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Sunday, March 3, 2024

‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist by David Barnett

Saalumarada Thimmakka’s story of planting banyan trees led to a determined quest to find her, and a show about her life When she was a teenage girl, Saalumarada Thimmakka planted her first…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Yeats’ play on sale for £125,000 – thanks to message from the dead by David Barnett

A 1924 seance has solved the mystery surrounding a signed copy of the dramatist’s first play Billed as “one of the greatest rarities of English literature”, a signed copy of William Bu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Rare copy of Othello shows a cast list involved in real-life murder drama by David Barnett

A 1655 edition of Shakespeare’s tragedy names members of an acting troupe, one of whom was slain in an eerie echo of the play In December 1692, the actor William Mountfort was walking home…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM
Saturday, April 3, 2021

Theatre has been hit hard… but the am-dram show must go on by David Barnett

Am-dram provides a sense of community, breeds the professional stars of tomorrow, and boosts local economies... and it’s suffering badly in the pandemic, reports David Barnett

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:42PM
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Why the Royal Court cancelling Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a grim joke | David Barnett by David Barnett

It’s precisely because of men like Max Stafford Clark that this play should be staged. Instead, Andrea Dunbar has been silenced by his actionsEarlier this year I met the actor George Costi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards