noire and Playbill, among other publications. Follow Marcus: Instagram, Twitter

We’re in the chrysalis of a new age of theatrical storytelling, and Black queer voices have been at the center of this transformation. Stepping out of the margins of society to push against the status quo, Black LGBTQ+ artists  have been actively engaged in fighting anti-blackness, racial disparities, disenfranchisement, homophobia and transphobia.

The success of Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play, Donja R. Love’s one in two and Jordan E. Cooper’s Ain’t No Mo’—not to mention Michael R. Jackson’s tour de force, the Pulitzer Prize–winning metamusical A Strange Loop—made that phenomenon especially visible last season. But these artists are far from alone. Because the intersection of queerness and Blackness is complex—with various gender expressions, sexual identifiers and communities taking shape in different spaces—Black LGBTQ+ artists are anything but a monolith. George C. Wolfe, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Robert O’Hara, Harrison David Rivers, Staceyann Chin, Colman Domingo, Tracey Scott Wilson, Tanya Barfield, Marcus Gardley and Daniel Alexander Jones are just some of the many Black queer writers who have already made marks.

With New York stages dark for the foreseeable future, we can’t know when we will be able to see live works by these artists again. It is likely, however, that they will continue to play major roles in the direction American theater will take in the post-quarantine era—along with many creators who are still flying mostly under the radar. Here are just a few of the Black queer artists you may not have encountered yet: vital new voices that are speaking to the Zeitgeist and turning up the volume.

Christina Anderson A protégé of Paula Vogel’s, Christina Anderson has presented work at the Public Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Penumbra Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons and other theaters around the U.S. and Canada. She has degrees from the Yale School of Drama and Brown University, and  is a resident playwright at New Dramatists and Epic Theatre Ensemble; she has received the inaugural Harper Lee Award for Playwriting and three Susan Smith Blackburn Prize nominations, among other honors. Works include: How To Catch Creation (2019), Blacktop Sky (2013), Inked Baby (2009) Follow Christina: Website

Aziza Barnes Award-winning poet Aziza Barnes moved into playwriting with one of the great sex comedies of the 2010s: BLKS, which premiered at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2017 before it played at MCC Theatre in 2019 (where it earned a Lucille Lortel Award nomination). The NYU grad’s play about three twentysomethings probed the challenges and choices of Millennials with pathos and zest that hasn’t been seen since Kenneth Lonergan’s Gen X love/hate letter This Is Our Youth. Barnes is the author of the full-length collection of poems the blind pig and i be but i ain’t, which won a Pamet River Prize. Works include: BLKS (2017) Follow Aziza: Twitter

Troy Anthony Burton Fusing a mélange of quiet storm ‘90s-era Babyface R&B, ‘60s-style funk-soul and urban contemporary gospel, composer Troy Anthony has had a meteoric rise in musical theater in the past three years, receiving commissions and residencies from the Shed, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company and the Civilians. When Anthony is not crafting ditties of his own, he is an active performer who has participated in the Public Theater’s Public Works and Shakespeare In the Park. Works include: The River Is Me (2017), The Dark Girl Chronicles (in progress) Follow Troy: Instagram

Timothy DuWhite Addressing controversial issues such as HIV, state-sanctioned violence and structural anti-blackness, poet and performance artist Timothy DuWhite unnerves audiences with a hip-hop driven gonzo style. DuWhite’s raison d’être is to shock and enrage, and his provocative Neptune was, along with Donja R. Love’s one in two, one of the first plays by an openly black queer writer to address HIV openly and frankly.  He has worked with the United Nations/UNICEF, the Apollo Theater, Dixon Place and La MaMa. Works include: Neptune (2018) Follow Timothy: Instagram

Jirèh Breon Holder Raised in Memphis and educated at Morehouse College, Jirèh Breon Holder solidified his voice at the Yale School of Drama under the direction of Sarah Ruhl. He has received the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award and the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, among other honors. His play Too Heavy for Your Pocket premiered at Roundabout Underground and has since been produced in cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Des Moines and Houston; his next play, ...What The End Will Be, is slated to debut at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Works include: Too Heavy for Your Pocket (2017), What The End Will Be (2020) Follow Jirèh: Twitter

C.A. Johnson Born in Louisiana, rising star C.A. Johnson writes with a southern hospitality and homespun charm that washes over audiences like a breath of fresh air. Making a debut at MCC Theater with her coming of age romcom All the Natalie Portmans, she drew praise for empathic take on a black queer teenage womanchild with Hollywood dreams. A core writer at the Playwrights Center, she has had fellowships with the Dramatists Guild Fellow, Page 73, the Lark and the Sundance Theatre Lab. Works include: All the Natalie Portmans (2020) Follow C.A.: Twitter

Johnny G. Lloyd A New York-based playwright and producer, Johnny G. Lloyd has seen his work produced and developed at the Tank, 59E59, the Corkscrew Festival, the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and more. A member of the 2019-2020 Liberation Theatre Company’s Writing Residency, this Columbia University graduate is also a producing director of InVersion Theatre. Works include: The Problem With Magic, Is (2020), Or, An Astronaut Play (2019), Patience (2018) Follow Johnny: Instagram

Patricia Ione Lloyd In her luminous 2018 breakthrough Eve’s Song at the Public Theater, Patricia Ione Lloyd offered a meditation on the violence against black women in America that is often overlooked onstage. With a style saturated in both humor and melancholy and a poetic lyricism that evokes Ntozake Shange’s, the former Tow Playwright in Residence has earned fellowships at New Georges, the Dramatist Guild, Playwrights Realm, New York Theater Workshop and Sundance. Works include: Eve’s Song (2018) Follow Patricia: Instagram

Maia Matsushita The half-Black, half-Japanese educator and playwright Maia Matsushita has sounded a silent alarm in downtown theater with an array of slow-burn, naturalistic coming-of-age dramas. She was a member of The Fire This Time’s 2017-18 New Works Lab and part of its inaugural Writers Group, and her work has been seen at Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Playwright Playground and the National Black Theatre’s Keeping Soul Alive Reading Series. Works include: House of Sticks (2019), White Mountains (2018) Follow Maia: Instagram

Daaimah Mubashshir When Daaimah Mubashshir’s kitchen-sink dramedy Room Enough (For Us All) debuted at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre in 2019, the prolific writer began a dialogue around the contemporary African-American Muslim experience and black queer expression that made her a significant storyteller to watch. She is a core writer at the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis as well as a member of Soho Rep’s Writer/Director Lab, Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers Group, and a MacDowell Colony Fellow. Her short-play collection The Immeasurable Want of Light was published in 2018. Works include: Room Enough (For Us All) (2019) Follow Daaimah: Twitter

Jonathan Norton Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Jonathan Norton is a delightfully zany playwright who subverts notions of post-blackness by underlining America’s obscure historical atrocities with bloody red slashes. The stories he tells carry a profound horror, often viewed through the eyes of black children and young adults. Norton’s work has been produced or developed by companies including the Actors Theatre of Louisville (at the 44th Humana Festival), PlayPenn and InterAct Theatre Company. He is the Playwright in Residence at Dallas Theater Center. Works include: Mississippi Goddamn (2015), My Tidy List of Terrors (2013), penny candy (2019) Follow Jonathan: Website

AriDy Nox Cooking up piping hot gumbos of speculative fiction, transhumanism and radical womanist expression, AriDy Nox is a rising star with a larger-than-life vision. The Spelman alum earned an MFA from NYU TIsch’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and has been a staple of various theaters such as Town Stages. A member of the inaugural 2019 cohort of the Musical Theatre Factory Makers residency, they recently joined the Public Theater’s 2020-2022 Emerging Writers Group cohort. Works include: Metropolis (in progress), Project Tiresias (2018) Follow AriDy: Instagram

Akin Salawu Akin Salawu’s nonlinear, hyperkinetic work combines heart-pounding suspense chills with Tarantino-esque thrills while excavating Black trauma and Pan-African history in America. With over two decades of experience as a writer, director and editor, the prize-winning playwright is a two-time Tribeca All Access Winner and a member of both the Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group and Ars Nova’s Uncharted Musical Theater residency. A graduate of Stanford, he is a founder of the Tank’s LIT Council, a theater development center for male-identifying persons of color. Works include: bless your filthy lil’ heart (2019), The Real Whisperer (2017), I Stand Corrected (2008) Follow Akin: Twitter

Sheldon Shaw A playwright, screenwriter and actor, Sheldon Shaw studied writing at the Labyrinth Theater Company and was part of Playwrights Intensive at the Kennedy Center. Shaw has since developed into a sort of renaissance man, operating as playwright, screenwriter and actor. His plays have been developed by Emerging Artist Theaters New Works Festival, Classical Theater of Harlem and the Rooted Theater Company. Shaw's Glen was the winner of the Black Screenplays Matter competition and a finalist in the New York Screenplay Contest. Works include: Jailbait (2018), Clair (2017), Baby Starbucks (2015) Follow Johnny: Twitter

Nia O. Witherspoon Multidisciplinary artist Nia Ostrow Witherspoon’s metaphysical explorations of black liberation and desire have made her an in-demand presence in theater circles. The recipient of multiple honors—include New York Theatre Workshop’s 2050 Fellowship, a Wurlitzer Foundation residency and the Lambda Literary’s Emerging Playwriting Fellowship—she is currently developing The Dark Girl Chronicles, a play cycle that, in her words, “explores the criminalization of black cis and trans women via African diaspora sacred stories.” Works include: The Dark Girl Chronicles (in progress) ​Follow Nia: Instagram

Brandon Webster A Brooklyn-based musical theatre writer and dramaturg, Brandon Webster has been a familiar figure in the NYC theater scene, both onstage and behind the scenes. With an aesthetic that fuses Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist storytelling, with a focus on Black liberation past and present, the composer’s work fuses psychedelic soul flourishes with alt-R&B nuances to create a sonic smorgasbord of seething rage and remorse. He is an alumnus of the 2013 class of BMI Musical Theater Workshop and a 2017 MCC Theater Artistic Fellow. Works include: Metropolis (in progress), Headlines (2017), Boogie Nights (2015) Follow Brandon: Instagram

