Playwright News--4.28.12

Playwright barred from traveling outside his native Iran fires volley around ... San Jose Mercury News Because the Iranian playwright refused to serve in his country's armed forces, his government denied his request for a passport. So the then-29-year-old writer created the solo show "White Rabbit, Red Rabbit," sent it to Canada's Volcano Theatre and ... See all stories on this topic »

Prashanth Kumar Nair wins MetroPlus Playwright Award The Hindu The Hindu MetroPlus Playwright Award 2012 has been awarded to Prashanth Kumar Nair for his entry Romeo and Juliet – No Strings Attached. Instituted by The Hindu in 2008, the annual award carries a prize of Rs. 1 lakh for the best unpublished and ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

SPECIAL REPORT: Getting Your First Play Produced TheaterMania.com Playwrights, artistic directors, and other experts discuss the challenges of getting a new writer's work onto the stage. By Isa Goldberg • Apr 28, 2012 • New York City If your name is Neil Simon or Jon Robin Baitz or Theresa Rebeck, getting your new ... See all stories on this topic » TheaterMania.com

Lecture to mark life of playwright This is South Wales THE life and work of Welsh playwright Saunders Lewis will be explored at Swansea University next week. Professor of Welsh at the university, Tudur Hallam, will be delivering a public lecture on Lewis on Thursday, May 3. Director of the research ... See all stories on this topic »

Tom Cone remembered Sunday at the Arts Club Granville Island Vancouver Sun Friends and admirers of Tom Cone from Metro Vancouver and beyond will be gathering Sunday at the Arts Club Granville Island for a memorial for the legendary playwright and supporter of the arts. Cone, 65, died April 5 from cancer. See all stories on this topic »

For Edmonton theatre company, smaller is bigger Globe and Mail "They get a couple of workshops, they get a three-week rehearsal, they get put on and then the playwright gets patted on the bum and sent on his way with a script to try to sell it elsewhere." As artistic director of Edmonton's Workshop West Theatre, ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

BWW Reviews: HIS GREATNESS, Finborough Theatre, April 27 2012 Broadway World Three men meet in a Vancouver: one, a playwright whose work was once great but is longer; another, his assistant, a vituperative Jeeves with an solution to every problem each wrapped in verbal barbed wire; and a rent boy whose life is drifting into a ... See all stories on this topic »

Review: 'Wicked Burn' by Beth Kery USA TODAY By Lea Franczak, USA TODAY Vic Savian is a ruggedly handsome, temperamental, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who lives in a luxury apartment complex located in downtown Chicago during the week while directing his latest play. See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

NY1 Theater Review: "The Columnist " NY1 Playwright David Auburn brings the same kind of intelligence and insight to "The Columnist" that made his last Broadway play "Proof" a Pulitzer Prize winner. Unfortunately though it has more to do with history than drama. Still "The Columnist" is a ... See all stories on this topic »

Ojai Benefit, Featuring Megan Mullally, Zachary Quinto, Davis Gaines and ... Playbill.com By Adam Hetrick The Ojai Playwrights Conference's April 28 Body and Soul benefit, boasting performances by Megan Mullally, Zachary Quinto, Davis Gaines and Andrea Marcovicci, is held at the Matilija Auditorium. The 5:30 PM benefit was created by OPC ... See all stories on this topic » Playbill.com