"Prophet"" by Stephen Karam as Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play, and Michael John LaChiusa's ""Queen of the Mist"" as Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. ""The Submission"" by Jeff Talbot received the John Gassner Award. The nominees, announced on April 26, 2011, included nine nominations for the musical ""Sister Act"", the most of any show. ""Anything Goes"" received eight nominations. The Special Achievement Awards were also announced: Ellen Barkin, Outstanding Broadway Debut in ""The Normal Heart""; and Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for Handspring Puppet Company Puppet Design, Fabrication and Direction for ""War Horse"". Source: BroadwayWorld.com Nominees for the 2009–2010 season were announced"
"Handspring Puppet Company The Handspring Puppet Company is a puppetry performance and design company established in 1981 by Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones, situated in Cape Town, South Africa. Thys Stander is the company's chief puppet maker. Jones and Kohler met at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town. At first, they designed puppets for children-targeted productions, which Jones initially disliked. Kohler ""introduced him [Jones] to the west African tradition of puppetry for adults,"" working with Malcolm Purkey and Barney Simon, among others. 1987 saw their exhibition of ""Unmasking the Puppet"" at UNISA. Prior to that, Esther van"
"Ubu and the Truth Commission Ubu and the Truth Commission is a South African play by Jane Taylor first performed under the directorship of William Kentridge at The Laboratory in Johannesburg's Market Theatre on 26 May 1997. Produced by the Handspring Puppet Company, and employing a multimedia approach in the tradition of Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht, it combines puppetry with live actors, music, animation and documentary footage, while also drawing extensively on Alfred Jarry's absurdist production ""Ubu Roi"" (1896). It fuses the chaos of the Ubu legend with original testimony from witnesses at the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission"
"Stevenson Award is awarded to Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day. The Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre is given to animal trainer William Berloni, The Drama Book Shop (West 40th Street in Manhattan), and Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts. The Special Tony Award is given to Handspring Puppet Company, ""for creating lifelike horses (manipulated by three actor-puppeteers)"". The Regional Theatre Tony Award is presented to Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago, Illinois). Source: Tony Awards ""The Book of Mormon"" received 14 nominations, the most of any production, and won nine, including Best Musical; ""The Scottsboro Boys"" received 12"
"theater, as an evanescent art that lives on only in audiences’ memories. Judged by that standard, much of ""War Horse"" evaporates not long after it ends. But I would wager that for a good while, you’ll continue to see Joey in your dreams."" ""Entertainment Weekly"" gave a positive review, calling the show an ""imaginative, moving new Broadway drama ... The play's equine stars are the remarkable creation of Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones' Handspring Puppet Company. As manipulated by three handlers dressed in period costumes, the life-size creatures seem to breathe, snort, feed, walk, gallop, and rear up just as"
"Puppet Company of South Africa, winning an Olivier Award, Evening Standard Theatre Award and London Critics' Circle Theatre Award. On 12 October 2009 the performance was seen by HM Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, marking their first private theatre visit in four years. ""War Horse"" has been popular with audiences, playing to 97% capacity in 2010, subsequently breaking the record for the highest weekly gross for a play in the West End. In December 2010, ""War Horse"" was dubbed ""the theatrical event of the decade"" by ""The Times"". In 2011 it welcomed its millionth audience member. It"
"Handspan Theatre Handspan Theatre was a Melbourne-based puppetry and visual theatre company that operated between 1977 and 2002. Handspan Theatre was founded as a cooperative by Ken Evans, Andrew Hansen, Helen Rickards, Maeve Vella, Peter J. Wilson and Christine Woodcock in 1977. Drawing upon influences in visual arts, choreography, ensemble theatre, film-making, academic and education research Handspan was created to explore alternative forms of puppetry to add to the booth, shadow puppet or marionette shows that were prevalent in Australia at the time. Major Handspan works would often utilise multimedia and readily filled conventional stages or more unusual site-specific spaces"
"South Africa. In 2002 Neil Murray was appointed Director of the Tron, serving as Artistic Producer for the Company. Shows produced by the Tron in this period include Iain Heggie's ""Love Freaks,"" ""Possible Worlds"" by John Mighton (as the centrepiece of the Canadian Six Stages Festival), Forbes Masson's ""Jack and the Beanstalk"" and ""Cinderella"" and Chris Hannan's ""Shining Souls"" in a co-production with v.amp productions which was awarded Best Production in the Critics Awards for Theatre In Scotland in 2003. The Tron continues to support and premiere the work of both emerging and established Scotland-based playwrights. Previous productions include the"
