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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

First Person: Simon Stephens - the contemplation of kindness by Simon Stephens

A journey to the North, into the playwright's past, provides the genesis for ‘Light Falls’, opening at the Royal Exchange Light Falls is the sixth play that I have written for the Royal …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:34AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Playwright Simon Stephens: As schools arts provision suffers, theatre must step up by Simon Stephens

I was a schoolteacher before I started writing for the theatre. I taught at Eastbrook School in Dagenham, a large comprehensive school

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Sunday, October 1, 2017

'First read-throughs have magic': Simon Stephens on Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle by Simon Stephens

The playwright describes the first day of rehearsal of a new play produced by a new companyAll theatre workers have a day that they dread. For actors there is a particular terror about a fir…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:24AM
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Simon Stephens: Manchester is richer than ever in theatrical potential by Simon Stephens

As his play The Funfair opens at the new arts centre Home, Simon Stephens reflects on his relationship with the city where it ‘feels as if something remarkable might happen’Two years ago…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31PM
Monday, April 13, 2015

How Bizet's Carmen became a male prostitute by Simon Stephens

What can Bizet’s great opera – and the globetrotting singers who perform it – tell us about our own disconnected lives? Playwright Simon Stephens on how the characters and music of Car…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Simon Stephens: My favourite living writer? Robert Holman, dramatist of secrets and shyness by Simon Stephens

Holman has spent four decades writing plays of startling beauty, bringing his watchfulness and compassion to bear on the emotional turmoil of quiet livesThere is a temptation when we write a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PM
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Simon Stephens: why my Cherry Orchard is a failure by Simon Stephens

Any English-language version of Chekhov is doomed. The nature of translation means that to think otherwise is folly Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Monday, April 21, 2014

Simon Stephens: the tracks of my plays by Simon Stephens

From Punk Rock to Motortown, Simon Stephens's plays have always had a distinctive sound. Listen to a song for each title in his back catalogue Interview: Simon Stephens on Birdland Birdland …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AM
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Simon Stephens: Stockport state of mind by Simon Stephens

The Smiths, a dead sparrow, heading home on the top deck of the 192 bus … Simon Stephens on writing Port, about the town he thought he'd left behindOne Monday morning before Christmas, I s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM

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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