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The Minutes (play)
''The Minutes'' is a comedic play written by Tracy Letts. It had its premiere at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago on November 9, 2017, and began previews at the James Earl Jones Theatre in New York City on February 25, 2020. It was scheduled to open on March 15, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production was suspended. The production ultimately opened on April 17, 2022, at Studio 54. In 2018, Letts was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, losing to ''Cost of Living'' by Martyna Majok. The play was also nominated for the 2022 Tony Award for Best Play, but lost to ''The Lehman Trilogy''. Premise The show takes place in November and shows the inner-workings of a city council meeting in the fictional town of Big Cherry. Production history Chicago premiere The play premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago on November 9, 2017. The production was directed by Anna D. Shapiro and featured a cast made up of Ian Barford, Penny Slusher, Kevin Anderson, J ... [...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] |
Ian Barford
Ian Barford is an American stage and television actor. He has appeared on Broadway in '' August: Osage County'' and ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''. He was nominated for best actor in a play at the 74th Tony Awards for his performance in ''Linda Vista''. He has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2007. Personal life The Bloomington, Indiana-born Barford is married to Chicagoan Anna D. Shapiro; they have two children and live in Evanston, Illinois. Theatre Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre * ''The Minutes'' (2017) * ''Linda Vista'' (2017) - Wheeler * ''Mary Page Marlowe'' (2016) - Ray * ''Endgame'' (2010) - Hamm * ''Up'' (2009) * '' August: Osage County'' (2007) - Little Charles * ''Love Song'' by John Kolvenbach (2006) * ''Lost Land'' * '' The Libertine'' * ''Three Days of Rain'' * ''The Berlin Circle'' by Charles Mee (1998) * ''As I Lay Dying'' * '' Time of My Life'' * ''The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'' (1994) - Billy Other theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Reid
Noah Nicholas Reid (born May 29, 1987) is a Canadian voice, stage, and screen actor; and musician. He has performed in several films and television series, including ''Franklin'' and the CBC comedy ''Schitt's Creek''. In 2016, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song for his work in the feature film ''People Hold On''. In 2019, he received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his work on ''Schitt's Creek''. Early life Reid was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. The son of visual artists, he became involved in theatre around age six and regularly attended productions with his family throughout his childhood. He attended Etobicoke School of the Arts and is a 2008 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Career Starting as a child actor, Reid did extensive voice work for Canadian and American children's television and was the original voice of the title character in ''Franklin'' from 1997 to 2004. While at Etobic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names (12 others used neither), with many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also using the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, are the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District and the Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the thoroughfare is eponymous with the district and its collection of 41 theaters, and it is also closely identified with Times Square, only three of the theaters are located on Broadway itself (namely the Broadwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Pendleton
Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. He is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen who has appeared in films including ''Catch-22'' (1970); '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972); ''The Front Page'' (1974); ''The Muppet Movie'' (1979), ''Short Circuit'' (1986); ''Mr. and Mrs. Bridge'' (1990); ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992); '' Amistad'' (1997); '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and '' Finding Nemo'' (2003). Pendleton received a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway revival of ''The Little Foxes'' in 1981. He has received two Drama Desk Award nominations and the recipient of a Special Drama Desk Award in 2007. He also received a Obie Award for Best Director for the 2011 off-Broadway revival of '' Three Sisters''. Recent Broadway credits include ''Choir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Mueller
Jessica Ruth Mueller (born February 20, 1983) is an American actress and singer. She started her acting career in Chicago and won two Joseph Jefferson Awards in 2008 and 2011 for her roles as Carrie Pipperidge in ''Carousel'' and Amalia Balash in ''She Loves Me''. In 2011, she moved to New York City to star in a Broadway revival of musical ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'', for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her performance as Carole King in '' Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.'' She went on to receive two additional Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award nominations for her leading roles in ''Waitress'' (2016) and the Broadway revival of ''Carousel'' (2018). Early life and education Mueller was born to actors Jill (née Shellabarger) and Roger Mueller and was raised in Evanston, Illinois. Her brothers, Andrew and Matt, and sister, Abby, are all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armie Hammer
