"Act One (play) Act One is a play written by James Lapine, based on Moss Hart's autobiography of the same title. The play premiered on Broadway in 2014. ""Act One"" premiered on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center on March 20, 2014 (previews), officially on April 17, 2014. Directed by James Lapine, the cast features Santino Fontana, Tony Shalhoub (as George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart) and Andrea Martin. Martin plays three women in Moss Hart's life; Shalhoub also plays three roles: as the older Hart, Moss’s father, and George S. Kaufman. The play closed on June"
"Moss Hart Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright and theatre director. Hart was born in New York City to Barnett Hart, a cigar maker, and Lillian Solomon. He had a younger brother, Bernard. The family grew up in relative poverty with his English-born Jewish immigrant parents in the Bronx and in Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Early on he had a strong relationship with his Aunt Kate, with whom he later lost contact due to a falling out between her and his parents, and Kate's weakening mental state. She piqued his interest in the theater"
"in Los Angeles (Burbank), CA at the GTC Burbank and the Gold Hart NPI winner will have a Off-Broadway premiere at 59E59 Theaters. Dr. Catherine Hart (Moss and Kitty's daughter, who also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Hart NPI) said that ""Having a program like this in Moss & Kitty's name would have made them proud."" Moss Hart Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright and theatre director. Hart was born in New York City to Barnett Hart, a cigar maker, and Lillian Solomon. He had a younger brother, Bernard. The"
"artistic merit. Vineyard Playhouse The Vineyard Playhouse is a professional, non-profit working theater company on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Housed in a historic building in downtown Vineyard Haven, MA, the theater produces shows year-round. It also hosts programs for children, and was described in the Vineyard Gazette as ""the longest running professional theatre on the Island."" The Playhouse was established in 1982 by Eileen Wilson and Isabella Blake, according to the Playhouse's website, and the theatre company celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007. The repertoire ranges from summer shows featuring Broadway-quality actors as well as talented locals, to less"
"Vineyard Playhouse The Vineyard Playhouse is a professional, non-profit working theater company on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Housed in a historic building in downtown Vineyard Haven, MA, the theater produces shows year-round. It also hosts programs for children, and was described in the Vineyard Gazette as ""the longest running professional theatre on the Island."" The Playhouse was established in 1982 by Eileen Wilson and Isabella Blake, according to the Playhouse's website, and the theatre company celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007. The repertoire ranges from summer shows featuring Broadway-quality actors as well as talented locals, to less posh but"
"opened on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club, on January 3, 2014 (in previews) and officially on January 23, 2014. The play is directed by Doug Hughes and stars Debra Messing and Brían F. O'Byrne. The play is set in the Irish countryside. His new play, ""Prodigal Son"", which he is directing, is produced Off-Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club. It opened on February 9, 2016 and features Timothée Chalamet, Robert Sean Leonard, Annika Boras, Chris McGarry and David Potters. The play concerns a lonely teen from The Bronx who attends a private"
"and participate in the ongoing life of the theatre. It sponsors panel discussions, guest speakers, informal readings of works-in-progress and full readings of new plays. Vineyard Theatre The Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Its first production was in 1981. It is best known for its productions of the Tony award-winning musical ""Avenue Q"", Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play ""How I Learned to Drive"", and Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's Obie Award-winning musical ""[title of show]"". The Vineyard describes itself as ""dedicated to new"
"Vineyard Theatre The Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Its first production was in 1981. It is best known for its productions of the Tony award-winning musical ""Avenue Q"", Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play ""How I Learned to Drive"", and Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's Obie Award-winning musical ""[title of show]"". The Vineyard describes itself as ""dedicated to new work, bold programming and the support of artists."" The company is the recipient of special Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards for Sustained Excellence,"
