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Children Of A Lesser God (play)
''Children of a Lesser God'' is a play by Mark Medoff, focusing on the conflicted professional and romantic relationship between Sarah Norman, a deaf student, and her former teacher, James Leeds. It premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in 1979, was produced on Broadway in 1980 and in the West End in 1981. It won the 1980 Tony Award for Best Play. Background The play was specially written for the deaf actress Phyllis Frelich, based to some extent on her relationship with her husband Robert Steinberg. It was originally developed from workshops and showcased at New Mexico State University, with Frelich and Steinberg in the lead roles. It was seen by Gordon Davidson, Director of the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, who insisted that the male role needed to be played by a more experienced professional actor. The title comes from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's '' Idylls of the King'': "For why is all around us here / As if some lesser god had made the world". Historical casting Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Medoff
Mark Medoff (March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor. His play '' Children of a Lesser God'' received both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Award for the film script of '' Children of a Lesser God'' and for a Cable ACE Award for his HBO Premiere movie, ''Apology''. He also received an Obie Award for his play ''When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'' Medoff's feature film ''Refuge'' was released in 2010. ''When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'' was adapted into a film with a screenplay by Medoff in 1979. Biography Early life Medoff was born on 18 March 1940 in Mount Carmel, Illinois, to a Jewish family, the son of Thelma Irene (Butt), a psychologist, and Lawrence R. Medoff, a physician. He was raised in Miami Beach. In 1967, while working as an instructor at the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute in Washi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Ridloff
Lauren Ridloff (; born April 6, 1978) is a deaf American actress known for her roles as Connie in the TV series '' The Walking Dead'' and Makkari in the film '' Eternals''. Her breakthrough role was in 2018 with her lead performance in the Broadway play '' Children of a Lesser God'', for which she was nominated for several awards, including a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was subsequently cast in ''The Walking Dead'' as Connie in its ninth season that aired in late 2018. In ''Eternals'', released in 2021, she played the deaf superhero Makkari. Early life and education Lauren Ridloff was born on April 6, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. She was born deaf to hearing parents, a Mexican-American father and an African-American mother. Her father Hugo was a counselor at University of Illinois at Chicago. He was also a musician, and Ridloff's mother was an artist. Ridloff grew up in the Chicago community area of Hyde Park. Her parents thought their infant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermaid Theatre
The Mermaid Theatre was a theatre encompassing the site of Puddle Dock and Curriers' Alley at Blackfriars in the City of London, and the first built in the City since the time of Shakespeare. It was, importantly, also one of the first new theatres to abandon the traditional stage layout; instead a single tier of seats surrounded the stage on three sides. History The 20th-century theatre was the life's work of actor Bernard Miles with his wife, Josephine Wilson. His original Mermaid Theatre was a large barn at his house in the St. John's Wood area of London. This seated 200 people, and during 1951 and 1952 was used for concerts, plays and a celebrated opera production of ''Dido and Aeneas'' with Kirsten Flagstad, Maggie Teyte and Thomas Hemsley, conducted by Geraint Jones, which was recorded by HMV. For the third season in 1953 the Mermaid Theatre was moved to the Royal Exchange. Miles was encouraged to build a permanent theatre and, raising money from public subscriptions, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. It is known for its images communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, and includes short films, with humor and cultural references. It premiered on November 10, 1969, to positive reviews, some controversy, and high viewership. It has aired on the United States national public television provider PBS since its debut, with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16, 2016, then its sister streaming service HBO Max in 2020. ''Sesame Street'' is one of the longest-running shows in the world. The show's format consists of a combination of commercial television production elements and techniques which have evolved to reflect changes in American culture and audien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Bove
Linda Bove Waterstreet (born November 30, 1945) is an American actress who performed as (a fictionalized version of) herself in the PBS children's series ''Sesame Street'' from 1971 to 2002. Bove was the first deaf actress to be part of the program's recurring cast. Early life and education Bove was born deaf in Garfield, New Jersey, to two deaf parents. As a child, she attended St. Joseph School for the Deaf in The Bronx, New York and subsequently Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf in Trenton, New Jersey, from which she graduated in 1963. She attended Gallaudet College, now Gallaudet University, studying library science. From there, she became interested in theatre. She participated in several theatrical productions at Gallaudet including ''The Threepenny Opera'' and poetic characterizations of the ''Spoon River Anthology''. In her senior year, she studied in a Summer School Program at the National Theater for the Deaf. In 1970, Bove married Ed Waterstreet, another deaf act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ackroyd
