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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2008 - John Gassner Playwriting Award

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Lynn Nottage, Jeanine Tesori & More to Join 20th Anniversary PEN World Voices Festival


PEN America will convene an array of vital voices in literature from around the globe in the 20th anniversary PEN World Voices Festival. Learn more about the festival and see how to purchase tickets.

Alysha Umphress, Mary Bridget Davies, & More to Perform at Joe's Pub in October


Joe's Pub has announced upcoming programming, featuring Alysha Umphress’ Solo Show, Mary Bridget Davies Embodying Virginia Woolf, Broadway en Spanglish, Sounds of the Swana Region from The Habibi Festival, AzN PoP!, and more.

Review: HAMILTON Brings the Revolution to The Bushnell


June 22nd through July 10th, The Bushnell is The Room Where It Happens. On Tuesday evening, I had the pleasure of seeing the Hamilton National Tour alongside a fully packed house of diehard fans, who bopped along in their seats with delight and delivered a well-deserved standing ovation. I know it’s cliché to say Hamilton is excellent, but it’s excellent.

Cast Announced for Mint Theater's American Premiere Of CHAINS By Elizabeth Baker At Theatre Row


On March 11th 2020 Mint Theater Company completed casting for their next production, the long delayed American premiere of Chains by Elizabeth Baker, scheduled to open that May.  

George Packer, Karen Armstrong, Didier Eribon and Raphaël Glucksmann Will Be on the Writers & Thinkers' Stage


Bozar brings a number of exceptional voices from the 21st century to its Writers & Thinkers stage. A richly filled series of talks and debates that take you into in-depth discussions on the cutting edge of art and society. The most important writers and thinkers of tomorrow elaborate on the big themes of today. From democracy to diversity to beauty and consolation.

PEN World Voices Festival 2019 Announces Full Lineup


PEN America today announces the full lineup of events for the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms.

Announcing PEN World Voices Festival 2019: Open Secrets


PEN America presents the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms.  A flowering of the genres of literary memoir and personal testimony has been accompanied by increased digital avenues for story-telling, revelation, and expose before both designated and public audiences.

Author Bob Woodward Comes To The Fox Theatre, 10/28


On October 28 Bob Woodward will provide an inside look of the Trump presidency during a moderated discussion with Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor, Kevin Riley. His appearance is not to be missed.

Author Bob Woodward Comes to the State Theatre This December


Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, international best-selling author and associate editor of The Washington Post BOB WOODWARD will provide an inside look into the Trump presidency at the historic State Theatre (805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis) on Monday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be moderated by Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller.

Economics 101: How Steven Pasquale Prepared for His New Role in Ayad Akhtar's JUNK


Steven Pasquale is returning to the Broadway stage this season, portraying financial genius, Robert Merkin, in Ayad Akhtar's JUNK.

Gabe McKinley's THE SOURCE Gets NYC Reading, Discussion This Month via Culture Project


The Culture Project presents a creative initiative about the Right to Privacy in our nation. A reading of The Source by Gabe McKinley, directed by Pippin Parker, followed by a public discussion led by journalist Leonard Jacobs.

Gabe McKinley's THE SOURCE Gets NYC Reading, Discussion This Month via Culture Project


The Culture Project presents a creative initiative about the Right to Privacy in our nation. A reading of The Source by Gabe McKinley, directed by Pippin Parker, followed by a public discussion led by journalist Leonard Jacobs.

Documentary THE DIPLOMAT to Debut Exclusively on HBO, 11/2


Ambassador Richard Holbrooke died unexpectedly from heart COMPLICATIONS on Dec. 13, 2010. Shortly afterward, his eldest son, David Holbrooke, attempted the seemingly impossible: capturing the legacy of his influential father 'to understand him better in death,' while traveling across the globe to reveal a behind-the-scenes view of U.S. foreign policy.

Mx Justin Vivian Bond, Five For Fighting, THE MEETING and More Coming Up at Joe's Pub


Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances from September 16-27, 2015. Visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows or scroll down for details!

Christine Baranski at Joe's Pub & More Among Public Theater's Fall Public Forum Offerings


The Public Theater announced the 2015 Fall Public Forum season, featuring an exciting line-up of one-night-only performances and conversations that connect dramatic literature to the way we live now. Now in its sixth year, the popular Public Forum series presents the theater of ideas: conversations and performances with leading voices in politics, media, and the arts.

Culture Project to Stage Dan Hoyle THE REAL AMERICANS, Mike Albo's THE JUNKET, Begin. 3/13


Culture Project will examine contemporary American mores with two journalistic theater pieces in rep. Straight from Joe's Pub, The Real Americans, a compelling and uniquely galvanizing new work written and performed by Dan Hoyle, will join The Junket, a new, hilariously scandalous solo show based on scandalous actual events, written and performed by Mike Albo, coming to Culture Project from an extended run at Dixon Place. Performances begin March 13rd and run until April 20th at the Lynn Redgrave Theater (45 Bleecker Street, NYC).

Joey Diaz THIS IS NOT HAPPENING Among Comedy Central's Best Bets for Week of 12/8


Comedy Central announces Best Bets for week of December 8

George Packer FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has George Packer been nominated for?

George Packer has been nominated for the John Gassner Playwriting Award (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Betrayed.

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