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	Lively Arts - Theatre - Play Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Despite her musical talents, Woodard did not want to suffer the ultimate fate of so many fl actors, which was to become an entertainer, settling for song and dance instead of Shakespeare and Chekhov.
		Woodard is equally funny--and touching--when she impersonates some of the other important people in her life: her agent, lover, a couple of girlfriends (including a famous cabaret star), and a self-destructive Rastafarian guru.
		Woodard's show is beautifully directed by Daniel Sullivan, who keeps the narrative flow going with a sensitive and unobtrusive hand.
	www.lively-arts.com /theatre/in_real_life.htm (393 words)

	Charlayne Woodard Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Woodard has also made several appearances as Will's Aunt Janice in the NBC sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and she played the administrator of the frontier business in the 1994 CBS miniseries "Buffalo Girls", starring Melanie Griffith and Anjelica Huston.
		Woodard brought gravity and strength to her portrayal of an Olympic runner struggling with Graves' disease in the 1996 Showtime biopic "Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story".
		Woodard's most substantial screen role to date was as the slave Tituba in Nicholas Hytner's adaptation of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" (also 1996).
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/188569 (693 words)

	AroundCinci :: Know's next production is Neat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"Charlayne is in junior and then senior high school, and she's just starting to find her own identity in her community and in the world."
		Charlayne's coming-of-age story is set against the backdrop of the 1960's in Albany, NY, when the Black Consciousness/Black Power movement was coming to the forefront of America's social consciousness.
		While the political atmosphere also serves as a catalyst for Charlayne's exploration of her identity, it is not the sole focus of the play.
	www.aroundcinci.com /gen_includes/article.asp?articleid=2170 (477 words)

	charlayne woodard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Woodard’s Broadway credits include the original company of Ain’t Misbehavin’, for which she received both the Tony and Drama Desk nominations.
		Woodard’s credits include Maria in Twelfth Night and Grusha in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the latter directed by George C. Wolfe, for which she received an AUDELCO nomination.
		Woodard is a member of the Actor’s Studio.
	www.lawtf.com /artists/woodard.htm (243 words)

	Amazon.com: Pretty Fire: Books: Charlayne Woodard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Winner of the Los Angeles Critics Circle Award, Pretty Fire consists of five autobiographical vignettes that begin with Woodard's premature birth and end with her first solo performance in her church's junior choir, the event that set her career as a performer in motion.
		And quite a performer she is. Like the best of storytellers, Woodard picks out the essential elements of a scene and uses her voice as a tool: whispering about secrets, imitating the residents of her grandparents' neighborhood, even bursting into song.
		Charlayne is gifted as a writer and shares childhood...the good along with the bitter side without getting bitter or getting on a soap box.
	www.amazon.com /Pretty-Fire-Charlayne-Woodard/dp/0822219425 (822 words)

	In Real Life, a CurtainUp review
		Charlayne Woodard, A self-described "natural born storyteller from a family of story tellers," begins her latest self-written solo show, In Real Life, by joyfully pantomiming a session playing her beloved violin, and easily and immediately wins over her audience with expansive energy and a beaming yet reflective smile.
		Woodard is so acutely aware of both her strengths and weaknesses that her recollection of a grandmother's saying about God protecting fools seems at once to be both a "right on" and an obvious remark.
		Ain't Misbehavin' truly is the dramatic centerpiece of Woodard's most engaging theatrical monologue, from her bizarre audition choice of "Auld Lang Syne" for both ballad and up-tempo samples to her unexpected winning of the part and through the exhilarating and draining long run which at times seemed to her like a prison sentence.
	www.curtainup.com /inreallifeny.html (734 words)

	Cincinnati CityBeat : 02/18/2004 : Sweet and Neat
		Back in the 1970s author-actress Charlayne Woodard was Tony nominated for her Broadway performance in Ain't Misbehavin'.
		Woodard and Byrd share an ability to conjure characters out of nothing but well-ordered words, a mobile voice and well-controlled gestures, and then make them entirely visible and memorable.
		Nurtured inside her family, Neat lends to the maturing Charlayne a child's direct, clutter-cutting perspective as she engages with her family and her world.
	www.citybeat.com /2004-02-18/onstage4.shtml (549 words)

