Roy Berko's 2024 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Critics Awards
by Roy Berko - Jan 22, 2025
At the end of each year, Broadwayworld Cleveland's Critic Roy Berko elects to recognize productions, performers and technicians to be recognized from Cleveland, OH stagings. The format for these acknowledgments is being altered.
Review: THE BREAKFAST AT THE BOOKSTORE at KARAMU
by Roy Berko - Feb 2, 2024
Lisa Langford, the author of THE BREAKFAST AT THE BOOKSTORE, which is getting its world premiere at Karamu, the nation’s oldest African American theater, is a Cleveland based actress and playwright.
Industry Pro Newsletter: Lortel Winners Announced, Drama Desk Nominations Delayed
by Alex Freeman - May 2, 2022
At the top of our Industry Trends section this week, we have a story about honey from the bees at the Vienna State Opera. Paired with our other story about implementing digital ticketing at venues, we can see this as two ways that companies can go about reducing the environmental harm that comes from producing large-scale live events.
Pittsburgh Public Theater Declares Winner of 2022 New Play Contest
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 22, 2022
Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the winner of the organization’s 2021-2022 New Play Contest, Lisa Langford, for her play The Breakfast at the Bookstore. As the winning playwright, Ms. Langford will receive a $500 honorarium and a staged reading of her script will be featured in this season’s Public PlayTime series.
Kairos Italy Theater Announces Finalists Of 2021 International Playwrights Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 10, 2022
Kairos Italy Theater, the main Italian theater company in New York, has announced the finalists for the 2021 KIT International 10 minute plays series on Political Theater. The theme was chosen as KIT celebrated the famous Italian writer Leonardo Sciascia, on the occasion of Sciascia's 100th birthday.
Playwright Joanna Pickering Inks A Deal With Next Stage Press
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2021
Pickering, is a British, actress and writer. She began writing for theatre in 2018, at Primitive Grace Theatre Ensemble, with artistic directors Paul Calderon and David Zayas, also co-founding members of New York LAByrinth Theatre. In 2020, Pickering was accepted as a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women, as well as The International Centre of Female Playwrights.
Lisa Langford's RASTUS AND HATTIE Audio Play Begins This Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2020
16th Street Theater announces the audio play of Lisa Langford's RASTUS AND HATTIE directed by Lanise Antoine Shelley showing remotely on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights September 24 a?" October 24, 2020 with a press opening of Thursday September 24 at 7:00 PM.
Photo Flash: Cleveland Public Theatre Presents RAUSTUS AND HATTIE
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2019
Cleveland Public Theatre presents the world premiere of Rastus and Hattie by Lisa Langford (2018/2019 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow & 2019 Joyce Award Winner), directed by Anne McEvoy, onstage in CPT's Gordon Square Theatre from October 5 through October 26, 2019.