Glenn Close Writes About Mental Illness in Sunset Boulevard; Streetcar and Other Projects
by Robert Diamond
- Oct 24, 2009
Glenn Close, who won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series has penned a piece for the Huffington Post, entitled 'Mental Illness: The Stigma of Silence' in which the actress writes about her many characters who have 'deep psychological wounds' ranging from Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard to Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction and Blanche Dubious in A Streetcar Named Desire.
REVIEW: 'The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later' at Actors Bridge
by Jeffrey Ellis
- Oct 13, 2009
Staged at the W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later offers a follow-up to the original work and was produced internationally on the 11th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, the young gay man who was so brutally murdered by two young men near the city limits of Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. Audiences the world over were given the tremendous opportunity to share in the new work with the contemporaneous productions, an undertaking that amplifies the notion that live theatre can be transformative in its power to challenge conventional wisdom and, quite simply, provoke thought and introspection.
Dreyfess, Anderson, Marshall-Green and More Featured in La Jolla's LARAMIE, 10 YEARS LATER Reading, 10/12
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 12, 2009
Actor's Express partners with the Alliance Theatre to bring Atlanta audiences a staged reading of a powerful new play,The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (An Epilogue). Directed by Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley, the special event takes place on the Alliance's Hertz Stage Monday, October 12, the 11th anniversary of the brutal murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard.
'LARAMIE PROJECT' EPILOGUE Premieres 10/12 At Lied
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 12, 2009
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will bring 'The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later--An Epilogue,' a follow-up of the highly acclaimed 'The Laramie Project' to Lincoln Oct. 12.
Laramie Update: Mary McDonnell, Mary McCormack And More To Perform In Los Angeles Reading, 10/12
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 12, 2009
As previously announced, on October 12, nearly 150 theaters nationwide will stage readings of the epilogue piece to 2000's The Laramie Project, entitled The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, in honor of the 11th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death. Glenn Close will be hosting a pre-show event to the Lincoln Center performance that will be broadcast to the theaters participating in the event nationwide.
Dreyfess, Anderson, Marshall-Green and More Featured in La Jolla's LARAMIE, 10 YEARS LATER Reading, 10/12
by Jessica Lewis
- Oct 9, 2009
Actor's Express partners with the Alliance Theatre to bring Atlanta audiences a staged reading of a powerful new play,The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (An Epilogue). Directed by Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley, the special event takes place on the Alliance's Hertz Stage Monday, October 12, the 11th anniversary of the brutal murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard.
'LARAMIE PROJECT' EPILOGUE Premieres 10/12 At Lied
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Oct 6, 2009
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will bring 'The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later--An Epilogue,' a follow-up of the highly acclaimed 'The Laramie Project' to Lincoln Oct. 12.
Laramie Update: Mary McDonnell, Mary McCormack And More To Perform In Los Angeles Reading, 10/12
by Jessica Lewis
- Oct 2, 2009
As previously announced, on October 12, nearly 150 theaters nationwide will stage readings of the epilogue piece to 2000's The Laramie Project, entitled The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, in honor of the 11th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death. Glenn Close will be hosting a pre-show event to the Lincoln Center performance that will be broadcast to the theaters participating in the event nationwide.
Glenn Close To Host THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER Pre-show
by Jessica Lewis
- Sep 30, 2009
The coda to the Laramie Project, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, will premiere at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on October 12, the anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death on which the play is based. As part of the opening event, stage and screen star Glenn Close will host a pre-show that will be webcast to over 150 theaters nationwide that will also be presenting this sequel piece.
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