"Children's Theatre Company The Children's Theatre Company (formerly known as The Moppet Players from 1961 to 1965) is a regional theatre established in 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializing in plays for families, young audiences and the very young. The theatre is the largest theatre for multigenerational audiences in the United States and is the recipient of 2003 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. The founding is credited to John Clark Donahue and Beth Linnerson. Many productions are adaptations from children's literature including Pippi Longstocking, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, ""Cinderella"", How The Grinch Stole Christmas, A Year with Frog"
"Ryswyk directed their puppets in a play called ""Episodes of an Easter Rising"" (1985), based on David Lyttons's radio special of the same name. It premiered in Charleville-Mézières, France. In 1997, they worked with William Kentridge on ""Ubu and the Truth Commission"". It premiered in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 26 May 1997. Kentridge had been working for some years with the Handspring Puppet Company in Johannesburg, most notably on ""Woyzeck on the Highveld"" in 1993 and ""Faustus in Africa"" in 1996. The latter, according to Kentridge, was ""a huge undertaking"", after which he and the company were on the look-out"
"two puppet characters in the production: Princeton and Rod. The Australian production opened in June 2009 at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne. The production then went to Sydney in August and then toured Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Auckland in New Zealand. He earned a Helpmann Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance. Butel has worked extensively for many theatre companies including: Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Belvoir St Theatre, Queensland Theatre Company, The Production Company, Griffin Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia appearing in productions such"
"Donahue and an unnamed ex-employee. The suit is brought under the Minnesota Child Victims Act. Children's Theatre Company The Children's Theatre Company (formerly known as The Moppet Players from 1961 to 1965) is a regional theatre established in 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializing in plays for families, young audiences and the very young. The theatre is the largest theatre for multigenerational audiences in the United States and is the recipient of 2003 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. The founding is credited to John Clark Donahue and Beth Linnerson. Many productions are adaptations from children's literature including Pippi Longstocking, The"
"Tony Award for Best Play The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York City. There was no award in the Tonys' first year. ""All My Sons"" has been incorrectly categorized as the Best Play of 1947, but it won the Best Author award for Arthur Miller. The following year ""Mister Roberts"" received the first Tony Award as Best Play. The award goes to the authors and the producers of the play. Legend:<br> <nowiki>†</nowiki>"
"helped establish 3rd Spoleto Festival in Melbourne, (now renamed the Melbourne Festival). Notable Handspan Theatre productions included: In June 2016, a comprehensive archive of the company - its history, its people and its productions and its pictures, was launched, created by Helen Rickards and Maeve Vella: Handspan Theatre: 1977 - 2002 Handspan Theatre Handspan Theatre was a Melbourne-based puppetry and visual theatre company that operated between 1977 and 2002. Handspan Theatre was founded as a cooperative by Ken Evans, Andrew Hansen, Helen Rickards, Maeve Vella, Peter J. Wilson and Christine Woodcock in 1977. Drawing upon influences in visual arts, choreography,"
"and not in boldface. 5th Helpmann Awards The 5th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia were held on 8 August 2005 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney. ""The Sapphires"" by Tony Briggs, produced by Melbourne Theatre Company, was named Best Play and Best New Australian Work. The Australian production of Broadway musical ""The Producers"" received five awards including Best Musical. State Opera of South Australia's season of Wagner's ""Ring Cycle"" received ten awards including Best Opera and Best Special Event. In the following tables, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The nominees are those which are"
"the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"" (1992–2004) features the Lady Penelope puppet in a dream sequence based on the character of Edina Monsoon undergoing surgery: Penelope informs Edina that she is dying, but that Brains is working on a chemical formula to save her life. In the United States, MTV broadcast a sitcom parody of ""Thunderbirds"", ""Super Adventure Team"", in 1998. From 1974 to 1975, the company Stage Three – co-founded by ""Thunderbirds"" puppeteer Christine Glanville – hosted a ""Thunderbirds"" rod puppet stage show at Bournemouth Pier and other venues. In 1984, Mime Theatre Project artists Andrew Dawson and Gavin Robertson"
