No more "Rent"

After 12 years and more than 5,000 performances, the Puccini inspired Broadway hit Rent has played its final show.  Based on the Puccini opera La Boheme, Rent has been thrilling audiences since it first ran...

William Shakespeare first folio gets £435,250

What is arguably the most important book in the history of English literature, a rare first folio of Shakespeare plays, has sold for almost half a million pounds at Christies."Only 200 examples of the book, without...

Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar passes away

One of the leading light of Indian theatre Vjay Tendulkar had died after prolong illness. He was known for his sharp playwright. "Noted Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar died on Monday at his residence here after...

US Magazines: Canadians World's Top Intellectuals'

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, who knew we were so Brainy, after reading this, I rushed to check my phone messages.  No doubt I was out when they called."PARIS - Liberal deputy leader Michael...

Millionaire 'beaten to death by ID thief who raided bank accounts'

"A reclusive millionaire was battered to death in his Hampstead home by a conman who raided his bank accounts, the Old Bailey has heard. Allan Chappelow, 86, was a world expert on playwright George Bernard Shaw but had become "rather eccentric" in his old age, the jury was...

Picard as Macbeth?! Beam me up!

Happy New Year, Sci-Fi/Lit Nerds (c'mon, I know I'm not the only one): the BAM in Brooklyn is presenting a modernized staging of Macbeth starring--drumroll--Patrick Stewart! I don't know about you guys, but for me...

ROMA FACE COERCIVE STERILIZATION

The White world has learned nothing from the Nazis, have they?  An already despised and marginalised people, the Roma are now the subjects of yet another genocide programme aimed at "cleaning up" Europe. ...

A REAL STINK AT SORVINO FARM

Is this really news??----------------------------------------"July 19, 2007 -- ACCLAIMED "Goodfellas" actor Paul Sorvino and his playwright daughter, Amanda, are up to their necks in deep doo-doo, now that a...

Looking For NY-Area Theatre Producers and Playwrights

A Hollywood and NY-based networking and support group for show business professionals is interested in speaking with NY based theatre producers and playwrights about possible collaborations. More information would be provided to qualifying candidates...

Theatre serves the nation

"Theatre serves the nation Another year of the Prithvi theatre festival brings all of India to the stage. by | Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta Six decades ago, when Zohra Sehgal asked Prithviraj Kapoor why his traveling theatre company was called Prithvi Theatres, in the plural, he...

'The Atheism Tapes': Extended conversations with Dawkins, Dennett, Weinberg, ...

UPDATE: Friday, 13th October - Unfortunately Google are no longer hosting these videos - I will look for an alternative source.------- "Jonathan Miller meets up with some of the key contributors from his three-part Brief History of Disbelief (watch it here) in these...

Turkish Writer Wins Nobel in Literature

"Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, whose uncommon lyrical gifts and uncompromising politics have brought him acclaim worldwide and prosecution at home, won the Nobel literature prize Thursday for his works dealing with...

Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events

A news page with listed items about auditions, media jobs, conferences, networking events, talent competitions, workshops, contests, and upcoming event information for producers, agents, actors, models, advertising professionals, record industry, musical performers and all...

Seven robots that will change your life

he robots are on the move — leaping, scrambling, rolling, flying, climbing. They are figuring out how to get here on their own. They come to help us, protect us, amuse us — and some even do floors.

Not Gentle Ben

"It’s the birthday of poet and playwright Ben Jonson, born in London (1572). He didn’t want to be a bricklayer like his father, so he got a job as an actor and then began to write plays. He had a notoriously bad...

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