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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The 25 best Shakespeare-to-screen adaptations by By David Cote, David Fear, Adam Feldman, Joshua Rothkopf and Keith Uhlich

To film, or not to film, that is the question. Time Out New York ranks the answers.

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 03:03PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 397: M.Z. Ribalow by Adam

Meir Ribalow Hometown: New York City. Current Town: New York City. Q:  Tell me about Peanuts and Crackerjacks. A:  It’s a novel (my first to be published) about a young pitch…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:31AM
Saturday, October 22, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 396: Neena Beber by Adam

Neena Beber Hometown: Miami, Florida. Still Home. Current Town: New York City. Current can’t ever really replace Home, though it  has been a long slog of time. Q:  Wha…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:07PM
Friday, October 21, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 395: Joe Roland by Adam

  Joe Roland Current Town: New York, NY. Q:  Tell me about On The Line. A:  I wanted to tell a story about working class people that didn't take place in a trailer and ma…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:16PM
Thursday, October 20, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 394: Radha Blank by Adam

Radha Blank Hometown: Williamsburg, Brooklyn/Harlem, NY Current Town: Harlem Q:  What are you working on now? A:  Two plays....HappyFlowerNail...my first solo show in over ten …

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 03:36PM
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Book of Mormon's Robert Lopez Will Work on Episode of "South Park" by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Robert Lopez will help his Book of Mormon collaborators Trey Parker and Matt Stone write an episode of their Emmy-winning series "South Park."

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PM

Cast of Death Takes a Holiday Performs at Barnes and Noble Oct. 18 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The cast of Death Takes a Holiday joins Tony Award-winning writers Maury Yeston and Thomas Meehan Oct. 18 to celebrate the release of the PS Classics original cast album of the lushly-scored…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, October 16, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 393: Kelley Girod by Adam

Kelley Girod Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Current Town: Manhattan Q:  What are you working on now? A:  As a producer, I'm going into my 3rd year of producing a play festiv…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:20AM
Saturday, October 15, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 392: Sean Gill by Adam

Sean Gill Hometown: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Current Town: Brooklyn. Q:  Tell me about the Dreams of the Clockmaker. A:  Dreams of the Clockmaker is an unusual piece and not you…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:17AM
Friday, October 14, 2011

New Musical Hands On A Hardbody Will Roll Into La Jolla Playhouse in 2012 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Hands on a Hardbody, the new musical by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright, Amanda Green and Phish band member Trey Anastasio, will have its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse beginning…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 391: David Bar Katz by Adam

David Bar Katz Hometown:  Philadelphia, PA Current Town:  New York City Q:  Tell me about your upcoming show with LAB. A:  The play is called The Atmosphere of Memo…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:17AM
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Coming up next by Adam

Fat Cat Killers in Philly Nerve in Halifax New York One Min Play Festival at Primary Stages A Night of Burlesque to Benefit a production of my play Elsewhere in NYC What else? …

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 390: Daniel Alexander Jones by Adam

Daniel Alexander Jones Hometown: Springfield, Massachusetts. McKnight Neighborhood in the 1970s. Current Town: New York City. Manhattan. Inwood. Q:  What are you working on no…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 03:23PM
Friday, October 7, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 389: Taylor Mac by Adam

Taylor Mac Hometown: Stockton, California. Not the land of the sea but the land of tract housing and blending into nothing. Current Town: New York City and Southfield, Ma Q:  What…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:27AM
Thursday, October 6, 2011

Fred Melamed Departs Broadway's Relatively Speaking by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Cast member Fred Melamed has left the Broadway production of Relatively Speaking, the new trio of comedies by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, according to the New York Times. The pro…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PM

How to Succeed Offers Special Performance to Benefit Trevor Project Oct. 6 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The producers of the Tony Award-nominated revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying team with The Trevor Project for a special benefit performance of the musical Oct. 6 at …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Mama, I Want To Sing: The Next Generation to Continue Through Dec. 17 in Harlem by Adam Hetrick and Michael Giola

Mama, I Want To Sing: The Next Generation, which began previews May 21 at the Dempsey Theater in Harlem, has extended its run through Dec. 17.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PM

Phantom of the Opera Anniversary Screenings Score at U.K. Box Office by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The special 25th anniversary staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, broadcast live in a host of theatres across the globe Oct. 2, brought in …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AM
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Joe's Pub Reopens Oct. 4 with Stew and Heidi: Songs From Passing Strange by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Stew, Heidi Rodewald and Jon Spurney celebrate the reopening of Joe's Pub, the intimate cabaret located within the Public Theater, Oct. 4.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, October 3, 2011

George C. Wolfe Honored with 2011 Mr. Abbott Award Oct. 3 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, presents Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe with the 20…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Sister Act Offers Special Actors Fund Performance Oct. 2 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The new musical Sister Act, featuring Patina Miller and Victoria Clark, offers a special performance to benefit the Actors Fund Oct. 2.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, October 1, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 388: Sharyn Rothstein by Adam

Sharyn Rothstein Hometown: Avon, CT Current Town: NYC Q:  Tell me about The Invested. A:  As the economy started imploding (the first time), I noticed that the few women wh…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 07:50PM
Friday, September 30, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 387: Jon Kern by Adam

photo by RJ Tolan Jon Kern Hometown: New York (Manhattan) Current Town: New York (Brooklyn) Q:  Tell me about We in Silence Hear a Whisper. A:  We in Silence Hear a Whisper te…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:57AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 386: Sylvan Oswald by Adam

Photograph by Geoff Green -- geoffgreen.com Sylvan Oswald Hometown: Philadelphia Current Town: Brooklyn Q:  Tell me about Nightlands. A:  NIGHTLANDS is the story of two women,…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:59PM
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

I Interview Playwrights Part 385: Mickey Birnbaum by Adam

Mickey Birnbaum Hometown:  Los Angeles. Current Town:  Los Angeles. Q:  What are you working on now? A:  A play about backyard wrestling, and another one about the A…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 04:09PM

Jackie Burns and Chandra Lee Schwartz Fly Into Broadway's Wicked Sept. 27 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Jackie Burns and Chandra Lee Schwartz are off to meet the Wizard in the Broadway production of the hit Tony-nominated musical Wicked beginning Sept. 27 at the Gershwin Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, September 26, 2011

Elaine Stritch, Tonya Pinkins, Ellen Barkin and Jeffrey Wright to Salute George C. Wolfe Oct. 3 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Tony Award winners Elaine Stritch, Tonya Pinkins, Ellen Barkin and Jeffrey Wright will honor director George C. Wolfe during the Oct. 3 "Mr. Abbott Award" gala at the Edison Ballro…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

upcoming for Adam by Adam

Hi all, I have a web series being taped this fall called Compulsive Love that I'm really excited about.  If you can spare a few bucks, I'd really appreciate it.  Every cent helps.…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:41PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 384: Jeff Talbott by Adam

Jeff Talbott Hometown: Kimball, Nebraska Current Town: Sunnyside, Queens, NYC Q:  Tell me about The Submission. A:  Hm. The Submission is a play about a guy who has a lot t…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:41PM
Monday, September 19, 2011

Amoralists' Hotel/Motel Gets Second and Final Extension by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Hotel/Motel, the Amoralists' double bill of Adam Rapp's Animals and Plants and Derek Ahonen's Pink Knees on Pale Skin, has announced a second and final three-week extension throu…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 383: Deborah Brevoort by Adam

Deborah Brevoort Hometown:  Juneau, Alaska Current Town:  North Bergen, NJ (New York City, really…) Q:  What are you working on now? A:  Crossing Over, a hip-ho…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:50AM

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