Thursday, January 26, 2017
Harold Pinter was a playwright entrenched in politics, who held a firm view of truth and falsehoods. Knowing that, how do his plays hold up in today's society?
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:11PMNEW DRAMATISTS, Tony® Honor recipient and the nation’s premier playwright development laboratory, will honor 10-time Tony Award®-winning producer Daryl Roth and Pulitzer Prize-winni…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:04AMIt was announced on Tuesday that Marjorie Prime is the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Michael Almereyda’s Marjorie Prime, the film ada…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:59AMWednesday, January 25, 2017
Photo journey of Pittsburgh's DANI GIRL time at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival!
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:23PMTuesday, January 24, 2017
Producers of the new Broadway play Significant Other are thrilled to announce that on Wednesday, February 1st, from 10am-8pm customers will be able to celebrate their Valentine with a ONE-DA…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:28PMWednesday, January 18, 2017
Title Super Sidekick: The Musical Authors Gregory Crafts (book) Michael Gordon Shapiro (music and lyrics) What It’s All About When famous superhero Blackjack the Bold is kidnapped by an ev…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:54PMWhat happens when an actress takes on a one-woman show about America’s beloved humorist who championed women’s lives with wit and truth? Learn about her journey.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:28PMTuesday, January 17, 2017
The Kleban Foundation is pleased to announce that the 27th annual Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricist has been awarded to Daniel Zaitchik and the 27th annual Kleban …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:00PMThursday, January 12, 2017
A Feminine Ending is a must read for creative young women, or for anyone who has ever struggled to find their voice.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:49PMThe American Theatre Wing’s 71st Annual Tony Awards will return to the historic venue, Radio City Music Hall, airing live on Sunday, June 11, 2017, (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CB…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:21PMA bit period costume, a little bit Russian, and a lot gypsy punk. Learn more about GREAT COMET's costume design here.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:44AMTen theatre artists, including Samuel French playwrights Kia Corthron and Madeleine George, were among 74 creative people in seven disciplines who won fellowships from The MacDowell Colony i…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 09:55AMTuesday, January 10, 2017
Dream Foundation believes that everyone deserves to have their final days filled with inspiration, comfort and closure. And Stephen Broker's quest was no exception.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:04PMMonday, January 9, 2017
THE GHOSTLIGHT PROJECT (previously announced as “The Sanctuary Project”) will bring the theatre community together from coast to coast on January 19, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in each time zone …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 02:10PMFriday, January 6, 2017
Bathsheba Doran’s THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX raises a lot of questions. This year especially, what can we learn from the characters on how to take a stronger stance with our opinions?
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:35AMThursday, January 5, 2017
The Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will recognize a deserving teacher with the “Excellence in Theatre Education Award” for the third year in a row. Now through February…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:44AMWednesday, December 21, 2016
On January 19, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in each time zone across the country, members of the theater community – from Broadway to regional theaters to high schools and colleges and community …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:31PMTuesday, December 20, 2016
Topher Payne is a playwright with complex truths that are often wrapped inside the crackling wit and slicing humor. Learn more about his style, work and 100-year-old house here.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:36PMOn January 19, 2017 at 5:30pm in each time zone across the country, members of the theater community – from Broadway to regional theaters to high schools and colleges and community the…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:03PMMonday, December 19, 2016
This past summer, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival produced Our Town with a company of 3 professional actors and 36 citizen actors from towns dotted around the theater’s performance-spac…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 05:04PMThursday, December 15, 2016
This past fall, Samuel French launched Playwrights Welcome, a national initiative for Dramatists Guild Members that asks theaters to offer unsold tickets to professional playwrights on the d…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:44PMWednesday, December 14, 2016
The fourth article in our feature on American Stage's Century Cycle by August Wilson.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:15PMThe third article in our feature on American Stage's Century Cycle by August Wilson.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:53PMThe second article in our feature on American Stage's Century Cycle by August Wilson.
The post Words That Will Endure: A Conversation with Producing Artistic Director Stephanie Gularte and A…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:40PMThe first article in our feature on American Stage's Century Cycle by August Wilson.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:10PMGood morning, friends! It’s Emily, the Marketing Intern at Samuel French. As my time at Sam French comes to an end, I decided to take you all on a journey through a typical day in my life …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:21PMTuesday, December 13, 2016
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the recipients of the third round of the 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards, totaling $669,000, will grant 16 productions …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 02:59PMFriday, December 9, 2016
Producer Jordan Roth announced today that three incredible leading ladies will join Kevin Kline in the Broadway revival of Noel Coward’s Present Laughter: Tony and Emmy Award nominee Kat…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:42PMThursday, December 8, 2016
Ringing in the New Year in New York? Check out Broadway’s New Year's performance schedule.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:26PMCelebrating the holidays in New York? Check out Broadway’s Christmas week performance schedule.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 02:35PMFICTION is a play about writers that doesn’t feel exclusive to those who aren’t writers. Learn more here.
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