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The Beard Of Avon
''The Beard of Avon'' is a play by Amy Freed, originally commissioned and produced by South Coast Repertory in 2001. It is a farcical treatment of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, in which both Shakespeare and his wife become involved, in different ways, with secret playwright Edward de Vere and find themselves helping to present the works of several other secretive authors under Shakespeare's name, including Queen Elizabeth I herself.Katherine Scheil, "Filling the Wife-Shaped Void: The Contemporary Afterlife of Anne Hathaway", Peter Holland (ed), Shakespeare Survey: Volume 63, Cambridge University Press, 2010, p.229 ff. Cast of characters Sources: Student Guide, Goodman Theatre Script Lead characters *William Shakspere – A lad of Stratford. In his early thirties. Simple, honest, very appealing fellow. Possessor of hidden gifts. Poses as a playwright under the stage name "William Shakespeare". *Geoffrey Dunderbread – The Company's slutty Boy player, and leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Freed
Amy Freed (born 1958) is an American playwright. Her play '' Freedomland'' was a finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Biography Early life Freed was born in Manhattan and grew up in The Bronx, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Westchester County, New York. Her father, Richard, was an architect. Her mother is the actor, acting teacher and director Margaret Loft.Hurwitt, Robert"Amy Freed rebuilds an Ibsen play into ‘The Monster-Builder’"''San Francisco Chronicle'', November 2, 2015 She earned a degree in acting at Southern Methodist University. She spent several years in New York and then attended the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco, receiving an M.F.A.Niederkorn, William S"Profile of Amy Freed"''The New York Times'', November 16, 2003 While at ACT she wrote a play rather than a thesis for her degree. That play, ''Still Warm,'' is loosely based on the TV newswoman Jessica Savitch, and "became a precocious playwriting debut when it was produced at the Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre is a professional theater company located in Chicago's Loop. A major part of the Chicago theatre scene, it is the city's oldest currently active nonprofit theater organization. Part of its present theater complex occupies the landmark Harris and Selwyn Theaters property. History The Goodman was founded in 1925 as a tribute to the Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who died in the Great Influenza Pandemic in 1918. The theater was funded by Goodman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Goodman, who donated $250,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago to establish a professional repertory company and a school of drama at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The first theater was designed by architect Howard Van Doren Shaw (in the location now occupied by the museum's Modern Wing), although its design was severely hampered by location restrictions resulting in poor acoustics and lack of space for scenery and effects. The opening ceremony on October 20, 1925 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Plays
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The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brustein
Robert Sanford Brustein (born April 21, 1927) is an American theatrical critic, producer, playwright, writer, and educator. He founded both the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, and the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he remains a creative consultant, and was the theatre critic for ''The New Republic''. He comments on politics for the ''Huffington Post''. Brustein is a senior research fellow at Harvard University and a distinguished scholar in residence at Suffolk University in Boston. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999 and in 2002 was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2003 he served as a senior fellow with the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, and in 2004 and 2005 was a senior fellow at the National Endowment for the Arts Arts Journalism Institute in Theatre and Musical Theatre at the University of Southern California. In 2010, he was awarded the National Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Following the 1964 renaming as the Drama Desk Awards, Broadway productions were included beginning with the 1968–69 award season. The awards are considered a significant American theater distinction. History The Drama Desk organization was formed in 1949 by a group of New York theater critics, editors, reporters and publishers, in order to make the public aware of the vital issues concerning the theatrical industry. They debuted the presentations of the ''Vernon Rice Awards''. The name honors the ''New York Post'' critic Vernon Rice, who had pioneered Off-Broadway coverage in the New York press. The name was changed for the 1963–1964 awards season to the ''Drama Desk Awards''. In 1974, the Drama Desk became incorporated as a not-for-pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Harelik
Marcus Frank Harelik (born June 5, 1951) is an American television, film, and stage actor, and playwright. Early life Harelik was born in Hamilton, Texas. In 1909, Harelik's Russian Jewish grandfather, Haskell Harelik—upon whom Harelik's 1985 play, ''The Immigrant'', is based—immigrated to Galveston, Texas. Career In 1987, he moved to Los Angeles where he co-wrote, with Randal Myler, '' Hank Williams: Lost Highway''. In 1990, he worked in the Howard Korder play ''Search and Destroy'' and the William Ball play ''Cherry Orchard''. Harelik has appeared in the films ''Election'', ''Jurassic Park III'', ''Eulogy'', and '' For Your Consideration.'' For animation; he was the voice of Queen Uberta’s valet, Lord Rogers, in ''The Swan Princess.'' Harelik has played parts on the television series ''Seinfeld'', ''Numbers'', ''Wings'', ''Grace Under Fire'', ''Will & Grace'', ''NCIS'', ''Boy Meets World'', ''Breaking Bad'', ''Bones'', '' Six Feet Under'' and five episodes of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Jennings Grant
