Playwright Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, A Behanding in Spokane) actively moved into filmmaking with the short Six Shooter in 2005, and then gave Colin Farrell one of his best roles in the bleak comedy In Bruges. He’s also had the film Seven Psychopaths, and is promoting a new play ...
A former sound engineer who coauthored a 2012 memoir about his days working on the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours has filed a lawsuit, along with his coauthor of the book Making Rumours, against the makers of Broadway’s smash hit play Stereophonic, alleging that playwright David Adjmi relied on...
That’s probably a [playwright] George S. Kaufman line or something like that. But that’s another one that’s a very ‘50s kind of Jimmy Reed rock ‘n’ roll song, blues song, whatever you want to call it. Country blues you could call it, but it’s sort of neither...
Sado, an island just off the shore of Niigata’s mainland, has for many centuries been considered remote enough to be a place of exile. Zeami Motokiyo, an actor and playwright who formalised classical Noh musical theatre, was banished here in 1434 for upsetting the shogun. The monk Nichiren...
The purpose of this article is to present a broad spectrum of relations between Arthur Honegger鈥攁 composer, and Jean Cocteau鈥攁 poet and playwright. They are often associated with the group under the patronage of Cocteau called Les Six, to which Honegger ...
long time coming, butSIXhas finally arrived on Broadway at just the right moment, when we need its message of sisterhood, female strength, and taking control of our own stories.Thisis how we rewrite history to include all of the people and stories that the original writing of it left out...
The show will be directed by Tony Award®and Drama Desk Award-winning director Bartlett Sher based on a book written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrightAyad Akhtarand three-time Barrymore Award winnerMatthew Decker. The stage adaptation will featur...
The Broadway production will feature some of Charles’ most popular hits, including “Georgia on My Mind,”“I’ve Got a Woman” and “Unchain My Heart.” With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and direction by Sheldon Epps, the musical is being presented by ...
In 1839, this English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist coined the phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword,” in his playRichelieu. So where do you begin? You start with“From Pen to Win!” This is a special orientation session for first-timeFrontiers in Writing Conferenceatten...
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Article History News• Mel Shapiro, Director Whose Specialty Was John Guare, Dies at 89•Jan. 7, 2025, 2:17 AM ET (New York Times) John Guare(born February 5, 1938,New York, New York, U.S.) is an American playwright known for his innovative...