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ADOLF HITLER VS HENRY FORD - A COMEDY

Adolf Hitler vs Henry Ford A (sort of) true account of when Henry Ford met Adolf Hitler in a nightclub, available on the Wireless Theatre Company.

"I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration," Hitler told a Detroit News reporter two years before becoming the German chancellor in 1933.

Hitler was very aware of Henry Ford, of Henry Ford's writings, and praised them. He turned to the same documents. There's a common thread. - from Ford's Anti-Semitism American Experience - PBS.

The radio comedy Adolf Hitler Vs Henry Ford "a (sort of) true account of when Henry Ford met Adolf Hitler in a nightclub and formed an unlikely friendship" stars James Parkes, Michael Bodie, Nina Millns, Morag Sims and Adam Hal who are stellar voice actors.

Jazzy piano music opens the production written by Stuart Price.

Silent movies are changing to speaking.

The automobile - freedom - on the road.

If people only realized how the birth of the automobile transpired. Of course, as is pointed out - all of the characters are dead, so they can't sue.

Filled with semi twisted history and satire.

Would be actor Henry Ford was working on a version of the mechanical horse. inventing the car and intending for one to be in the driveway to every American home is his way of being a good American - of giving back.

Quick scene settings alternate between Europe and America.

Adolf Hitler was in London studying and couldn't understand why those in Liverpool didn't eat meat on Friday. Waitress Eva explains. She also shaves him, and creates his moustache.

He wants every German family to own a motor cars - something for German families to dream about. He has a manifesto but is upset that no one is listening. Eva is his big supporter and eventually teaches him to drive.

Ford complains that America was changing but not for the good.

Hitler is now in American studying art. He met Ford in a San Francisco gay bar. They began talking - agreeing that automobiles were the future. They compared designs and now Adolf is accusing Ford of stealing his design.

All is not good.

In real life Eva and Adolf married the day before they carried out a joint suicide pact. They had no children with each other, or with anyone else.

The production ends differently.

A fascinating, thought provoking production.

Extreme vulgarity and adult situations.

Recorded on April 25, 2020 at The Pleasance King Dome as part of Wireless Theatre’s Couples Who Changed The World.

Directed by: David Beck
Music by: Jaky Fong
Sound by: Malcolm Thorp and Gareth Brown
Editing by: Malcolm Thorp

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ART AND ABOUT

RAPHAEL - THE POWER OF RENAISSANCE IMAGERY: THE DRESDEN TAPESTRIES AND THEIR IMPACT As part of a historic exhibition, the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) will bring a set of six important tapestries designed by Raphael from the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (GAM) in Dresden, Germany to the U.S. for the first time. The project originated as part of the international celebration of the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death.

The exhibition is centered on six extraordinary and rare tapestries on loan from GAM, Dresden, Germany, one of Europe’s most renowned museums. This will be the tapestries’ first ever trip to the United States and likely their only visit for many generations. These breathtaking, monumental works are believed to have been woven directly from painted compositions created by the Renaissance master Raphael in 1515, which were also used to create the tapestries that still hang in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. These tapestries are among the most influential works in the history of Western European art.

To illuminate this and Raphael’s broad impact, the exhibition brings together other works of art – drawings, prints and sculptures – that trace this influence on generations of artists over four centuries. Highlights will include two drawings by Raphael that were studies for his painted compositions; works by Renaissance and Baroque masters influenced by the tapestries, such as Albrecht Dürer, Nicolas Poussin and Peter Paul Rubens; and 19th-century works. The exhibition also focuses on the creation of the Dresden tapestries in 17th-century England and introduces their various patrons and owners through the centuries - in particular, Charles I, King of England and Augustus II (“the Strong”), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.

This exhibition is organized by the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Old Masters Gallery, Dresden State Art Collections) in partnership with CMA. The exhibition marks the third collaboration between CMA and the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

The exhibition is accompanied by a wide range of programs. Lectures and conversations will be presented by noted scholars and curators, including Stephan Koja, Anne Dumas, Andrew Shelton and David Stark. Programs will also be offered in partnership with Columbus Symphony Orchestra, First Congregational Church, the Ohio Renaissance Festival and The Ohio State University.

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio: July 15-October 30, 2022.

MAUKA TO MAKAI, HONOLULU CITYSCAPES OF THE 1850s’ celebrates city’s history with images of its landscape and royal family.

Nearly 30 prints, watercolors and drawings beckon visitors to experience the city’s iconic landmarks and businesses of centuries past, many of which still exist today. HoMA pairs images of Honolulu’s cityscape with portraits of Hawaiian royalty, including Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V.

“Several objects in the Honolulu Museum of Art’s collection chronicle the city’s visual evolution, tracing its transformation from a bustling natural harbor to the cosmopolitan epicenter of the Islands,” said Tory Laitila, exhibition curator and HoMA’s curator of textiles and historic arts of Hawai‘i. “This exhibition presents an opportunity to display those works alongside institutional and private loans to offer a full glimpse of Honolulu’s past, especially pertinent as we mark the 150th anniversary of Kamehameha Day.”