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Northlight Theatre continues free Interplay series of new play readings with A Distinct Society Written and directed by Kareem Fahmy Sunday, May 16-20, 2021 Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues to engage audiences with its commitment to developing new work with free Interplay readings. A Distinct Society, written and directed by Kareen Fahmy, premieres Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 6:30pm. The cast of A Distinct Society includes Barzin Akhavan, Declan Desmond, Marika Engelhardt, Susaan Jamshidi, and Kevin Minor. The dramaturg is Leean Kim Torske. The Zoom Coordinator is Sophia Danielle-Grenier A quiet library that straddles the border of the U.S. and Canada becomes an unlikely crucible for five people from around the world. When an Iranian family, separated from one another by the "Muslim ban," use the library as a meeting place, the head librarian, a U.S. border patrol officer, and a local teenager have to choose between breaking the law and saving themselves. The play is set in the main reading room of the Haskell Free Library & Opera House, located on the border between Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec. While the library and the circumstances around it are real, the characters and events in this play are entirely fictional. A Reuter’s feature about the library is available here. The reading is part of Northlight’s Interplay New Play Development program, providing customized support for new work in the critical stages of early play development. The premieres will be followed by a live Q&A with the director and playwright. Recordings of each play will be available for 96 hours following the premiere. Interplay events are FREE with a suggested donation, but registration is required to receive a viewing link. The reading premieres Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 6:30pm with a live post-show discussion, streaming through May 20, 2021. To register, and for additional details, visit  northlight.org/events/interplay-distinct-society/. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Kareem Fahmy (Playwright/Director) is a Canadian-born playwright and director of Egyptian descent and is currently a TCG Rising Leader of Color. His plays, which include American Fast, A Distinct Society, The Triumphant, Pareidolia, The In-Between, and an adaptation of the acclaimed Egyptian novel The Yacoubian Building, have been developed at the Atlantic Theatre Company, New York Stage & Film, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Northlight Theatre, Target Margin Theater, The Lark, Fault Line Theater, and Noor Theater. He has directed and developed new plays at theaters around the country, including MCC, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The New Group, New Dramatists, The Civilians, Geva Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, Portland Stage, Silk Road Rising, San Diego Rep, and Berkeley Rep. Fellowships/Residencies: Sundance Theatre Lab, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Phil Killian Directing Fellow), The O’Neill (National Directors Fellow), Second Stage (Van Lier Directing Fellow), Soho Rep (Writer/Director Lab), Lincoln Center (Directors Lab), New York Theater Workshop (Emerging Artist Fellow & Usual Suspect). Kareem is co-founder of the Middle Eastern American Writers Lab at The Lark and of Maia Directors, a consulting group for organizations and artists engaging with stories from the Middle East. MFA in Theatre Directing: Columbia University. www.kareemfahmy.com Barzin Akhavan (Peyman Gilani) Broadway: Network (Belasco). NYC: Macbeth (CSC), Richard II (Public/WNYC), Hamlet (Waterwell), Richard II (Public/WNYC). International Tour: Aftermath (Arktype). Regional: Pericles (Guthrie and Folger Theatre), Arabian Nights (Arena, Berkeley Rep, Lookingglass), A Thousand Splendid Suns (World Premiere, ACT SF and Theatre of Calgary), Shakespeare in Love (Baltimore Center Stage and Cincinnati Playhouse), The Kite Runner (World Premiere, San Jose Rep and Arizona Theatre Company), and Twelfth Night (Seattle Rep). He spent five seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, four seasons with the Lake Take Shakespeare Festival, and one season with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Film and TV credits include Joyful, The Blacklist, Chicago Med, Girls5Eva, Smash, and Law and Order CI. Declan Desmond (Declan Sheehan), making his Northlight debut, has worked with many Chicago theaters, including The Gift, Goodman Theatre, Marriott, Lookingglass, and Writers Theatre. He is currently finishing his junior year at Boston University, where he also studies acting. In his free time, he likes to practice singing, the guitar, and the violin while also coincidentally reading DC comics. He’s honored to be performing and can’t wait until theater can be performed live. Now more than ever people are yearning for connection, and the theater connects like no other art form. Thanks to all of his mentors, friends, and family who made this possible and always support him in his projects. Marika Engelhardt (Manon Desjardins) Theatrical credits include The Goodman Theatre, Steep Theatre, American Blues, A Red Orchid, Chicago Dramatists, and the Comedie Francaise in Paris. Television credits: Empire, Chicago Fire, The Chi, Easy on Netflix, Amazon's Patriot, and HBO's Somebody, Somewhere. Recent films include Come as You Are which premiered at SXSW, and a starring role in Knives and Skin, which premiered last year at the Berlin and Tribeca film festivals. Her performance was named one of the "Top Ten Performances of Tribeca 2019" by Entertainment Tonight. She is a graduate of the DePaul Theatre School where she is also an adjunct professor. Susaan Jamshidi (Shirin Gilani) is a Chicago based actor (SAG/AFTRA, AEA) and is participating in her second workshop of A Distinct Society. She recently performed in several shows at Goodman Theatre: A Christmas Carol '19 and '20 (the latter which was produced as a free streaming audio play), The Winter’s Tale, and Rohina Malik's Yasmina’s Necklace. Chicago credits include work with Lookingglass, Victory Gardens, Drury Lane, The Gift, Northlight, Remy Bumppo, Theatre Wit, and Sideshow Theatre Company (Jeff Award for Best Ensemble – Idomeneus), among others. International tours: Oh My Sweet Land (London/Toronto/Vancouver with Silk Road Rising). Regional theater credits include Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, among others. Film and television credits include Little Nations, Cicero in Winter, The Wallet, Chicago Med, Chicago P.D. and Sirens. Susaan earned her MFA from DePaul University and is represented by Paonessa Talent. Susaan is also an avid potter. You can follow her on Instagram @susaanlayla and @littlefigwheelworks Kevin Minor (Bruce Laird) (he/him/his) is a Chicago-based actor, director, and budding playwright. Kevin is currently a theatre teacher at Niles West and Niles North High schools in Skokie, IL. As an actor, Kevin has worked at numerous theatre companies including Asolo Repertory, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Writers Theatre, Virginia Repertory, St. Louis Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, Heritage Theatre Festival, Slightly Askew Theatre, and many others. Kevin is represented by Stewart Talent. ABOUT INTERPLAY Since its inception in 2006, Northlight’s Interplay Program has invested in provocative new works by American and international playwrights, providing customized support in the critical stages of early play development. Through Interplay, Northlight seeks to serve the specific needs of the play and can provide playwright commissions, workshops with actors, and private or public readings. The public reading series is an instrumental part of the Interplay program, providing audiences the opportunity to participate in a part of the evolutionary process from initial idea to full theatrical production, including first-hand insight from the playwright. Also through the reading series, the playwright has the opportunity to hear audience response that is integral to shaping the play for full production. As of 2020, Interplay has provided support for 40 new plays, 33 of which have gone on to full productions – some at Northlight and others around the country, including the Goodman Theatre, the Humana Festival, TheatreWorks, and off-Broadway. Four plays have continued on to acclaim at Ireland’s famed Galway International Arts Festival. That staggering success rate has established Interplay as a valuable incubator for new work in the American theatre, and has helped cement Northlight’s national reputation as an important contributor to the American theatrical canon. Support for new play development and this reading, available at no cost to general and student audiences, comes from The Ralla Klepak Foundation for Education in the Performing Arts; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; ComEd, An Exelon Company; BMO Harris Bank; The Sullivan Family Foundation; Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation; the John R. Halligan Fund; the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; and Evanston Community Foundation. Northlight Theatre aspires to promote change of perspective and encourage compassion by exploring the depth of our humanity across a bold spectrum of theatrical experiences, reflecting our community to the world and the world to our community. Founded in 1974, the organization has mounted over 220 productions, including more than 40 world premieres. Northlight has earned 208 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations and 36 Awards, as well as ten Edgerton Foundation for New Play Awards. As one of the area’s premier theatre companies, Northlight is a regional magnet for critical and professional acclaim, as well as talent of the highest quality. Northlight is supported in part by generous contributions from Allstate Insurance; the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; BMO Harris Bank; Bulley and Andrews; The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation; ComEd, An Exelon Company; The Davee Foundation; Evanston Arts Council; Evanston Community Foundation; Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; Full Circle Foundation; John R. Halligan Fund; Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; Illinois Humanities; Katten Muchin Roseman LLP; Kirkland & Ellis Foundation; Margaret and Paul Lurie; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Jackie Mack and More; Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation; Modestus Bauer Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; Niles Township; NorthShore University HealthSystems; Northwestern University; The Offield Family Foundation; The Pauls Foundation; PNC Bank; Polsinelli; Ralla Klepak Trust for the Performing Arts; Room & Board; Sanborn Family Foundation; Dr. Scholl Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; Skokie Community Foundation; The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; The Sullivan Family Foundation; and Tom Stringer Design Partners.

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Catherine O’Hara, the Canadian comic actor with a touch of (fine) madness turns 67 today. A few of her best.

Gail in After Hours. D: Martin Scorsese (1985). In her work with Toronto’s Second City improv troupe and their brilliant SCTV sketch show a self described “Good Catholic girl” got a chance to release the comic imps running wild through her synapses into the world. On film those imps poked their heads out of straight vehicles like Heartburn and did some stretches in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice but they only really came out to play in this small roll as a woman who takes in Griffin Dunne’s hapless yuppie on his night of dangerous errors in downtown Soho. They’re in the way she listens to his tale of life-threatening mishaps, a look of sublime interest on her face, and says “Oh I’m an ice cream vendor – Mr. Softee” “I – you misunderstand me. I didn’t ask what you did for a living. I said you wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through tonight.” “It’s not boring. And I have my own Mr. Softee truck ….”

Mickey Crabbe in A Mighty Wind. D: Christopher Guest (2003). O’Hara was a central part of Guests ad hoc repertory company in his great “mockumentary” films and as the former ex-wife and former singing partner of hippie burnout Mitch Cohen (Eugene Levy, O’Hara’s longtime improv collaborator) she brings a been-there-not-going-back resignation to their years together (“It’s like 1968…or 67….or 66 ….umm” he says. “The good years” she replies) even as they are reunited for a TV special. But their big song is “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” he’s supposed to kiss her before the last line, and everybody in the theater in the crowd and backstage is on the edge of their seat waiting to see what happens. And then……….O’Hara both enacts and then deflates a perfect moment.

Marilyn Heck in For Your Consideration. D: Christopher Guest (2006). In this satire of Hollywood awards-mania, O’Hara as a veteran character actress whose portrayal of a dying Southern Jewish matriarch in a low-budget indie (“Home for Purim”) catches some very minor Oscar buzz, gives two first-rate performances. In the movie’s movie she pulls off a wicked satire of Oscar-bait sentimentality (“Is that my sweet Rachel’s voice I heard? Or am I just goin’ meshuga?”). But as the actress herself, she gives a performance of slow descent into both hope and insecurity that it was a match for Maggie Smith’s in “California Suite,” the role that won HER an Oscar.

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La pièce de théâtre Killer Joe (1993/2005) dans laquelle a joué plusieurs fois l’acteur Paul Dillon.

Dates :  - 03 août 1993 :  Next Theater                            the Noyes Cultural Arts Center                            927 Noyes Street                            Evanston, IL                         avec The Next Lab   - du 18 octobre 1998 au 27 juin 1999 : 29th Street Repertory Theatre               (remplacement)                        The SoHo Playhouse                                                              15 Vandam Street                                                              New York, NY - 11 mars au 17 avril 2005 : Avec la troupe de théâtre du Lost Angels.                                             Gardner Stages                                            1501 N. Gardner St                                             Los Angeles, CA 90068

Cette pièce de Tracy Letts s’est d’abord joué au Next Lab d’Evanston en 1999, avant de revenir au The Soho Playhouse.

source : lostangelstheatrecompany et abouttheartists.com

Alias Angelo dans la série Le Caméléon (V.O. : The Pretender)

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A London Architect at Birmingham

london architectsWell here's my comparison of my Cultural Life at Birmingham, following London, which though not extensive, is based on my personal experiences, but I have supplied links for each institution for additional info.

