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Photos: LAVENDER MEN Premieres At Micheaux Film Festival

On Saturday, October 26, Lavender Men, a new film directed by Lovell Holder and written by Holder and Roger Q. Mason based on Mason’s critically acclaimed stage play, premiered at the Micheaux Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA at the Culver Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.
LAVENDER MEN To Screen At Micheaux Film Festival

Lavender Men, directed by Lovell Holder and written by Holder and Roger Q. Mason, will screen at the Micheaux Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film reimagines Abraham Lincoln's life through the eyes of a stage manager. Learn how to attend the screening.
LAVENDER MEN To Tour Multiple Film Festival This Fall

LAVENDER MEN will tour to multiple film festivals this fall. Learn more about the film.
LAVENDER MEN To Premiere At OutSouth Queer Film Festival In August

Lavender Men, a new film directed by Lovell Holder and written by Holder and Roger Q. Mason, based on Mason’s critically acclaimed stage play, will receive its World Premiere at the OutSouth Queer Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina, one of the largest queer film festivals in America.
Review: LAVENDER MEN at Skylight Theatre

Taffeta’s dialog is often an attack on the audience rather than a composition about Lincoln.  A passive character study with a blow-horn built in so that you don’t doze off into your own fantasy about who she is and what SHE represents.
Cast Announced for World Premiere of Roger Q. Mason's LAVENDER MEN at Skylight Theatre

Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will star as Taffeta in the World Premiere of their much-anticipated play Lavender Men with Skylight Theatre Company and Playwrights’ Arena in Los Angeles, August 6-September 4.
VIDEO: Watch Christopher Lloyd, Richard Kind & More Star in TANKHOUSE Trailer

Inspired by the writers’ own experiences in the theater world, Tankhouse, stars Christopher Lloyd, Richard Kind, Tara Holt, Stephen Friedrich, Alex Esola, Austin Crute, Carolyn Michelle Smith, Devere Rogers, Joe Adler, Luke Spencer Roberts, Nadia Alexander, Rachel Matthews, and Sarah Yarkin. Watch the trailer for the new film now!
Tony Shalhoub, David Hyde Pierce and More Appear in Latest THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues released a fifth series of performances last night on IGTV @24hourplays and at https://24hourplays.com/viral-monologues/.
David Hyde Pierce, Tony Shalhoub And More To Perform In THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues will return with a fifth series of performances tonight on IGTV @24hourplays and at https://24hourplays.com/viral-monologues/. 24 actors have been paired with a bold group of theatre's top writers, who worked through the night to create unique pieces especially for their actors.
Jo Lampert, Alex Esola, and More to Star in Reading Caridad Svich's FUEL

NoPassport Theatre Alliance and Press presents reading of OBIE-winner Caridad Svich's new play FUEL starring Jo Lampert (JOAN OF ARC: INTO THE FIRE, the Public), Alex Esola (A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, Broadway), Luis Vega (TELL HECTOR I MISS HIM, Atlantic Theater Company), Sofia Jean Gomez (ANGELS IN AMERICA Parts 1 and 2, Signature Theatre Company), and Charlie Pollock (TV's THE GOOD WIFE) on October 4, 2017 at 7 p.m. at the Sheen Center Studio B under Erin Ortman's direction.
Photo Flash: First Look at Asia Kate Dillon, Molly Ranson, Flor De Liz Perez and More in GOOD MEN WANTED at Powerhouse

BroadwayWorld has photos of Powerhouse Theater's final mainstage production of Good Men Wanted, which finishes performances this Sunday, July 30. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!
Richard Schiff, Asia Kate Dillon, Molly Ranson and More Sign on for Vassar & New York Stage and Film's 2017 Powerhouse Season

Vassar & New York Stage and Film have announced the latest wave of casting for their highly anticipated 33rd Powerhouse Season in Poughkeepsie, NY, which is currently running through July 30, 2017:
Vassar Powerhouse's Star-Studded 2017 Season Kicks Off Today

Vassar & New York Stage and Film's highly anticipated 33rd Powerhouse Season starts tonight, June 23 and runs through July 30, 2017 in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Adam Chanler-Berat, Lindsay Mendez, Lily Rabe and More Join Vassar Powerhouse's 2017 Season

Vassar & New York Stage and Film have announced the next wave of casting for their highly anticipated 33rd Powerhouse Season in Poughkeepsie, NY, which starts this Friday, June 23 and runs through July 30, 2017.
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of THE HAIRY APE, with Bobby Cannavale

Park Avenue Armory presents a bold staging of Eugene O'Neill's iconic American drama The Hairy Ape, directed by Oliver Award-winner Richard Jones and starring Tony nominee Bobby Cannavale. 
BWW Review: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is Bleak and Beautiful at the Kennedy Center

The plot of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is straightforward, and the source material by Arthur Miller is pretty good, but the spectacular staging of this classic work at the Kennedy Center elevates what could have been a fairly pedestrian family drama to atmospheric heights. The very definition of 'catharsis', this spellbinding production stuns with stripped-down, potent emotion.
L.A. Cast Set for Ivo van Hove's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center presents the Young Vic Production of A View From the Bridge, the renowned drama by Arthur Miller. The show is directed by Belgian visionary Ivo van Hove, whose lauded production of Antigone was staged at the Eisenhower Theater in the fall of 2015.
L.A. Cast Set for Ivo van Hove's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center presents the Young Vic Production of A View From the Bridge, the renowned drama by Arthur Miller. The show is directed by Belgian visionary Ivo van Hove, whose lauded production of Antigone was staged at the Eisenhower Theater in the fall of 2015.
STAGE TUBE: Watch Highlights and Behind the Scenes of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at the Ahmanson

Ivo van Hove's award-winning revival of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge is playing at the Ahmanson Theater now through October 16, 2016. BroadwayWorld gives you a first look at the cast in action below!
BWW Review: Unusual Staging Intensifies Tony Winning A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

I hate when one acoustical element in a theatrical production prevents me from thoroughly enjoying the play. In A View From the Bridge, the Young Vic production currently at the Ahmanson through October 16, my concern was regarding Frederick Weller playing Eddie Carbone. He's a fine actor, but for some reason, from the very top, his voice was not carrying adequately over the stage to the audience. I could not hear many of his line deliveries in the first several minutes, and I was straining to understand. Perhaps because of the shell-like structure surrounding the actors center stage? Other voices seemed dimmed as well, so this set may have caused the problem. For a while, I thought it was me, that I was going deaf, but after the performance other audience members voiced the same complaint. Other than that, I have mostly good things to report about this piece directed incisively by Ivo van Hove. It comes to LA from Broadway where it won last year's Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.

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