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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

UK National Theatre to stage new Bennett, Bean by Jill Lawless

A new Alan Bennett play, a behind-the-scenes drama about Parliament, and a swashbuckling adventure from "One Man, Two Guvnors" author Richard Bean are part of the upcoming season at Britain'…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:20AM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 24, 2011

London theater turns England's riots into a drama by Jill Lawless

LONDON (AP) -- It sounds like a tough sell for an evening out: Come relive the London riots....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:05AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Bard goes global with 37 plays in 37 languages by Jill Lawless

LONDON (AP) -- All the world's onstage - a single stage - as theater troupes from around the globe perform all of Shakespeare's plays in three dozen languages in the Bard's symbolic Lond…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:15AM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Harry Potter Actors Bid Adieu to Their Characters by Jill Lawless

Daniel Radcliffe will miss being an action hero. Emma Watson will miss being a role model. Robbie Coltrane will simply miss getting to play a good guy.

SOURCE: Backstage at 10:41AM[SHARE]
Monday, July 4, 2011

'Billy Elliot' writer's opera dropped over gay character by Jill Lawless

A community opera involving hundreds of children and written by the author of Billy Elliot has been cancelled after the writer refused to remove lines spoken by a gay character in which he c…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:38PM[SHARE]

'Elliot' Writer's Opera Dropped Over Gay Character by Jill Lawless

A community opera involving hundreds of children written by "Billy Elliot" playwright Lee Hall has collapsed after he refused a request to remove words spoken by a gay character.

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:26AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

British arts groups feel the sting of funding cuts by Jill Lawless

LONDON (AP) -- Hundreds of British arts organizations had their public funding slashed or eliminated Wednesday, the result of government spending cuts aimed at tackling the country's def…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:37AM[SHARE]

British Arts Groups Feel Sting of Funding Cuts by Jill Lawless

Hundreds of British arts organizations had their public funding slashed or eliminated Wednesday, the result of government spending cuts aimed at tackling the country's deficit.

SOURCE: Backstage at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Danny Boyle's 'Frankenstein' should be monster hit by Jill Lawless

Director Danny Boyle has always been drawn to people at extremes -- whether the Scottish drug addicts of "Trainspotting," the survivors of a zombie apocalypse of "28 Days Later" or the Mumba…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:11AM[SHARE]
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