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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Iron & Coal: the story behind the unlikely Holocaust rock-opera by David Smith In Washington

Composer and lyricist Jeremy Schonfeld has created a multimedia event to pay tribute to his father's journey in AuschwitzStories of the Holocaust have been told in memoirs, novels and films.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Heather Raffo: the Iraqi-American playwright challenging stereotypes by David Smith In Washington

The actor and writer has brought Noura to the Washington stage and believes that the political climate in Iraq has predicted the current state of the USA decade ago, Ni Qasey, an Iraqi who i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Kwame Kwei-Armah: 'I believe our strength lies in integration' by David Smith In Washington

The British playwright, who works as the artistic director of the Baltimore Center Stage theatre, talks about the role of art in troubled times like theseAs a Briton who has lived in America…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Sam Gold on Trump and theatre: 'We have a place to put our anger and fear' by David Smith In Washington

The Tony-winning director talks about bringing Fun Home to Washington on the doorstep of a president whose cabinet threatens to roll back LGBT rightsDonald Trump has proved a gift to TV sati…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]

Monday, January 9, 2017

Telling the story behind Roe v Wade: 'The play illuminates choice' by David Smith In Washington

As Roe, a stage production centered on the landmark abortion case of the 1970s, hits Washington DC, playwright Lisa Loomer discusses its presicenceIn a normal election year, without the doze…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Kathleen Turner: 'Americans really don't want to deal with death' by David Smith In Washington

She's worked on stage with Edward Albee, befriended Maggie Smith and, in Body Heat, played one of the definitive screen femme fatales. Now Kathleen Turner is turning her thoughts to bereavem…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PM[SHARE]

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Come From Away: the musical that dares to deal with 9/11 by David Smith In Washington

The musical tells the story of travellers grounded in the remote Canadian town of Gander on 9/11 " yet despite the sensitive subject matter, it has received huge ovations and is bound for Br…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AM[SHARE]

Saturday, September 3, 2016

As he likes it: John Kerry says Rosalind is his favourite Shakespeare character by David Smith In Washington

Secretary of state for whom all the world's a stage writes essay for British Council, praising heroine's diplomatic skills and the restorative effect of comedyPoliticians around the world mi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AM[SHARE]

Friday, July 1, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda's ancestry is as multifaceted as Hamilton by David Smith In Washington

A leading genealogist has traced the family tree of the creator and star of Hamilton, discovering a forbidden interracial relationship and flight to MexicoHe has dazzled audiences with his v…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AM[SHARE]

Friday, June 3, 2016

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: 'theatre is about controversial ideas' by David Smith In Washington

His play An Octoroon has been called the most eloquent drama about race this decade " but, says the playwright, his work is really about the human conditionIt started when he was about 13. B…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:10PM[SHARE]

Monday, May 16, 2016

'A terrible beauty': US festival reflects on Ireland's Easter Rising 100 years later by David Smith In Washington

The 1916 Irish rebellion against British rule that in six days left 485 people dead is the cue for a festival of Irish arts and culture in WashingtonWhile on the election campaign trail for …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

A war photographer's image of hell " recreated in a play he can't bear to see by David Smith In Washington

Paul Watson's photo of a US soldier's corpse being desecrated by a mob in Somalia won him the Pultizer " but resulted in decades of trauma explored in a new play called The Body of an Americ…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Martin Charnin: he wrote Annie, but he is for ever a Jet by David Smith In Washington

The legendary lyricist and director has had the opposite of a hard-knock life in theatre, starting in West Side Story and writing one of the biggest musicalsAmerica's National Theatre in Was…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Lynn Nottage: 'Nostalgia is a disease many white Americans have' by David Smith In Washington

Taken from interviews with residents of America's poorest city, the Pulitzer-winning playwright's Sweat has new resonance in the era of Trump and SandersWhen playwright Lynn Nottage began wo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AM[SHARE]

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