	Amazon.ca: Neat: Books: Charlayne Woodard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This very affective piece is filled with memorable anecdotes, such as the seventh-grader who wants to wear her hair in a flip like all her classmates or her determination never to wear a bra because everyone knows bras make your breasts grow.
		Woodard goes for the one-liners a little more than necessary, the tape catches the audience laughing on cue, but the pace moves quickly, and the character is believable at each stage of her life.
		Charlayne Woodard's full-length stage monologue of her youthful impressions of her retarded aunt Beneatha, who seems to have perished young when she tried to fly off a precipice, begins at an amazing pitch of energy, which she more amazingly sustains throughout.
	www.amazon.ca /Neat-Charlayne-Woodard/dp/1580811930 (509 words)

	Around The Fire - Cast - Charlayne Woodward
		Woodard began her career at the Goodman School of Drama, where she received the Sarah Siddons Award.
		On the stage she has written and appeared in several off-Broadway plays including "Pretty Fire," winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and "Neat," nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award.
		On television she has appeared in recurring roles on "Roseanne," "Fresh Prince of Bel Air," "Chicago Hope," and has guest starred on "Frasier" and the mini-series "Buffalo Girls." Woodard's feature film credits including Henry Jaglom's BABY FEVER, John Schlesinger's EYE FOR AN EYE and THE CRUCIBLE, directed by Nicolas Hytner.
	www.aroundthefire.com /cast/charlayne.html (159 words)

	village voice > theater > Bailegangáire, the Town Without Laughter by Tom Murphy; In Real Life by Charlayne Woodard by ...
		Charlayne Woodard also turns to narrative to retrieve identity—in her case, a self thought lost in the bargains made with fame.
		As Woodard's celebrity grows, she is drawn to a Jamaican playwright whose drug habit and sexism eventually pollute the safe haven he once offered her.
		Slipping in and out of different voices as she tells this story, Woodard deftly outwits all those who, in the past, had imposed identities on her.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0242/robinson.php (1006 words)

	Charlayne Woodard mines black folklore for 'Flight'
		Woodard is best known in Seattle as the writer/performer of a trilogy of autobiographical dramas that feature dozens of characters but only one actor -- Woodard.
		Woodard is married to Alan Harris, a lawyer dealing with intellectual property.
		In her research for writing "Flight," Woodard was helped by the late Dr. Beverly Robinson, a cultural historian who taught fl folklore at UCLA.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /theater/244508_fanf14.html (885 words)

	Charlayne Woodard - playwright
		After graduating from drama school in Chicago, Charlayne Woodard, a young African-American woman, eagerly packs her bags and heads for New York City to live with her white boyfriend and pursue an acting career.
		In the oral traditions of West Africa and the African diaspora, Charlayne Woodard is a modern-day griot.
		Then the lyrical, lifting words of Charlayne Woodard begin weaving stories of two young sisters in the small world of Albany, New York; of Ku Klux Klan riders burning a crossthe ironic "pretty fire" of the titlein the hilltop fl town of Rosignol Hill, Georgia; of three generations of family love, struggle and triumph.
	www.doollee.com /PlaywrightsW/woodard-charlayne.html (581 words)

	Charlayne Woodard @ Filmbug
		Charlayne Woodard's film credits include Wim Wenders' Million Dollar Hotel, Nicholas Hytner's The Crucible, John Schlesinger's Eye for an Eye, Henry Jaglom's Baby Fever, as well as One Good Cop, and Around the Fire.
		Woodard has written and starred in two award-winning off-Broadway plays, Pretty Fire, which won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and the NAACP Theatre Awards for Best Play and Best Playwright, and Nest, which won the Theatre Visions Award and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award.
		Woodard's Broadway credits include the original cast of Ain't Misbehavin' for which she received both Tony and Drama Desk Awards nominations.
	www.filmbug.com /db/59966 (280 words)

