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New trailer is a first peek at 'August: Osage County' movie
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Today, we are reminded of these universal truths: “Life is very long” (T.S. Eliot). “Family holds us up….Family knocks us down.” And Meryl Streep is poised for a 2013...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, The Weinstein Company, Entertainment, Benedict Cumberbatch, Arts and Culture
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Tonys 2013: 'Vanya and Sonia,' 'Lucky Guy' lead play nominees
NEW YORK -- The Tony nominations announcement Tuesday morning brought good news to Christopher Durang’s dysfunctional-family tale "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" and the late Nora Ephron's period journalism weepie "Lucky Guy" with the two...
Tags: Theater, Amy Morton, Bobby Cannavale, Entertainment, Broadway Theater
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Marathon plays stand the test of time
Call it "Long Day's Journey Into Intermission." Or maybe "Waiting ... and Waiting ... and Waiting for Godot." It is the marathon play or performance piece, the theatrical equivalent of the Tour de France or the nine-course prix fixe menu at the French...
Tags: Peter Brook, Awards and Prizes, Tony Kushner, France, Arts and Culture
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2012 in review: Teamwork enlivens the theater world
Could the theater artist of 2012 really be … Samuel Beckett? Well, the 1969 Nobel Prize winner had stiff competition this year from Anton Chekhov, dead for more than a hundred years but more alive than ever onstage. Chekhov's early play "Ivanov"...
Tags: Arthur Miller, Amy Morton, Helen Hunt, Arts and Culture, Clybourne Park (play)
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Where's LaBeouf? Shia heading to Broadway, with Alec Baldwin
The career makeover of Shia LaBeouf has taken another unexpected turn with the announcement that the young actor will make his Broadway debut in the spring alongside Alec Baldwin in a revival of the play "Orphans," a drama about two brothers who kidnap...
Tags: Transformers (movie), Al Pacino, Matthew Modine, Alec Baldwin, Lars von Trier
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Tracy Letts plays his part in illuminating Edward Albee's 'Woolf'
NEW YORK — Tracy Letts has his hands full these days writing plays and preparing for the release of the movie version of his Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama, "August: Osage County." But he's added another formidable task to his agenda: elucidating...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Amy Morton, Botox (drug), Mike Nichols, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie)
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Reprise Theatre Co. hires Stephen Eich to lead reorganization
The financially troubled Reprise Theatre Company says it has hired Stephen Eich, an L.A. theater veteran, to help lead its efforts to reorganize during its self-imposed hiatus. The company is hoping to relaunch sometime in the summer of 2013, said...
Tags: Theater, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music Theater, Jason Alexander
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Mark Taper season includes plays by Bruce Norris, Sebastian Barry
The 2013 season at the Mark Taper Forum will feature plays by Bruce Norris and Sebastian Barry, as well as revivals of classics by August Wilson and Joe Orton. Actor Brian Dennehy will be featured in Barry's "The Steward of Christendom." In all, the...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Red (movie, 2010) , Clybourne Park (play), Arts and Culture, Felicity Huffman
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Critic's Notebook: Anton Chekhov for the modern world
NEW YORK — Anton Chekhov is always with us in the theater. But this summer his work has been especially prevalent, serving as an inspirational model for such contemporary playwrights as Tracy Letts, Andrew Upton and Annie Baker. Having recently...
Tags: Gold and Precious Material, Arts and Culture, Hugo Weaving, Merritt Wever, Metal and Mineral
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Stephen Eich resigns as Pasadena Playhouse executive director
Culture MonsterStephen Eich is resigning after 2 1/2 years as executive director of the Pasadena Playhouse. He helped see the company through a financial crisis that included an eight-month shutdown, bankruptcy proceedings and a return to stability.... -
Reg Rogers is misbehavin', to good effect
It was evident from the moment Reg Rogers stepped onstage in "Measure for Measure" in Central Park this summer that he wasn't your typical Shakespearean actor.
As the acid-tongued Lucio in the Bard's comedy, Rogers quipped, cast a wry eye and generally...Tags: Philip Barry, Entertainment, George C. Scott, Sharon Lawrence, John Patrick Shanley
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Lisa D'Amour, Melissa James Gibson win playwright award
Culture MonsterLisa D'Amour, the playwright of the Broadway-bound "Detroit," and Melissa James Gibson, the writer of "This," are the winners of the prestigious Steinberg Playwrighting Award, which honors achievements by playwrights every two years....
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