Today’s new Travalanche posts for November 29, 2025 are about Otis Turner, director of the first Oz plays; and Broadway and vaudeville performer Lillian Fitzgerald and her several notable …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:42PMThe award-winning British playwright and screenwriter died Saturday at the age of 88.
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PMTom Stoppard, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose intellectually challenging dramas made him one of the leading writers of the stage, has died, according to The Guardian. He …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMOff-Broadway’s Beau the Musical successfully spins from endless kick-ass energy to moving introspection and back to tongue in cheek humor, melding country, rock and gospel in a basement te…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:12PMThe Czech-born British playwright is known for Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. Stoppard also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:06PMBroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of prolific playwright Tom Stoppard, who dies at his home in Dorset, England. He was 88 years old. The news was shared earlier today by United…
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November 29 was the D.O.B. of theatrical and cinematic Jack-of-All-Trades Otis Turner (1862-1918). What a name! Suggesting on the one hand a mash-up of James Otis and Turn: Washington’s Sp…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:42PMAs the theater industry and admirers around the world mourn Tom Stoppard, the community that gave the 3x Olivier Award winner his start is paying tribute. Following Stoppard’s death at age…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:35PMMagnificent playwright Tom Stoppard has died in London at age 88. A statement from United Agents said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved client and friend, Tom Stoppard,…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:24PMThe self-described ‘bounced Czech’ created cerebral works centred by a core of genuine emotion – and always understood the ways of our world
All the best dramatists extend the frontier…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMA theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
Tom Stoppard: a life in pictures
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMThe questing Czech-born playwright gave us plays that explored arcadias, utopias and affecting notions of home
Tom Stoppard’s breakthrough play opened on a bare stage, with two characters …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMTom Stoppard, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Shakespeare in Love and 5x Tony-winning playwright, has died. He was 88. United Agents announced on Saturday that Stoppard died “peacefully�…
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Drawing comparisons A Czech-born English dramatist, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMThe British playwright won acclaim for 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,' 'The Real Thing' and 'Leopoldstadt' and received an Oscar for 'Shakespeare in Love.'
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:34PMPlaywright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, a four-time Tony winner for his plays “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” “Travesties,” “The Real Thing” and “The Coast of Utopia…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PMBroadwayWorld’s Broadway Pets series introduces the fluffy friends of Broadway’s best, highlighting the animals who share the spotlight behind the scenes. In this episode, we meet Easter…
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The Manchester CT Jazz Festival features eight acts over two days ranging from high school ensembles to New York talent.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMThe first, or maybe the second thing to be said about "The Artist," a six-part comedy written and directed by Aram Rappaport, is that it streams from the Network, a free ad-supported streami…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMChristmas movies, especially in our modern streaming era, exist on a different plane than other forms of filmed entertainment. We look to these movies not for innovation, but for comfort. Th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMBy The Associated Press George Clooney playing a dashing movie star with nagging midlife regrets in “Jay Kelly” and Zac Brown Band returning with fresh tunes are some of the new televisi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMThe Courant's arts picks for Nov. 30 through Dec. 6 also include comedy from Steve Martin, Martin Short, Jess Hilarious, Dave Attell and Pete Davidson.
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SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:56AMBy Andrew Poretz . . . There probably isn’t a reader of Theater Pizzazz who has never seen some version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in film, television, or even animation (Mist…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:15AMNot shocking ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ starring Kristin Chenoweth, set its final performance date on Broadway forJanuary 4, 2026. By closing, the musical will have played 32 previews an…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AMYou’ve seen the movie, maybe even see the musical before but you probably have never seen this hilariously funny, non-stop laugh-fest version of ELF: The Musical. I laughed from the beginn…
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