Performance Venues of London

Obviously in London, we're spoilt for choice in regards to our functionality choices. For our classical tastes you can frequently visit the famous Royal Opera House, to visit the world renowned Royal Opera Company or The Royal Ballet, with occasional trips to the Sadlers Wells Theatre for Ballet Rambert. Our desire for modern dance could be farther quelled from the local and improving Place theater, at Euston, whereas our multi-cultural thirsts were quenched from the Kathak and Bharatnatyam reveals in The Bhavan at West Kensington and The Nehru Centre at Mayfair.

Our enthusiasm for live theater was satiated from the romantic Pit theater, in the Barbican, that has supplied the RSC with among greatest places, they had, although the numerous guises of The Almeida Theatre were in easy accessibility when residing in North London. However The South Bank had been a consistent supply of amusement in our period in London, using its National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall and its intimate acquaintances, The Purcell Room and Queen Elizabeth Hall, all supplying venues for a number of performances which range from South Asian Dance to British Youth Opera productions in addition to the more customary renditions of the Classics.

Down the street out there, The Globe Theatre, given the summertime outdoor option, which though can be sometimes harshly criticised for its productions of Shakespeare's History plays or Tragedies, is unquestionably among the finest arenas to encounter his comedies. These summertime would frequently have observed us head for the open air excursions at Holland Park Opera, the Proms in Kenwood House and Regents Park Theatre consistently equipped with all our obligatory pre-performance picnics (even in the downpour in Marble Hill House Concert, the series went on!)

Art Galleries / Museums of London

The autumnal / winter months will be spent in our favorite art Institutions, The Royal Academy, The V&A, The National Gallery, The British Museum and Tate Britain. Because most of people were members on'friends schemes' for all these institutions we would venture to many, if not , the displays which were available at these significant venues. With this kind of enormous collections you could not get tired because you're spoilt for choice, though I could say in my own time in London I had was able to stop by each gallery / area of most the aforementioned associations.

London's Contemporary Art Scene However London would also, obviously, offer innumerable opportunities to sample smaller modern displays, rather than simply at the famed Tate Modern but also many smaller places. Inside our North London place we would have easy access to The Victoria Miro Gallery, The Estorick, The Lisson as well as The Camden Arts Centre whilst a Fast tube ride could get us into The White Cube in Hoxton or Whitechapel Gallery. Our excursions to the center were usually restricted into The Serpentine, The Hayward and also the ICA (that we also united ), although we would rarely venture south to get any other modern gallery aside from the notorious Tate Modern.

So, with that London was supplying us exactly what could Birmingham provide us following the re-location?

Performance Venues of Birmingham

After moving into Birmingham city center to install Lotus Architects, I found myself working and living only metres from The Hippodrome, Birmingham's most important place for many different top attractions which range from West End Musicals, touring productions of the Welsh National Opera and being the house of the relocated Birmingham Royal Ballet. They, like myself, abandoned their North London home to'live' in Birmingham, albeit a couple of decades before myself.

Having terminated my Royal Academy, Tate and ICA memberships my very first enrolments came in the fantastic Birmingham Hippodrome and the excellent Birmingham Royal Ballet which won the closing South Bank Show Award for its dance department. The Hippodrome also houses the Dance Xchange that offers a intricate programme of artistic aid, performances, which with its own Patrick Centre place provides an assortment of classic and modern dance from Jazz & Hip Hop to Tap Dancing and Capoeira too including Kathak, Bharatnatyam and Bollywood in its own listings.

A additional 10 minute walk provides us access the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, currently approaching its Centenary, it had continued to become among the nation's top theatre companies generating not only classics, but continuing contemporary productions, even on a global in addition to a neighborhood level. Its neighbor, The Symphony Hall, is thought to be, not just the UK's greatest concert hall, but also among the finest on earth', providing the ideal place for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's repertoire of classic symphonies in addition to recitals of this not-so-famous pieces.

Its sister place, again only minutes away, is the glorious classical Town Hall, recently restored to give an alternative more romantic place. Its programs, however, does not just confine itself to classical recitals, but ventures outside to encircle an eclectic selection of performances from World Music into Comedy, to Rock/Pop to Folk. But some of popular exhibits, ranging from Dance to Comedy are also being staged at chief Symphony Hall itself to cater to the big crowds.

Nearby we also have the choice of walking into The CBSO Centre, residence and rehearsal area, of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which offers another comfy place for recitals, but also houses the BCMG (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group) that is now established among the nation's leading exponents of fresh and modern music.

So while you can see you personally 6 big performance venues around within 10 minutes walking distance away from where I live, none of which have failed to impress me. However I Can't go without mentioning St Philip's Cathedral, supplying me with complimentary Friday lunchtime classical recitals in Addition to The Birmingham Oratory and St Pauls Church from the Jewellery Quarter. The previous twonot only offer typical recitals but additionally provide outlets to determine normal performances of Birmingham's own Ex Cathedra Choir.

Though The Covent Garden Opera House could scarcely be matched concerning quality, however since the current reviews of the Birmingham Opera Company, shown that, in regards to invention and inventiveness, Birmingham's own opera company is in a category of its own. A exceptional business that doesn't possess a permanent venue but rather offers identifying productions in unconventional and unusual places, such as vacant warehouse or derelict factories, apparently magically altered to supply completely viable settings for en-promenade productions of Mozart's King Idonomeneo and Verdi's Otello.

Outdoor lovers are well catered for in the local Birmingham Botanical Gardens which yearly phases open air productions. The offerings vary in the bewitching Shakespearean dreams and comedies to conventional fairytale plays, in addition to branching from the classics. All of that may be appreciated, together with the relaxation of your picnic hamper, one of the gorgeous tranquil settings of those 15 acres of gardens.

Eventually there's a multipurpose venue that's presently being enlarged and because of re-open after this summer and that's The Midland Arts Centre. The expansion will produce a new purpose created gallery for both international and national visual artists and craft manufacturers, whilst the present performance theater and studio equally being renovated to cater to all kinds of theater and dance. The MAC also comprises SAMPAD, the Birmingham based development agency for South Asian artwork. In addition to supplying performances by professional musicians for our viewing enjoyment it's also learning resources center to the youth and neighborhood community.

Fine Art Galleries and Museums of Birmingham

Again in 10mins walk is Birmingham biggest museum, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, which I joined as a buddy member. It's also the largest Local Authority Museum at the Country.

It's now 125 years old and houses some 40 permanent galleries in addition to two temporary spaces. The museum not only houses fine art paintings from normal chronological shows but also includes a massive variety of antiquities, coins & medals but includes extensive applied art, social history and archaeological & ethnographical collections, which makes it Birmingham's response to the V&A, British Museum and National Gallery.

Some accomplishment but I have nonetheless mention its key attraction, thanks it that the town's Pre-Raphaelite heritage. This has caused amassing the biggest ever and most comprehensive group of Pre-Raphaelite artwork functions (some 3000), many that are often loaned into national and global institutes across the planet, making this among the main museums in the nation.

Additionally it's a further seven satellite arenas, which though not all of walkable, array in the 17th Century buildings of Aston Hall and Blakesley Hall into the enormous 1.5 hectare site of this enormous Museums Collection Centre, holding hundreds of thousands of items from steam engines to cars and sculptures. It's also has affiliations with Sarehole Mill, a part of the Birmingham's Tolkien Trail, in addition to Soho House, home of the entrepreneur and industrialist, Matthew Boulton who also launched the Lunar Society here.

However it's with its neighboring Museum of the Jewellery Quarter which was recently given the accolade, by TripAdvisor, as Europe's 3rd greatest free tourist attraction, behind the Pantheon at Rome and the National Gallery at London.

A couple of minutes drive, Situated inside the University of Birmingham is the marvellous Barber Institute of Fine Arts. A real gem of a magician within one of the Best Art Deco Buildings from the Midland (listed Grade II). The group and the adventure has been described as a combination of the Dulwich Picture Galleryand also The Courthauld Institute in Somerset House, London. Not only does this include a fantastic assortment of renaissance and 17th to 19th C paintings however, additionally, it has an ever expanding collection of functions on paper.

But while housing a diverse selection of sculptures & decorative arts dating from the 14th C up into the 20th C, it's its coin collection that will captures the headlines. The institute boasts one of the best Byzantine Collection of Coins in Europe totalling 15,000, which sadly can not all be displayed simultaneously. This was not sufficient to create my membership worthwhile it also provides half price tickets for its own musical events. The identical building conceals a little yet glorious concert hall, which will be host to the yearly Birmingham Early Music Festival, Birmingham Summer Festival and its Summer Festival Opera. Along with this it provides continuing lunchtime and evening recitals ranging from chamber music and choir to jazz

Contemporary Art Scene of Birmingham

At the center in the event the town center, we've got the globally acclaimed Ikon Gallery, now in its 40th season, located inside the Victorian Neo Gothic former Oozels St School. The construction contains its most important galleries in addition to its own Learning / Education section, although its off-site strand boosts the dynamic connection of art inside its outside surroundings. In the past few years it's expanded to a second satellite construction to the east of town center, a region named Eastside, thus giving the title of Ikon Eastside.

Eastside has quickly been the creative quarter of town, not only supplying a house for media experts Vivid, a top source for filmmakers & networking artists with it gear hire centers but also a supplier of invaluable technical / consultancy information. Additionally it permanent gallery continues to present advanced displays and events, offering internships and residencies and multi-disciplinary collaborative opportunities.

The area has turned into a hot-bed for artistic existence because the conversion of the prior Custard Factory to a venture for smaller arts and media ventures, but also comprising gallery spaces like studio4gallery & Vaad Gallery. The job was a springboard for little up and coming art associations in the region, with Grand marriage, The Lombard Method and The Endless Supply just a small number of the current institutions that have setup here.

CONCLUSION

Well at first glance would have believed the Second City would battle really with it cultural and artistic heritage compared to London and to tell the truth quite few second cities, even in almost any countries can claim to fit it capital town in regards to these terms. But whilst it might struggle when it comes to the amount of places it provides, as you've read it could easily accommodate London with number of offerings also has managed to maintain a fervent culture vulture like content. In a 15 minute walking radius there's a multitude and prosperity of cultural choices and should you prepared to jump on a bus or settle for a brief drive then you've greater choices, so much so you almost forgets what London utilize to provide us. Its comes as no real surprise for me to listen to this Birmingham is a finalist (1 of 4 cities) bidding to be the UK's City of Culture for 2013. Read more info click London architects

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Block Association Project: a letter from the creators

When does a play begin?

Does it begin when the lights go up? When the curtain opens? When you enter the theater?

What if it began before that, when you left the house? Or when you got up that morning? Or when you bought the ticket?

These are the questions we began with, when we started Block Association Project. Our goal, in this and in our past work, is to expand the theatrical moment. We use technology to tell stories in new ways, and we use live theater to do what technology can’t: put us in a room of strangers, breathing the same air, listening to the same voices, for a few brief moments, together.

