Playwright News--4.3.12

John Arden, British Playwright, Dies at 81 New York Times John Arden, a major British playwright of the 1950s and 1960s, whose politically engaged, theatrically inventive and conscience-provoking works were often compared to Brecht's but have been only intermittently revived and rarely performed in the United ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

National playwright award aims to unearth new indigenous voices Sydney Morning Herald But the stream of indigenous writing that sprang from the 1970s has started to dry up, according to Enoch, who is Queensland Theatre Company's artistic director and one of the judges of a new $20000 national indigenous playwright award funded by the ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Delco playwright Bruce Graham unveils his latest work, 'The Outgoing Tide ... Delaware County Daily Times At turns funny, heartwarming, charming and sad, PTC'S "The Outgoing Tide" is a terrific new addition to playwright Graham's body of work. Performances continue through April 22 at PTC's home at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). See all stories on this topic »

Signature taps Hwang: Writer's work to get season-long showcase Chicago Tribune Off Broadway's Signature Theater has named David Henry Hwang the Residency One Playwright for its 2012-13 season. Residency One is the Signature's new moniker for its annual seasonlong focus on the work of a single playwright. See all stories on this topic »

Thomson: A Cinematic Revival of Britain's Most Popular Mid-Century Playwright New Republic Rattigan was the leading English playwright during the war and into the early 1950s, before the disruptions of John Osborne and Harold Pinter. He was a paragon for those who preferred theatre genteel and conventional. Rattigan admitted that he wrote ... See all stories on this topic » New Republic

Joey Wishnia shares his life with the playwright in Shakespeare and Me Westword (blog) By Juliet Wittman Tue., Apr. 3 2012 at 8:32 AM There aren't many actors around who can claim to have met Laurence Olivier, David Frost and Noel Coward -- however briefly -- or who still refer to Macbeth as Mackers, to ward off the curse associated with ... See all stories on this topic »

A LETTER FROM LOUISVILLE: An Overview of The Humana Festival of New American ... Playbill.com By Jonathan Mandell Ever since his success with Urinetown on Broadway, Tony-winning playwright Greg Kotis says, he has written each new play hearing two voices. "One voice says: 'We should make this commercial.' The other voice says: 'Screw that. See all stories on this topic » Playbill.com

A Good Time to Get Your Young One On Stage Patch.com Registration is going on now for theatrical camps at such venues as Centenary Stage Company, Brundage Park Playhouse and Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey. Brundage is also holding auditions for its summer kids show, "Alice in Wonderland" and Summit ... See all stories on this topic »

Playwright wins CBC short story competition Canadian Jewish News (blog) Playwright and actor Daniel Karasik won the grand prize in CBC's short story competition last week. "I found it very hard to process," Karasik said of his win. "I was very excited and also kind of overwhelmed." His award-winning story is called Mine, ... See all stories on this topic » Canadian Jewish News (blog)

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World Book Trade: John Arden, British playwright, dies at 81 By Peter Scott John Arden, a major British playwright of the 1950s and 1960s, whose politically engaged, theatrically inventive and conscience-provoking works were often compared to Brecht's but have been only intermittently revived and rarely performed ... World Book Trade