Kathleen Kennedy, producer of “Lincoln,” at special Sparky screening of film for Q & A To date, “Lincoln” has been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture, four Screen Actors Guild nominations, including Best Ensemble, and 13 Critics’ Choice nominations for Best Picture, more than any other film in history to honor a…
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Last April I visited Moscow as part of an American theatre group, attending the Russian Case Theatre festival. All the talk was of the public protests in November, where a few thousand brave people marched in the freezing cold, against the repressive Putin regime. Now spring has come and the protests are gaining momentum as…
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Editor’s note: As our dear friend Jennie Franks so eloquently points out, Sharon Shuteran moved through our world – the world – with a loose-limbed elegance, embodying as she did, the very essence of the yoga principles of sthira/sukha: alertness without effort; relaxed without dullness. Sharon was universally liked – except perhaps by those culpable…
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Editor’s Note: For the past two days, Jennie Franks of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, this year, July 9 – July 15, has blogged about her spring trip to Russia. This is the final installment of her “Theatre Tales,” but stay tuned to Telluride Inside… and Out for more about the upcoming festival. Towards the end…
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Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a three-part series from Jennie Franks of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, which takes place over a week in July. Jennie went to Moscow this spring to check out the theatre scene in caviar country. Read on about Day Two: Mask Theatre Festival. After a quick visit to the…
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Editor’s Note: This is the first in the three-part series about a trip Telluride Playwrights Festival artistic director Jennie Franks took to Russia in search of adventure and inspiration. She found both. Now for part 1, Theatre Tales. This is the Telluride Playwrights Festival’s sixth year, and I am happy to say we continue to…
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Spring is a busy time for the Telluride Playwrights Festival. While everyone is getting their last minute snow licks in, we are down to reading the final selections for our sixth annual season at the historic Sheridan Opera House, July 9 – 15. The Festival has been growing at a steady pace since Sparky Productions…
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