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Date of Death: April 15, 1986 (75)

Birth Place: Paris, FRANCE

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LOS NUTCRACKERS Gay Latino Holiday Show Returns To BAAD!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2019

The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance proudly presents Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo, written by Charles Rice-González and directed by Fernando Vieira. This year marks the play's 16th year at BAAD!, and the second time that Vieira helms the work. The play interweaves two holiday classics, The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol, to create a queer, Latino play about a couple who go on a psychedelic trip through their lives one Christmas Eve.

The Cell Presents Sister Sylvester's DOLL DNA Just in Time for Halloween
by Julie Musbach - Oct 24, 2019

Nancy Manocherian's the cell presents Sister Sylvester's DOLL DNA - a genetically modified performance event just in time for Halloween. The renown Cyborg Theater artist will create cocktails infused with DNA swabbed from dolls currently featured in fine artist Mikel Glass' critically acclaimed immersive art installation, FOUND.

Guest Blog: Playwright James Mannion on MITES at the Tristan Bates Theatre
by Marianka Swain - Sep 25, 2019

My play Mites, which will be performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre from 7-26 October, tells the story of a vulnerable woman, Ruth, and the deterioration of her mental health as she is manipulated by two predatory companions.

BWW Review: Theatre Helping Theatre: Geki Arts And Broken Ivy Theatre
by Braden Joseph - Aug 28, 2019

Minnesota Nice is often something we hear about when we talk about neighbors and coworkers, but these productions really showed me how this nice attitude can carry on in the theatre. It lifted my spirits that these two companies helped and supported each other and how, in the end, we got more theatre being produced. 

TCG Announces The Recipients Of Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 6, 2019

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the recipients of The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship 2019. Administered by TCG with support from The Estate of Willa Kim, the Scholarship provides exceptionally talented costume designers who are enrolled in a university or professional training program with the opportunity to supplement their fine arts training in hand-drawing and painting. The Scholarship honors costume designer Willa Kim's legacy and her life's work as a pioneer, legend, and inspiration for many of today's theatre artists.

Daniel Fish's WHITE NOISE Among NYU Skirball's Season
by Julie Musbach - Jul 24, 2019

NYU Skirball's season opens on September 6, 2019 with the N.Y. premiere of JoAnne Akalaitis's BAD NEWS! i was therea??, a site-specific processional work performed throughout NYU Skirball's lobbies and backstage

BAD NEWS... to Premiere at NYU Skirball in September
by Julie Musbach - Jul 23, 2019

NYU Skirball will present the New York premiere of award-winning director JoAnne Akalaitis's BAD NEWS! i was therea??, a site-specific theatrical event, running for five performances, Friday, September 6 a?" September 8, 2019 at NYU Skirball.

EDINBURGH 2019: The Long Pigs Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 15, 2019

One of Australia's most respected and established clown tropes enter a macabre world of abattoir dwelling, grey nosed, genocidal clowns, hell-bent on purging the world of their red nosed compatriots. THE LONGPIGS is a dark but hilarious comedy, as profound as it is grotesque. Clare Bartholomew makes up one third of THE LONG PIGS and spoke to BroadwayWorld ahead of their Edinburgh run.

Breaking: Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox Will Lead BETRAYAL On Broadway
by Alan Henry - Jun 27, 2019

BroadwayWorld has learned that Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, And Charlie Cox will lead an upcoming revival of Betrayal, direct from its critically acclaimed London run.

Último fin de semana de Brassai. El ojo de París en el Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes
by Julie Musbach - Jun 14, 2019

Más de 156 mil personas han visitado en el Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes la muestra Brassai. El ojo de París, la cual concluirá su periodo de exhibición el próximo domingo 16 de junio.

NYU Skirball Announces Fall 2019 Season - BAD NEWS! i was there..., Daniel Fish's WHITE NOISE, and More
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2019

NYU Skirball's Fall 2019 season will open on Friday, September 6 with the New York premiere of JoAnne Akalaitis's BAD NEWS! i was there…, a site-specific work to be performed throughout NYU Skirball, today announced Director Jay Wegman.

#ACTORSLIFE Comes to The Drama Factory
by Stephi Wild - Apr 26, 2019

#ActorsLife explores actors' identities in the film and theatre industry, personal relationships and society at large! This mockumentary- inspired comedy, written by Estelle Terblanche, is a witty expose of the neurotic, emotional and paranoid world inhabited by someone whose self-worth is completely dependent on the opinion of others.

UHM Kennedy Theatre 2019/20 Season Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2019

UHM Department of Theatre + Dance and Kennedy Theatre are proud to present the 2019/20 Season

THE MAIDS Announced At The Seeing Place Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2019

As a part of its ninth season, The Seeing Place Theater, known for its , explores how Jean Genet's classic play THE MAIDS is still relevant today.

Jamie Lloyd's Production Of BETRAYAL Extends Its Run
by Stephi Wild - Mar 22, 2019

The Jamie Lloyd Company, the successful partnership between Artistic Director Jamie Lloyd and Ambassador Theatre Group, have announced that due to public demand their production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Theatre will be extended by one week. This landmark production will now end on 8 June. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, Betrayal stars Golden Globe, Olivier and Evening Standard Award winner Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox.

Brassaï. El ojo de París, primera retrospectiva del fotógrafo húngaro, fue inaugurada en el Museo del Palacio de Bellas
by Julie Musbach - Mar 15, 2019

La Secretaria de Cultura, Alejandra Frausto, inauguró la exposición Brassaï. El ojo de París, que es la primera gran exposición de 2019 en el Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

The Seeing Place Presents Two Classic Plays About Abuses Of Power Against Women
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2019

The Seeing Place Theater, known for intense & intimate ensemble work, concludes its 9th Season with two compelling plays running in rotating repertory: THE MAIDS by Jean Genet involves two sisters, enslaved maids to a wealthy society woman, who act out fantasies of class, love and revenge while the lady of the house is out on a romantic rendezvous. MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare involves a young novice nun who is compromised by a corrupt official - who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex. When she threatens to expose him, he tells her that no one would believe her.

French Institute Alliance Francaise Presents Isabelle Huppert
by Kaitlin Milligan - Feb 19, 2019

The French Institute Alliance Française celebrates the career of Isabelle Huppertpresenting a special evening with the iconic French actress and a CinéSalon series devoted to her on-screen work from March 5 to April 23. The programs coincide with Huppert's starring run in Florian Zeller's The Mother at the Atlantic Theater Company from February 20 to April 7. Tickets are available at fiaf.org.

Photo Flash: New Images of Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox Alongside Tom Hiddleston in BETRAYAL
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2019

Rehearsals began this week for The Jamie Lloyd Company production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal which runs at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 5 March 2019 for a strictly limited season ending on 1 June. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the production stars Golden Globe, Olivier and Evening Standard Award winner Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox.

BWW Review: Theatre de la Ville's IONESCO SUITE at BAM's Fishman Space is Absurdly Engaging and Existentially Freeing
by Cindy Sibilsky - Jan 30, 2019

BWW Review: Theatre de la Ville's IONESCO SUITE at BAM's Fishman Space is Absurdly Engaging and Existentially Freeing

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