	Saint Charlayne \| Theater \| The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
		This is the third autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by accomplished actress Charlayne Woodard (you might recognize her from Roseanne, or maybe Unbreakable, the new Bruce Willis flick).
		If Woodard is a Pollyanna who just falls into stardom, people in the audience are less likely to roll their eyes and think "megalomaniac." I didn't buy it.
		I would never argue that Charlayne Woodard is not a fine actress or has not led an interesting life.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=5999 (652 words)

	CityBeat: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire (2003-01-22)
		Woodard, who boasts a respectable list of theater, film and television credits, was nominated for a Tony Award when appearing in the original Broadway company of Ain't Misbehavin.
		Charlayne also recalls her first brushes with casual, heedless racism.
		A sequence in which 10-year-old Charlayne is terrorized by bullies as she goes to the grocery for her mother should be powerful.
	www.citybeat.com /2003-01-22/onstage2.shtml (905 words)

	Playbill News: Charlayne Woodard's World Turned Upside-Down in Fabulation, Lynn Nottage's New Play
		Charlayne Woodard stars in the new play by the writer of the respected Intimate Apparel.
		"Fabulation concerns Undine (Charlayne Woodard), a successful publicist who, upon finding herself pregnant and broke, is plunged into a topsy-turvy world of welfare mothers and drug addicts, and forced to confront the family she left behind," according to PH notes.
		Woodard is a Tony Award nominee (Ain't Misbehavin') and Obie Award winner.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/86548.html (842 words)

	Mahogany Cafe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Charlayne Woodard was born in Albany, New York on December 29, 1955.
		Charlayne is also a writer and a member of the Actors Studio.
		Charlayne’s numerous television guest appearances include "Taxi," "Wiseguy," "Frasier," "Strong Medicine," "The Division," "A Different World" and "Boomtown." She had recurring roles in "Roseanne," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Sweet Justice" and she was a series regular in "Chicago Hope" and the daytime drama "Days Of Our Lives."
	www.mahoganycafe.com /charlaynewoodard.html (268 words)

	OPC DramaBlogue
		Next Charlayne Woodard graced the audience with a full performance of a piece from Pretty Fire, her first solo work.
		Charlayne Woodard’s piece is a work of memory, she transports us to her childhood and takes us back to those moments that were so important to her and so enchanting to us.
		It is something that makes up Charlayne, her autobiography, though the themes are certainly universal.
	www.ojaiplaywrightsconf.org /blog/2003_07_25_ojaiplaywrightsconf_archive.html (455 words)

	Review: PRETTY FIRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In this5-part memoir about her African-American girlhood in Albany, NY and summers in Georgia, playwright Woodard manages to hit all the bases -- dramatic, comic, sentimental, tart, spooky, and nostalgic -- with an engaging narrator and an armload of colorful characters.
		The opening, "Birth", has some witty moments, but it's nearly all narration -- about Woodard's unusual and difficult birth (she was a one-and-a-half pound preemie, who fell into her mother's outstretched hand).
		The second story, about Woodard's early school days, begins comic (about learning her ABC's) and then takes a sharp turn, when she is first taunted by a racial epithet during a sprint.
	my.en.com /~herone/PrettyFire.html (513 words)

	Charlayne Woodard Forum @ Filmbug
		I ran into her ten years after high school on a bus from NYC to Albany.
		We shared a lot of stories (Whatever happened to "Sun Showers," Charlayne?) and she had not changed a bit.
		More power to her and success honestly could not happen to a greater and more deserved person.
	www.filmbug.com /db/59966-8 (236 words)

	YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
		Made by the Woodard boys at Kings College Taunton in 2004...
		Woodard family reunion Mary oakley Final Harvest Jonah Ran
		Woodard family reunion Mary oakley Final Harvest have little talk with jesus
	youtube.com /results?search_query=Woodard (177 words)