The story we’re telling in this project is one about community: what makes a community, and what breaks it. We chose the block association because it’s one of the few communities that, at times, cuts across lines of age, class, race, and gender. In other words, it’s a place of hope for forging stronger connections among us. And, at the same time, a symbol of the way strengthening some connections can mean cutting off others.

This project is still in its early stages. We invite you to join our block association, meet your new neighbors, and participate in this community we’re building.

Michael Yates Crowley’s works for theater include The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B Matthias (Playwrights Realm at The Duke on 42nd Street); Gunplay: A Love Story (developed at NYTW and Ars Nova); Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead (American Repertory Theater, Joe’s Pub); temping (premiered at the 53rd New York Film Festival, A.R.T.); Evanston: A Rare Comedy (2013 O’Neill NPC selection); and The Ted Haggard Monologues (published by S. Fischer Verlag; filmed by HBO). He is a member of Ars Nova’s Play Group, a former NYFA Playwriting fellow and member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and a graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwrights Program at Juilliard. Together with the director Michael Rau, he founded the narrative technology company Wolf 359.

Michael Rau is a director specializing in new plays, opera, and digital media projects. He has worked internationally in Germany, Brazil, the UK, Ireland, and the Czech Republic. He has created work at Lincoln Center, The Public Theater, and Ars Nova. Regionally, his work has been performed at A.R.T. in Cambridge MA  and he has developed new plays at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and the Kennedy Center. He has served an assistant director for Anne Bogart, Les Waters, and Ivo Van Hove. He is a New York Theater Workshop Usual Suspect and a professor of directing at Stanford University.

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Save the Date: Film Festivals and Events

Film Festivals take place in New York State throughout the year. The following is a list of upcoming festivals and industry events:

 Split Screen Festival – Through June 3 Split Screens celebrates the art and craft of TV. Reflecting a moment when television has never been more innovative or accomplished, the festival will showcase the best of our current golden age of scripted shows, with directors, producers, showrunners and cast appearing in person for in-depth discussions about making great TV. Split Screens will also premiere episodes of eagerly anticipated new shows. Art of Brooklyn Film Festival – June 1-9 The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival is the flagship indie film event of Brooklyn. Founded in 2011, AoBFF is the only international, independent festival in the world exclusively devoted to Brooklyn’s vibrant film and media scene. They accept work from all over the world as long as it is connected to the borough in some way.

AICP Week – June 4-6 The AICP Show, The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, is more than just an awards show judging the best work of the year. It's an ongoing archival project with cultural and artistic significance. The Show is judged by close to 400 advertising and production professionals and is assembled by a curatorial panel of prominent industry leaders.

Kicking and Screening - Soccer Film Festival – June 4-7 Since its inaugural NYC festival in 2009, K+S has held more than 20 events globally featuring 100+ films from around the world—all in celebration of the passion and power of the world’s most beloved game. Special guests have included legendary soccer players, filmmakers, sports writers, artists, team owners, social advocates, and political dignitaries. 

New York Mobile Film Festival—June 6 The NYMFF was created to showcase, nurture, and support the emerging creative filmmaker that uses the latest technology available from a mobile device (Smartphone or iPad) to create stories in a cinematic way.

Women’s International Film & Arts Festival – June 6-9 The Women’s International Film & Arts Festival (WIFF) is the leading international cultural event featuring films, visual and performance arts produced by and about women. Its mission is to support women artists and empower women’s visions and voices worldwide.

Lower East Side Film Festival – June 6-10  With a focus on quality, diversity, and impact, The Lower East Side Film Festival aims to create a special experience for both filmmaker and audience through amazing events, neighborhood engagement, industry panels, and film screenings that feature the best and brightest up and coming filmmaking talent.  

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema – June 6-12 Open Roads: New Italian Cinema is the only screening series to offer North American audiences a diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films. Co-presented by FSLC and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, this year’s 19th edition again strikes a balance between emerging talents and esteemed veterans, commercial and independent fare, outrageous comedies, gripping dramas, and captivating documentaries, with in-person appearances by many of the filmmakers.

NYC Downtown Short Film Festival – June 13-16 The NYC Downtown Short Film Festival is a program of DMAC-Duo Multicultural Arts Center which is a non-profit organization located at 62 East 4th Street in New York City's East Village. The mission of DMAC is to create, promote and celebrate multicultural arts through theater, music, dance, art and film. The festival boasts ,“no red carpets, no celebrity judges, just great films."

Human Rights Watch Film Festival – June 13-20 Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. The HRW Film Festival works tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep rooted change and fights to bring greater justice and security to people around the world.

International New York Film Festival – June 14-15 The International New York Film Festival is interested not just in films with potential commercial success but films of artistic merit and scope.  The goal is to build a festival that will be on par with other major festivals but geared to the truly independent filmmaker, actor and script writer.  

East x Northeast – June 14-22 The East x Northeast International Film Festival (ENE) has been established by writer-director Robert Fontaine to celebrate independent film, music, and the green technology industry all at the crossroads of the future, Newburgh, N.Y. ENE is dedicated to making this festival an important networking destination full of opportunities for artists. Professionals, amateurs, and local film enthusiasts will be able to meet, network and collaborate.

SOHO International Film Festival – June 20-27 The Festival celebrates the cutting-edge of digital technology while honoring traditional forms of storytelling, encourages new and seasoned filmmakers from here in New York City and around the world to create and send in their fresh and innovative cinematic pieces.

Women of African Descent Film Festival – June 22 The Women of African Descent Film Festival (WADFF) is celebrating its 18th Anniversary in 2019.  WADFF’s mission is to showcase films that are centered around the theme of Linkages: Women, Their Families, Neighborhoods, and the Global Community, and to support the artistic development of Women filmmakers of African Descent by providing a supportive exhibition platform, offering stipends to participants, and seeking industry opportunities that will help to expose the filmmakers’ works and further their careers.

New York Lift-Off Film Festival – June 24-29 New York Lift-Off is an honest, fair and true celebration of American and International Indie Film – a pure homage to the excellence of today’s grassroots filmmaker. Winners of New York Lift-Off have the potential to receive automatic official selections at ALL proceeding Lift-Off Film Festivals, spread throughout the year and all over the world.

Forum on Law, Culture & Society (FOLC) Film Festival – June 30 The annual international film competition is for legal-themed shorts, offering independent and emerging filmmakers the chance to screen their work in New York City and creatively engage the public in discussions regarding justice and popular culture.

BAMcinemaFest – June 12-23 BAMcinemaFest presents the most dynamic and entertaining new films from cinema’s brightest up-and-coming talents, plus special repertory screenings, live music, outdoor screenings, filmmaker Q&As and more.

New York Asian Film Festival – June 28 – July 14 NYAFF features contemporary premieres of prominent films and under-the-radar gems, classic titles to discover or re-discover, plus a plethora of in-person appearances and Q&As with up-and-coming and established stars and auteurs. 

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Eve Ensler wrote “The Vagina Monologues” in 1996 as a reaction to the guiltiness and humiliation that several girls still connect with their bodies and/or their sexuality. The play was very first demonstrated in the basement of the Cornelia Street CafĂ© in SoHo, and continued to earn success with its worldwide release, including sold-out runs at both Off-Broadwayâ€s Westside Theater and on Londonâ€s West End, which the play nabbed a 2002 Oliver nod for Best Entertainment. The Vagina Monologues way too has been translated into a lot above 45 different languages. For her spectacular writing, Ensler acquired numerous accolades, including a 1996 Obie for Best New Play and a 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship for Playwriting. Additionally, she has netted a Berrilla-Kerr for Playwriting, an Elliot Norton for Outstanding Solo Performance, and the Jury Award for Theater at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

Ensler also wrote such plays as “Conviction,” “Lemonade,” “The Depot,” “Floating Rhoda,” “The Glue Man” and “Extraordinary Measures.” Her play “Necessary Targets,” set in a Bosnian expatriate camp, premiered off-Broadway at the Variety Arts Theater in February 2002, following a successful run at Hartford Stage Company and is currently in theaters all previously mentioned the world. From October 2005 to April 2006, Ensler had a twenty-city tour in North America with her play “The Good Body,” after arrangements on Broadway, at ACT in San Francisco, and in a operateshop production at Seattle Repertory Theatre.

The writerâ€s newest work is the play “The Treatment,” which debuted at the Culture Project in New York City on September 12, 2006. This play surveys the moral and psychosomatic trauma that are the result of involvement in military clashes. “The Treatment” stars Enslerâ€s stepson, Dylan McDermott.

In addition to writing plays, Ensler also has published numerous books, such as “The Good Body,” “Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security Obsessed World,” and “Vagina Warriors,” a photo essay book, featuring text by Ensler and images by Joyce Tenneson. Her latest books “I Am An Emotional Creature” and “V-World” are published by Villard/Random House. Ensler also has added film and television to her endeavors. She has participated in several movies like Fear No More: Stop Violence Against Women (2002, TV), The Vagina Monologues (2002, TV), What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices From Inside a Womenâ€s Maximum Security Prison (2003) and Until the Violence Stops (2003). Ensler has been featured as herself in such shows as “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry” (2005), “Real Time with Bill Maher” (2005) and “SexTV” (2006).

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The casts are cofirmed for ALEXANDER MATTHEWS’ two plays at Tristan Bates opening January 31st: Screaming Secrets – press night February 6th 2018 Cast: Ilaria Ambrogi, Gregory Cox, Theo Devaney, Jack Gordon, Trianna Terry, Ben Warwick Glass Roots – press night March 6th 2018 Cast: Victoria Broom, Mitchell Fisher, Natalia Perera, Sam Rix, Kal Sabir, Ben Warwick.

Both plays are directed by Evan Keele with production design by Nancy Surman.

‘SCREAMING SECRETS’ explores our need to be understood and appreciated. It places relationships and moral dilemmas under scrutiny through the power of the writer’s philosophical lens. What do we do when we’re faced with our own mortality? How do we tell our family and friends and what should we do with the time that’s left? These are the questions that face philosopher and free thinker Antonio (Jack Gordon) as he discovers that he’s not as healthy as he thinks. Surrounded by his irascible father Alessandro (Gregory Cox), his dramatic sister Gina (Ilaria Ambrogi), flirty girlfriend Monika (Triana Terry) drunken publisher Hugo (Theo Devaney) and apologetic doctor Simon (Ben Warwick), Antonio has to make up his mind rapidly.

“We all have secrets,” says Alexander Matthews, “but because life is so fragmented and fast moving, and we all have widely different agendas, when we do open our hearts (and scream our secrets) we are often not heard or understood…at least on our own terms or indeed, above the cacophony of modern life.”

“I think the philosophical element of ‘Screaming Secrets’ adds to the poetic feel of the play,” continues Matthews. “For this production, I have taken out some of the philosophy but left enough in, I hope, to keep a philosophical tinge to what Antonio and sometimes Simon say.”

ILARIA AMBROGI – Gina llaria is from Italy where her theatre credits include Peter Pan (Teatro Vascello, Rome) and Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet. In 2007 she wrote her first one-woman show, The Echo, and performed it at Teatro dell’Orologio, in Rome. In 2009 she moved to the US, where she trained with Susan Batson and worked in numerous theatre and film productions. She was a member of the Kairos Italy Theater Company in New York for many years, performing Italian plays for the American audience.

