Articles related to "American Theater"

Farragut North, written by award-winning playwright Beau Willimon, was one of the highlights at CATF during the summer of 2009.

Since 1991, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) has produced 68 new American plays, including 25 world premieres, and commissioned 7 new plays.

Arthur Miller - 60 years of "just people on a stage talking to each other".

The world premiere of Dear Sara Jane by award-winning playwright Victor Lodato took place during the Contemporary American Theater Festival during the summer of 2009.

Death of a Salesman is one of Arthur Miller's most famous plays. It is a timeless work, which is just as relevant and poignant today as it ever was.

Ma Rainey returns to Columbus and becomes a theatrical businesswoman. On December 22, 1939, Gertrude Pridgett 'Ma' Rainey died.

In an age where corporate and individual giving is down, the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. has received a record donation to help fund a new theatre campus.

'night, Mother deals candidly with the subject of suicide. It is cleverly written and deceptively simple.

A young black woman explores her long-lost father's relationship with a white woman during the college demonstrations of the 1960s.

Conspiracies about the 9/11 abound in this funny but confusing drama.

Maude Adams looses her mother and grandmother. Her manager dies during the sinking of the Lusitania , all in 1915.

In the Big Apple there's theatrical fruit ripe for the picking be it Tennessee Williams' Maggie the Cat or the Rock n Roll Wunderkind in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening

Contemporary American playwrights, including George Abbott, Edward Albee, and Christopher Durang, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.

Speaking truth and humor, Fifty Words is a hair-raising roller-coaster ride to the heart of modern marriage.

Mako (full name Mako Iwamatsu) voiced roles in Samurai Jack, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Dexter's Laboratory. He fought to get Asian actors better roles in Hollywood.

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company, based in Chicago, Illinois, is starting their 2006-2007 season with a bang - Martin McDonagh's controversial dark play, The Pillowman.

The classic production of "A Chorus Line" has been brought to the stage once more, with an amazingly talented cast and stunning set design.

The weapons and uniforms of the highlanders who served in North America during the French and Indian War

Eugene O'Neill spent his early childhood in hotel rooms, on trains and backstage, traveling with his parents which he blamed for his escape into alcohol as an adult.

First Heath Ledger passes away, then Christian Bale is arrested for alleged assault, now Morgan Freeman has been in a serious car accident. Coincidence?

Directed by two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Freddie Francis and starring Vanessa Howard, this rare comedy/horror cult classic is still waiting for its due.

Contemporary American playwrights, including Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, and Doug Wright, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.

Brief biography of American playwright, screenwriter and memoirist Lillian Hellman, known for The Little Foxes, Pentimento and An Unfinished Woman.

American playwright Lynn Nottage wins the Pulitzer for her play 'Ruined,' about the war against Congolese women.

In Part Two of our interview, the vigorous 94-year-old actor-producer-director recalls Orson Welles and tells a remarkable story about Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

A new tasty treat is available for patrons who decide to enjoy a night out at The Hudson Opera House in Hudson New York.

A powerful, unorthodox meditation on friendship, loyalty and betrayal, the film follows boyhood pals who bond over street crime and graduate to felonious adulthoods.

Guide to the characters, plot, and history of The Pirates of Penzance, an operetta by the English comic opera writers Gilbert & Sullivan.

Tyrone Power came from a famous family of stage actors, but he made his career as a classically handsome film hero.

The WASPS took to the sky, breaking with convention to serve their country in a time of war

The Tony Awards were named in honor of Antoinette Perry, a leading lady in the theatrical community. The awards recognize outstanding achievements in theater.

Army Veteran, Willie Benfield, remembers his time as a young soldier from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.