	Charlayne Woodard's Real Life to Play MTC, Broadway.com Buzz
		The piece, directed by Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan, is scheduled to begin performances at MTC's Stage II on September 17 in preparation for an official opening of October 8.
		This one follows Woodard as a young New York actress, auditioning for and eventually landing her breakout role in Ain't Misbehavin'.
		Woodard received Tony and Drama Desk nominations for her performance in Ain't Misbehavin'.
	www.broadway.com /gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?CI=18995 (322 words)

	Charlayne Woodard - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Charlayne Woodard on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
		Charlayne Woodard Information - TV.com offers all of the latest Charlayne Woodard news as well as exclusive Charlayne Woodard photos.
		Charlayne Woodard - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Charlayne Woodard Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/charlayne-woodard/216398/main?_pgtyp=pdct (79 words)

	Charlayne Woodard, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Others Set for Free Tribute to Wilson at Seattle Rep (BroadwayWorld.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Charlayne Woodard, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Others Set for Free Tribute to Wilson at Seattle Rep (BroadwayWorld.com)
		Charlayne Woodard, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Others Set for Free Tribute to Wilson at Seattle Rep
		Wilson’s ten plays will be represented by actors such as Charlayne Woodard, Cynthia Jones, Chic Street Man, Derrick Sanders, Ruben Santiago Hudson, Lisa Estridge, Reggie Jackson, Keith Randolph Smith, Stephen McKinley Henderson and will also feature comments by Norm Rice and Todd Kreidler, Mr.
	www.broadwayworld.com /printcolumn.cfm?id=7355 (425 words)

	Charlayne Woodard: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Woodard is the youngest of three children born to her parents in Oklahoma...
		Woodard starred in the ensemble film How to Make an American...
		Woodard received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Miniseries/Movie, an Emmy Award for Best Actress, as well as ACE and Screen...
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Woodard_Charlayne_653723846.htm (242 words)

	Charlayne Woodard Photos - Charlayne Woodard News - Charlayne Woodard Information
		Charlayne Woodard Photos - Charlayne Woodard News - Charlayne Woodard Information
		Alias Name(s): Charlaine Woodard, Charlayne Woodward, Charlaine Woodward, Charlain Woodard, Charleine Woodard
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	www.tv.com /charlayne-woodard/person/4515/summary.html (119 words)

	Charlayne Woodard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Charlaine Woodard / Charlain Woodard / Charleine Woodard / Charlaine Woodward
		Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Charlayne Woodard
		Find where Charlayne Woodard is credited alongside another name
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0940128 (180 words)

	Charlayne Woodard's In Real Life Opening, Photo Op: Broadway.com Buzz
		Charlayne Woodard's In Real Life Opening, Photo Op: Broadway.com Buzz
		Charlayne Woodard's charming solo show, In Real Life, opened on October 8 at Manhattan Theatre Club.
		In the show, Woodard recalls her days as a struggling actress on the brink of making it big in her Broadway debut, which turned out to be her Tony-nominated turn in Ain't Misbehavin'.
	www.broadway.com /gen/Buzz_Photo_Op.aspx?CI=21326 (236 words)

	Playbill News: Broadway's Taylors Star in World Premiere of Charlayne Woodard's Flight in L.A. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Playbill News: Broadway's Taylors Star in World Premiere of Charlayne Woodard's Flight in L.A. November 11, 2006
		Meshach Taylor and Myra Lucretia Taylor are featured in the cast of the upcoming Center Theatre Group world premiere staging of Charlayne Woodard's Flight in Los Angeles, starting Jan. 16, 2005.
		Robert Egan (Chinese Friends) directs the new work set to open Jan. 22 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre for a run through Feb. 13, 2005.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/90048.html (497 words)

	Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews - Interview with Charlayne Woodard - 10/15/05
		To borrow the title of one of her early career triumphs, Charlayne Woodard Ain't Misbehavin', and how could she be?
		But you wouldn't know it from her exuberance and high energy during a phone interview, just a half hour after a full day's rehearsal at the Rep.
		And she said "Absolutely, Charlayne!" Well, since I got her permission, no one has asked me. Now everybody seems to know.
	www.talkinbroadway.com /regional/seattle/se262.html (2062 words)

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