GREGORY COX – Alessandro Gregory’s extensive acting credentials stretch from the West End to theatres all over the UK, Europe and the Far East. His credits include Oliver! (West End), Little Lies (West End and Toronto), Only When I Laugh (Hong Kong), The Picture of Dorian Gray (UK tour), Death of a Salesman (Frankfurt English Theatre), Tale of Two Cities, Hamlet, King Lear, Henry IV, Much Ado About Nothing (various venues UK and abroad) and many more. TV and film work include Doctors, Keep Up Appearances, Brookside, Eastenders, Poirot and many more.

THEO DEVANEY – Hugo Theo’s UK theatre credits include Caligula (Union Theatre), War & Peace (Shared Experience), Long Way Home, Lincoln Road (Eastern Angles) and The Soulless Ones (Hoxton Hall). In 2012 Theo relocated to Vancouver, Canada and wrote and produced the award-winning short play, Run and became best known to UK TV audiences as Gavin Macleod in the long running TV series Supernatural; while he was based in Canada he also appeared in the films Psych and Night at the Museum: Secrets of the Tomb.

JACK GORDON – Antonio Jack’s theatre credits include a number of productions as RADA including Carmen 1936, The Duchess of Malfi, Odysseus, As You Like It, A Month in the Country; plus War Horse (National Theatre/West End), Lulu (Gate Theatre), ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Cheek by Jowl), Romeo and Juliet (Battersea Arts Centre). Ben has appeared in a number of independent films including Northern Soul, Captain America, Heartless, Panic Button and his TV credits include New Blood, The Crimson Field, The Great Train Robbery (all BBC) and Primeval Series 3.

TRIANA TERRY – Monika Triana’s first acting role was in Martin Kemp’s film Stalker (2010) which she followed up with Just For The Record alongside Steven Berkoff and can be seen in the 2017 independent film London Fields directed by Matthew Cullen. Triana’s theatre credits include Doctor Faustus; she’s also a self-taught painter and has painted portraits of, among others, Stephen Fry, David Thewlis, Anna Friel, and Charles Dance. She has exhibited her work at the Saatchi Gallery and The Hospital Club among others.

BEN WARWICK – Simon Ben’s theatre credits include Frankenstein (Blackeyed Theatre), Jane Eyre, Hamlet (English Touring Theatre), Look Back In Anger (Lichfield Garrick), The Deep Blue Sea (Watford Palace), Pentecost, The Oedipus Plays (Royal National Theatre), Les Liaisons Dangereuse, The Marquise (Bill Kenwright), Macbeth (US Tour), Miss Julie (Soho Theatre). Films: Blood Moon, War Game, Canakkale Yolun Sonu and TV includes Mary Queen of Scots (BBC) Emmerdale (ITV), The Big Picture, Five Years.

‘SCREAMING SECRETS’ listing information: Tristan Bates Theatre, 1A Tower Street, London WC2H 9NP ‘Screaming Secrets’ Dates: January 31st to February 24th Previews: January 31st to February 4th Box office: 020 3841 6611 and online at http://ift.tt/1gE6fmS

‘GLASS ROOTS’ is about bullying: what happens when you are bullied and are powerless to fight back? Can you survive with your psychology intact or is the damage permanent? This is the terrible ordeal faced by Sadjit and Thila, owners of a popular Indian restaurant in east London when they are terrorised in their own place of work by racist thugs.

‘Glass Roots’ addresses the violent clash of ignorance, racism, class and jealousy and wonders at the outcome; will the perpetrators get what they want and will the victims survive with a renewed purpose?

“In ‘Glass Roots’ the protagonists’ frustrations and longings are a hook, their being bullied is another,” says Alexander Matthews. “In a way, the feelings of the audiences will be forced into a corner by the bullying and that will steer them towards Thila and Sadjit.”

‘GLASS ROOTS’ CAST: VICTORIA BROOM – Celia Victoria’s TV credits include: Marcella (ITV/Netflix), Different for Girls (JackDaw Productions), Nurses Who Kills (First look TV and Alibi), Crossroads (Carlton Television), Derren Brown Hero at 33000 Feet (Channel 4). Her theatre credits include Tomorrow Never Knows, A Destiny with Death Macbeth (various theatre companies) and The Trial (Barbican). Victoria has appeared in the independent films Viking Destiny, Open All Night, Legacy, Dead Cert and more.

MITCHELL FISHER – Diesel Mitchell’s theatre credits include The Litaratti, The Red Button, A Death At Price Waterhouse, A Flat Full of Chandeliers, True Dare Kiss, and Jerusalem. His TV credits include England and the Road to Modernity, Hard Work (Channel 4) and the independent film Skint (directed by Ryan J Smith), Shadowboxer, Kill Kane, and Blackout which won best film at the Southampton International Film Festival.

NATALIE PERERA – Thila Natalie’s theatre credits include Antony and Cleopatra and Lear (by Edward Bond) both at Central School of Speech and Drama; A Golden Age, A Space Odyssey, Pinocchio, The Duchess of Malfi (various). She has appeared in a number of TV dramas including The Midnight Beast Presents Valentine’s Day (Sky TV) and films Together, Bazodee, and The Cook for independent film companies.

SAM RIX – Spaceman Sam is an actor, writer, voice artist and storyteller. After training at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama he joined the BBC radio repertory company and has appeared in a host of audio dramas. His theatre credits include Pomona, The Den and PLAY 1. He is a recurring character on the TV series The Royals. His film credits include We Still Steal The Old Way and Out Of It.

KAL SABIR – Sadjit Kal’s theatre credits include Romeo & Juliet, Home Is Where…, Loyalty & Dissent (various theatre companies). In 2017 he made his TV drama debut in the new crime show Armchair Detectives (BBC 1) and his film debut in Mary Queen of Scots directed by Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse; the film is scheduled for release in 2018.

BEN WARWICK – Rupert Ben’s theatre credits include Frankenstein (Blackeyed Theatre), Jane Eyre, Hamlet (English Touring Theatre), Look Back In Anger (Lichfield Garrick), The Deep Blue Sea (Watford Palace), Pentecost, The Oedipus Plays (Royal National Theatre), Les Liaisons Dangereuse, The Marquise (Bill Kenwright), Macbeth (US Tour), Miss Julie (Soho Theatre). Films: Blood Moon, War Game, Canakkale Yolun Sonu and TV includes Mary Queen of Scots (BBC) Emmerdale (ITV), The Big Picture, Five Years.

‘GLASS ROOTS’ listings information: ‘Glass Roots’ Dates: February 28th to March 24th Previews: February 28th to March 4th Box office: 020 3841 6611 and online at http://ift.tt/1gE6fmS

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The Third Installment of Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit Trilogy Runs July 13 – 23

Chester, MA – Chester Theatre Company (CTC) is proud to present Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew in the historic Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA, from July 13 – 23, 2017. The production is directed by Awoye Timpo, making her CTC directorial debut.

In this “deeply moral and deeply American play” (The New York Times), Reggie has worked his way up to supervisor at a faltering auto factory. Now he has to decide whether he owes his loyalty to himself, to his bosses, or to long-time family friend Faye and the younger workers on the line, Dez and Shanita. In the spirit of August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, this third play from Morisseau’s Detroit Trilogy explores the hard choices facing Americans barely squeezing by. It was named by the New York Times as “one of six plays that reckon with an anxious America.”

Of the experience of directing Skeleton Crew, Awoye Timpo says, “All of us are so honored to be here in Chester working on this extraordinary play by Dominique Morrisseau. She is a brilliant playwright with a vibrant and honest voice that she uses to craft nuanced and real characters with a tremendous desire for survival. She has so exceptionally captured the heart of the American worker – people with tremendous pride in the work they do and striving to hold on to a way of life that is under threat. The play really questions how all of us can fulfill the promises and confront the fallacies of the American dream.”

Margaret Odette

Daniel Morgan Shelley

Christian Henley

Ami Brabson

The artistic team of Skeleton Crew includes:

Ami Brabson (Faye)is known to audiences through her many television appearances, including roles on Homicide: Life on the Street, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Damages, and more. She has appeared Off Broadway in Tough Titty (directed by Awoye Timpo) and Way of the World at The Public. She has appeared in several works by August Wilson including Fences (Pittsburgh Public), The Piano Lesson (Syracuse Stage), and Two Trains Running (Center Stage.) She holds an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program.

Christian Henley (Dez) is a graduate of Morehouse College and holds an MFA from the USC School of Dramatic Arts. He has appeared in Native Guard (Alliance Theatre); All the Way (South Coast Rep); Concrete Orange (Guthrie Theatre); Honky (Rouge Machine Theatre); and Threepenny Opera, Twilight Los Angeles: 1992, The Orestia Project, As You Like It, and The American Clock (USC.) Christian has studied at Shanghai University and speaks Mandarin.

Margaret Odette (Shanita) is a native New Yorker and newly minted MFA actor from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, where roles included Mattie (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), Elmire (Tartuffe), Casca/Calpurnia (Julius Caesar), and Varya/Dunyasha (The Cherry Orchard). NY credits: Figaro (The Pearl), She Kills Monsters (World Premiere, The Flea/Vampire Cowboys), The Electric Lighthouse (The Flea), Out of Joint (The Lark), Butterfly, Butterfly, Kill Kill Kill! (NY Fringe). Regional: A Raisin in the Sun, The House That Will Not Stand, Good People, The Bluest Eye. Film: Leslye Headland’s Sleeping with Other People.

Daniel Morgan Shelley (Reggie)was last seen at Hartford Stage in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson. Other credits include Devil Music (EST One-Act Marathon); Hamlet (Classic Stage Company); Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, The Three Musketeers, and Love’s Labors Lost (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); Romeo & Juliet (Classical Theatre of Harlem); Safe House (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); and Clybourne Park (Geva & Cleveland Playhouse). Mr. Shelley originated roles in the world premieres of The Insurgents (Contemporary American Theatre Festival), Find & Sign (Pioneer Theatre Company), and The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller (ArcLight). TV: Mr. Robot, Bull, Person of Interest, Law & Order, Blue Bloods, and Law & Order SVU. FILM: Sidney Hall. Training: Juilliard.