"music was composed by Armand Preud'homme and the dialogues were written by Jef Contrijn, whose wife, Germaine Gijsels also designed the costumes. Vandersteen returned the favor by helping to design the backgrounds and referencing ""Pats Poppenspel"" in the ""Suske en Wiske"" stories ""De Mottenvanger"" (""The Moth Catcher""), ""De Circusbaron"" (""The Circus Baron""), ""Het Hondenparadijs"" (""The Dog Paradise""), ""De Wilde Weldoener"" (""The Wild Humanitarian"") and ""De Poppenpakker"" (""The Puppet Catcher""). Between 1974 and 1977 Vandersteen also made a comics series about ""Pats"" until copyright issues forced him to change the title into ""Tits"". In 1994 the Royal Youth Theatre of Antwerp"
"Awards for the Broadway musical Titanic, which he co-produced. In 2001 he was also awarded two Tony Awards for the musical 42nd Street, and in 2002 he received two Tony Awards for his Broadway production Into the Woods, plus three more for the play Urinetown. Under van den Ende’s leadership, Stage Entertainment grew rapidly at this time, much attributed to a licensing agreement made in 2000 with Disney Theatrical Productions ( Aida, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin) and an intensive collaboration in Europe with Littlestar, Mamma Mia!’s production company. This enabled the business"
"Named Desire"", ""Equus"", ""Amadeus"", ""Agnes of God"", ""M. Butterfly"", ""Master Class"", ""Private Lives"", ""Stage Struck"", ""Quartermaine's Terms"" and ""Side by Side by Sondheim"". The works of such eminent British writers as Noël Coward, Tom Stoppard, Simon Gray and Peter Shaffer have all been mounted in Toerien's theatres. 2007 saw the staging of ""The Lion King"" in a new 1900 seater lyric theatre in the Montecasino complex, called the Teatro. During the period of South Africa's transition he worked extensively with WESTAG Task Group on the Performing Arts sub-committee. In this area of civic responsibility, he also gave of his expertise"
"for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2013 for her performance as Cassandra in the comedy ""Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"". The play won the Tony for Best Play as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. She won the 2013 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. Other stage works includes roles in ""The Philanderer"" for The Pearl Theatre Company, and The Public Theater productions of ""Measure for Measure"", ""The Winter's Tale"", ""The Merchant of Venice"", and ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". Following her Tony Award nomination, she moved to Los"
"production of Counting Sheep to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it won several awards including the Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award, Highly Commended. The Color Purple (nominee) - 2016 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical or Revue Something Rotten (nominee) - 2015 Tony Award Best Musical Something Rotten (nominee) - 2015 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical Hand to God (nominee) - 2015 Tony Award Best Play Ragtime (nominee) - 2010 Tony Award Best Revival of a Musical Ragtime (nominee) - 2010 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical The Little Dog Laughed - 2007 Tony Award Best"
"that in the real world their options are limited, and they are no more ""special"" than anyone else. The musical is notable for the use of puppets, animated by unconcealed puppeteers, alongside human actors. Originally conceived as a television series, the show was developed as a stage production at the 2002 National Music Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. It opened Off-Broadway in March 2003, co-produced by The New Group and the Vineyard Theatre, and transferred to Broadway in July 2003 where it won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and spawned Las Vegas and"
"Award for Distinguished Production of a Play, and the Tony Award for Best Play. For the West End production, Natalie Dormer was nominated for WhatsOnStage.com Audience Award for Best Actress in a Play. Director Roman Polanski shot a film version of the play, in French, in late 2012. The film stars Polanski's wife Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric. Venus in Fur Venus in Fur is a two-person play by David Ives set in modern New York City. The play had its premiere off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company in 2010 and on Broadway in 2011. ""Venus in Fur"" opened off-Broadway"
"for Best Actress and Actor in a musical (Jones and Ball). The production closed on March 28, 2010 after a run of nearly two-and-a-half years and over 1,000 performances. An Australian production of ""Hairspray"" opened in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre on October 2, 2010 to critical acclaim. It was directed by David Atkins and choreographed by ""So You Think You Can Dance Australia"" judge Jason Coleman. The show moved to Sydney from June 23, 2011. The cast included Jaz Flowers as Tracy, Trevor Ashley as Edna, Jack Chambers as Link, and Tevin Campbell reprising his role from the Broadway"
