Susan Sontag

...says in the film, they were perfectly matched. Sontag certainly introduced new worlds to Leibovitz, taking her along when Sontag entered war-ravaged Sarajevo to stage Beckett's Waiting for Godot. To get a feel for the city's situation, their...

In this article: Annie Leibovitz, Bette Midler, Keith Richards, John Lennon, Rolling Stone, Hollywood, Sarajevo, Mick Jagger, and Mikhail Baryshnikov

...some other Islamic fundamentalists claimed the novel was blasphemous. Sontag's uncompromising support of Rushdie was critical in rallying American writers to his cause. A few years later, Sontag gained attention for directing Samuel...

In this article: Annie Leibovitz, Sarajevo, Camille Paglia, Philosophy, The New Yorker, Maria Irene Fornes, David Rieff, Willa Cather, and Philip Rieff

...for the East West Theater Company from Bosnia. Mr. Pasovic, a major figure in the Balkan theater scene (he invited Susan Sontag to stage "Waiting for Godot" by candlelight during the siege of Sarajevo), founded this young company in 2005...

In this article: David Harrower, Haris pasovic, Kinetic energy, Black Watch, Iraq War, and Blackbird

...plays and produced several shows among others "Waiting for Godot" directed by Susan Sontag. This work with Sontag has been reported across the globe. He also organized the first Sarajevo Film Festival "Beyond the End of the World" in 1993...

In this article: Haris pasovic, Sarajevo, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Sarajevo Film Festival, William Shakespeare, and Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina

...we were very happy with this connection. "Susan initially wanted to stage Beckett's Happy Days, but when I explained that what we were doing in Sarajevo was waiting, she decided on Waiting for Godot. At that time, people really thought it was...

In this article: Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot, Sarajevo, Vladimir, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Recession, and Parole