Awoye Timpo’s  directorial credits include Sister Son/ji (Billie Holiday Theater), Carnaval (National Black Theatre), Ndebele Funeral (59E59; South African tour; Edinburgh Festival), The Libation Bearers (Shakespeare Theatre NJ), Chasing the Bird (Joyce Theater), Children of the Road (NYU Grad Acting), In the Continuum (Juilliard), Tears of Anatolia (Columbia), Araby (La Mama), Clybourne Park (Farmers Alley), Ruined (WMU), The Vanished (Novisi, sitespecific), Rhinoceros (Novisi), Feast (Segal Center). Broadway: Assistant Director, Shuffle Along; Associate Director, Jitney. PEN World Voices, Other: Page 73, TerraNOVA, Ma-Yi, PEN World Voices, Royal Shakespeare Company, WNYC, ABC/Disney, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Cherry Lane Mentor Project, Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

Dominique Morisseau, writer and actress, is an alumnus of the Public Theater Emerging Writer’s Group, the Women’s Project Playwrights Lab, and Lark Playwrights’ Workshop. Her new work, Pipeline, is currently in previews at the Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center, opening July 10. Among her other playwriting credits are: Detroit ’67 (Public Theater; Classical Theatre of Harlem/NBT; Northlight Theatre), Sunset Baby (Labyrinth Theater Co – NYC; Gate Theater- London), and Follow Me To Nellie’s (O’Neill; Premiere Stages). Her produced one-acts include: Third Grade (Fire This Time Festival); Black at Michigan (Cherry Lane); Socks, Roses Are Played Out and Love and Nappiness (Center Stage; ATH); love.lies.liberation (The NewGroup), Bumrush (Hip Hop Theater Festival) and The Masterpiece(Harlem9/HSA). Dominique is currently developing a 3-play cycle on her hometown of Detroit, entitled “The Detroit Projects.” Detroit ’67 is the first of the series. The second play, Paradise Blue, was developed with Voice and Vision, the Hansberry Project at ACT, New York Theatre Workshop, McCarter Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Public Theater. Dominique’s work has also been published in NY Times bestseller “Chicken Soup for the African American Soul” and in the Harlem-based literary journal “Signifyin’ Harlem.” She is a Jane Chambers Playwriting Award honoree, a two-time NAACP Image Award recipient, a runner-up for the Princess Grace Award, a recipient of the Elizabeth George commission from South Coast Rep, a commendation honoree for the Primus Prize by the American Theatre Critics Association, winner of the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award, the Weissberger Award for Playwriting, the U of M – Detroit Center Emerging Leader Award, a Lark/PoNY (Playwrights of New York) Fellow, and a recent recipient of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama. She is an artist that believes wholeheartedly in the power and strength of community.

The design and production team for Skeleton Crew includes Lara Dubin (Lighting Designer), Laura Kathryne Gomez (Stage Manager), Elizabeth Pangburn (Costume Designer), Tom Shread (Sound Designer), and David Towlun (Scenic Designer).

All performances will take place in the intimate setting of Chester’s Historic Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Road, Chester, MA. Show times are 8:00 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and 2:00 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Individual ticket prices are $37.50. Chester residents, members of the military and their families, and those holding EBT/SNAP cards may purchase $10 tickets at the door or by calling the box office. (Call box office for details.) Student Rush $10 tickets are available day of show. Single tickets, season subscriptions, and flex passes may be purchased online at chestertheatre.org, or by phone at 413.354.7771. Special rates for groups of 10 or more are available.

About Chester Theatre Company

Chester Theatre Company, a professional theatre company located between the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley–and convenient to both–is known for presenting high-quality productions with top-notch actors, directors, and designers from across the country since 1990. Founded by former Artistic Director of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, Vincent Dowling, CTC is now in its 28th season, and produces four thought-provoking plays each summer in the intimate setting of the Town Hall Theatre.

For further information, please call CTC at 413.354.7770, or visit www.chestertheatre.org.

Chester Theatre Presents NE Premiere of “Skeleton Crew” The Third Installment of Dominique Morisseau's Detroit Trilogy Runs July 13 - 23 Chester, MA - …

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The 2019 Henry Hewes Design Awards have been given to

Scenic designer Charlie Corcoran for The O’Casey Trilogy, at the Irish Repertory Theatre

James Russell and Michael Mellamphy in The Shadow of a Gunman

Charlie Corcoran

  Costume designer Montana Levi Blanco for Ain’t No Mo’ at the Public Theater

Jordan E. Cooperas Peaches

Montana Levi Blanco

  Lighting designer Amith Chandrashaker for Boesman and Lena, at Signature Theatre

Boesman and Lena

Amith Chandrashaker

  Lighting designer Yi Zhao for The House That Will Not Stand, at New York Theatre Workshop

  The House That Will Not Stand

Yi Zhao

Sound designer Mikaal Sulaiman for Fairview at Soho Rep

“Fairview”

Mikaal Sulaiman

  2019 Henry Hewes Design Awards: The 2019 Henry Hewes Design Awards have been given to Scenic designer Charlie Corcoran for The O’Casey Trilogy…

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The nominations for 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards are:

Outstanding Play

Mlima’s Tale Produced by The Public Theater Written by Lynn Nottage

Pass Over Produced by Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 Written by Antoinette Nwandu

Slave Play Produced by New York Theatre Workshop Written by Jeremy O. Harris

Sugar In Our Wounds Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club Written by Donja R. Love

What The Constitution Means To Me Produced by New York Theatre Workshop Written by Heidi Schreck

Outstanding Musical

Be More Chill Produced by Gerald Goehring, Michael F. Mitri, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Marc David Levine, Marlene and Gary Cohen, 42nd.club, The Baruch Frankel Viertel Group, Alisa and Charlie Thorne, Jenny Niederhoffer, Chris Blasting/Simpson & Longthorne, Brad Blume/Gemini Theatrical, Jonathan Demar/Kim Vasquez, Ben Holtzman and Sammy Lopez, Koenigsberg/Federman/Adler, Ashlee Latimer and Jenna Ushkowitz, Jenn Maley and Cori Stolbun, Robert and Joan Rechnitz, Fred and Randi Sternfeld, YesBroadway Productions, in association with Two River Theater Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis, Book by Joe Tracz

Girl from the North Country Produced by The Public Theater Book by Conor McPherson, Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Midnight at The Never Get Produced by The York Theatre Company by arrangement with Visceral Entertainment and Mark Cortale Productions, Nathaniel Granor, Jeff G. Peters, Daryl Roth, Megan Savage Book, Music, and Lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick, Co-Conceived by Sam Bolen

Miss You Like Hell Produced by The Public Theater Book and Lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Music and Lyrics by Erin McKeown

Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Produced by Ars Nova Written by Andrew R. Butler

  Outstanding Revival

Carmen Jones Produced by Classic Stage Company, Alan D. and Barbara Marks, Eric Falkenstein, and Covent Garden Productions Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, with Music by Georges Bizet

Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine Produced by Signature Theatre Written by Lynn Nottage

Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish Produced by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Paul & Rodica Burg, UJA-Federation of New York, Stanley & Marion Bergman Family Charitable Fund, The David Berg Foundation, Paul & Peggy Bernstein, Mark & Audrey Mlotek, Mark E. Seitelman Law Offices, in association with Esti & Barry Brahver and Sheila Nevins Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, Translation by Shraga Friedman

Happy Birthday, Wanda June Produced by Wheelhouse Theater Company Written by Kurt Vonnegut

The Shadow of a Gunman Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre Written by Sean O’Casey

Outstanding Solo Show

Feeding the Dragon Produced by Primary Stages in association with Jamie deRoy and Hartford Stage Written and Performed by Sharon Washington

Fleabag Produced by Annapurna Theatre, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Skye Optican, Kevin Emrick, David Luff & Patrick Myles, Barbara Broccoli, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna, Daryl Roth, Eric Schnall, Jayne Baron Sherman, DryWrite, Soho Theatre Written and Performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Girls & Boys Produced by Audible and The Royal Court Theatre Written by Dennis Kelly Performed by Carey Mulligan

Mike Birbiglia’s The New One Produced by Joseph Birbiglia, Mike Lavoie, and Rebecca Crigler Written and Performed by Mike Birbiglia, Additional Writing by Jennifer Hope Stein

My Life On a Diet Produced by Julian Schlossberg, Morris S. Levy, Rodger Hess, Harold Newman, Jim Fantaci, Andrew Tobias, and Ronald Glazer/Sabrina Hutt Written by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna Performed by Renée Taylor

Outstanding Director

Lileana Blain-Cruz, Marys Seacole Jo Bonney, Mlima’s Tale John Doyle, Carmen Jones Lee Sunday Evans, Dance Nation Joel Grey, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish

Outstanding Choreographer

Lee Sunday Evans, Dance Nation Raja Feather Kelly, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka Rick and Jeff Kuperman, Alice By Heart Lorin Latarro, Merrily We Roll Along Susan Stroman, The Beast in the Jungle

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Juan Castano, Transfers Russell Harvard, I Was Most Alive with You Jon Michael Hill, Pass Over Sahr Ngaujah, Mlima’s Tale Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Ako, God Said This Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Marys Seacole Marin Ireland, Blue Ridge Zainab Jah, Boesman and Lena Charlayne Woodard, “Daddy”

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play Marchánt Davis, Ain’t No Mo’ Gabriel Ebert, Pass Over John Procaccino, Downstairs Matt Walker, The Play That Goes Wrong

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Our Lady of 121st Street Stephanie Berry, Sugar In Our Wounds Blair Brown, Mary Page Marlowe Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’ Danielle Skraastad, Hurricane Diane

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Sam Bolen, Midnight at The Never Get Andrew R. Butler, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Jeremy Cohen, Midnight at The Never Get Clifton Duncan, Carmen Jones Steven Skybell, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Kate Baldwin, Superhero Gizel Jiménez, Miss You Like Hell Anika Noni Rose, Carmen Jones Stacey Sargeant, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

John Edwards, Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller Sydney James Harcourt, Girl from the North Country Bryce Pinkham, Superhero George Salazar, Be More Chill Heath Saunders, Alice By Heart

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Jackie Hoffman, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish Stephanie Hsu, Be More Chill Luba Mason, Girl from the North Country Soara-Joye Ross, Carmen Jones Alysha Umphress, Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller

Outstanding Scenic Design

Wilson Chin, Pass Over Charlie Corcoran, The Shadow of a Gunman Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong Laura Jellinek, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Arnulfo Maldonado, Sugar In Our Wounds

Outstanding Costume Design

Dede Ayite, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Montana Levi Blanco, The House That Will Not Stand Jennifer Moeller, Mlima’s Tale Kaye Voyce, Marys Seacole Paloma Young, Alice By Heart

Outstanding Lighting Design

Amith Chandrashaker, Boesman and Lena Lap Chi Chu, Mlima’s Tale Bradley King, Apologia Barbara Samuels, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Yi Zhao, The House That Will Not Stand

Outstanding Sound Design

Matt Hubbs, Boesman and Lena Dan Moses Schreier, Carmen Jones Jane Shaw, I Was Most Alive with You Mikaal Sulaiman, Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future Isobel Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Outstanding Projection Design

Katherine Freer, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Luke Halls, Girls & Boys Alex Basco Koch, Be More Chill Alex Basco Koch, Fireflies Tal Yarden, Superhero

SPECIAL AWARD Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience On Beckett Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre Exploring the Works of Samuel Beckett, Conceived by Bill Irwin

HONORARY AWARDS Outstanding Body of Work Telsey + Company

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee María Irene Fornés

Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award Terry Byrne

  The awards will be held May 5th at NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts

Shows That Received More Than One Nomination

Carmen Jones 6 Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future 6 Mlima’s Tale 5 Be More Chill 4 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH 4 Girl from the North Country 4 Pass Over 4 Alice By Heart 3 Boesman and Lena 3 Marys Seacole 3 Midnight at The Never Get 3 Sugar In Our Wounds 3 Superhero 3 Ain’t No Mo’ 2 By the Way, Meet Vera Stark 2 Dance Nation 2 FLEABAG 2 G irls & Boys 2 I Was Most Alive with You 2 M iss You Like Hell 2 Shadow of a Gunman 2 Slave Play 2 Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller 2 The House That Will Not Stand 2 THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG 2

Lucille Lortel Award Nominations 2019 Off-Broadway: Carmen Jones, Rags Parkland, Mlima’s Tale Lead The nominations for 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards are: Outstanding Play Mlima's Tale Produced by The Public Theater…

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For the next two days (February 13th and 14th), the following productions are offering free tickets for certain seats at various future performances, courtesy of Goldstar’s Comp Train, an annual promotion. *Goldstar does charge a service fee for each ticket, but even with the fees it’s still a deep discount.