"the very successful Grove Theater Center (Burbank, CA) New Play Initiative, the Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Hart New Play Initiative (Hart NPI) expands the program to one of the few programs of its kind where a playwright will be guaranteed and production of their play in Los Angeles (Burbank), CA as well as an Off-Broadway Premiere at 59E59 Theaters in New York City. The GTC New Play Initiative is the brainchild of producers Charles Johanson and Kevin Cochran (founders of Grove Theater Center) and its expansion to a truly bi-coastal program with the focus on the author and their"
"officially disbanded in November 1945. Due both to its enormous cast and staging demands as well as to the extremely era-specific nature of the play, ""Winged Victory"" is one of the biggest hits in Broadway history never to have a second production anywhere. Winged Victory (play) Winged Victory is a 1943 play by Moss Hart, created and produced by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a morale booster and as a fundraiser for the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Hart adapted the play for a 1944 motion picture directed by George Cukor. ""Winged Victory"" tells the story"
"with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The show ran over seven years and won a Tony Award for Best Musical. Hart picked up the Tony for Best Director. Hart also wrote some screenplays, including ""Gentleman's Agreement"" (1947) – for which he received an Oscar nomination – ""Hans Christian Andersen"" (1952) and ""A Star Is Born"" (1954). He wrote a memoir, ""Act One: An Autobiography by Moss Hart"", which was released in 1959. It was adapted to ""film"" in 1963, with George Hamilton portraying Hart. The last show Hart directed was the Lerner and"
"vision for their work. The Hart NPI is under the leadership of Moss Hart's son Christopher Hart (artistic director), Kevin Cochran (producing artistic director) and Charles Johanson (executive director). In the first Hart NPI play cycle (2017-2018) there were 1,243 submissions from 44 states and 6 countries!. The Hart NPI will select 16-21 semifinalists, which will then be narrowed down to eight finalists and the eight will be narrowed down to the winners: Four Bronze Hart NPI winners will have a reading of their play at 59E59 Theaters, two Silver Hart NPI winners will have a production of their play"
"& Hart are showcased in this revue, including: Beguiled Again Beguiled Again is a musical revue compiling the works of Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics), who are often referred to as Rodgers and Hart. The show was conceived by J. Barry Lewis, Lynnette Barkley and Craig D. Ames. It is almost entirely music, with minimal dialogue between some of the songs. It was first performed at the Florida Stage in Manalapan, Florida and was the theater's most successful production to date. The show won the Carbonell Award in 1997 (an award for theater and the arts in South"
"Merrily We Roll Along (play) Merrily We Roll Along is a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It concerns a man who has lost the idealistic values of his youth. Its innovative structure presents the story in reverse order, with the character regressing from a mournful adult to a young man whose future is filled with promise. The 1934 Broadway production received mostly good notices, however it was a financial failure and has not been revived on Broadway. The 1981 musical adaptation has been considerably more successful, having been revived several times. Hart, on a journey from Hollywood"
"the 2013 Sundance Channel miniseries ""Top of the Lake"", a co-production by the Sundance Channel, the UK's BBC Two and Australia's UKTV, written and directed by Oscar-winner Jane Campion. For her role, Moss received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. The following year, Moss starred in the independent film ""Listen Up Philip"" (2014), her first collaboration with writer-director Alex Ross Perry. In September 2014 it was announced that Moss would star on Broadway as Heidi Holland in ""The Heidi Chronicles"". The play opened on March 19, 2015. Though the play received some positive reviews,"
"Vineyard Theatre in February 2010. The music is by Kander and Ebb and the book is by David Thompson; Stroman both directed and choreographed. The show later transferred to Broadway where it ran for 49 performances at the Lyceum Theatre and received 12 Tony Award Nominations. Regional theaters such as San Diego’s Old Globe and the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco have mounted successful productions of the show. The Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles recently announced a production for 2013. Stroman directed the UK premiere of ""The Scottsboro Boys"" at the Young Vic in London in October 2013. She"
"pre-Broadway tryout at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, the musical began its Broadway engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre in March 2016. The Broadway iteration was nominated for two Drama League Awards, and three Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Musical for both. The book and the musical version tell the story of Winnie Foster, a 11-year old who stumbles upon a family that has discovered the secret to immortality. Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Sarah Charles Lewis star as Jesse Tuck and Winnie Foster, respectively. The artistic team is led by director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw, with music and lyrics by Chris Miller and"
