Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Theater News: Week 3 of 5: Get an Early Listen to Tracks From Love's Labour's Lost by Hayley Levitt

It's a brand-new week with a brand-new musical sampling of Shakespeare in the Park's Love's Labour's Lost. This week, the good people at The Public Theater (and songwriter Michael Friedman)…

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Sunday Feature: Yana Kesala on I Think My Heart Needs Glasses (Fringe: Montreal, Winnipeg) by The Charlebois Post

Listening to the Nag Inside my Soulby Yana KesalaI Think My Heart Needs Glasses is my second solo play—my sophomore effort at writing, directing, producing, and performing. If you've heard…

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Theresa Rebeck, Nikkole Salter, David Lindsay-Abaire Share Thoughts at Mark Twain House Playwrights Panel by Lauren Yarger

Theresa Rebeck, Nikkole Salter, Frank Rizzo and David Lindsay-Abaire By Lauren Yarger I enjoyed attending part of the annual Writers' Weekend and Bookfair at the Mark Twain House in Hartfor…

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Elena Shaddow Replaces Kelli O'Hara in Bridges of Madison County; Adam Chanler-Berat, Ari Graynor & More Join Williamstown Season by Marc Snetiker

Additional casting has been announced for the 2013 season at Williamstown Theatre Festival, with Broadway favorites like Adam Chanler-Berat, James Cromwell, Ari Graynor and more joining the …

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Adam Chanler-Berat, Ari Graynor, James Cromwell & More Join Williamstown Theatre Festival Season by Marc Snetiker

Additional casting has been announced for the 2013 season at Williamstown Theatre Festival, with Broadway favorites like Adam Chanler-Berat, James Cromwell, Ari Graynor and more joining the …

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Elena Shaddow & Steven Pasquale to Lead BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Musical at Williamstown Theatre Festival by BroadwayWorld

Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten has announced casting for the 2013 summer season's exciting slate of productions. On the Main Stage, the cast of Animal Cracker…

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Monday, April 15, 2013

2013 NYMF Productions Announced by Ludlow Lad

The New York Musical Theater Festival [NYMF] has announced the Full Production that will be part of the 2013 Festival.  They are:The Awakening of Angel DeLunaBook by Judylynn Schmidt; M…

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Review: Head of Passes (Steppenwolf Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

After a string of hits, including Good People and Clybourn Park, the world premiere of Head of Passes is squarely in “miss” territory, with an inconsistent script and acting to match. (r…

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

In a Word... Playwright (and producer!) Steve Galluccio by The Charlebois Post

Learning What a Producer Does...and paysWe might be able to recoup our original investment in the end, but I doubt it.Steve Galluccio is a playwright (Mambo Italiano), screenwriter (Funkytow…

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Familiar Folks Make Up A Play's 'Good People'

The most frequently produced play in America these days is a semiautobiographical look at class divides in the modern U.S. David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People explores what can happen when tw…

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

"Two and a Half Men" Creator Chuck Lorre on Good Karma by Young Hollywood

"Two and a Half Men" Creator Chuck Lorre on Good Karma We are hanging out lakeside in Austin for SXSW with Mr. Chuck Lorre, creator and producer of some of TV's hottest shows like "Two and a…

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Don’t worry. Be happy. New Bob Marley musical set to open at Adventure Theatre/MTC by Jeffrey Walker

The music is unmistakable. A quick drum lick pattern introduces a characteristic, throbbing beat that says steel drums and a relaxed island atmosphere. The words insist on a benevolent compl…

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Maximizing Your Relationship With Sound Designers by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, SDC's Gretchen Michelfeld spoke with sound designers Jill BC Du Boff (Good People, Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home), Brett Jarvis (Kiki and Herb--Alive on Br…

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

James Van Der Beek Gets a Gift, Good People Go to Philly and More Cross-Country Highlights by Josh Ferri

