In Conflict - 2008 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 17

As BroadwayWorld reported last month, Kenneth Joseph 'Ken' Howard, Jr., a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and president of the performers union SAG-AFTRA died on March 23rd at his home near Los Angeles. He was 71. A celebration of his life will be held today, April 11, 2016 and will be live-streamed at SAGAFTRA.org.

As BroadwayWorld reported last month, Kenneth Joseph 'Ken' Howard, Jr., a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and president of the performers union SAG-AFTRA died on March 23rd at his home near Los Angeles. He was 71. A celebration of his life will be held on Monday, April 11, 2016 and will be live-streamed at SAGAFTRA.org.

Sometimes it seems there is so much theater happening that it's difficult to keep track of it all. From personal experience, despite all the datebooks, smart phones, tablets, desktop computers and laptops...it's hard to keep everything straight in this wacky business of the show.

Certified professional life coach Ellen Nyland considers it her passion to empower people in discovering their own magnificence. She herself has faced many challenges in life, overcoming them with insight, humor and intelligence. In her book, 'Life Is Great, Even When It Sucks' (published by Xlibris), she uses her own life story and as well as the examples of others to help readers transform their perspective and become the phenomenal, magnificent and wonderful people they were meant to be. A new marketing campaign is set for this book.

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, Kenneth Joseph 'Ken' Howard, Jr., a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and president of the performers union SAG-AFTRA died today at his home near Los Angeles. He was 71.

 Kenneth Joseph 'Ken' Howard, Jr., a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and president of the performers union SAG-AFTRA died today at his home near Los Angeles. He was 71.

Sometimes it seems there is so much theater happening that it's difficult to keep track of it all. From personal experience, despite all the datebooks, smart phones, tablets, desktop computers and laptops...it's hard to keep everything straight in this wacky business of the show.

Sometimes it seems there is so much theater happening that it's difficult to keep track of it all. From personal experience, despite all the notebooks, datebooks, smart phones, tablets, desktop computers and laptops...it's hard to keep everything straight in this wacky business of the show.

Surgeon, Dr. Mario Loomis, writes young adult fiction about the mind and soul. Dr. Loomis has operated in third world missions, done brain and stem cell research, and cared for thousands of patients over the years. In his youth, he worked as a cowboy and hitchhiked through South America, seeing the connectedness of humanity through the eyes of the poor. Drawing on this background, Dr. Loomis explores the outer reaches of science, hidden powers of the mind, and the reality of the human soul. His smart thrillers immerse readers in the conflict between good and evil, affirming that good ultimately prevails, as long as the mind is free.

Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play, the first on Broadway written by a Black woman, will visit the Belgrade Theatre from Tues 22 - Sat 26 March in a new production directed by Eclipse Theatre's Dawn Walton. This intense family drama, written on the cusp of the civil rights era, sees the Younger family await the arrival of a cheque for a life changing $10,000. Driven to conflict as they encounter issues of inequality, housing and lack of opportunity that continue to resonate today, the play acts as a stark warning to anyone who measures happiness and personal worth in capital gain.

The Play Company's (PlayCo) Idea Lab series complements the productions in their 2016 season by bringing together artists, scholars, writers and community leaders for stand-alone events to examine themes raised in the shows. Following performances of the world premiere of The Wildness, a co-produced with Ars Nova, Playco will present three post show events over three Thursdays, March 3, 10 & 17.

'YO MISS!' by Judith Sloan will make its world premiere at La MaMa from tonight, March 4, through March 13, 2016.

mapdance celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exciting and varied event, featuring new works and reconstructions by renowned and upcoming international contemporary choreographers. The roster of artists includes Britain's Kevin Finnan (Motionhouse) and wacky maverick Liz Aggiss, as well as Israel Aloni and Lee Brummer, co-artistic directors of Sweden's ilDance. The current crop of thirteen 'mapdancers' also appear in Martin Lawrance's restaging of Richard Alston's vibrant, evergreen Roughcut (1990) and Abi (Lila Dance) Mortimer's elegant, Leonardo-inspired Schemes, Dreams and Machines from mapdance's 2015 tour.

NEXT TO NORMAL is an exploration of grief and how it can pull you down to the depths of depression. Although not what you usually expect from Red Mountain Theatre Company, it is a timely and real look at mental illness. It is hard to know where to start in giving accolades to this talented cast and crew.