Click on the link in each title to find out more and get the tickets.

Also check out the regular Goldstar ticket deals.

The Marvelous Wonderettes Theatre Row

This musical revue that the NY Times called “an utter charm bomb” offers 50s and 60s jukebox classics (“Lipstick on Your Collar,” “It’s My Party” etc.) in the story of four girls at Springfield High School’s 1958 prom and ten year’s later at their high school reunion.

Jamaica Harlem Repertory Theater A revival of the musical by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen (the team that also wrote the songs in The Wizard of Oz.) A simple island community fights to stave off the overreach of American commercialism

Sweet Charity Harlem Repertory Theatre

Neil Simon’s Tony-winning musical comedy comes to vibrant life, when Harlem Rep’s Black Box Theater becomes a strip club called The Fandango Ballroom. Grab a table and order a drink while catching the misadventures of dancer-for-hire Charity Hope Valentine — a girl who wants to find love so much that she loses sight of who she is. Familiar songs include “Big Spender,” “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” and “If My Friends Could See Me Now.”

NEWSical The Musical Theatre Row

No one in the news is safe in composer-lyricist Rick Crom’s topical musical comedy, now in its sixth year and constantly updated to tackle all the news that’s fit to spoof. The Associated Press described “NEWSical the Musical” as “”The Daily Show” set to music.”

The Day I Became Black Huron Club at the SoHo Playhouse

Biracial comedian Bill Posley grew up happily identifying as both black and white. But at age 10, he learned the world does, in fact, judge a book by its color and, even though he’s half white, he’s labeled 100% black. Does a young comedian have to get rid of his whiteness in order to be the color he’s “supposed” to be? Hear Posley weigh in on the modern-day conversation about race.

Rap Guide to Consciousness Soho Playhouse “Peer-reviewed rapper” Baba Brinkman explores the scientific study of the self in the return of his acclaimed hip-hop comedy — the first of three subjects the Canadian takes on in separate solo shows with precision and glee.

Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide to Climate Chaos Soho Playhouse Rap artist Baba Brinkman breaks down the science and politics of global warming, tracking its surprising twists from the carbon cycle to the energy economy. “Climate Chaos” confronts both the scale of the challenge and also the failings of human psychology that make it such an easy problem to ignore.

Rap Guide to Evolution Soho Playhouse Baba Brinkman combines the skills and charisma of a rapper with the precision of a scientist, offering deep insights into human nature and the origins of all living things. The NY Times dubbed this show “astonishing” and “brilliant”

Red State Blue State Minetta Lane Theater Saturday Night Live alumnus Colin Quinn riffs on the political divide.

This One’s For The Girls St. Luke’s Theater

The musical celebrates women’s lives over the past hundred years through beloved popular songs, from sad laments (“A Bird in a Gilded Cage”) to the angry anthems (“I Am Woman” and “You Don’t Own Me”)

Paul Mecurios Permission to Speak Actors’ Temple Theatre

Emmy and Peabody Award winner from “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “The Daily Show” stars in this one-man comedy show with a twist — it stars Mecurio “and” the audience. This is an unscripted, interactive theater experience. Mecurio improvises with audience members, talking with them about their lives and personal experiences, drawing out eye-opening and fun stories.

Addy and Uno: A Family Musical About Disabilities The Kirk @ Theatre Row

“What if goodness ruled the world?” That’s the poignant question at the core of this new musical. As Uno, a child with autism, faces the challenge of competing in his school’s math competition, his friends with varying disabilities — ADHD, visual, hearing and physical impairment — rally to give him all the support he needs.

The Imbible: A Spirited History of Drinking New World Stages

Mixologist and raconteur Anthony Caporale takes you on a booze-fueled, musical journey through the history of spirits and cocktails, which includes three cocktails for you to imbibe.

The Imbible: Day Drinking New World Stages

The Imbible’s new edition, called “Day Drinking: The Brunch Musical”, explores the quintessential New York brunch experience. Watch as four friends battle today’s always-connected, over-scheduled world to carve out time for brunch together in this comedic off-Broadway musical. As they prepare for their gathering, they learn the stories behind not only well-known brunch drinks but also brunch itself. Your ticket includes three cocktails

Henry V Henry V Shakespeare’s definitive parable of war and warriors, re-imagined by director and Broadway veteran Mary Lou Rosato, presented in modern dress with period-style weaponry.

The Fifth Dentist The PIT Loft

Mike King tells his life story as a dentist, a stand-up comedian and the son of Sid King, “The Sultan of Sleaze.”

The Golden Girls Live: Terms of Estrangement When Ellen DeGeneres asked Betty White about the hit drag show “Golden Girls LIVE! On Stage”, she said, “They play them better than we did!” Now, the original cast of “Golden Girls LIVE!” are back with an all-new episode, complete with musical numbers! In this latest “lost” episode of “The Golden Girls”, Dorothy and Sophia try to find time for some mother-daughter bonding away from Rose and Blanche

Disney’s DCappella Kings Theater

Disney’s going all a-cappella, with its latest live show, created by Deke Sharon (“Pitch Perfect, The Sing Off”), which puts a cool new spin on such Disney tunes as “Under the Sea” and “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”.

Free* Tickets to NY Theater: Goldstar’s Comp Train For the next two days (February 13th and 14th), the following productions are offering free tickets for certain seats at various future performances, courtesy of Goldstar's Comp Train, an annual promotion.

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Eve Ensler wrote “The Vagina Monologues” in 1996 as a reaction to the guiltiness and humiliation that several girls still connect with their bodies and/or their sexuality. The play was very first demonstrated in the basement of the Cornelia Street CafĂ© in SoHo, and continued to earn success with its worldwide release, including sold-out runs at both Off-Broadwayâ€s Westside Theater and on Londonâ€s West End, which the play nabbed a 2002 Oliver nod for Best Entertainment. The Vagina Monologues way too has been translated into a lot above 45 different languages. For her spectacular writing, Ensler acquired numerous accolades, including a 1996 Obie for Best New Play and a 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship for Playwriting. Additionally, she has netted a Berrilla-Kerr for Playwriting, an Elliot Norton for Outstanding Solo Performance, and the Jury Award for Theater at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

Ensler also wrote such plays as “Conviction,” “Lemonade,” “The Depot,” “Floating Rhoda,” “The Glue Man” and “Extraordinary Measures.” Her play “Necessary Targets,” set in a Bosnian expatriate camp, premiered off-Broadway at the Variety Arts Theater in February 2002, following a successful run at Hartford Stage Company and is currently in theaters all previously mentioned the world. From October 2005 to April 2006, Ensler had a twenty-city tour in North America with her play “The Good Body,” after arrangements on Broadway, at ACT in San Francisco, and in a operateshop production at Seattle Repertory Theatre.

The writerâ€s newest work is the play “The Treatment,” which debuted at the Culture Project in New York City on September 12, 2006. This play surveys the moral and psychosomatic trauma that are the result of involvement in military clashes. “The Treatment” stars Enslerâ€s stepson, Dylan McDermott.

In addition to writing plays, Ensler also has published numerous books, such as “The Good Body,” “Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security Obsessed World,” and “Vagina Warriors,” a photo essay book, featuring text by Ensler and images by Joyce Tenneson. Her latest books “I Am An Emotional Creature” and “V-World” are published by Villard/Random House. Ensler also has added film and television to her endeavors. She has participated in several movies like Fear No More: Stop Violence Against Women (2002, TV), The Vagina Monologues (2002, TV), What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices From Inside a Womenâ€s Maximum Security Prison (2003) and Until the Violence Stops (2003). Ensler has been featured as herself in such shows as “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry” (2005), “Real Time with Bill Maher” (2005) and “SexTV” (2006).

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Complete list of winners below,  in red with an * (Click on titles to get more information about the show.)

Those nominees with a heart mark (♥) are ones I voted for. (I’m a voting member of the Drama Desk.)

The complete list is below:

Outstanding Play

Admissions, by Joshua Harmon, Lincoln Center Theater

Mary Jane, by Amy Herzog, New York Theatre Workshop

Miles for Mary, by The Mad Ones, Playwrights Horizons

♥ People, Places & Things, by Duncan Macmillan, National Theatre/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh, MCC Theater

Outstanding Musical

Desperate Measures, The York Theatre Company

KPOP, Ars Nova/Ma-Yi Theatre Company/Woodshed Collective

Mean Girls

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, 2b Theatre Company/59E59

♥ SpongeBob SquarePants

Outstanding Revival of a Play

Angels in America

Hindle Wakes, Mint Theater Company

In the Blood, Signature Theatre Company

♥ Three Tall Women

Travesties, Menier Chocolate Factory/Roundabout Theatre Company

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Amerike-The Golden Land, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

Carousel

♥ My Fair Lady, Lincoln Center Theater

Once on This Island

Pacific Overtures, Classic Stage Company

Outstanding Actor in a Play

Johnny Flynn, Hangmen, Royal Court Theatre/Atlantic Theater Company

Andrew Garfield, Angels in America

♥ Tom Hollander, Travesties, Menier Chocolate Factory/Roundabout Theatre Company

James McArdle, Angels in America

Paul Sparks, At Home at the Zoo, Signature Theatre Company

Outstanding Actress in a Play

Carrie Coon, Mary Jane, New York Theatre Workshop

Denise Gough, People, Places & Things, National Theatre/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong

♥ Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women

Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women

Billie Piper, Yerma, Young Vic/Park Avenue Armory

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Jelani Alladin, Frozen

Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady

Joshua Henry, Carousel

Evan Ruggiero, Bastard Jones, the cell

♥ Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Gizel Jiménez, Miss You Like Hell, The Public Theater

LaChanze, Summer

Jessie Mueller, Carousel

♥ Ashley Park, KPOP, Ars Nova/Ma-Yi Theater Company/Woodshed Collective

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Miss You Like Hell, The Public Theater

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

♥ Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Ben Edelman, Admissions, Lincoln Center Theater

Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero, Second Stage

Nathan Lane, Angels in America

David Morse, The Iceman Cometh

Gregg Mozgala, Cost of Living, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Jocelyn Bioh, In the Blood, Signature Theatre

Jamie Brewer, Amy and the Orphans, Roundabout Underground

♥ Barbara Marten, People, Places & Things, National Theatre/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong

Deirdre O’Connell, Fulfillment Center, Manhattan Theatre Club

Constance Shulman, Bobbie Clearly, Roundabout Underground

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Damon Daunno, The Lucky Ones, Ars Nova

Alexander Gemignani, Carousel

Grey Henson, Mean Girls

♥ Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants

Tony Yazbeck, Prince of Broadway, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

♥ Lindsay Mendez, Carousel

Kenita R. Miller, Once on This Island

Ashley Park, Mean Girls

Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady

Kate Rockwell, Mean Girls

Outstanding Director of a Play

Marianne Elliott, Angels in America

Jeremy Herrin, People, Places & Things, National Theatre/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong

♥ Joe Mantello, Three Tall Women

Lila Neugebauer, Miles for Mary, Playwrights Horizons

Simon Stone, Yerma, Young Vic/Park Avenue Armory

*John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Outstanding Director of a Musical

Christian Barry, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, 2b Theatre Company/59E59

Teddy Bergman, KPOP, Ars Nova/Ma-Yi Theater Company/Woodshed Collective

Jack O’Brien, Carousel

♥ Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants

Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady

The LaDuca Award for Outstanding Choreography

Camille A. Brown, Once on This Island

Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants

Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls

♥ Justin Peck, Carousel

Nejla Yatkin, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Abingdon Theatre Company

Outstanding Music

The Bengsons, The Lucky Ones, Ars Nova/Piece by Piece Productions/Z Space

Ben Caplan, Christian Barry, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, 2b Theatre Company/59E59

David Friedman, Desperate Measures, The York Theatre Company

♥ Erin McKeown, Miss You Like Hell, The Public Theater

Helen Park, Max Vernon, KPOP, Ars Nova/Ma-Yi Theater Company/Woodshed Collective

Outstanding Lyrics

Nell Benjamin, Mean Girls

♥ Quiara Alegría Hudes/Erin McKeown, Miss You Like Hell, Public Theatre

Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures, The York Theatre Company

Helen Park, Max Vernon, KPOP, Ars Nova/Ma-Yi Theater Company/Woodshed Collective

Outstanding Book of a Musical

Tina Fey, Mean Girls

♥ Kyle Jarrow, SpongeBob Squarepants

Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures, York Theatre Company

Hannah Moscovitch, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, 2B Theatre/59E59

Outstanding Orchestrations

Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants

Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin (John Bertles and Bash the Trash, found instrument design) Once on This Island

Charlie Rosen, Erin McKeown, Miss You Like Hell, Public Theater

Jonathan Tunick, Pacific Overtures, Classic Stage Company

♥ Jonathan Tunick, Carousel

Outstanding Music in a Play

Imogen Heap, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

♥ Justin Hicks, Mlima’s Tale, Public Theatre

Amatus Karim-Ali, The Homecoming Queen, Atlantic Theater Company

Justin Levine, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Public Theater

Adrian Sutton, Angels in America

The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play

♥ Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women

Bunny Christie, People, Places & Things, St. Ann’s Warehouse/National Theatre/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong

Lizzie Clachan, Yerma, Young Vic/Park Avenue Armory

Maruti Evans, Kill Move Paradise, National Black Theatre

Louisa Thompson, In the Blood, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Set Design for a Musical

Louisa Adamson, Christian Barry, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, 2b Theatre Company/59E59

Beowulf Boritt, Prince of Broadway, Manhattan Theatre Club

Dane Laffrey, Once on This Island

♥ Santo Loquasto, Carousel

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Outstanding Costume Design for a Play

Dede M. Ayite, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, MCC Theater

♥ Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and the King

Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Ann Roth, Three Tall Women

Emilio Sosa, Venus, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls

Clint Ramos, Once on This Island

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

♥ Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady, Lincoln Center Theater

Dede M. Ayite, Bella: An American Tall Tale, Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play

♥ Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Natasha Chivers, 1984

Alan C. Edwards, Kill Move Paradise, National Black Theatre

Paul Gallo, Three Tall Women

Paul Russell, Farinelli and the King

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Louisa Adamson, Christian Barry, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, 2B Theatre Company/59E59

Amith Chandrashaker, The Lucky Ones

Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer, Once on This Island

Brian MacDevitt, Carousel

♥ Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, KPOP, Ars Nova, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Woodshed Collective

Outstanding Projection Design

David Bengali, Van Gogh’s Ear, Ensemble for the Romantic Century

Andrezj Goulding, People, Places & Things, National Theatre/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong

Peter Nigrini, SpongeBob SquarePants

Finn Ross and Adam Young, Mean Girls

♥ Finn Ross and Ash J. Woodward, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

Brendan Aanes, Balls, One Year Lease Theater Company/Stages Repertory Theatre/59E59

Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Tom Gibbons, 1984

♥ Tom Gibbons, People, Places & Things, National Theatre/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong

Stefan Gregory, Yerma, Young Vic/Park Avenue Armory

Palmer Hefferan, Today is My Birthday, Page 73 Productions

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

♥ Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit

Scott Lehrer, Carousel

Will Pickens, KPOP, Ars Nova, Ma-Yi Theatre Company, Woodshed Collective

Dan Moses Schreier, Pacific Overtures, Classic Stage Company

Outstanding Wig and Hair

Carole Hancock, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Campbell Young Associates, Farinelli and the King

Cookie Jordan, School Girls;, or The African Mean Girls Play, MCC Theater

♥ Charles G. LaPointe, SpongeBob SquarePants

Josh Marquette, Mean Girls

Outstanding Solo Performance

♥ Billy Crudup, Harry Clarke, Vineyard Theatre

David Greenspan, Strange Interlude, Transport Group

Jon Levin, A Hunger Artist, The Tank/Flint & Tinder

Lesli Margherita, Who’s Holiday!

Sophie Melville, Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff/59E59

The Chase Award for Unique Theatrical Experience

Derren Brown: Secret, Atlantic Theater Company

Master, Foundry Theatre

Say Something Bunny!

Outstanding Fight Choreography

J. David Brimmer, Is God Is, Soho Rep

Steve Rankin, Carousel

♥ Unkle Dave’s Fight House, Oedipus El Rey, The Public Theater/The Sol Project

Outstanding Puppet Design

Finn Caldwell, Nick Barnes, Angels in America

♥ Michael Curry, Frozen

Charlie Kanev, Sarah Nolan, and Jonathan Levin, A Hunger Artist, The Tank/Flint & Tinder

Vandy Wood, The Artificial Jungle, Theatre Breaking Through Barriers

SPECIAL AWARDS

Sean Carvajal in Jesus Hopped the A Train

Edi Gathegi

Abena Mensah-Bonsu, Mirirai Sithole and PaigeGilbert in School Girls

Juan Castano in Oedipus El Reye

To Sean Carvajal and Edi Gathegi of Jesus Hopped the A Train whose last-minute entrances into the Signature production of this powerful play ensured it had a happy real-life ending

Ensemble Award: To Nabiyah Be, MaameYaa Boafo, Paige Gilbert, Zainab Jah, Nike Kadri, Abena Mensah-Bonsu, Mirirai Sithole, and Myra Lucretia Taylor of School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, whose characters learn the facts of life but whose portrayers taught us all a thing or two about the way things are.

Sam Norkin Award: To Juan Castano, whose varied performances this season in Oedipus El Rey, A Parallelogram, and Transfers not only make a complex statement about American life but also indicate great things to come for this talented performer.

  2018 Drama Desk Winners Complete list of winners below,  in red with an * (Click on titles to get more information about the show.)

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Describe the Night by Rajiv Joseph

Sean Carvajal in Jesus Hopped the A Train

Denise Gough in People Places Things

Robert Sean Leonard, At Home At The Zoo

Jerry Springer the Opera

Is God Is Aleshea Harris, with Alfie Fuller & Dame-Jasmine Hughes

Chukwudi Iwuji, in The Low Road

Billy Crudup in Harry Clarke

Mary Jane by Amy Herzo with Carrie Coon

Jessica Hecht and Ben Edelman in Admissions

Seear Kohi, Arman Saribekyan and Hélène Cinque in A Room in India

Kathleen Chalfant

The Obie Awards

Rajiv Joseph’s Describe the Night won the award for Best New American Play, and $1,000, at the 63rd Annual Obie Awards, celebrating Off and Off-Broadway Theater, which spread the love around. Obies went to three directors, four playwrights and a dozen actors.

Complete list:

Best New American Play ($1,000 prize) Rajiv Joseph, Describe the Night(Atlantic Theater Company)

Playwriting

Aleshea Harris,Is God Is(Soho Rep) Amy Herzog, Mary Jane(New York Theatre Workshop) Abe Koogler, Fulfillment Center(Manhattan Theatre Club) Dominique Morisseau, Pipeline(Lincoln Center Theater)

Directing Jesse Berger, The Government Inspector(Red Bull Theater) Anne Kauffman, Mary Jane(New York Theatre Workshop) Taibi Magar, Is God Is(Soho Rep)

Performance

Sean Carvajal & Edi Gathegi,Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Signature Theatre Company)

Carrie Coon,Mary Jane(New York Theatre Workshop) Alfie Fuller & Dame-Jasmine Hughes, Is God Is(Soho Rep)

Denise Gough,People, Places & Things(National Theatre/Headlong/St. Ann’s Warehouse)

Will Swenson,Jerry Springer – The Opera(The New Group)

Chukwudi Iwuji,The Low Road(The Public Theater)

Robert Sean Leonard,At Home at the Zoo(Signature Theatre Company)

Jessica Hecht,Admissions(Lincoln Center Theater)

Ben Edelman,Admissions(Lincoln Center Theater)

Billy Crudup,Harry Clarke(Vineyard Theatre/Audible)

Design

Lap Chi Chu, Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design

Sarah Laux, Costume Design,Jerry Springer – The Opera(The New Group)

The Design Team,He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box(Theatre for a New Audience)

Christopher Barreca(Set Design),Justin Ellington(Sound Design), Donald Holder(Lighting Design), Montana Levi Blanco(Costume Design), Austin Switser(Video Design)

Special Citations

Ariane Mnouchkine & Theatre du Soleil,A Room in India (Park Avenue Armory)

The Cast and Creative Team,Yerma( Park Avenue Armory)

Simon Stone(Director),Lizzie Clachan(Set Design), Alice Babidge(Costume Design), James Farncombe(Lighting Design),Stefan Gregory(Sound Design); Maureen Beattie, Brendan Cowell,John

MacMillan,Billie Piper, Charlotte Randle, Thalissa Teixeira(Cast)

David Greenspan, Jack Cummings III, & Transport Group,Strange Interlude(Transport Group)

The Ross Wetzsteon Award ($3,000 prize)

Ma-Yi Theater Company

Obie Grants ($6,000 prize each)

Pan-Asian Repertory Theatre

York Theatre Company, for its Musicals in MuftiSeries

Lifetime Achievement Award

Kathleen Chalfant

2018 Obie Award Winners Rajiv Joseph’s Describe the Night won the award for Best New American Play, and $1,000, at the 63rd Annual Obie Awards, celebrating Off and Off-Broadway Theater, which spread the love around.