Armand Douglas Hammer (born August 28, 1986) is an American actor. Hammer began his acting career with guest appearances in several television series. His first leading role was as Billy Graham in the 2008 film '' Billy: The Early Years'', and he gained wider recognition for his portrayal of the twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in David Fincher's biographical drama film ''The Social Network'' (2010), for which he won the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hammer portrayed Clyde Tolson in the biopic ''J. Edgar'' (2011), played the title character in the western ''The Lone Ranger'' (2013), and starred as Illya Kuryakin in the action film ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' (2015). In 2017, he starred in Luca Guadagnino's romantic drama ''Call Me by Your Name'', for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. The following year, he portrayed M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair Brown
Bonnie Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American theater, film and television actress. She has had a number of high-profile roles, including in the play ''Copenhagen'' on Broadway, the leading actress in the films ''Altered States'' (1980), ''Continental Divide'' (1981) and '' Strapless'' (1989), as well as a run as the title character in the comedy-drama television series ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', which ran from 1987 to 1991. Her later roles include Nina Sharp on the Fox television series ''Fringe'' and Judy King on the Netflix series ''Orange Is the New Black''. Early life Brown was born in Washington, DC. Her mother was a teacher and her father worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. She graduated from The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia, and then pursued acting at the National Theatre School of Canada, graduating in 1969. She gained notice as a participating actor at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and spent several years working on the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian MacDevitt
Brian MacDevitt is a lighting designer and educator. He has worked extensively on Broadway and Off Broadway, as well as touring, Regional theatre, and Industrial productions. He won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for his work on the 2002 Broadway revival of ''Into The Woods.'' He also won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play three times and the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical once for ''The Book of Mormon'' in 2011. Early life and education A Long Island, New York, native, MacDevitt went to Ward Melville High School in East Setauket. Afterwards, he attended SUNY Purchase and graduated with a degree in Lighting Design from the Department of Design/Technology of the Division of Theatre Arts & Film. Career After graduation Brian spent a decade honing his craft with Off Broadway and other productions, and also developed a reputation as a teacher of design. He began teaching at Purchase as a visiting professor in 1986. He continued to bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Roth
Ann Bishop Roth (born October 30, 1931) is an American costume designer. She has designed the costumes of various prominent films, and has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning twice for; ''The English Patient'' (1996), and ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' (2020). Life and career Roth was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Eleanor and James Roth. Roth is a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the Bucks County Playhouse. Sharaff invited her to California to assist her with costumes on the film ''Brigadoon'' and suggested Roth apprentice with her for five films and five Broadway productions before setting out on her own. Her more than one hundred screen credits include ''The World of Henry Orient'', ''Midnight Cowboy'', ''Klute'', ''Working Girl'', ''Silkwood'', ''The Unbearable Lightness of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Zinn
David Zinn is a costume and scenic designer based in New York, New York. He has been nominated seven times for the Tony Award for both his costume designs and scenic designs, winning one Best Scenic Design for a Play award for ''The Humans'' and one Best Scenic Design in a Musical award for ''Spongebob Squarepants'' . He has over 80 Off-Broadway credits in his lifetime. Early life Zinn was born on Bainbridge Island Bainbridge Island is a city and island in Kitsap County, Washington. It is located in Puget Sound. The population was 23,025 at the 2010 census and an estimated 25,298 in 2019, making Bainbridge Island the second largest city in Kitsap County. ..., near Seattle, Washington. He wanted to be an actor and then moved backstage to start designing in middle school. After using his high school career at Bainbridge High School (Washington), Bainbridge High School to work in and around Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Zinn decided to move to New York City.Houlihan, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Guinan
Francis V. Guinan Jr. (born November 17, 1951) is an American film, television and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Edgar Teller the patriarch in the short-lived series ''Eerie, Indiana''. The Council Bluffs, Iowa-born actor has made guest appearances in many notable television series including ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''CSI: Miami'', ''Law & Order'', ''CSI: NY'', ''Without a Trace'', ''The Practice'', ''Crossing Jordan'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''That '70s Show'', ''Nash Bridges'', ''Sliders'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Frasier'', ''Mike & Molly'' and other series. He has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble since 1979. In December 2007, Guinan co-starred in the Tracy Letts' play '' August: Osage County'' which opened on Broadway to critical acclaim. He played Master Pakku in the 2010 film, ''The Last Airbender'' as well as appeared in the films ''Hannibal'' (2001), ''Constantine'' (2005) and ''Abundant Acreage Avai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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