Rachel Sennott to Receive StoneStreet Studio's 2023 Granite Award
by Michael Major
- Nov 27, 2023
Bottoms actor Rachel Sennott is set to receive Stonestreet Studios’ Granite Award for 2023. Special guest speakers honoring Sennott include her writing partner, Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby, Bottoms) with video congrats from previous Granite Award recipients Miles Teller, Ximena Lamadrid, Nik Walker, and others.
Review: WHO'S HOLIDAY at Open Stage
by Andrea Stephenson
- Nov 27, 2023
Who’s Holiday reminds us that, while life may not go the way we imagined, we can still find joy, love, friendship, and hope. The team at Open Stage steps up their game year after year with this adults-only holiday production. Audiences will laugh and cry as they spend some time with Cindy Lou Who in her trailer on the top of Mount Crumpit.
Interview: John Douglas Thompson On Providing a More Thorough Perspective of William Jennings Bryan in INHERIT THE WIND
by Gil Kaan
- Nov 24, 2023
A re-imagined production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind is currently playing on the Pasadena Playhouse stage, just extended through December 3, 2023. Michael Michetti directs the cast, led by Alfred Molina & John Douglas Thompson as the battling lawyers in a trial inspired by the Scopes Monkey trials in 1925. Rounding out the talented company: Chris Perfetti, Abubakr Al, David Aaron Baker, Rachel Hilson, Jared, Brian Calì, Marlene Forte, Matt Gomez Hidaka, Thomas Hobson, Michael Kostroff, John W. Lawson, Philip J. Lewis, Gabriella Pizzigoni, Rene Rivera and Pam Trotter. After the whirlwind of opening night and unexpected COVID cancellations, John Douglas graciously found some time to chat with me on the phone.
OPERATION MINCEMEAT to Unveil Plaque for Hester Leggatt
by Aliya Al-Hassan
- Nov 24, 2023
Following dedicated fans of Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical successfully uncovering the missing pieces of MI5 secretary Hester May Murray Leggatt's life, a plaque in her honour is set to be unveiled at the Fortune Theatre on 11 December, six months after the show’s West End premiere.
Shortlisted Scripts Revealed For The Women's Prize For Playwriting 2023
by Stephi Wild
- Nov 24, 2023
The Women's Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, today announces the 20 shortlisted scripts for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2023, selected from 1,002 entries. Launched in 2019, the Prize is designed to celebrate and support exceptional playwrights who identify as female or non-binary by providing them with a national platform.
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