Mary Murphy and Michele Willens
-
Hollywood Rediscovers Jazz, From Billie Holiday to Ma Rainey to ‘Soul’ (Guest Blog)
“Students are becoming more interested in the historical significance of jazz, its use as a tool for integration and its place in the struggle for equality,” Yale School of Music lecturer Wayne Escoffery says
-
Three Stage Adaptations Bring Intimate Stories to Screen — And Hopes for a Return to Live Theater (Guest Blog)
Film versions of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “The Prom” and “One Night in Miami” premiere in December
-
Let’s Put on a (Virtual) Show! How Live Theater Has Survived in the Time of Pandemic (Guest Blog)
The Tony Awards are back on this fall and stage companies have gotten creative in staging old and new works virtually
-
Meet the Actress Turned Congresswoman Who Tried to Ban Lynching – 75 Years Ago (Guest Blog)
Helen Gahagan Douglas fought for Black rights as a three-term congresswoman from California in the ’40s
-
How Jewish Theaters Are Responding to Pandemic Closures (Guest Blog)
“When we’re finally past this horrible crisis, the world will need Jewish humor as much as ever,” playwright Daniel Okrent says
-
Will the Troubadour, Site of So Many Classic Music Moments, Survive the Pandemic? (Guest Blog)
“It was, to my ’70s generation in music, what the old Yankee Stadium was to baseball fans,” Tim Sexton says
-
How Broadway Actors Cope Waiting for the Curtain to Go Back Up (Guest Blog)
“In a funny way, this time is not that dissimilar to my usual life, with periods of waiting, finding other ways to be creative and to help those in need,” Alyssa May Gold
-
The Luck of ‘The Irishman’: How One Man’s Bookstore Visit Led to Producing the Martin Scorsese Hit (Guest Blog)
“This project was born under a lucky star,” producer Gerald “Jerry” Chamales says
-
How Theater Is Tackling Current Events, From Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton to RBG (Guest Blog)
“The thrill of a current-events play is that it can distill those events into something much more thoughtful and engrossing than mere news,” playwright Doug McGrath says
-
Why Hollywood Loves Redeeming Male Characters With a Dog (Guest Blog)
From “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” to “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” Hollywood again proves that dogs really can be a man’s best friend (and most civilizing quality)
-
New Mike Wallace Documentary Arrives at the Right Moment for the Media (Guest Blog)
“These days, those who dare to ask the kinds of questions Mike asked often face repercussions,” producer Peggy Drexler says
-
‘The Waverly Gallery’ Playwright Kenneth Lonergan Really Wants a Tony Award – for Elaine May (Guest Blog)
“It’s not my fault that the rage today is for 90-minute intermission-less shows,” Lonergan says of his singular approach to stage and filmed projects
-
How Hollywood Is Updating the Afterlife for a Wired, More Secular Generation (Guest Blog)
“Death is definitely having a moment,” a therapist says of the current rash of death- and afterlife-themed entertainment
-
‘King Kong’ Star Fay Wray and Robert Riskin, One of Hollywood’s First Power Couples (Guest Blog)
“Wray is the most famous scream queen of them all. Riskin is quite arguably the father of romantic comedy,” TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz says
