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Killer Joe (play)
''Killer Joe'' is a play written by Tracy Letts in 1993. Letts adapted the dark comedy into the movie ''Killer Joe'' in 2011. Productions The play was produced then premiered in 1993 at the Next Theatre Lab, in Evanston, Illinois, directed by Wilson Milam. After a successful run, ''Killer Joe'' was transferred to the Traverse Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The play gained positive reviews, and received the Fringe First award, given to new productions at the festival. The play then made its New York premiere Off-Off-Broadway by 29th Street Repertory in 1994. ''Killer Joe'' transferred to London on 16 January 1995 at the Bush Theatre. The limited run at the Bush Theatre was a sell out, and once again received rave reviews. After closing at the Bush Theatre, ''Killer Joe'' opened at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, for one year. ''Killer Joe'' was revived Off-Broadway at the Soho Playhouse in October 1998 until 13 June 1999, starring Scott Glenn, Amanda Plumme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Milam
Wilson Milam is an American theatre director from Bellevue, Washington who works in the United States, UK and Ireland. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Director of a Play for Martin McDonagh's ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' as well as a Lucille Lortel nomination for his direction of Tracy Letts's Killer Joe. Biography Milam began his career in Seattle working as an actor before moving to Chicago and getting work as an assistant director at the Victory Gardens, Remains, and Steppenwolf Theatre Companies. He directed the world premiere production of Killer Joe at the Next Theatre, which subsequently moved to the Traverse Theatre for the Edinburgh Festival, where it won a Fringe First Award, before transferring to London. A subsequent production of Lett's next play, Bug, transferred to The Gate Theatre in London and Milam began working on both sides of the Atlantic. Stage Productions US: * Warrior Class (Alley, Houston) * Rank (Odyssey, LA) * American Buffalo (Seattle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Letts
Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for '' August: Osage County'' (2007), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. As an actor he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (2013). As a playwright, Letts is known for having written for the Steppenwolf Theatre, Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre. His works include: '' Killer Joe'', '' Bug'', '' Man from Nebraska'', '' August: Osage County'', '' Superior Donuts'', ''Linda Vista'', and ''The Minutes''. Letts adapted three of his plays into films, '' Bug'' and '' Killer Joe'', both directed by William Friedkin, and '' August: Osage County'', directed by John Wells. His 2009 play '' Superior Donuts'' was adapted into a television series of the same name. As a stage actor, Letts h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Glenn
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26) is an American actor. His roles have included Pfc Glenn Kelly in ''Nashville'' (1975), Wes Hightower in ''Urban Cowboy'' (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), Emmett in '' Silverado'' (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990), Jack Crawford in '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), John Adcox in ''Backdraft'' (1991), Montgomery Wick in ''Vertical Limit'' (2000), Roger in ''Training Day'' (2001), Ezra Kramer in '' The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007), Kevin Garvey Sr. in '' The Leftovers'' (2014–2017), and as Stick in both '' Daredevil'' (2015–2016) and '' The Defenders'' (2017). Early life Glenn has Irish and Native American ancestry. During his childhood, he was regularly ill, and for a year was bed-ridden, including having scarlet fever. Through intense training programs, he recovered from his illnesses, also overcoming a limp. After graduating from a Pittsburgh High School, Glenn entered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Plays Adapted Into Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Plays
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 200 Dissolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesquite
Mesquite is a common name for several plants in the genus ''Prosopis'', which contains over 40 species of small leguminous trees. They are native to dry areas in the Americas. They have extremely long roots to seek water from very far under ground. As a legume, mesquites are one of the few sources of fixed nitrogen in the desert habitat. These trees bloom from spring to summer. They often produce fruits known as "pods". ''Prosopis'' spp. are able to grow up to tall, depending on site and climate. They are deciduous and depending on location and rainfall have either deep or shallow roots. ''Prosopis'' is considered long-lived because of the low mortality rate after the dicotyledonous stage and juveniles are also able to survive in conditions with low light and drought. The Cahuilla indigenous people of western North America were known to eat the seeds of mesquite. History ''Prosopis'' spp. have been in North America since the Pliocene era and their wood has been dated to 3300 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as the Society of West End Theatre Awards, but they were renamed in honour of the British actor of the same name in 1984. The awards are given to individuals involved in West End productions and other leading non-commercial theatres based in London across a range of categories covering plays, musicals, dance, opera and affiliate theatre. A discretionary non-competitive Special Olivier Award is also given each year. The Olivier Awards are recognised internationally as the highest honour in British theatre, equivalent to the BAFTA Awards for film and television, and the BRIT Awards for music. The Olivier Awards are considered equivalent to Broadway's Tony Awards and France's Molière Award. Since inception, the awards have been held at va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Evans (director)
