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Odds & Ends: John Benjamin Hickey Lands Recurring Role on HBO Series & More

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 17 2020 @ 3:12 pm

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.

John Benjamin Hickey Joins In Treatment HBO Series
John Benjamin Hickey, the Tony winning star who was just nominated again for his performance in The Inheritance, has joined HBO's In Treatment. According to Deadline, the series ended its three-season run in 2010 and is returning for a fourth season as a reimagined half-hour series. This reimagining stars Uzo Aduba as the empathetic Dr. Brooke Taylor. Hickey will play Colin, a charming millionaire beach bum turned white-collar criminal reckoning with all the ways his life has changed following his recent release from prison. The show is in pre-production under COVID-19 guidelines. Look for it in 2021 on HBO and HBO Max.

Hear Andrew Lincoln Talk About A Christmas Carol
As previously announced, The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln is set to star as Ebenezer Scrooge in Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol in London. The production is part of the Old Vic: In Camera initiative. It will play a live, full-scale production to an empty theater from December 12-24 and be streamed online. "I've become a complete fan boy for this production," Lincoln said. Watch the …

Political Theater Moves Into Nonfiction — Is It Drama Or Seminar?

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: November 17 2020 @ 3:03 pm

Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me has become “the grandmother of [a] genre” that includes, just this fall, Kristina Wong for Public Office (about Wong’s run for a local commission in Los Angeles), Lessons in Survival (actors repeating, complete with pauses and tics, observations of prominent Black Americans about society), Denis O’Hare’s What […]

Broadway Actors Are Losing Their Health Care

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: November 17 2020 @ 1:29 pm

This year, the number of work weeks has plummeted by 65 percent to about 92,000 — including nearly three months of normal work before the shutdown.  The lack of work weeks is pushing somewhere between 200 and 300 union members off their health insurance a month, Actors’ Equity told CNBC. – CNBC

Thoughts of a Colored Man To Open on Broadway This Upcoming Season

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: November 17 2020 @ 1:15 pm

Despite Broadway staying closed, we continue to have shows to look forward to once we are able to be back in performances. Today, producers Brian Moreland, Ron Simons, Diana DiMenna, Samira Wiley, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, announced that Thoughts of a Colored Man, the new play by Keenan Scott II, directed by Steve H. Broadnax…

The post Thoughts of a Colored Man To Open on Broadway This Upcoming Season appeared first on Broadway Direct.

Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Jagged Little Pill with New Book from Alanis Morissette & More

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 17 2020 @ 12:54 pm

Jagged Little Pill fans oughta add this book to their wishlists! Grand Central Publishing has released a book chronicling the Tony-nominated musical's journey to Broadway. With behind-the-scenes photos and stories from Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody and the cast, Jagged Little Pill: You Live, You Learn is now available.

The book also includes the libretto, fully annotated, as well as a retrospective look at Morissette’s artistic influences and the significance of the original album within the cultural context of the 1990s.

Featuring a book by Cody with additional music by Glen Ballard, Mike Farrell and Guy Sigsworth, Jagged Little Pill tells an original story about a family grappling with uncomfortable truths about many of the urgent issues deeply affecting our communities and our world today. It is inspired by the themes and emotions laid bare in Morissette's Grammy-winning album that introduced the songs "Ironic," "You Oughta Know" and "Hand in My Pocket."

Jagged Little Pill received a whopping 15 2020 Tony nominations, including a nod for Best Musical as well as nods for Elizabeth Stanley, Lauren Patten, Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Derek Klena, Sean Allan Krill and more.