Thursday, October 24, 2024

Everything That Would Be Copy for Nora Ephron Nowadays by Elyse Sommer by Elyse Sommer

Everything That Would Be Copy for Nora Ephron Nowadays by Elyse Sommer Nora Ephron and her three sisters were raised by parents who were successful screenwriters. All  became writers, but i…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:48AM
Sunday, October 13, 2024

A Raisin in the Sun, Lyric Hammersmith review - of race and men by Aleks.sierz

Lorraine Hansberry classic is both a historical gem and a play for today Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is not only the first play by a black woman to premiere on Broadway, back…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:02PM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Crystal Dickinson, Susan Kelechi Watson and More to Star in Katori Hall’s The Blood Quilt by Darryn King

The Blood Quilt, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall, has its cast. The show will begin performances at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on October 30, with an official opening set …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM
Thursday, July 4, 2024

“Clybourne Park”: A Powerful Production of Pulitzer Prize Masterpiece—at Masquers by Lynne Stevens

Bruce Norris Updates “A Raisin in the Sun” with Wit & Wisdom by Lynne Stevens Using Lorraine Hansberry’s classic 1959 play about racial prejudice in Chicago as inspiration, Bruce N…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:35PM
Monday, July 1, 2024

HUGHIE Returns to Broadway with Forest Whitaker & Frank Wood! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The highly anticipated Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's HUGHIE starring Academy Award winner, Golden Globe Award winner & BAFTA winner Forest Whitaker (The …

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:12AM
Friday, June 7, 2024

Hangin' with the Company of THE PARISIAN WOMAN on Opening Night! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Parisian Woman, the electrifying new play by 'House of Cards' creator Beau Willimon, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia W…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:32PM
Friday, March 15, 2024

Arvada Center announces 2024-2025 season by Osc Staff Report

'Waitress,' 'Clybourne Park' and 'Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really' among next season's offerings The post Arvada Center announces 2024-2025 season appeared first on OnStage Color…

SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 07:00AM
Saturday, July 29, 2023

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward July 29, 2023: Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe winner Sarah Paulson (American Crime Story) will return to the New York stage in the Broadway premiere of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkin…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:08PM
Sunday, June 4, 2023

The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward June 4, 2023: When it opened in 1964, Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window must have been quite jolting. Her 1959 Broadway debut A Raisin in th…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:01PM
Thursday, May 4, 2023

Theatre Review: ‘Clybourne Park’ at The City of Fairfax Theater Company by Fosse Thornton

In the City of Fairfax Theater Company’s production of “Clybourne Park” by Bruce Norris, every element comes together seamlessly to deliver a symphony of technical and artistic excelle…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:57PM

Stellar acting saves the day in ‘Clybourne Park’ at City of Fairfax Theatre Company by Guest Author

Despite the white playwright's paper-thin portrayal of Black characters, the cast's performances are brilliant.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:53PM
Saturday, December 31, 2022

Downstate ***** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward December 31, 2022: Bruce Norris has already won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for Clybourne Park, his clever contemporary twist on race derived from Lorraine Hansbe…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:24PM
Saturday, November 26, 2022

Digging Deep Into Empathy With "Downstate" by Jan Simpson

Bruce Norris has a knack for making people uncomfortable.  His 2006 play The Pain and the Itch featured a 4-year-old with a genital rash, a metaphor for her family’s dysfunction that call…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 04:06PM
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Review: Downstate Offers Sympathy for Sex Offenders and Scrutiny for Victims

Clybourne Park author Bruce Norris returns to Playwrights Horizons with this controversial new play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:06PM
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Announcing the 2022-23 Arts Leadership Residency Cohort

Theatre Bay Area’s Arts Leadership Residency removes roadblocks to arts leadership for historically marginalized groups by funding theatremakers in residence at professional theatres where…

SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 11:00AM
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Indecent by Mirvish Productions

In 1923, after highly celebrated and groundbreaking productions in Europe, Sholem Asch's drama God of Vengeance finally opens on Broadway. What European audiences had found brilliant, dazzli…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:43PM
Friday, October 7, 2022

20 Shows to See Off Broadway in October - Catch two new plays by Pulitzer Prize winners, three new musicals and four Tony-winning actors by Raven Snook