Broadway is buzzing with the start of the spring season, and so are theater companies across the country! In this installment of Broadway.com's Countrywide Guide, we shine the spotlight …

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How Roy Berkowitz’ Source short became a movie, and where to see it free this week by Debbie Jackson

Sometimes a play seems to have a mind of its own, and like an independent child, leaves its warm nurturing nest, wins awards across the country, and, in this case, gets turned into a film. …

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Friday, February 22, 2013

BWW TV: First Look at Johanna Day, Andrew Long and More in Highlights of Arena Stage's GOOD PEOPLE by BroadwayWorld TV

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Good People, the humor-filled Broadway hit about class, fate and economic hardship from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abair…

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Photo Flash: First Look at Johanna Day, Andrew Long and More in Arena Stage's GOOD PEOPLE by BroadwayWorld

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Good People, the humor-filled Broadway hit about class, fate and economic hardship from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abair…

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Get a job at Arena Stage by Lorraine Treanor

In Good People, the  David Lindsay-Abaire play now playing at Arena Stage, Margaret, a single mother, loses her job and faces eviction. The story takes place in South Boston, but the rea…

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Pomme Koch, backstage at Folger’s Henry V by Lorraine Treanor

To paraphrase Tom Lehrer: Be prepared. That’s the understudy’s solemn creed. Our colleague, the astute theatre observer John Glass, noted that a recent performance of Henry V nec…

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Surviving, Southie-style, in Good People at Arena Stage by Jeffrey Walker

We talk with Johanna Day, who plays Good People‘s central character, and director Jackie Maxwell Margie Walsh is good people. A single parent, who has to work hand to mouth, paycheck …

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Monday, February 11, 2013

Arena does grandly by ‘Good People’ by Peter Marks

The people of “Good People” aren’t all that good — which is partly why the play is better than good. As consequences of David Lindsay-Abaire’s wisdom-filled script and Jackie Maxwe…

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Good People by Roy Maurer

Discerning theatergoers, are you looking for a contemporary play that you can relate to, that makes you laugh and think about the world? Are you in need of a delightful and gripping entertai…

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

‘Good People’ at Arena Stage by Mark Dewey by Mark Dewey

Arena Stage Makes Good People Great The pivotal character in David Lindsay-Abaire’s new play Good People, directed at Arena Stage by Jackie Maxwell, has no lines and never comes onstage.…

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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Arts | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Good People’ in New Brunswick by Michael Sommers

“Good People,” by David Lindsay-Abaire, who grew up in South Boston, is a study in character and class, and the mouthing-off sounds authentic.

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Friday, February 8, 2013

Brecht to blech by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There are several good people involved in “Clive,” including director/star Ethan Hawke and Vincent D’Onofrio, back onstage after years in the “Law & Order” trenches. For their sake…

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Theater review: 'Columbinus' a rare portrayal of an increasingly common tragedy by Chris Jones

When an artist is telling a story about a shooting that killed children in a school, a very real shooting like the one that forever scarred the soul of Columbine High School in Littleton, Co…

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Friday, February 1, 2013

Broadway, coming to a nonprofit theater near you by Peter Marks

David Lindsay-Abaire, author of the most-produced play in America this season, is sitting in a Brooklyn coffee shop, marveling at his excellent fortune. It isn’t a mere five or six profess…

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Photo Flash: First Look at Kate Buddeke, Brenda Bynum and More in GOOD PEOPLE by BroadwayWorld

Atlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE stages GOOD PEOPLE - the award winning play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The ALLIANCE THEATRE production will be directed by…

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Kate Buddeke and More in Alliance Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE by BroadwayWorld

Atlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE stages GOOD PEOPLE - the award winning play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The ALLIANCE THEATRE production directed by Jenning…

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STAGE TUBE: Kate Buddeke and More in a Preview of Alliance Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE by Stage Tube

Atlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE stages GOOD PEOPLE the award winning play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The ALLIANCE THEATRE production will be directed by …

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