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For The First Woman To Lead A Prestigious Paris Theatre, Accusations Of Bullying Lead To Her Firing

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: August 30 2020 @ 10:30 am

Ruth Mackenzie was the first woman to run the Théâtre du Châtelet, the first woman to hire a Black artist to direct a play at the French theatre, and also, she says, the first woman director fired for unsubstantiated accusations of bullying. Of an inquiry’s final report, Mackenzie says: “It says some rude things about […]

Go Way Down to Hadestown on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 30 2020 @ 10:00 am

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige is bringing listeners some of the top tunes from musicals that were playing in Broadway when theaters shut down due to COVID-19. Feel like you're back at theater listening to Hadestown and Aladdin as well as favorites like Guys & Dolls and Memphis. Listen to the packed episode by clicking the play button below!

Getting Anti-Black Language Out, While Retaining The Core Ideas And Beauty, In Shakespeare

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: August 30 2020 @ 9:30 am

This may not be easy, and a lot of theatre artists may not want to think about it – but a Google Doc can help. “If there’s an instance where the word ‘slave’ does harm and the word ‘knave’ doesn’t, I think you can change it. I don’t know if that word did harm to […]

Amy Adams Joins Dear Evan Hansen Movie Adaptation

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 28 2020 @ 4:37 pm

Six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams is set to join the upcoming Dear Evan Hansen movie adaptation. According to Variety, Adams will appear in the starry cast as Cynthia Murphy, a role originated by Jennifer Laura Thompson in the Broadway production.

Adams, who has received six Oscar nominations for her performance in Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, American Hustle and Vice, has never appeared on Broadway. She will be seen in the upcoming Hillbilly Elegy and The Woman in the Window.

Tony winners Pasek and Paul sold the musical's rights to Universal Pictures with Marc Platt and Adam Siegel producing through Marc Platt Productions. Dear Evan Hansen's Tony-winning book writer Steven Levenson is writing the script for the movie and is executive producing alongside Pasek and Paul. Stephen Chbosky, known for his screenplays for the movie musicals Rent and Beauty and the Beast, is set to direct.

She joins the recently announced Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani and Amandla Stenberg who will play Connor Murphy, Jared Kleinman and Alana Beck, respectively. As previously reported, Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner Ben Platt has said he would "love to" reprise the …

Amy Adams Joins the Cast of the Dear Evan Hansen Movie

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: August 28 2020 @ 3:08 pm

It has been announced that Amy Adams will join the cast of the Dear Evan Hansen movie, currently in development. She is slated to play Cynthia Murphy, Connor Murphy’s mother, according to Deadline. The film star joins the cast including Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) as Alana Beck, Colton Ryan (Girl From the North Country)…

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