David Ackroyd (born May 30, 1940) is an American actor, who first came to prominence in soap operas such as ''The Secret Storm'' and '' Another World''. Early life On May 30, 1940, Ackroyd was born in East Orange, New Jersey; he moved to Wayne, New Jersey, when he was 12 years old. Career David Ackroyd extended his all-stage career into film and television in the early 1970s, beginning with daytime leading man outings in ''The Secret Storm'' and ''Another World''. He progressed to work as Gary Ewing in ''Dallas'' until Ted Shackelford successfully took over the role when the character moved to the spin-off drama ''Knots Landing''. Ackroyd later appeared on ''Knots Landing'' as a guest star, playing a different character. In the late 1970s, he appeared in the miniseries ''The Dark Secret of Harvest Home'' as Nick Constantine; '' The Word'' and the TV movies '' And I Alone Survived'' and '' Exo-Man''. He costarred in the short-lived series ''AfterMASH'' and '' A Peaceable King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longacre Theatre
The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater at 220 West 48th Street (Manhattan), 48th Street in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Opened in 1913, it was designed by Henry B. Herts and was named for Longacre Square, now known as Times Square. The Longacre has 1,077 seats and is operated by The Shubert Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium's interior are New York City designated landmarks. The ground-floor facade is made of Rustication (architecture), rusticated blocks of Architectural terracotta, terracotta. The theater's main entrance is shielded by a Marquee (structure), marquee. The upper stories are divided vertically into five Bay (architecture), bays, which contain Niche (architecture), niches on either side of three large windows. The auditorium contains ornamental plasterwork, a sloped orchestra level, two balconies, and a coved ceiling. The balcony level contains Box (theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Jackson
Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for his starring role as Charlie Conway in '' Mighty Ducks'', as Pacey Witter in The WB teen drama series ''Dawson's Creek'' (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series ''Fringe'' (2008–2013), Cole Lockhart in the Showtime drama series '' The Affair'' (2014–2018), Mickey Joseph in the drama miniseries ''When They See Us'' (2019), Bill Richardson in the drama miniseries '' Little Fires Everywhere'' (2020), and Dr. Christopher Duntsch in '' Dr. Death'' (2021). Jackson's best known films include ''The Mighty Ducks'' film series (1992–1996), ''Cruel Intentions'' (1999), '' The Skulls'' (2000), and '' Shutter'' (2008). For his performance in the Canadian independent film ''One Week'' (2008), Jackson won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. Early life Jackson was born on June 11 1978 in Vancouver to parents John and Fiona. His mother is a castin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hurt
William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He studied at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt's film debut was in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature ''Altered States'', released in 1980, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. In 1981, he played a leading role in the neo-noir ''Body Heat'', with Kathleen Turner. He continued leading a series of critically acclaimed films garnering three consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor; '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985), which he won, '' Children of a Lesser God'' (1986), and '' Broadcast News'' (1987). During this time he also starred in '' The Big Chill'' (1983), ''The Accidental Tourist'' (1988), '' Alice'' (1990), and ''One True Thing'' (1998). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Eve
Trevor John Eve (born 1 July 1951) is an English film and television actor. In 1979 he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series '' Shoestring'' and is also known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in BBC television drama '' Waking the Dead''. He is the father of three children, including actress Alice Eve. Early life Eve was born in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, the son of Elsie (née Hamer) and Stewart Frederick Eve. His father was English, and his Welsh mother was from Glynneath. Educated at Bromsgrove School, he had little acting experience during his school days. He studied architecture at Kingston Polytechnic (now Kingston University) in London. He dropped out of the course after three years to enrol at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where, upon leaving, he was awarded The Bancroft Gold Medal. Career Eve portrayed Paul McCartney in Willy Russell's 1974 play '' John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert'' at the Lyric Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director. Early life Rubinstein is the son of Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the daughter of conductor Emil Młynarski. His father was Polish-Jewish concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein. He attended El Rodeo Public School in Beverly Hills (K–2), Cours La Cascade in Paris, France (1954), and St. Bernard's School (3–8) and Collegiate School (New York City) (9–12) in New York City. He studied theater and music at the University of California, Los Angeles (1964–1967), and later composition at the Juilliard School in New York. Career Theater He made his Broadway acting debut in 1972 and received a Theatre World Award for creating the title role in the musical '' Pippin'', directed by Bob Fosse. In 1980 he won the Tony, Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and Drama-Logue Awards for his portrayal of James Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films ''The Hustler'' (1961), '' Carrie'' (1976), and '' Children of a Lesser God'' (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. She is also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of '' Days of Wine and Roses'', and as Catherine Martell in the television series ''Twin Peaks'', for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1991 and is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Early life Piper Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, the younger of two children (both girls) of Alfred Jacobs, a furniture dealer, and his wife, Charlotte Sadie ( Alperin) Jacobs. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. She was delivered, according to her 2011 autobiography ''Learning to Live Out Loud'', in a one-bed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
