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VIDEO: Okwui Okpokwasili, F. Murray Abraham & More Perform From KING LEAR for BRAVE NEW SHAKESPEARE Challenge

by Chloe Rabinowitz — May 18, 2020

Okwui Okpokwasili performed a monologue from King Lear as part of The Public Theater's Brave New Shakespeare challenge!

SESAME STREET Returns for Historic 50th Season This November

by Kaitlin Milligan — October 16, 2019

Sesame Street got its start at the height of the civil rights movement and the war on poverty, in answer to a simple but powerful question: could television help prepare less advantaged children for school? In 1969, the show's founders tapped researchers, entertainers, and other visionaries to crea

BWW Review: Intimate and Sexually Insightful THE SOLID LIFE OF SUGAR WATER by Deaf West

by Shari Barrett — September 17, 2019

Deaf West's THE SOLID LIFE OF SUGAR WATER features Sandra Mae Frank (the extraordinary deaf actor who starred as Wendla in all three of their Spring Awakening productions at Inner-City Arts, at the Wallis and on Broadway) as Alice, who uses ASL to communicate along with deaf actor Tad Cooley who por

Deaf West Theatre Presents Jack Thorne's THE SOLID LIFE OF SUGAR WATER

by Julie Musbach — August 13, 2019

Deaf West Theatre presents the American premiere of The Solid Life of Sugar Water by Tony Award-winning playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child).

BWW Review: EDWARD ALBEE'S AT HOME AT THE ZOO Perfectly Combines Two One-Acts and Signing/Speaking Actors

by Shari Barrett — March 10, 2017

EDWARD ALBEE'S AT HOME AT THE ZOO combines Albee's groundbreaking 1959 short play The Zoo Story with his acclaimed prequel Homelife, written in 2004.

The Wallis and Deaf West Theatre Join Forces Once Again for EDWARD ALBEE'S AT HOME AT THE ZOO

by A.A. Cristi — February 13, 2017

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Deaf West Theatre (DWT), the performing arts organizations behind the Tony Award-nominated and Ovation Award-winning revival of Spring Awakening, reunite to bring multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo to

Photo Flash: First Look at AMERICAN BUFFALO at Cal State L.A.

by Tyler Peterson — February 20, 2015

Offering a fresh look at the groundbreaking play that established David Mamet as a seismic force in theater, the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at California State University, Los Angeles joins forces with multiple award-winning Deaf West Theatre to present American Buffalo.

Cal State L.A. & Deaf West Theatre to Present AMERICAN BUFFALO, 2/14-3/8

by Tyler Peterson — January 9, 2015

Offering a fresh look at the groundbreaking play that established David Mamet as a seismic force in theater, the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at California State University, Los Angeles joins forces with multiple award-winning Deaf West Theatre to present American Buffalo.

Deaf West Hosts Memorial for Phyllis Frelich at the Mark Taper Forum Tonight

by BWW News Desk — October 20, 2014

Deaf West Theatre hosts a memorial to celebrate the life and career of Tony Award-winning actress and deaf activist Phyllis Frelich tonight, Oct.

Deaf West to Host Memorial for Phyllis Frelich at the Mark Taper Forum, 10/20

by BWW News Desk — October 13, 2014

Deaf West Theatre will host a memorial to celebrate the life and career of Tony Award-winning actress and deaf activist Phyllis Frelich on Monday, Oct.

Deaf West Theatre to Honor Retired Founding Artistic Director Ed Waterstreet, 2/9

by Kelsey Denette — January 9, 2013

Deaf West Theatre will honor retired founding artistic director Ed Waterstreet at a gala fundraising event on Saturday, February 9.

BWW Interviews: Hearing Impaired Actor Eddie Buck Makes Professional Debut in Growing Stage's MOTHER HICKS

by Caryn Robbins — January 23, 2012

Last week, Eddie Buck made his professional theater debut as 'Tuc' in The Children's Theatre of New Jersey - The Growing Stage production of MOTHER HICKS.