"Education Award was presented to Melody Herzfeld of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The Isabelle Stevenson Award was presented to Nick Scandalios, who is the Executive Vice President of the Nederlander Organization. The Regional Theatre Tony Award was awarded to La MaMa E.T.C. (Experimental Theatre Club) of New York City, which has a monetary grant of $25,000. The Special Tony Award was given to John Leguizamo and Bruce Springsteen. Source: ‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play. ± The Tony Awards for Best Sound Design of a Play and of a Musical were reinstated"
"and truthful testimony regarding their infractions. Ubu, suspecting a trick, is unsure of what to do. The play follows his indecisive actions as they lead his path finally to a convergence with that of the TRC. Kentridge had been working for some years with the Handspring Puppet Company in Johannesburg before the idea for ""Ubu and the Truth Commission"" was mooted, and had extensive experience of theatre that incorporated animation, puppets and actors. He did not, he claimed, pursue the multimedia realm because of any aesthetic ideal, but rather because he was skilled in the art of animation anyway and"
"Cape Town Castle on truth and reconciliation. ""Fault Lines"" was also, more broadly, a series of cultural responses which she initiated in order to draw artists from the international community into exploring the discourses and practices of Truth and Reconciliation. She has written about Jarry's ""Pere Ubu"" and she also wrote the playtext of ""Ubu and the Truth Commission"" with artist/director William Kentridge and Handspring Puppet Company. In 2001 she wrote the libretto for ""The Confessions of Zeno"" for Kentridge and Handspring. She has recently edited ""Handspring Puppet Company"" (David Krut publishers, 2009), a substantial study of this world-renowned South"
"Juliet, who is a smart and courageous heroine...the only disappointing thing about this book is that it has to end."" Her first play, ""Primating,"" about primatologists on a chimp reserve in Africa, was optioned in January 2014 by Tony-award winning producers Jeffrey Richards Associates, who also produced August: Osage County and All The Way. In the depths of Africa, two of the world’s leading primatologists meet twenty-five years after a dashed love affair. Old wounds are opened as the two headstrong, brainy ex-lovers try to use what they know about primate behavior to justify their own questionable decisions years earlier."
"for hands because his inventor died in the middle of outfitting him. He is discovered in his castle by an Avon lady who brings him into her home. He then wanders into a town where a family takes him in. The theatrical adaptation has a more robust prologue than the film, but the additional backstory does not add content to the character. The British New Adventures dance company raised $2 million that was augmented by $780,000 from the Arts Council England to stage the original production at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre, which opened in November 2005 and closed on February"
"theme a contemporary socio-political issue: ""Lungs"" explores parenthood, ""People, Places and Things"" addiction and recovery, and ""Every Brilliant Thing"" considers the issue of suicidality. His play ""Lungs"" was first produced at the Studio Theatre in Washington DC and has subsequently been performed around the world, receiving its German-language premiere as ""'Atmen""' at the Schaubühne where it entered the repertory, directed by Katie Mitchell. Lungs has also premiered in South Africa as ""Longe"" in 2016 at the Vrystaat Kunstefees, winning the award for Best Upcoming Talent. The British production of the play, starring Kate O'Flynn under the direction of Richard Wilson"
"to win consecutive Tony Awards for his two-part """". Terrence McNally repeated this feat the following two years with his plays ""Love! Valour! Compassion!"" and ""Master Class"". Tony Award for Best Play The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York City. There was no award in the Tonys' first year. ""All My Sons"" has been incorrectly categorized as the Best Play of 1947, but it won the Best Author award for Arthur Miller."
"2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including a Scotsman Fringe First for New Writing and the 2002 Scotsman Best of the Fringe Firsts Award, and later went on to win the 2004 Best of The Adelaide Fringe Festival Award. Following its London premiere at Riverside Studios, ""Horse Country"" toured the UK, Australia, Canada and The Netherlands. Hopkins' 2004 play ""screwmachine/eyecandy"" premiered at Assembly Rooms at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was awarded a Scotsman Fringe First for New Writing. The US premiere was presented at 59E59 Theaters in New York in 2006. Also in 2006, Hopkins was commissioned by the"
"for Best Play and Best Featured Actress in a Play (Findlay). The Australian co-production by the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Sydney Theatre Company won the 2018 Helpmann Award for Best Play. Its director, Sarah Goodes, won the 2018 Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play and Pamela Rabe won the 2018 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play. The play is being shown in Toronto, Canada at the Canadian Stage Theater from September 25 to October 21. The play concerns two retired nuclear physicists, the married couple Hazel and Robin, who live in a remote cottage"