Kate Jennings Grant (born March 23, 1970) is an American actress. She has appeared in a number of Broadway productions during her career, including '' Proof'', ''An American Daughter'', and ''Guys and Dolls''. She also has appeared in films such as '' United 93'' (2006) and '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008). Life and career Katherine Grant was born on March 23, 1970, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She attended the Juilliard School and the University of Pennsylvania. Shortly after graduating from Juilliard, she appeared in the 1996 US tour of the musical ''Applause'', as "Eve", with Stefanie Powers. She appeared Off-Broadway in ''Wonderland'' in 1999, ''Hard Feelings'' in 2000, ''Summer of '42'' in 2001, ''Radiant Baby'' in 2003, ''The Beard of Avon'' in 2003, ''Between Us'' in 2004, and ''The Marriage of Bette and Boo'' by Christopher Durang in 2008. Grant appeared on Broadway in ''An American Daughter'' as "Quincy Quince", and in '' Proof'' as "Claire", from July 2, 2002 - January 5, 2003, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Louise Wilson
Mary Louise Wilson (born November 12, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. In a career that has spanned more than 50 years, she has appeared in a number of plays, films and television shows. Wilson's most notable work includes a Tony Award-winning role on Broadway in ''Grey Gardens''. She is also known for her appearances on '' One Day at a Time''. Early life Wilson was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She married fellow actor Alfred “Chibbie” Cibelli on April 6, 1965 in New Haven. They were married for three years before the union ended in divorce. Work Stage ;Broadway * '' Hot Spot'' (1963) as Sue Ann (Broadway debut) * '' Flora, The Red Menace'' (1965) as Comrade Ada * ''Lovers and Other Strangers'' (1968) as Bernice * '' Noël Coward's Sweet Potato'' (1968) (replacement) * '' Promises, Promises'' (1968) as Marge MacDougall * ''Watercolor & Criss-Crossing'' (1970) * '' The Women'' (1973) as Nancy Blake * '' Gypsy: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Blake Nelson
Timothy Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964) is an American actor and playwright. Described as a "modern character actor", his roles include Delmar O'Donnell in ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000), Gideon in ''Minority Report'' (2002), Dr. Pendanski in ''Holes'' (2003), Danny Dalton Jr. in ''Syriana'' (2005), Samuel Sterns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in ''Lincoln'' (2012), the title character in ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'' (2018), and Henry McCarty in ''Old Henry'' (2021). He portrayed Wade Tillman / Looking Glass in the HBO limited series ''Watchmen'' (2019), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2020. Nelson's directorial credits include '' Eye of God'' (1997), which was nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and an Independent Spirit Award; '' O'' (2001), a modern-day adaptation of ''Othello;'' and the Holocaust drama ''The Grey Zone'' (2001). ''Eye of God'' and ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Hughes
Douglas Hughes is an American theatre director. Early life Hughes is the son of acting couple Barnard Hughes (1915–2006) and Helen Stenborg. He attended Harvard University, starting as a biology major and graduating with a degree in English. Career Hughes worked for 12 years as the associate artistic director of Seattle Repertory Theatre, from 1984 to 1996, under Daniel Sullivan. The ''Los Angeles Times'' noted: "Hughes has a transparent style, emphasizing story and character, not flashy gestures. Lynne Meadow, artistic director of Manhattan Theatre Club, said that he is 'a wonderful director and smart guy.' "McCarter, Jeremy"An actor's director? There's no doubt"''Los Angeles Times'', June 1, 2005 Hughes was the artist-in-residence at the New School for Drama, New York City, in 2007/08. He has been the associate artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Club and director of artistic planning of the Guthrie Theater. He was the artistic director at the Long Wharf Theatre from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Theatre Workshop
__NOTOC__ New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) is an Off-Broadway theatre noted for its productions of new works. Located at 79 4th Street (Manhattan), East 4th Street between Second Avenue (Manhattan), Second Avenue and Bowery in the East Village, Manhattan, East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, it houses a 198-seat theatre for its mainstage productions, and a 75-seat black box theatre for staged readings and developing work in the building next door, at 83 East 4th Street. History Founded by Stephen Graham, NYTW presents five to seven new productions, over 80 staged readings, and numerous workshop productions to an audience of over 60,000 patrons. Some of the theatre's progeny – such as ''Rent (musical), Rent'' and ''Dirty Blonde (play), Dirty Blonde'' – have transferred to commercial productions. The new works of well-established playwrights, such as Caryl Churchill, Doug Wright, and Tony Kushner – a former NYTW associate artistic director &nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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