Catch two new plays by Pulitzer Prize winners, three new musicals and four Tony-winning actors There may be 20 shows bowing on Broadway this fall but Off Broadway there are dozens of product…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Eureka Day, Old Vic review - fun if not entirely fulfilling by Matt Wolf

Dissent in the ranks in uber-timely American comedy Can a play peak too soon? That's the quandary that attends the Old Vic airing of Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector's on-point if overextended…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:13AM
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Mark Cuddy Named Interim Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House by American Theatre Editors

CLEVELAND: Cleveland Play House (CPH) board of directors has announced that regional theatre veteran Mark Cuddy has been appointed to serve as interim artistic director as the theatre seeks …

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PM
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Fresh “Ham” at the Public by Jack Wernick

Fat Ham arrives at the Public Theater for its first live production following the Zoom staging by Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater that earned it the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play’…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:04AM
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Big Screen Adaptation of Clybourne Park to Star Sarah Paulson, Uzo Aduba & More by Lindsey Sullivan

Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play Clybourne Park is getting a star-studded film adaptation. Deadline reports it will be directed by Pam MacKinnon, who was Tony-nominated for…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12AM
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Pulitzer and Tony–Winning Play Clybourne Park Headed to the Big Screen With Sarah Paulson, Uzo Aduba, More by Logan Culwell-Block

Written by Bruce Norris, the riff on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun premiered Off-Broadway in 2010.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PM

Sarah Paulson, Uzo Aduba & More Join CLYBOURNE PARK Film Adaption

Sarah Paulson, Uzo Aduba, Anthony Mackie, Martin Freeman, Nick Robinson, and Hillary Baack will star in a new film adaption of Bruce Norris' Claybourne Park. Tony-nominee Pam MacKinnon is…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PM

Uzo Aduba, Sarah Paulson, Martin Freeman Set for Clybourne Park Movie

Bruce Norris will adapt his play for the screen, with Pam MacKinnon directing.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AM
Thursday, April 7, 2022

Tell Us In 10: Oliver Kaderbhai by Harriet Hughes

In our profile series, Tell Us In 10, we ask cast members and creatives of top London shows to tell us all about themselves in just 10 questions. This week we hear from Oliver Kaderbhai, the…

SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:16PM
Sunday, April 3, 2022

The week in theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Mozart Question; Clybourne Park – review by Susannah Clapp

Gielgud, London; Barn, Cirencester; Park, LondonRafe Spall is a fine Atticus in Aaron Sorkin’s somewhat awkward spin on Harper Lee; Jessica Daniels steers a sublime adaptation of Michael M…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM
Saturday, March 26, 2022

Clybourne Park, Park Theatre review - excellent revival of Bruce Norris's award-winner by Helen Hawkins

The 2010 satire about race and the realities of real estate remains blistering Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park arrived at London’s Royal Court like a blazing comet in 2010, a bold kind of …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:36AM
Thursday, March 24, 2022

CLYBOURNE PARK Park Theatre, N4 by Libby Purves and Friends

WELCOME BACK, BITING SHARP AS EVER    In 2010 Bruce Norris’ play wowed the Royal Court: this is a  ten-year anniversary (well, plus two years lost to Covid) so forgive me for quoting wh…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:01PM

Clybourne Park review – property prices and home truths in provocative satire by Arifa Akbar

Park theatre, LondonThe acting, by Imogen Stubbs and Eric Underwood among others, is formidable but Bruce Norris’s 2010 play lacks depth Bruce Norris’s 2010 satire was written as a respo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PM
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

‘It’s offensive in the best possible way’: Eric Underwood on his leap into acting with Clybourne Park by Lyndsey Winship

The former Royal Ballet dancer and model is set to make his theatrical debut in Bruce Norris’s knotty, Pulitzer prize-winning play. He explains how he found his voice on and off stage Twen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM
Monday, February 14, 2022

Clybourne Park returns to the Park Theatre by Kitty Underwood

Having had to shut down Bruce Norris’ seminal play Clybourne Park at final dress rehearsal in March 2020, the production will open at the venue in March. The post Clybourne Park returns to…

SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:34AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime