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PHOTO CALL: The Acting Company's Shakespearean Masquerade BenefitThe Acting Company held its Shakespearean Masquerade Benefit at The Pierre Hotel Nov. 16. The evening honored philanthropist and filmmaker Abigail Disney with the Joan Warburg Humanitarian Award, and former National Endowment for the Arts... In this article: The Acting Company, Dana Gioia, Romeo and Juliet, National Endowment for the Arts, Thomas Kean, and Jane Monheit |
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Playbill.com | 5 days ago
Gilman, Bogart, Power and Wright Set for Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Panel
...Rebecca Gilman, Anne Bogart, Will Power and Doug Wright will take part in a panel following New York Theatre Workshop and The Acting Company's Nov. 21 presentation of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Off-Broadway. The panel discussion...
In this article: Acting Company and The Classical Theatre
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Playbill.com | November 13, 2009
Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 14
...Theatre. Honorees include the principal ensemble of La Boheme, hair and wig designer Paul Huntley, Johnson-Liff Casting Associates and The Acting Company. 2006 The Broadway revival of Chicago celebrates its tenth anniversary with a...
In this article: Broadway, Michael Bennett, Bob Fosse, Uta Hagen, Sada Thompson, Katharine Hepburn, Dorothy Loudon, New York, The Kentucky Cycle, and Oscar
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 13, 2009
Hot tickets: Mason Jennings and Binary Star
...Lake City; tonight, 8 p.m., Nov. 14, 2 and 8 p.m.; $22-$40; 801-581-6961; www.pioneertheatre.org. "Master Class" » Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City; tonight and Nov. 14, 8 p.m., Nov. 15, 2 p.m.; $35-$50;...
In this article: Salt Lake City, Westminster College, Southern Utah University, Studio Theatre, Christmas music, and Acting Company
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Playbill.com | November 12, 2009
NYTW and Acting Co. Present The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Off-Broadway
New York Theatre Workshop teams with The Acting Company to present of Rebecca Gilman's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter starting Off-Broadway Nov. 13. Doug Hughes (Doubt) directs the work based on the novel by Carson McCullers and adapted for...
In this article: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Rebecca Gilman, Erik Jensen, Carson McCullers, and James McDaniel
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 06, 2009
Stage notes: An encore for 'Master Class' and several openings
..."Master Class," its drama about the aging opera star Maria Callas. When » Nov. 13-14 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. Where » Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City. Tickets » $35-$50, at 801- 363-7522 or...
In this article: Master Class, Our Town, Westminster College, Macbeth, Acting Company, Southern Utah University, William Shakespeare, Thornton Wilder, and Maria Callas
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SFGate: Entertainment | October 21, 2009
'Tiny Kushner' - short plays by Tony Kushner
...smorgasbord." Each of the five was written at different times for different purposes. One, "Terminating," was a response to New York's Acting Company's "Love's Fire" project, in which seven playwrights were assigned one of Shakespeare's...
In this article: Tony Kushner, New York, San Francisco Chronicle, Acting Company, New York Times Magazine, Queen Geraldine, and Laura Bush
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Yahoo! News | October 15, 2009
Zelda Fichandler Award Will Honor Regional Theatre Directors (Playbill)
...Marcia Gay Harden, Rainn Wilson, Billy Crudup, Debra Messing, Peter Krause, and Michael C. Hall. She has received the George Abbott Award, The Acting Company's John Houseman Award, the Margo Jones Award, and the National Medal of Arts, and in...
In this article: Zelda Fichandler, New York, Broadway League, United States, James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, and Debra Messing
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The Salt Lake Tribune | October 15, 2009
Hot tickets: Ingrid Michaelson tonight at In the Venue
...Saturdays and 2 p.m. matinee Sundays (Oct. 30, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.); $20; 801-355-ARTS; www.arttix.org. "Master Class" » Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 South, Salt Lake City; opens tonight at 7:30 and continues through Nov. 8; plays...
In this article: Salt Lake City, Halloween, and Acting Company
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New York Post: Entertainment | October 15, 2009
Center staged
...had been printed on silk and wrapped around bamboo (why?). Here, too, are photos of a young Patti LuPone and Kevin Kline, from their Acting Company days at Juilliard; posters by Warhol and Chagall; letters between dance's great Dane,...
In this article: Leonard Bernstein, Beverly Sills, Lincoln Center, Juilliard, Peter Martins, Maurice Sendak, Cougar, Acting Company, New York City Opera, and The Love for Three Oranges
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PR Newswire: Multicultural News | October 14, 2009
Arts and Advocacy Organizations Protest Hearing Actor Cast in the Lead Role of a Deaf Character
...deafness and Deaf culture, we are denying a Deaf artist the opportunity to express this dimension of our common humanity. Further, The Acting Company and New York Theatre Workshop in this co-production are denying the audience the benefit of...
In this article: National Association of the Deaf, New York, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Juilliard School, and Michel Saint Denis
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The Acting Company is a theatre company associated with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.. The company was first founded in 1972 by John Houseman, then the professor of acting at the Juilliard School. Loath to see his first class of actors disbanded he founded the Group 1 Acting Company at the City Center of Music and Drama in New York City to make use of their talents. The group severed its connection with City Center in 1975 and became a part of the Kennedy Center. The Acting Company has performed over 100 plays for over 3 million people in 48 states and nine foreign countries. Notable alumni include:
*Kevin Kline
*Patti LuPone
*Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under)
*Harriet Harris (Desperate Housewives)
*Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order)
*Keith David
*Dennis Boutsikaris
*David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H)
*Jeffrey Wright (Angels in America, Basquiat, Shaft, Syriana)
*Rainn Wilson (The Office (US), Six Feet Under)
* Jack Stehlin (Weeds)
The Acting Company has been honored with the Obie Award, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, Citibank's Excellence in Education Award, two AUDELCO Awards, and a 2003 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theater.
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