Sam Norkin, Theatre Caricaturist and Drama Desk President, Dies
Sam Norkin, who captured seven decades of stage performance with fine-lined caricatures, died July 30. His age could not be learned at press time, but he was born in 1917.
Sam Norkin, who captured seven decades of stage performance with fine-lined caricatures, died July 30. His age could not be learned at press time, but he was born in 1917.
Sam Norkin, a theater caricaturist and illustrator, passed away this morning. His illustrations chronicled stage productions on and off Broadway, as well as opera, ballet and film, and were…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer makes an abrupt change of direction in his upcoming new TV series, playing a ruthless, power-hungry mayor in a drama series that he call…
As if it weren't hard enough to cram personal necessities into airline luggage, try adding clothes for Sherlock Holmes, Captain Ahab and Nancy Drew.
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Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife, Journey’s End, Pygmalion) will be part of the ensemble cast of Blood and Gifts, the first off-Broadway production of the fall season…
This month's podcast is by film-maker Nick Whitfield, and is designed to be listened to first thing in the morning, with a cup of coffee, as an excuse to delay starting workThis month's podc…
Academy Award nominee Danny Aiello ("Do the Right Thing") stars in the world premiere of Susan Charlotte's 9/11-set drama, The Shoemaker, which officially opens July 24 at 7 PM…
After the first two parts were presented at the Manhattan Theater Club, the last part will be at Atlantic Theater Company.
Pub theaters remain a beloved part of the play-making tradition in England, especially London.
The New School for Drama announced July 19 that Drama Desk Award winner Kathleen Chalfant will be the distinguished Artist-in-Residence for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Kathleen Chalfant will be the Artist-in-Residence at The New School for Drama during the 2011-2012 academic year. In the position, Chalfant will teach master classes in the fall and spring …
Academy Award-winning "Milk" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello are collaborating on a one-night-only Broadway staging of 8, a new drama c…
"England's leading drama schools are to charge £9,000 as the standard annual fee for UK and EU students for their higher education courses from 2012."...
by Michael Wheeler Today will see over 70 companies across the country join together in readings of the play Homegrown by Catherine Frid, in an impressive display of solidarity amongst Canad…
Academy Award nominee Danny Aiello ("Do the Right Thing") stars in the world premiere of Susan Charlotte's 9/11-set drama, The Shoemaker, which begins previews July 14 at The A…
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Whether you are a seasoned professional, a wide-eyed beginner or lost in the actor maze, Annie Chadwick's motivational career building workshop will give you: the …
Boy meets girl, boy cons girl, boy steals girl's money and honor -- or does he?
INTERVIEW: LIBBY BRODIE and HANNAH PRICE The producer and artistic director of Theatre Uncut, an ambitious nationwide project which staged several short plays as a protest against the Coalit…
Tryst, a two person expose, is about wants and needs. Billed as a romantic thriller by Karoline Leach, set in Edwardian London, it tells the story of a handsome con-man, George Love, who pre…
This is the sixth edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, each of which is created by a different artist " from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians …
Paul Whelihan Playwright Dominique Morisseau, seated, with "Follow Me to Nellie's" cast members, from left, Ley Smith, Michelle Wilson and Kelly McCreary. It was the best little wh…
Join ReGroup members for a reading from the new play collection, The "Lost" Group Theatre Plays. Book signing to follow. Claire & Paul Sifton wrote many socially relevant plays together du…
ASPEN - Sandy Duncan knows what it's like to be stuck in a crummy show, in a nothing theater, surrounded by the sense of failure. In 1969, Duncan co-starred in a two-person play, "Love Is a …
News that Yury Lyubimov's theatrical career might be coming to an end comes as a disappointment for anyone who has enjoyed the uniquely anarchic approach to stagecraft pioneered by his Tagan…