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  Take Me Out - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The world premeiere of Take Me Out was preseneted in a co-production by The Donmar Warehouse, London and The Public/New York Shakespeare Festival.
The Broadway premiere was at the Anspacher Theatre of the Joseph Papp Public Theater and later moved to the Walter Kerr on Broadway where it ran 355 performances and garnered a Tony Award.
The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California staged a production of the play from 15 January - 20 February 2005, directed by Joe Mantello, with several members of the original Broadway cast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Take_Me_Out   (432 words)

  
 World Fantasy Awards - Search Results - MSN Encarta
World Fantasy Awards - Search Results - MSN Encarta
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encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=World+Fantasy+Awards   (178 words)

  
 Playbill News: Liza Minnelli and Ralph Fiennes Join Presenters for Theatre World Award Ceremony
First presented in 1945, the Theatre World Awards are among the oldest theatrical awards.
On occasion, the awards bestow a Special Theatre World Award on "performers, casts or others who have made a particularly lasting impression on the New York theatre scene," as stated on the website.
For more on the Theatre World Awards, including an archives of past winners, visit them on the web at www.theatreworldawards.org.
www.playbill.com /news/article/99998.html   (417 words)

  
 World Youth Award
The 40-year-old, who has performed in many fund- raisers, was nominated for the award by the Orchid Jayceettes of Singapore, the women's chapter of the Junior Chamber in Singapore, a community organisation like the Rotary Club.
She is one of 77 people from 25 countries who were nominated this year for the award.
It is given out annually by the JCI, a United States-based world body, to 10 outstanding people between the ages of 18 and 40.
quicksitebuilder.cnet.com /frannxis/siong/id14.html   (351 words)

  
 Women of Color Women of Word -- African American Female Playwrights - Whoopi Goldberg
However, what most sources agree on is that she was raised with her brother Clyde by her mother in a housing project in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.
She began acting at the age of 8 in children's plays with the Hudson Guild Theatre.
The piece toured Europe and the United States and was first performed in New York City as part of the New York Dance Theatre Workshop in 1983 where it and Goldberg came to the attention of veteran stage and screen director Mike Nichols.
www.scils.rutgers.edu /~cybers/goldberg2.html   (477 words)

  
 Bio - Ben Hodges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Ben was responsible for the development and world premiere of award-winning playwright Wendy Macleod's "Things Being What They Are," a co-production with the Drama Desk Award-winning Barrow Group Theatre Company.
Willis for the prestigious Theatre World Awards, first presented in 1945 and the oldest awards given for Broadway and Off-Broadway debuts, Ben was elected to the Theatre World Awards Board in 2002, and served as the executive producer of the ceremony in 2003.
At the 2003 ceremony, Ben was presented with a Special Theatre World Award in recognition of his past stewardship of the annual event.
www.fatchanceproductions.org /bio_ben.htm   (660 words)

  
 Gloria Foster
She studied at the Goodman Theatre School of Drama and made her earliest professional appearances with the University of Chicago County Theater.
Her performance was met with widespread approval, and she not only won an Obie award, but Life Magazine featured a two-page spread on the young, upcoming actress.
Her next appearance was in the plum role of Medea, for which she won another Obie award, as well as a Theatre World Award.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=10800   (286 words)

  
 Stephen Dillane Awards - II
Theatre World Awards honor actors making their first break-through performances on the New York stage.
The Laurence Olivier Awards 2000 were announced at the Lyceum Theatre on Friday 18 February and shown on BBC2 television on Sunday 20 February.
The awards were telecast on the BBC, February 13, 2000.
fp.enter.net /~purrfect/awards2.htm   (346 words)

  
 Theatre News
The theatre is a non-profit organization that houses three stages located on Main Street in the heart of Midtown.
Each year the theatre presents a repertoire of critically acclaimed dramas, comedies and musicals that demonstrate the artistic ability of more than 250 professional local, regional and national artists and support staff.
The Ensemble celebrated when the theatre accomplished two major milestones: the retirement of its $360,000 debt remaining from its $4.5 million capital campaign, and the dedication of a METRO commuter rail stop named in the theatre's honor.
www.irconnect.com /ensemble/pages/news_releases.html?d=82527   (774 words)

  
 New Repertory Theatre, 2004-2005 Season, Topdog/Underdog Program Notes by Cory Elizabeth Nelson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
For well over a decade, her writing has pushed the boundaries of theatre with bold, evocative language and daring thematic conceits.
She considers theatre to be “the perfect place to ‘make’ history,” given its oral and expressive dimensions.
Her plays frequently reveal the dangers of historical narrative and the manner in which characters can be swallowed up by their nations or race; thus a fully realized individual can easily fade into stereotype.
www.newrep.org /a/0405/0405topdog02programnotes.html   (903 words)

  
 Roundabout Theatre Company - Front & Center Online
Roundabout Theatre Company is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre.
The award has been designed by the sculptor and publisher Arthur Carter, whose bronze and steel sculptures have been exhibited in New York and Paris.
Robards, and the two established themselves as leaders in the theatre industry in the course of their prolific careers.
www.roundabouttheatre.org /fc/winter02/robards.htm   (272 words)

  
 The Cherry Orchard - Circus Theatricals and Odyssey Theatre
Alfred Molina was last seen on stage as Buckingham in the Circus Theatrcials and Odyssey Theatre co-production of Richard III.
He was last seen in "Richard III" (Odyssey/Circus Theatricals), as Chebutykin in "The Three Sisters" (Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble) and as the Friar and Grimaldi in Ford's "Tis Pity She's A Whore" (Odyssy Theatre).
Founder of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Ron Sossi received the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Award for "demonstrating a continual willingness to experiment provatively in the process of theatre" and the Ron Link Award for "consistent quality of direction." He recently won the LA Weekly Award for "Production of the Year" for "The Greeks."
www.circustheatricals.com /cherryorchard.html   (1188 words)

  
 Theatre World Awards Home
At an annual ceremony and during an afternoon party attended by former winners and invited members of the theatre community, six actresses and six actors are presented with a Theatre World Award for their Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production.
In 2006, the 62nd year since its beginning, the Theatre World Award remains the oldest one given for a theatre performance On or Off-Broadway.
The Theatre World "Janus" Award (right) is an original bronze sculpture in primitive-modern style created by internationally recognized artist Harry Marinsky.
www.theatreworldawards.org /home.html   (348 words)

  
 World Summit Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It presents an inspiring array of unique original content which follows the whole creative process from idea to performance.
Therefore the life-span of this ephemeral medium can be extended; a wider audience can experience this intense and intimate medium digitally.
It sets a new benchmark for the delivery of rich online media to three audiences – existing theatre enthusiasts; teachers/learners of English and Drama; and young people who want to pursue a career in the creative industries.
www.wsis-award.org /index.php?folder=296   (580 words)

  
 world music award winner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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www.award.look-for.info /world-music-award-winner.htm   (552 words)

  
 HBO Films - The Laramie Project - Cast and Crew - Laura Linney
She was awarded Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics.
Linney, a graduate of the Juilliard school and an accomplished theatre actress was last seen starring on Broadway in Gerald Gutierrez's "Honour" opposite Jane Alexander.
She won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in "Sight Unseen." Her theatre credits also include roles in the Broadway presentations of "Six Degrees of Separation," "The Seagull" and "Hedda Gabler," the latter earning her a 1994 Calloway Award.
www.hbo.com /films/laramie/cast/laura_linney.html   (499 words)

  
 Theatre World Awards Announced - Ceremony to Take Place May 23 (BroadwayWorld.com)
The honors are awarded to performers for making their first major New York stage appearance (Broadway or Off-Broadway debuts).
A committee of New York drama critics currently chooses six actors and six actresses for the Theatre World Award, who have distinguished themselves in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the past theatre season.
Votes are tabulated and coordinated by critic Peter Filichia, longtime Theatre World editor John Willis, and Theatre World associate editor Ben Hodges.
www.broadwayworld.com /printcolumn.cfm?id=3142   (130 words)

  
 World Summit Award Croatia
The achieved results establish the global success of Croatian projects that started with the Blue World who won the e-Science award during the last WSA round in 2003.
It is important to note that Croatia is one of the countries that managed to successfully carry out national WSA contest in accordance with the global Award conditions and standards.
The Award ceremony at WSA Gala on 16 November will be one of the official accompanying events of the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society, taking place in Tunis from 15 to 19 November 2005.
www.wsa.hr   (273 words)

  
 World Premiere Musical Comedy by Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick Opens Philadelphia Theatre Company's 30th ...
Philadelphia Theatre Company kicks off its 30th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of a new musical comedy, Adrift in Macao, with book and lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick October 19-November 20 at 1714 Delancey Street.
Regionally she has appeared in Kiss Me Kate at North Shore Music Theatre, for which she was nominated for Best Actress by the Independent Reviewers of New England and The Sound of Music at St. Louis MUNY where she won the Judy Award for Supporting Musical Actress.
Philadelphia Theatre Company is Philadelphia's only non-profit professional theater dedicated exclusively to producing regional and world premieres of works by contemporary American playwrights.
www.theatrealliance.org /news/2005/0922.html   (1686 words)

  
 The Stage | News | McDiarmid, Griffiths and Friedman scoop Theatre World Awards
Ian McDiarmid, Richard Griffiths and Maria Friedman were among the 12 recipients of a 2006 Theatre World Award, an honour accorded for an Outstanding New York Theatrical Debut.
Covering both Broadway and Off-Broadway, the Theatre World Awards are one of the oldest and most prestigious honours for the New York theatrical scene and were first given out 62 years ago.
The awards have been presented every year since 1936 to the best new play of the season and is the nation’s second oldest theatre award, after the Pulitzer Prize for drama. 
www.thestage.co.uk /news/newsstory.php/12635/mcdiarmid-griffiths-and-friedman-scoop   (385 words)

