When Tom Stoppard Confronted His Background in His Final Play
The playwright, who learned about his Jewish heritage late in life, addressed it in the Tony Award-winning drama "Leopoldstadt."
The playwright, who learned about his Jewish heritage late in life, addressed it in the Tony Award-winning drama "Leopoldstadt."
He won for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation "Wicked."
In addition to wording changes, the warnings will no longer autoplay at the beginning of movies such as "Dumbo" and "Peter Pan."
In "Eureka Day," changes were made to a scene because "the laughter was so robust backstage, they couldn't hear the cues."
Three generations on, filmmakers, writers and artists are making new meaning from ancestral trauma.
Itamar Moses wrote a drama of ideas about Israel and antisemitism. Then Oct. 7 happened.
For their adaptation of "Sabbath's Theater," John Turturro and Ariel Levy sought to preserve "the nasty side of existence" evoked in the book.
The Children's Theater Company production, based on the animated film, elevates the depiction of its characters' religious and ethnic backgrounds.
The Frigid Fringe Festival in New York said it would no longer bill itself as "uncensored" after deciding not to move ahead with a performance it deemed anti-trans.
"It is never permissible to alter an artistic work such as 'Hamilton' without legal permission," said a message on Instagram, which added that the church would pay damages.
The shuttered show is facing legal action from the actors, stage managers and designers who worked on the production.
Should Shakespeare's Richard III be reserved for disabled actors? Does the character have to be played by a white man? By a man at all? Three recent productions took different tacks.
The playwright fueled outrage with his claim on Fox News that teachers were "inclined" to pedophilia as he promoted a new book that decries "the Left's anti-Trump psychosis."