Playwright News--3.31.12

Playwright John Patrick Shanley faces $5 million sex lawsuit Entertainment Weekly by Lanford Beard EW has confirmed that actress Amanda Jencsik, a former lover of John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck, Doubt) has filed a lawsuit against the Oscar- and Pulitzer-winning writer. Per the New York Post, the $5 million suit alleges Shanley ... See all stories on this topic »

John Arden, Political British Playwright, Dies at 82 Playbill.com By Robert Simonson John Arden, a British playwright with a pungent political conscience who rose to prominence in the 1950s and was often likened to an English answer to Bertolt Brecht, died March 28. He was 82. The playwright was a mainstay at the ... See all stories on this topic »

Political playwright who never wavered Irish Times JOHN ARDEN : JOHN ARDEN, who has died aged 81, was a playwright, novelist and short-story writer at the forefront of innovative drama in the 1960s. Widely held to be the heir of the English literary tradition of Blake and Shelley, he fell out with the ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

Playwright Amy Herzog Takes a Page From Family History for 4000 Miles Playbill.com By Brandon Voss A grandmother and grandson find common ground in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, a short-lived 2011 success that has resurfaced Off-Broadway. Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles world-premiered last summer in an acclaimed production by LCT3, ... See all stories on this topic » Playbill.com

Gukurahundi Playwright Arrested in Lupane RadioVop Bulawayo March 31, 2012–Police in Lupane in Matabeleland North province on Friday defied a High Court order and arrested National Youth Development Trust (NYDT) senior programmes' officer Bhekimusa Moyo. Moyo, who is also the author of Gukurahundi ... See all stories on this topic »

Customer Service Nightmares, Now Onstage NPR 7:00 pm ET Playwright Lisa Kron performs her new work, The Veri**on Play. It's a bitter satire on the tangles of automated customer service. Playwright Lisa Kron performs her new work, The Veri**on Play. It's a bitter satire on the tangles of automated ... See all stories on this topic »

THEATER REVIEW: Beck Center play tender, tortuous study of old age The Morning Journal This, in a nutshell, is local playwright Eric Coble's "The Velocity of Autumn" — an intriguing one-act, two-person coming-of-old age play enjoying its regional premiere at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood. "The Velocity of Autumn" flash ... See all stories on this topic »

Pakistani Christian playwright to present play on inhuman blasphemy law Pakistan Christian Post (PCP) A prominent Pakistani Christian playwright Adeel Salman will present a stage drama "295 C - A play about the inhuman 'Blasphemy Law' in Pakistan" 295 C is a play about the inhuman 'Blasphemy Law' in Pakistan. This law mainly targets minorities ... See all stories on this topic » Pakistan Christian Post

Exhibit showcases artists who teach Daily Press Playwright George Bernard Shaw said it first. But satirist H.L. Mencken said it better. And since then the notion that "Those who can, do; Those who can't, teach" has been repeated as Gospel countless times by people whose smugness is exceeded only by ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Press

'Or,' at Seattle Rep: A romp through the Restoration era The Seattle Times Kirsten Potter stars as the spy-playwright Aphra Behn. By Misha Berson By Liz Duffy Adams. Through April 22 at Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St., Seattle; $12-$49 (206-443-2222 or www.seattlerep.org). No comments have been posted to this ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

2AMt » Blog Archive » A Playwright's Responsibility By Stephen Spotswood I've been thinking more and more about my responsibility as an artist. And just typing that feels a little weird—the idea that artists have responsibilities other than to their art. But our work does more than just sit there in our heads. It wanders out ... 2AMt

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StageBuzz.com: A Few Minutes with Playwright Duncan Pflaster A Few Minutes with Playwright Duncan Pflaster. By Byrne Harrison. Duncan Pflaster has won awards for his plays The Empress of Sex, Prince Trevor Amongst ... www.stagebuzz.com/.../few-minutes-with-playwright-duncan...