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 		Great Contemporary American Playwrights
Contemporary American playwrights, including Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, and Doug Wright, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.
Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House
Heartbreak House is a pessimistic symbolic depiction of a larger society called England at the outset of the First World War.
David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly is a play rich with layers of meaning that attempt to deconstruct fixed perceptions about gender, race and sexuality.
Top Contemporary American Playwrights
Contemporary American playwrights, including Tony Kushner, David Mamet, and John Patrick Shanley, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.
Biography of James Robinson Planché
The British playwright James Robinson Planché wrote 176 works for the theatre and is remembered for his research on historical costume design.
The Theatre Works of Comedian Daniel Kitson
Stand-up comedian Daniel Kitson's live comedy shows always sell out quickly, but a few years ago he began a parallel life as a theatre playwright and performer.
Christopher Marlowe's Edward II
Christopher Marlowe with his introduction of blank verse to the Elizabethan stage, changed dramatically the writing style from prose to a challenging height for talent.
Contemporary American Playwrights
Contemporary American playwrights, including George Abbott, Edward Albee, and Christopher Durang, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.
A Potted Biography of Henrik Ibsen
The life of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and some of the controversies that his plays provoked when they were first performed.
A Potted Biography of Bertolt Brecht
One of the most influential theatre artists in twentieth century European theatre lived and worked at the heart of last century's biggest theatrical and political changes
Deep Trance Behavior in Potatoland
In her book The Feminist Spectator as Critic, Jill Dolan examines the "male gaze" in Forman's work. This review applies her critique to a later work by Richard Foreman.
Cassandra's Prophetic Monologue
Cassandra, daughter of the king of Troy, is cursed with the gift of prophecy that no one listens to. Her speech before her death serves as the play's messenger speech.
Yasmina Reza - Tony Award for Best Play
Yasmina Reza received her 2nd Tony Award in 2009 for Best Play with God of Carnage.
The History of Light
A young black woman explores her long-lost father's relationship with a white woman during the college demonstrations of the 1960s.
Yankee Tavern: A Review
Conspiracies about the 9/11 abound in this funny but confusing drama.
Fifty Words
Speaking truth and humor, Fifty Words is a hair-raising roller-coaster ride to the heart of modern marriage.
Farragut North
Farragut North, written by award-winning playwright Beau Willimon, was one of the highlights at CATF during the summer of 2009.
Dear Sara Jane
The world premiere of Dear Sara Jane by award-winning playwright Victor Lodato took place during the Contemporary American Theater Festival during the summer of 2009.
Georg Büchner and Woyzeck
Brief biography of the playwright Georg Büchner and discussion of the play Woyzeck, which was unfinished at the time of his death.
Playwright Laurie Brooks Talks About Theatre
Award-winning playwright Laurie Brooks talks about her playwriting background and the evolution of youth theatre.
Ten Chimneys Broadway Legends' Wisconsin Home
Ten Chimneys is the country house of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. The Lunts entertained the famous actors of the Golden Era of Hollywood in Wisconsin.
Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge
Miller's moving tragedy about Italian immigrant workers in Brooklyn. The play examines human flaws and the dramatic consequences thay can have.
Jean Anouilh's Antigone
Anouilh's adaptation of Antigone is a gripping examination of a state under new leadership, which was written during the German occupation of France.
Christopher Marlowe – Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus is one of the most famous adaptations of the classic German legend Faust
2009 Tony Award Nominations
Broadway shows opening before April 30 during the 2008-2009 season are eligible for Tony Awards. There are 29 categories for the 63rd Annual Tony Award.
Arthur Miller: The Crucible
The Crucible is perhaps one of the more blatant instances of Miller's use of theatre to represent his socio-political views.
Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother
'night, Mother deals candidly with the subject of suicide. It is cleverly written and deceptively simple.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde is renowned for his acerbic wit and it is never more prevalent than in his satirical plays.
Arthur Miller's All My Sons
Arthur Miller's postwar play about social responsibility versus family responsibility, and the importance of keeping up appearances.
Lynn Nottage Play Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama
American playwright Lynn Nottage wins the Pulitzer for her play 'Ruined,' about the war against Congolese women.
The Spanish Prisoner - Short Play - Review
The Spanish Prisoner is a very short play that somehow encapsulates the essence of David Mamet's favorite subject: the confidence game.
Charles Mee and Under Construction - An Overview
Charles Mee, Anne Bogart and the SITI Company meld together to find America Under Construction at the 2009 Humana Festival of New American Plays.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is one of Arthur Miller's most famous plays. It is a timeless work, which is just as relevant and poignant today as it ever was.
Wild Blessings - An Overview
With their adaptation presented at the 33rd Humana Festival, Marc Masterson and Alice-Adrien Hansel capture the spirit of Wendell Berry's poetry.
Universes Ensemble's Ameriville - An Overview
Ameriville, by Universes, opens the 33rd Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays.
U.S. Playwright Horton Foote
American playwright Horton Foote, born March 4, 1919, died a few days ago, on March 4, 2009.
Actors Theatre of Louisville's New Play Festival
March 1 - April 11, 2009 the 33rd annual Humana Festival of New American Plays will come to life in Kentucky at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Playwrights and the Oscars
Playwrights have been associated with the Academy Award since its inception. The 81st Academy Award writing nominees carry on that legendary association.
Canadian Actress Denise Fergusson
Denise Fergusson has enjoyed a brilliant career as an actress and director, although she had always wanted to study anthropology. How did she get sidetracked?
The Sunday Salon with Valerie Smaldone
Returning to the tradition of social salons, Valerie Smaldone interviews some babes of Broadway in the relaxing setting of the Manhattan restaurant Etcetera Etcetera.
American Radio Actress Sybil Trent
Children all over the United States and Canada loved the radio program "Let's Pretend," which ran for twenty years on radio, and was written and directed by Nila Mack.
Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy
Michael Healey's award-winning new Canadian classic The Drawer Boy, set in rural Ontario, Canada, continues to enthrall audiences around the world.
African-American Playwright August Wilson
A profile of the late August Wilson, whose Pulitzer-winning plays documented the African American experience in the 20th century.
Blithe Spirit at the Barnfield Theatre
The Exeter Little Theatre Company give a likeable performance of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit at the Barnfield Theatre, under the direction of Margaret Bond.
Voltaire's Candide
Voltaire's Candide defines the roles of faith and suffering through experience and thought, while rejecting the threat of conformity that looms all around him.
Moliere's A Would-Be Gentleman
Moliere's view of a woman's role in the 17th century, through the character of Mrs. Jourdain, turns conventional stereotypes on end, and indicts traditional decorum.
The English Game by Richard Bean
The English Game is either an important play about the state of Britain - or a cleverly observed portrait of male friendship and failings.
Samuel Beckett and Themes of Time
Is Beckett's view of man's condition entirely desolate? What comfort and peace can be found amidst the nihilism and chronological trapping in Waiting for Godot?
Canadian Actor Thom Allison
Thom Allison, who is starring this year at the Shaw Festival in Wonderful Town and A Little Night Music, sat down to answer some questions about his career.
Actor and Playwright Sam Shepard
A glimpse of the life and work of Sam Shepard as a man, a poet and musician; as well as his imaginative work as an actor, director and playwright for audiences worldwide.