Simon Richard Evans (born December 1983) is an English theatre and television director, writer, and actor. Early life Evans was raised in Oxford with his sister, actress Lucy Eaton, while his parents ran a dental practice in nearby Kidlington. He was educated at The Dragon School and Abingdon School, where his fellow alumni include Tom Hollander, Toby Jones, Hugh Langford and members of Radiohead. He studied Education, English, Drama & the Arts at Homerton College, Cambridge. Career As a theatre director, Evans' productions include ''The Dazzle'' (starring Andrew Scott), '' Bug'' ( James Norton), ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (Lenny Henry), '' Killer Joe'' (Orlando Bloom) and ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' (Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner). As an actor, Evans' early roles include parts in ''Stig of the Dump'' (2002) and ''Lewis'' (2007). Working with Secret Cinema, Simon Directed immersive productions of Shawshank Redemption and Millers Crossing. During the COVID- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neve McIntosh
Neve McIntosh (born Carol McIntosh; 9 April 1972) is a Scottish actress. Early life Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, McIntosh grew up in Edinburgh, where she attended Boroughmuir High School. She was a member of Edinburgh Youth Theatre in the late 1980s, appearing in ''Mother Goose'' and ''Doctor in the House''. She moved to Glasgow to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, after which she was in repertory companies at Perth and at The Little Theatre on the Isle of Mull. During the Second World War McIntosh's grandfather was captured at Dunkirk and died of pneumonia in a German prisoner-of-war camp in Poland. Acting career Theatre She next played in a Glasgow stage production of ''The Trick is to Keep Breathing''. She then played in the RSC production of Dickens' ''Great Expectations'' in Stratford and starred as Portia in Shakespeare's ''The Merchant of Venice'' at the Lyceum in Edinburgh. In summer 2009 she performed in the Sylvia Plath play ''Three Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffan Rhodri
Steffan Rhodri (born 1 March 1967) is a Welsh film actor, best known for portraying Dave Coaches on ''Gavin & Stacey'', Reg Cattermole in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and as the voice of Drippy in '' Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch''. Filmography Film work * ''Twin Town'' (1997) – Hunky * ''Solomon and Gaenor'' (1999) – Noah Jones * ''Ali G Indahouse'' (2002) – School Teacher * ''Cymru Fach'' (2008) * ''The Big I Am'' (2010) – DS Moseley * ''Submarine'' (2010) – Mr. Davey * '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1'' (2010) – Reg CattermoleThe Actor who will play as Reg Cattermole in the upcoming "Deathly Hallows" movie.'Reg Cattermole in movies.' * '' Ironclad'' (2011) – Cooper * ''Under Milk Wood'' (2015) – Mog Edwards * ''Wonder Woman'' (2017) – Colonel Darnell * ''Last Summer'' (2018) – Sgt Morgan * ''Don't Breathe 2'' (2021) – The Surgeon TV work * ''Pobol y Cwm'' (1995–1996, 1998, BBC) – Jon Markham * ''A Mind t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Gillen
Adam Gillen (born 11 September 1985, Manchester) is a British actor, best known for his role as Liam Conroy in the ITV hit series '' Benidorm'', Brian in the Channel 4 comedy '' Fresh Meat'' and Gavin in BBC's ''Prisoners’ Wives''. In 2019, Gillen was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Killer Joe. Early life Gillen studied acting at Stockport College, before going on to graduate from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2007. Career In 2000, Gillen was nominated for a TMA Award for Best Supporting Performance in a play for the Royal Exchange Theatre Company's '' A Taste of Honey''. In 2011 he appeared as Moses in ''The School for Scandal''. Gillen is best known for his role as Liam in ''Benidorm'' from 2011 to its conclusion in 2018. Gillen's other television work includes ''The Gemma Factor'', ''Oliver Twist'', ''Just William'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. In 2010, Gillen appeared in Noel Clarke’s ''4.3.2.1.''. He appeared in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Cookson
Sophie Cookson (born 1989 or 1990) is an English actress best known for portraying secret agent Roxanne "Roxy" Morton / Lancelot in the 2014 spy film '' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' and its 2017 sequel '' The Golden Circle'', and for playing the title role of Christine Keeler in the BBC One drama series, '' The Trial of Christine Keeler''. Early life Cookson was brought up in Sussex and later Suffolk where she attended Woodbridge School. She was involved in singing and musical theatre since childhood. After being part of a theatre company that had toured Japan, she decided to quit acting to study art history and Arabic at the University of Edinburgh. However, she soon dropped out to pursue an acting career and attended the Oxford School of Drama for three years, and graduated in 2013. Career While still attending Oxford Drama School in her senior year, she was cast as Grace Mohune in the Sky 1 miniseries '' Moonfleet'', based on the J. Meade Falkner novel of the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