  
 CafeMusain.com: Colm Wilkinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He went on to star in the Toronto production at the Pantages Theatre, from the show's premiere in September 1989 until May 1994, giving 1,653 performances and earning nightly standing ovations from more than 3.5 million theatre-goers.
For his portrayal, Colm received the 1989-90 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Revue or Musical.
He performs on the London, Broadway, and Royal Albert Hall cast albums of Les Misérables and can be heard as "The Phantom" on the original Canadian cast recording of The Phantom of the Opera, as well as the original concept album for the musical Jekyll and Hyde.
lesmis.cafemusain.com /cast/wilkinson.html   (441 words)

  
 Cast for the Kennedy Center's 2002 Sondheim Celebration
Natascia Diaz (Petra) received the Joseph Jefferson Award and was nominated for a Bay Area Theatre Critics Award in 1996 for her portrayal of Anita in the national tour of West Side Story.
He is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Awards and three nominations as well as a Theatre Lobby Award for his work in the Washington, D.C. area at many theaters including: Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, Studio Theatre, Source Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre, among others.
A co-founder of the Signature Theatre, she has received six Helen Hayes nominations and one award.
www.kennedy-center.org /programs/newseason/sondheim/cast.html   (2675 words)

  
 Sandra Oh
At 16, Oh began acting professionally in plays and commercials and by the time she was 18, she had a regular role in the Ottawa-based television series Denim Blues.
Career highlights include winning a Genie Award as Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her feature film debut in Double Happiness (1994), followed by another Genie Award four years later for the film Last Night (1998).
She has also won a Theatre World Award for her role in Stop Kiss at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in New York.
www.tribute.ca /all_actors/bios/2848.htm   (317 words)

  
 Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Awards: two Joseph Jefferson Awards, the Applause Award, Elliott Norton, Michael Merritt Award; twice participant in Prix d’Or of Prague.
Awards include: a Helen Hayes Award, three Helen Hayes nominations, two AUDELCO Awards, two Bessie Awards, a Woodie Award, Thelma Hill Award and countless dance grants.
His professional theatre debut came in 1994 with the Denver Center Theatre Company, where he co-wrote and performed in the world premiere of It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues—which was nominated for four Tony Awards during the 1999/2000 Season on Broadway.
www.berkeleyrep.org /HTML/CurrentSeason/PC_whoswho.html   (3265 words)

  
 NAMT -- festival selections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This classic (albeit fictional) 1920’s musical is narrated with sinister enthusiasm by a tweedy musical theatre fanatic who stops throughout to praise or mock certain scenes and to provide lurid details about the performers' sad real lives.
A music theatre piece made up of blues, jazz, spoken word poetry, rhythm and dance that evoke the state of mind that is Langston Hughes’ Harlem.
Developed by Chicago’s About Face Theatre and Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Winesburg,Ohio is both a portrait of an artist as a young man and a journey into the secret lives and twisted passions of his hometown’s everyday citizens.
www.namt.net /festival/04/info.html   (1138 words)

  
 HBO: Arliss - Actor Bios
In theatre, Sandra recently starred in the world premieres of Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters at the La Jolla Playhouse and Diana Son's Stop Kiss at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre in New York (Theatre World Award for Best NY Debut).
Born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, Sandra began to study ballet at the age of four and starred in her first play, The Canada Goose at the age of ten.
After three years at the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada, she was chosen for the coveted title role in the CBC film The Diary of Evelyn Lau based on the true story of the tortured poet who left home at 14 and ended up a drug addict and prostitute on the streets of Vancouver.
www.hbo.com /arliss/meet_the_team/sandra_oh.html   (417 words)

  
 Williamstown Theatre Festival
Kaufman is the recipient of the Joe A. Callaway Award for Directing and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwriting.
Regional: Travesties (Long Wharf Theatre); On the March to the Sea (Duke Theatre Previews); Indian Ink (The Studio Theatre, Helen Hayes Award); Dinner With Friends (The Old Globe Theatre); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (The Studio Theatre), O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights’ Conference; Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival; and many others.
All Main Stage performances are held in the 511-seat auditorium in the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Williams College, Route 2, Williamstown, MA.
www.wtfestival.org /news/pr.php?PRID=34   (1682 words)

  
 Collectors Post - ROSEMARY HARRIS Biography
Although the cast was awarded a Theatre World Award, the play ran for only 20 performances.
Throughout the ensuing years, she has been a much loved and highly-praised performer in an astonishing variety of roles in films and in plays on stage and television.
Highlights of her theatre career in London include: Heartbreak House (1984) with Rex Harrison; The Best of Friends (1987) with John Gielgud; and Hecuba in Women of Troy (1995) for the Royal National Theatre.
collectorspost.com /Actors/rosemary_harris.html   (985 words)

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