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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Playwright Terrence McNally dies aged 81 of coronavirus complications by Benjamin Lee

The four-time Tony award winning writer of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Frankie and Johnny was a survivor of lung cancer Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global upda…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PM
Monday, March 9, 2020

Mart Crowley, Boys in the Band playwright, dies at 84 by Benjamin Lee

The writer’s 1968 play was seen as groundbreaking for prioritising gay characters and their stories Mart Crowley, whose play The Boys in the Band was a hit in the late sixties, has died a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PM
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Faye Dunaway fired from Broadway-bound play Tea at Five by Benjamin Lee

Oscar winner has been removed from a production of a one-woman show where she played Katharine Hepburn Faye Dunaway has been fired from a Broadway-bound production of the one-woman play Tea …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PM
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Happy Talk review – Susan Sarandon can't save Jesse Eisenberg's trite play by Benjamin Lee

The Pershing Square Signature Center, New York A reliably accomplished performance from the Oscar winner isn’t enough to add weight to an uneven tale with a thudding twist There are a numb…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18PM
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow to play the Clintons on Broadway by Benjamin Lee

Pair will play the couple during the 2008 primaries in Hillary and Clinton with the character of Obama referred to as ‘The Other Guy’Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow are set to play Hilla…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PM
Friday, December 8, 2017

Dustin Hoffman accused of 'abusive' sexual harassment on Broadway by Benjamin Lee

Actor Kathryn Rossetter claims that the actor repeatedly groped her while the pair worked on a 1983 production of Death of a SalesmanAnother claim of sexual harassment has been aimed at Dust…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM
Monday, July 31, 2017

Playwright and actor Sam Shepard dies at 73 by Benjamin Lee

The Pulitzer prize winning writer and star of stage and screen, known for performances in The Right Stuff and Bloodline, died at his home in KentuckyPlaywright, director and actor Sam Shepar…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PM
Friday, January 8, 2016

The Guardian film show: The Hateful Eight, A War and Bolshoi Babylon – Audio reviews by Presented By Xan Brookswith Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee Produced By Rowan Slaney

Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee join Xan Brooks for our regular weekly look at the big film releases. Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee join Xan Brooks for our regular weekly look at the big f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PM
Friday, June 26, 2015

Tom Holland: from Billy Elliot's buddy to the latest Brit cast as a US superhero by Benjamin Lee

This week saw the 19-year-old Londoner become the third cinematic incarnation of Spider-Man, but what is it about British actors that says hero to Hollywood?The search for a new Spider-Man h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:13PM
Friday, May 1, 2015

Fitness clubs, parkour and virtual reality: the trend movies that time forgot by Benjamin Lee

Will social media horror film Unfriended capture a new fad or end up on the scrapheap with other movies that missed the zeitgeist? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:15AM
Friday, March 13, 2015

Crazy, stupid, love: we review Ryan Gosling's 12-year-old dance moves by Benjamin Lee

A new set of videos show the pre-teen alternately impressing and alarming in MC Hammer pants. But which is the best performance from the Oscar-nominee-to-be? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:47AM

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