"2011 article Backstage mentions ""The History of Invulnerability"", saying the play has ""Deservedly won several awards"" . Katz wrote a one-act play ""Mothra Vs. The Casting Director"". It was first produced at The New Ohio Theatre as part of ""Plays that Go Bump in the Night"" a series of Halloween-themed one-acts in October 2013. It then was produced at City Theatre in Miami as part of its short play festival. It went on to win ""The National Award for Short Playwriting"". David Bar Katz has been married to author and children's book publisher Julie Merberg since 1999, they live in"
"Miss Daisy"", and Wendy Wasserstein's ""The Heidi Chronicles"". Playwrights Horizons Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, Playwrights Horizons continues to encourage the new work of veteran writers while nurturing an emerging generation of theater artists. Writers are supported through every stage of their growth with a series of development programs: script and score evaluations, commissions, readings, musical theater workshops, Studio"
"Vineyard. The script was uncovered in 2015 by Julius Green. ""Toward Zero"" was included in the 1978 Christie play collection, ""The Mousetrap and Other Plays"". In 1995, a film adaptation lost its support from Agatha Christie's estate. When Rosalind Hicks, Christie's daughter and controller of her estate, reviewed the script, with such issues as incest in the script, she ordered that the name of the film be changed as well as the names of the characters. The film became ""Innocent Lies"" and was met with mediocre success. In 2007, French filmmakers adapted the novel to ""Towards Zero"", titled in French"
"Theater Kids, Musical Theatre Lab) to nurture up-and-coming talent and promote future generations of artists. The project also hosts yoga, fitness and wellness retreats throughout the summer season. Vineyard Arts Project Vineyard Arts Project is an incubator for the creation of new work in dance and theatre. An artist residency located on the beautiful island of Martha’s Vineyard, Vineyard Arts Project provides visiting artists with the necessary time and rehearsal space to focus solely on the development of their new work. Vineyard Arts Project also offers the community of Martha’s Vineyard unparalleled access to the creative process by presenting free"
"awarded commissions for new musical works by the Serge Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress and the Koussevitzky Music Foundation. His stage music includes two operas, ""The Bet"", based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, and ""An unserem Fluss"" (By Our River). The latter was commissioned by Oper Frankfurt, and was premiered during the company's 2014/15 season. He has also written two stage works for children ""The Little Mermaid"" (based in the story by Hans Christian Andresen) and ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" (based on the children's novel by Carlo Collodi). His oratorio reflecting on The Holocaust, ""And The"
"direction ""stylish and compassionate."" Lapine was nominated for the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award, for Best Direction of a Play. Lapine directed the 2012 Broadway revival of ""Annie"". He wrote a stage adaption of the Moss Hart autobiography, ""Act One"", also titled ""Act One"", which premiered on Broadway at the Lincoln Center Beaumont Theater in April 2014. In 1991 he directed his first film, ""Impromptu"", which has a screenplay by his wife, Sarah Kernochan. The story revolves around the romance of George Sand and Chopin, and starred Judy Davis and Hugh Grant. He followed with ""Life With Mikey"" with"
"a few songs from the original composers. A private reading was held in September 2013 with Brian d’Arcy James as Barrie and Jason Alexander as the ""nagging theater producer"". On February 27 2014, a further developmental workshop was announced for March with Matthew Morrison as Barrie. The revised production ran at the ART from 23 July 2014 to 28 September 2014, with songs by six-time Ivor Novello Award winner Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy, the book by James Graham and choreography by Mia Michaels; ART artistic director Diane Paulus is the director. The full cast and creative team was announced"
"He directed the original production of John Cariani’s Almost, Maine at the Daryl Roth Theatre, which has become one of the most frequently produced plays in the United States with over 4000 productions to date. It has been translated into a dozen languages and recently unseated Shakespeare as the most produced play in North American high schools. Other Off-Broadway productions in New York include the original productions of Summer of ’42 at the Variety Arts Theatre, Honky Tonk Highway at Don’t Tell Mama (winner of a MAC Award and Bistro Award for Best Review), Stars in Your Eyes at the"
