| Latest News| Theater J’s Ari Roth Writes a Play…About Me -
Theater J Artistic Director Ari Roth once told me he comes from the Anna Deavere Smith school of verisimilitude: He is a writer of fact-based plays. So I'm not quite sure what to make of Preparing for News , a 10-minute play by Roth that will be performed tonight at Theater J as part of the annual Dramathon fundraiser for the Theatre Lab. Fri, 18 May 2012 13:31:05 -0700
| | Nurses to Lead Big May 18 Rally in Chicago on Eve of Summit with Plan to Heal Global Economies -
Contact: Carl Ginsburg, +1-917-405-1060, Charles Idelson +1-415-559-8991, or Liz Jacobs, +1-510-535-7674 Wed, 16 May 2012 05:02:13 -0700
| | 'Bust': Lauren Weedman mesmerizes with humor and depth in one-woman show -
Most solo shows feature a single, chameleonic performer who transitions from one role to the next in a series of interrelated monologues. The great Anna Deavere Smith -- who morphed into Lance Armstrong, film critic Joel Siegel and former Texas Gov. Ann Richards in "Let Me Down Easy" -- comes to mind. But Weedman's characters don't just appear, they interact, a high-wire bit of stagecraft that ... Fri, 11 May 2012 14:39:11 -0700
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