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Monday, May 11, 2015

Cush Jumbo's Josephine and I wins Lucille Lortel award by Howard Sherman

Cush Jumbo's one-woman show Josephine and I has won the outstanding solo show prize at this year's Lucille Lortel Awards in New

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Friday, May 8, 2015

Howard Sherman's US theatre round-up: May 8 by Howard Sherman

World Premiere Fugard Play at Signature Theatre In the earliest decades of Athol Fugard's playwriting career, his plays debuted at South Africa's

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

We Don't Need No Stinking Quotes! by Howard Sherman

"You know, if we all agreed to stop putting critics' quotes in our ads, they'd lose their power over us, and we could just sell our shows on what we think is best about them." I will conf…

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Tony-tipped British designer gets New York Critics' Circle nod by Howard Sherman

British designer Bob Crowley has received a special citation at this year's New York Drama Critics' Circle awards. Crowley, who last month

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Monday, May 4, 2015

Student-Written Plays Overcome Obstacles At Colorado High School by Howard Sherman

When it was all said and done, three student-written short plays, part of an evening of playlets, monologues and songs, went on as scheduled at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, Colorado…

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Friday, May 1, 2015

Howard Sherman's US theatre round-up: May 1 by Howard Sherman

While the Tony Awards grab the major headlines, there are a range of other theatrical awards that are given out in the

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Howard Sherman's US theatre round-up: April 24 by Howard Sherman

Yael Farber's Nirbhaya opens at the Culture Project The South Africa-set Mies Julie introduced me to the work of Yael Farber when

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Howard Sherman's US theatre round-up: April 17 by Howard Sherman

Alison Bechdel's graphic novel Fun Home reaches Broadway Widely acclaimed in its premiere last season at the Public Theatre, Lisa Kron and

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Dropping and Dodging F-Bombs at the Florida Thespian Festival by Howard Sherman

A theatre scene performed al fresco on a spring Florida evening sounds idyllic. But when Tomas Roldan and Matthew Ferro, juniors at New World School of the Arts High School, took their award…

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Friday, April 10, 2015

Howard Sherman's US theatre round-up: April 9 by Howard Sherman

An American in Paris opens on April 12 The ongoing spate of musicals adapted from movies continues unabated, but when An American

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Friday, April 3, 2015

Howard Sherman's US theatre round-up: April 3 by Howard Sherman

David Bowie, Enda Walsh and Ivo van Hove collaborate on Lazarus A new theatre project from either Ivo Van Hove or Enda

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

David Adjmi's '3C' Freed From Legal Purgatory by Howard Sherman

After nearly three years during which playwright David Adjmi was prevented from authorizing any productions of, or the publication of, his play 3C, a dark parody of Three's Company, he…

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Monday, March 30, 2015

Despite Declaration, Doubting Deadline's Diversity Apology by Howard Sherman

If you have any interest in the subject of diversity in entertainment, no doubt you're aware of the firestorm kicked off last week by TV editor and co-editor-in-chief of the entertainment we…

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Friday, March 27, 2015

Up Periscope! Your Theatre May Be Infested By Meerkats! by Howard Sherman

Are you still grumbling about "tweet seats"? Oh, that is so 2013. Time to get with the program and start worrying about the newest development in mobile tech, which could have a vastly more …

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Howard Sherman's US theatre round-up: March 27 by Howard Sherman

Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy opening in Skylight London tourists visiting New York could be forgiven if they feel a bit of

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Entertainment Reporter Employs False Balance To Undermine TV's Diversity Efforts by Howard Sherman

In case you haven't heard, Caucasian actors are being victimized by casting practices at the television networks. They, after holding primacy on screen since the earliest days of television,…

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Monday, March 23, 2015

In Two New Books, The Arts Apocalypse Now by Howard Sherman

If you happen to know of any young people who you're trying to dissuade from careers in the creative arts, you might want to casually leave around two new books for them to find. Scott Timbe…

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Friday, March 20, 2015

Howard Sherman's US theatre round-up: March 20 by Howard Sherman

Laura Linney plays Patricia Highsmith at the Geffen Playhouse Patricia Highsmith stands among the pantheon of great thriller writers, notably for her

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Friday, March 13, 2015

Howard Sherman's US theatre news: March 13 by Howard Sherman

Will Ambassador Theatre Group acquire more Broadway theatres? The New York Post reports that the Ambassador Theatre Group is looking to expand

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

The Shameful, Inevitable Result Of The Trumbull Art Controversy by Howard Sherman

Last night, a painting hanging in the town library in Trumbull, Connecticut was defaced, while in the same building, the library board was holding a meeting about the display of said paintin…

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Saturday, March 7, 2015

There Are No Bad Jews In London's Underground by Howard Sherman

It is the policy of London's Underground, commonly known as "the tube," to not accept advertising which, in the words of it supervisory authority, Transport for London, "may cause widespread…

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Friday, March 6, 2015

Are These Modern Reviews of 'This Is Modern Art'? by Howard Sherman

If, like me, you're connected to members of the Chicago theatre community on social media (I'm NYC based), you've certainly seen an outpouring of reaction to two major reviews of the new Ste…

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Howard Sherman's US theatre news: March 6 by Howard Sherman

Larry David debuts on Broadway in Fish in the Dark As you see this, it will have only been hours since the

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

What Does Trumbull Have Against The Arts? by Howard Sherman

Remember Trumbull, Connecticut? That's the town where a new high school principal canceled a production of the student edition of the musical Rent in the fall of 2013. The resultant outcry …

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Hamilton moves to Broadway, but too late for the Tonys by Howard Sherman

The big news of this week came on Tuesday, when a press conference was held at The Public Theater to announce what

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Religion And Theatre Education Clash Over McNally's 'Corpus Christi' At A Virginia University by Howard Sherman

It is not, sad to say, news that controversy has surrounded a production of Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi. It is certainly not surprising to hear that such controversy took place on a un…

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Upon Receiving The DLDF "Defender" Award by Howard Sherman

Last night, I was extremely flattered and honored to receive the second annual Dramatists Legal Defense Fund's "Defender" Award, for my work on behalf of artists' rights and against censorsh…

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Arts Education, The 'Whiplash' Way by Howard Sherman

Perhaps you're unaware of it, but there's an arts education film up for an Oscar this year. And no, I'm not referring to something in the documentary short subject category, but rather a Bes…

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American football takes centre stage in US theatre by Howard Sherman

I'm mentioning the world premiere of KJ Sanchez and Jenny Mercein's X’s and O's (A Football Love Story) rather late in its

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Friday, February 13, 2015

The New School for Drama Announces Arts Integrity Initiative by Howard Sherman

No, I'm sorry, it's not a blog post; it's a press release. But if you'll read on, I hope you'll understand why I've placed it here, and indulge me this once. " Howard NEW YORK (February 1…

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Why David Adjmi's "3C" Still Has No Company by Howard Sherman

  Seen any good productions of David Adjmi's play 3C lately? Sorry, that's a trick question with a self-evident answer: of course you haven't. That's because in the two and a half…

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