"It would be unethical to perform right now, " said theater director Jindrich Gregorini.
Gray started out a theater director, but once someone put a camcorder in her hands, she was hooked on tech.
" Film, theater and opera director Julie Taylor heard it and approached Lebo about collaborating on a Broadway adaptation of "The Lion King.
The tales that Cunningham and Marberry collected were eventually turned into a theater piece by playwright and director Regina Taylor, perhaps best known as the Golden Globe award-winning actress in the television series I'll Fly Away.
"This was a very intricate piece of writing which is completely unusual for a neophyte or a beginning playwright, " says Jim Simpson, the founder and artistic director of The Flea Theater, where "The Vandal" is playing.
For instance, one of the most delightful entries is Hollywood's beautiful 1935 version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" directed by Max Reinhardt, legendary director of the Deutsches Theater, and starring Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney and Mickey Rooney.
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"There was a wonderful director, Liviu Ciulei, at the Guthrie, " Ms. Harris continued, referring to the late artistic director of the celebrated Minneapolis theater.
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Not long ago I spoke to the artistic director of a well-regarded theater company somewhere in America that's feeling the pinch.
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The director asked audiences not to come to the theater with "preconceived notions, " but pledged a compelling night of entertainment.
Mr. MURRAY HORWITZ (Director, American Film Institute's Silver Theater and Cultural Center): Actually, my kids love the fact that I was a clown.
Antoinette Perry, who died in 1946, was an actress, director, producer and leader in the American Theater Wing, a service organization founded by theater personnel.
Murray is the director of the American Film Institute's Silver Theater and Cultural Center.
The mission of Women's Project Theater's 35th anniversary season, according to producing artistic director Julie Crosby, is to question the state of the American dream.
"A young playwright has a better chance of getting his work performed here, " says Roger Jenkins, artistic director of Dramaplus Arts, a group dedicated to educating students about theater.
It was crafted by two big theater names: writer Theresa Rebeck, whose play "Seminar" is on Broadway, and director Michael Mayer, whose remake of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" just opened (see review, page D11).
German actor and director Sven-Eric Bechtolf, who makes his debut this summer as the festival's head of theater, has brought revisionist energy to bear on the century-old flop.
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To mark the occasion, The Wall Street Journal asked Mr. Aibel, co-artistic director Sarah Stern and executive producer Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell to talk about five productions that helped shape the theater's vision and success.
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