Playwright News--4.24.12

Q&A with playwright Patrick Link The Daily Tar Heel An avid football fan, Link is a member of the theater's prestigious Youngblood Playwrights Group, where "Headstrong" was developed. Staff writer Kendra Benner spoke with Link about the script, football and his life as a playwright. See all stories on this topic »

Last night's viewing - The King and the Playwright: a Jacobean History, BBC4 ... The Independent What James Shapiro did say in The King and the Playwright: a Jacobean History, the first of his series on the Shakespeare of James I's reign, was this: "Forgive the prop. It's visual shorthand for news." He waved the newspaper he'd been discovered ... See all stories on this topic »

Hardy pupils stage Titanic play by Belfast playwright Portadown Times Playwright Dan Gordon with some of the Hardy cast who presented his play 'She Was Alright When She Left HJere'. THE children of Hardy Memorial Primary School in Richhill have crossed time and distance to stage the poignant Dan Gordon play 'She Was ... See all stories on this topic » Portadown Times

Paving the Way for New Work TheaterJones Performing Arts News Last year's inaugural event led to two new full productions by emerging playwrights in Nouveau 47 Theatre's second season, of works by writers introduced to us in the first festival. New work was championed by Margo Jones, the regional theater pioneer ... See all stories on this topic »

Broadway review: 'The Lyons' Philadelphia Inquirer Nicky Silver, the Wynnewood-born-and bred playwright whose edgy plays sometimes have seemingly nice or clueless people turning awful, had his Broadway debut Monday night with a solid, edgy play in which someone basically nice or clueless turns awful. See all stories on this topic »

'The Mill' brings story of 1989 Boise Cascade protests to the stage Twin Cities Planet Playwright Jeannine Coulombe grew up in International Falls and for her the story is personal, she said. "My father worked in the mill, my stepfather worked in the mill. My uncles worked in the mill. People I grew up with now work in the mill. See all stories on this topic » Twin Cities Planet

Tons of New Shows Hitting NJ Stages Patch.com Playwrights Theatre Announces Young Playwright Contest Winners: Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey has announced the winners of the 29th Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest. Winners were selected from 261 plays submitted by young writers ... See all stories on this topic »

DC's Folger Library Acquires Lynn Redgrave Archive Playbill.com By Kenneth Jones Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, has acquired the theatrical archive of actress and playwright Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010). The collection of professional and family papers documents Redgrave's career on stage and screen, ... See all stories on this topic »

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Playwright Israel Horovitz Center Stage as He Is Honored by France ... "I parle Français like a Spanish cow," playwright Israel Horovitz joked as he accepted the insignia of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, awarded to him ... forward.com/.../playwright-israel-horovitz-center-stage-as-he-i...