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Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next
NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If playwright Christopher Shinn has a signature character, it is the manipulative victim — the half-sympathetic, half-...
Tags: Ewing's sarcoma, Lower East Side, Science and Technology, Genetics, Wars and Interventions
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Review: In 'Smokefall' the real drama is lost in the haze
"Smokefall" appears to be Noah Haidle's version of "Our Town." Nearly every American playwright has one, but most keep them hidden in desk drawers. This addition to the Thornton Wilder 2.0 collection, however, has been honored with an attentive...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Orson Bean
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Taking note of a wave of shorter plays
As artistic director of L.A.'s Center Theatre Group, Michael Ritchie reads more than a play a day on average — perhaps 500 a year — in quest of the 15 or 16 he'll pick each season for his company's three stages. But lately he's noticed...
Tags: Brian Dennehy, Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Coney Island, Samuel Beckett
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Nathan Lane returning to Broadway in Douglas Carter Beane's 'Nance'
One of Broadway's more consistent box-office draws, Nathan Lane will return this season in a new play by Douglas Carter Beane. The two-time Tony Award-winning actor will lend his magical ticket-selling powers to "The Nance," which is scheduled to open...
Tags: Theater, Entertainment, Brian Dennehy, Julie White, Broadway Theater
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South Coast Repertory lines up Guirgis, Hwang for new season
The new 2012-13 season at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa is scheduled to feature recent comedies by Stephen Adly Guirgis and David Henry Hwang, as well as a world-premiere work by playwright Noah Haidle. The season is also to feature plays by Sarah...
Tags: Entertainment, Comedy (genre), Chris Rock, Arts and Culture, David Henry Hwang
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PASSINGS: Dick Kniss, Kazimierz Smolen, Miguel Nazar Haro, Dimitra Arliss, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Dick Kniss
Bass player with Peter, Paul and Mary
Dick Kniss, 74, who played stand-up bass with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," died Wednesday of pulmonary disease at a hospital near his...Tags: Political Corruption, Hospitals and Clinics, Broadway Theater, Espionage and Intelligence, Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Theater review: 'The Jacksonian' at Geffen Playhouse
Culture MonsterBeth Henley's new play, "The Jacksonian" has its world premiere in a Geffen Playhouse production, directed by Robert Falls, that features Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman.... -
HBO bows out of 'Ruined' screen adaptation
Culture MonsterHBO has bowed out of "Ruined," a planned screen adaptation of the acclaimed play by Lynn Nottage. The drama, set in a brothel in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, had been a project between HBO Films and Harpo Films, Oprah Winfrey's production... -
Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Clybourne Park' paired with 'Raisin in the Sun' by Center Theatre Group
Culture Monster"Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris' drama that won the Pulitzer Prize this year, will make its Los Angeles debut at the Mark Taper Forum in the spring of 2012. Center Theatre Group said it will pair the production with a separate...... -
Cornerstone Theater member among Fox Foundation honorees
Culture MonsterOne of the founding members of L.A.'s Cornerstone Theater is being honored by the Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group as part of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships. Peter Howard, who helped found Cornerstone and has performed in... -
David Henry Hwang confronts the language barrier in 'Chinglish'
Culture MonsterDavid Henry Hwang talks about his new play, "Chinglish," which opens Oct. 27 on Broadway... -
Nathan Lane to make his Eugene O'Neill debut in Chicago
Culture MonsterNthan Lane and Brian Dennehy will star in a production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" at Chicago's Goodman Theater....
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