Summary: The year is 1942, the setting: a city in the Tver region. Gelik, a very young lieutenant, and a girl named Ina were taken hostage by an insane divisional commander. By some miracle they managed to escape, but many years later, Gelik, during a conversation with a friend, suddenly realizes that the divisional commander's madness was nothing but play-acting: he had foreseen that all attempts to escape from the war would be seen as desertion - all, that is, except raving madness and affront (tearing into battle and killing everyone in your path). 2008. Ina, now a very elderly woman, falls victim to a telephone prankster who begins terrorising her. Gradually his daily calls become a kind of drug on which she depends. She discovers that he knows something about her life, and the remarks he makes evoke distant memories: there was a time, long ago, when she was a reporter, and she seems to recall travelling to Afghanistan, where she fell in love. In her mind, the love she once knew has not retained a specific form and features, but it still responds to her memories with a furious force. The protagonists survived the war and are rescued from captivity. They are not able, however, to leave the experiences of the war behind them and move on with their lives. The novel explores what happens once the conflict is over, as they learn to live without the war, with all their loves, passions and weaknesses. About the Author: Anna Nemzer was born in Moscow and graduated from the Historical and Philological faculty of the Russian State University for the Humanities. She worked as a journalist and an editor for the magazines 'Snob,' 'Russian Reporter' and 'Around the World.' She has also worked for the TV channel 'Kultura.' Since 2008, Nemzer has been the editor-in-chief of the magazine 'Snob.' In 2009, Nemzer wrote the first part of the novel 'Prisoner. It is not true,' dedicated to the memory of the generation affected by war. 'Prisoner' was published in the journal 'Znamia' and shortlisted for the Belkin Prize. In 2011, she finished the second part of the novel. The novel 'Prisoner' is her debut in prose. Review copies are available upon request. Title: 'Prisoner' Author: Anna Nemzer Publisher: Glagoslav Publications Language: English ISBN: 9781784379742 Extent: 224 pages Format: paperback, hardback, e-book

Author Kris Jayne will publish debut three-part contemporary romance novel, 'The Thirsty Heart Series' on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2016. 'The Thirsty Hearts Series' has already received high praise from early reviewers. A thirsty heart longs for love-even if its owner doesn't know it. These heroines and heroes have lost love, troubled love, and new love at their fingertips. 'The Thirsty Hearts Series' journey starts with Micky and Nick in Charming You. Micky Llewellyn trusted men before-with disastrous results. Nick Halden's life has unfolded according to plan-a career at a top law firm and an engagement to the perfect socialite (he hopes). Fate throws Micky and Nick together, and in their struggle to balance love and ambition, they have to decide what they want before they lose the one thing that matters. Next, in Choosing You, Micky's best friend Taryn Lieber continues planning her dream wedding along with her fiancé, Jeff McConnell, and his adorable daughter, Olivia. Their love couldn't be more perfect until the arrival of Jeff's first wife, Shannon, throws Jeff and Taryn's relationship into chaos. Conflict, mistrust, and danger follow as they try to hang on and make it down the aisle. Cherishing You follows Shannon as she works to pull her life together and prove to her ex-husband and the world that her past of drug addiction and crime is history. Jonah Moran hasn't struggled for much. He has a cushy job at his father's billion-dollar company, a string of socialite girlfriends, and anything money can buy. Drawn together in a novel passion, Shannon and Jonah find solace in each other's worlds, but can they push through the barriers and find lasting love? This series is recommended for readers eighteen and older due to strong language and sexual situations. Kris Jayne is available for interviews and appearances. For booking presentations, media appearances, interviews, book-signings and any inquiries involving publishing, television and film rights as well as foreign and audio rights, please contact Lea Cabalar, fierceandfabpromotions@gmail.com. About Kris Jayne Kris Jayne is a devoted writer, reader, and traveler. She spends her days blissfully sweating out the writing process in the Dallas area with her dog, Otis the Shih Tzu (DNA verified after being told he was a Lhasa Apso). Her passion for writing is only matched by her passion for the adventures of travel. In 2008, she let a friend talk her into sleeping outside for the first time in her life when she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

Judith Sloan is a masterful actor/dialectition and a sublime mixologist of sound. She blends both gifts in her newest play, 'YO MISS!,' in which she channels her own family's traumas through the experiences of immigrant and minority teens whom she has taught in arts programs over the last two decades.

The Royal Court has worked with a group of 12 writers from Syria and Lebanon over the last two years with workshops supported by the British Council in Broumana and Beirut. These workshops have been led by playwrights David Greig, Sam Holcroft and Royal Court International Director Elyse Dodgson. Excerpts from all of the plays were presented at Al Madina Theatre in Beirut in May 2015 directed by Richard Twyman.

New Repertory Theatre announces the NEXT REP BLACK BOX FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT SYMPOSIUM SERIES, January 24-February 18, 2016 in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA.

Focusing on the perspective of a British woman, Sheila Munds-Belbin's new book, 'Beloved Enemy,' goes back in time to World War II German-occupied France.

The Old Globe presents the Third Annual New Voices Festival, featuring readings of new American plays by professional playwrights this weekend, January 15 - 17, 2016.

The word 'conflict' is laden with negative connotations and is, from many perspectives, something to avoid if at all possible. In her book 'DIY Conflict Resolution: Seven Choices and Five Actions of a Master,' Nance L. Schick uncovers the truth about conflict-that it manifests globally, culturally as well as in relationships, careers, business deals, and deep within the human mind, body and soul. She also shares her interactive program for identifying, evaluating, and resolving conflict that impedes living authentically.

'YO MISS!' by Judith Sloan will make its world premiere at La MaMa from March 4 to 13, 2016.

Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces the return of the critically acclaimed VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL, an expansive exhibition of some of the finest Israeli, Arab and American artists from across the country and around the world. The five offerings included in the 2015-16 Festival, which runs from today, January 6-May 1, 2016, grapple with issues of peace and conflict in a divided Middle East.

Dr. Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, bestselling author of Wired for Love and co-creator of a Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT) and the PACT Institute, has announced the launch of his new book, Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate. Wired for Dating offers powerful tips based in neuroscience and attachment theory to help you find a compatible mate, and go on together to create a secure-functioning relationship.