Theater
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Theatre: Watch Opening Night Footage From "Stick Fly" Which Includes Glimpses Of Performance
Opening night was last week Thursday, and overall reactions from those I know who've seen it has been all positive (with a few criticisms). So, if you're in NYC, and can afford the price of admission, you should see it!
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Katori Hall's "Hurt Village" Gets Its Cast & World Premiere Date; Does Sundance Screenwriters Lab Mean Movie Adaptation Too?
Her award-winning play The Mountaintop is still on Broadway, playing incredibly well to capacity houses daily, and playright Katori Hall is already set to go on her next work, a new project titled Hurt Village, which we've already told you about in past posts.
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Controversy Over *Whitewashed* Casting Of Tony Award-Nominated Play That Co-Starred Chris Rock
We debate it happening in cinema almost whenever it does - most recently and notably, the casting of Akira, and The Last Airbender; but you'll be *glad* to know that it also apparently happens in theater.
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See The First Glimpses of Lydia R. Diamond's Critically Acclaimed Broadway Play "Stick Fly"
Though it won't officially open until December 8, 2011, the Alicia Keys-produced, Lydia R. Diamond-written, and Kenny Leon-directed stage play Stick Fly is now in performances at New York's Cort Theatre, according to BroadwayWorld. And they've provided an exclusive look at the prod...
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"The Mountaintop" Offering Special Discounted ($30) Tickets For Under-30 Patrons For One Day Only!
If you haven't yet seen Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning, critically-acclaimed The Mountaintop on Broadway, which stars Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, and you'd like to see it but maybe can't afford to pay the price of admission, AND you're under 30 years old,...
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"Stick Fly" Playwright Lydia R. Diamond: "We Have To Acknowledge That Theater Has Been Largely Elitist"
With the official Broadway debut of Stick Fly right around the corner, playwright Lydia R. Diamond recently commented, in an interview with The Boston Globe, on the general perception of the theater as well as the unaccounted fans that are often overlooked. "We have to acknowledge that th...
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Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Julius Caesar” Gets West End Treatment In 2012
The Stage is reporting that director Gregory Doran will be taking his production of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar to the Noel Coward Theatre next summer, for the World Shakespeare Festival in London’s West End. Did I mention that Doran's version of Julius Caesa...
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Theatre: Alicia Keys' "Stick Fly" Opens; Thandie Newton's "Death And The Maiden" Closes
Some theatre news of note on productions we've covered on S&A...
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"Porgy And Bess" Broadway Revival Website Launched. Tickets Can Be Preordered Now + Watch Preview
The official Broadway-bound website for the Porgy & Bess revival has now launched (the image above image is from the home page).
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Stage Production On "Tragic Genius" Of Richard Pryor In The Works + Vogue's "Black Americana" Series
In case I didn't already mention, Rod Gailes OBC, the winner of the second Shadow And Act $3,000 Black Filmmaker Challenge (3rd will be announced next week Tuesday), is a renaissance man. He's a man of many talents, not just writing and directing film, but he also works in theatre and photog...
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