"at the Hamburger Kammerspiele in June 2011. In November 2011 a new Brazilian production of the show opened in Rio de Janeiro directed by Moeller-Botelho. In January 2012, the show had its USA debut at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, prior to a run on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre, which began previews on 19 March. The production opened to excellent reviews, ran for 176 performances and received three Tony Award nominations including Best Actress for Bennett. The show continues to be produced frequently around the world and has recently enjoyed a 10-month run in Buenos Aires, in an award-winning"
"October 2011, it was announced that a contemporary Hamptons-set film adaptation, ""Relative Insanity"", will be directed by the acting coach Larry Moss, starring David Duchovny, Helen Hunt, Maggie Grace and Joan Chen. In 2013, a deconstruction of the play by Aaron Posner, set in the modern day under the title ""Stupid Fucking Bird"", was premiered at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.; it won the 2014 Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical and has been staged widely across American theatres. Christian Camargo directed a 2014 film adaptation of the play, titled ""Days and Nights"", set"
"October 1997. A new production directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy — reprising the part he had first performed in 1997 — and Matthew Beard opened at the Wyndham's Theatre in June 2014. The play was broadcast live (or near-live) to cinema audiences via National Theatre Live (NT Live) on 17 July 2014. This production transferred to Broadway at the John Golden Theatre on 16 March 2015. The production officially opened on 2 April in a limited engagement to 21 June. The play was nominated for seven 2015 Tony Awards, and won Best Revival of a"
"has stated that her true passion is for the theater. She formed DOXA Productions with actress Kara Pulcino, and has produced and directed under that label since 2006. As a playwright, Hart is most known for ""Women Over the Influence"" and ""Birds of a Feather"", and was nominated for an LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Best Original Play in 2012. She has directed over 50 plays. Christina Hart Christina Hart (born July 21, 1949) is an American film producer, film director, playwright and retired actress. She teaches acting at the Hollywood Court Theater. Originally from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, she"
"Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. (Lorenz Hart and Moss Hart were not related.) Hart continued to write plays after parting with Kaufman, such as ""Christopher Blake"" (1946) and ""Light Up the Sky"" (1948), as well as the book for the musical ""Lady In The Dark"" (1941), with songs by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin. However, he became best known during this period as a director. Among the Broadway hits he staged were ""Junior Miss"" (1941), ""Dear Ruth"" (1944) and ""Anniversary Waltz"" (1954). By far his biggest hit was the musical ""My Fair Lady"" (1956), adapted from George Bernard Shaw's ""Pygmalion"","
"O'Hare, and Peter Sarsgaard, and ""The Seagull"" with Dianne Wiest and Alan Cumming; David Ives' ""The Heir Apparent"", ""Venus in Fur"" with Nina Arianda (Broadway transfer 2011/2012, Tony Award nom., Best Play), ""The School for Lies"" with Hamish Linklater, and ""New Jerusalem"" with Richard Easton; ""Unnatural Acts"", conceived by Tony Speciale; Anne Carson's ""An Oresteia""; and Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"" with Peter Sarsgaard, ""The Tempest"" with Mandy Patinkin, ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" with Bebe Neuwirth, and ""Richard III"", ""Richard II"", and ""Hamlet"" with Michael Cumpsty. Prominent artists who have worked at Classic Stage Company include F. Murray Abraham, Wes Bentley, Zoe Caldwell,"
"year in the United States. In 2013, the duo Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa released ""Seesaw"", again produced by Kevin Shirley. The album rose to number 8 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart. In 2014 Hart was nominated for a Grammy Award for ""Seesaw"" and she was also nominated for a Blues Music Award in the category 'Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist'. The album additionally holds her highest peak position on the Billboard 200, reaching the Top 50. Hart's second live album/DVD, Live in Amsterdam, was also recorded in Amsterdam, Netherlands, this time at the Royal Carre Theatre. Hart"
"was presented as a staged reading in New York at the Museum of Jewish Heritage by the Epic Theatre Ensemble and directed by Blanka Zizka, artistic director of the Wilma Theatre. In 2013, Roth debuted a prequel to these two plays, ""Andy and The Shadows"" at Theater J, in a production directed by Daniella Topol. ""Andy"" focuses on a young filmmaker, the son of Holocaust refugees on the South Side of Chicago. Set in 1984 and loosely autobiographical, the protagonist grapples with questions of remembrance, history and identity that are touched upon in ""Born Guilty"" and ""The Wolf in Peter."""