Photo Flash: Tony Kushner, Salman Rushdie and More Talk Fact and Fiction in the Age of Trump at 'PUBLIC FORUM'
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 21, 2017
The Public Theater and The New Yorker recently kicked off their new series, PUBLIC FORUM: A WELL-ORDERED NATION, as part of the 2017 Spring Public Forum line-up. On Monday, February 20, the special series launched with THE STUFF OF FICTION in The Public's Newman Theater. At a time when we are told facts can have alternatives, Public Forum and The New Yorker brought together a group of experts in make-believe, including playwright Tony Kushner; poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine; and acclaimed author Salman Rushdie; to make sense of an American moment when truth can feel stranger than fiction.
Robert Schenkkan's BUILDING THE WALL Will Premiere at Fountain Theatre, Roll Across U.S.
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 17, 2017
A new play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan (The Kentucky Cycle, All the Way, Hacksaw Ridge), written in direct response to the immigration policies of the Trump administration, reveals how those policies might lead to a terrifying, seemingly inconceivable, yet inevitable conclusion. Building the Wall opens at the Fountain Theatre on March 18, the first in a series of productions set to take place at theaters across the U.S. as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere.
'AMERICAN SCOREBOARD' Reading Series to Continue with Tom Price Hearing
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 17, 2017
AMERICAN SCOREBOARD: The Trump Administration is a series of readings that reflect the issues that President Donald Trump faces in office. The next reading in the series will take place on March 1, 2017 at 7pm and focus on the confirmation hearings for Tom Price, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
KD Novelties to Publish New Personalized Book After Trump Builds Wall
by Christina Mancuso
- Feb 16, 2017
KD Novelties is waiting on President's Trump promise of building a wall to release their new personalized children's book. My Adventure with the Presidents of the United States is a personalized book where children meet 10 of the United States Presidents that help him/her with their school assignment. The Presidents interact and teach children what accomplishments they made during their presidency and even tell one of their famous presidential quotes to the child.
FiveThirtyEight Hires Perry Bacon Jr. as Senior Political Writer
by Caryn Robbins
- Feb 15, 2017
Perry Bacon Jr. joins FiveThirtyEight as a senior political writer. Working alongside the site's politics team, Bacon will focus on covering the Trump administration and its effects, in Washington and in the country at large. He will be based in Washington, D.C.
BWW Review: World Premiere DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP at Fresh Ink Theatre Company
by Nancy Grossman
- Feb 13, 2017
DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP invokes gender-bending, magical realism, and a real-life war hero, but has trouble staying afloat when the narrative jumps back and forth between two centuries. A pair of good performances in the roles of well-drawn characters aren't enough to keep this ship on course.
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