Kamehameha Day, first celebrated in 1872, honors King Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great, and recognizes his work in unifying the Hawaiian Islands in 1810. Honolulu was named as the capital of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i in 1845.

Works on display include: Lithographs that depict King Kamehameha III’s funeral processional offer a look at Hawaiian traditions paired with English practices. The complete series by Paul Emmert (1826-1867) presents a detailed view of the somber occasion that was attended by well-known people and citizens from across Honolulu. Emmert often captured scenes across the Island and made prints of many of his drawings after opening a print shop in Hawai’i in 1853. The Swiss-born artist immigrated to the United States when he was 19 years old and lived in New York and California before moving to Hawai’i.

The exhibition also includes several lithographs and a watercolor by George Henry Burgess (1831-1905), who painted portraits of the royal family during the reign of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. The London-born artist immigrated to California with his brothers and made three trips to Hawai’i starting in 1856. During his visits, he also captured images of Honolulu’s people and landscapes. Those sketches and paintings were later published by San Francisco lithographers Britton and Rey. HoMA’s installation includes Burgess’ views of Honolulu Beach, Nuuanu Valley, Old Fort Honolulu and more.

James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878), an artist who visited Hawai’i from 1850-1852, used watercolor to illustrate the city’s striking landscape in Honolulu from the West. The England-born artist earned his income in Baltimore, where he painted miniature portraits on ivory, and lived in Cuba and Australia before returning to England.

The installation also includes works by James Patton Chamberlain (1835-1911), George E. Perine (1837-1885), John Prendergast (1815-unknown), L. Groixlier and others.

On view July 14-October 16, 2022 at the Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA).

TATE IN LONDON has announced that Catherine Wood has been appointed Director of Program, Tate Modern. She will take up the position in August 2022, overseeing Tate Modern’s ambitious and broad ranging artistic content, including exhibitions, displays, commissions, performances, film screenings and community projects. Working with the gallery’s wider curatorial team, she will lead an innovative and engaging program which reflects the latest developments in art, society, technology and sustainability.

Catherine Wood joined Tate Modern in 2002, having previously held curatorial roles at the Barbican Art Gallery and The British Museum. Over the last 20 years, she has been instrumental in making performance and live art a core part of Tate Modern’s program, becoming Senior Curator, International Art (Performance) in 2015. She has worked closely with artists such as Joan Jonas, Tarek Atoui, Fujiko Nakaya, Mark Leckey, Anne Imhof, Carlos Amorales and Otobong Nkanga among many others, and has curated and co-curated major exhibitions such as The World as a Stage in 2007, Pop Life: Art in a Material World in 2009, A Bigger Splash: Painting After Performance in 2012 and Robert Rauschenberg in 2016.

THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART (TMA) has named Lanisa S. Kitchiner consulting curator of African art. In this role, she will manage the continued growth of the Museum’s collection of African objects and develop innovative exhibitions in support of the Museum’s ambitious curatorial program.

Kitchiner previously served as director of education and scholarly initiatives, a senior-level role at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art. In this capacity, she developed educational and curatorial initiatives that strengthened and diversified the intellectual, curatorial and outreach efforts of the museum. She oversaw implementation of the largest grant in the history of the unit and established a foundation for acquiring, interpreting and exhibiting under-represented objects in African art. Notably during her tenure, she developed and directed special commissions, collection highlight installations, online exhibitions and innovative public programming.

Kitchiner earned her Ph.D. in African studies and research from Howard University and is also an alumna of the 2018 Tate Intensive: Making Space, Holding Space, Giving Space.

THE FRALIN MUSEUM OF ART commemorates the work of leading American artist Joseph Cornell. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passing of Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), one of America’s most important and enigmatic artists, The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia has organized an exhibition of his work. Joseph Cornell: Enclosing Infinity, on view through February 12, 2023. It is curated by Matthew McLendon, the Museum’s J. Sanford Miller Family director. The intimate, focused exhibition will feature six boxes from The Fralin’s collection, inviting visitors to enter Cornell’s world of fantasy.

Cornell worked in collage and film, though he is best known for his signature shadow box constructions - small worlds unto themselves made of the bric-a-brac he collected as he wandered through New York City’s dime stores, used book merchants and purveyors of back copies of newspapers and magazines. The Fralin is home to several important Cornell box constructions. While frequently linked to Surrealism, Cornell did not create his constructions through automatic or stream-of-consciousness practices. Instead, he employed meticulous planning. This deliberate process led to major groupings of some of his works, including the Soap Bubble, Sand Tray, Games and Juan Gris series, all represented in The Fralin’s collection.

Among The Fralin’s collection are particularly fine examples from his Soap Bubble series and his set of boxes created in homage to the Spanish artist Juan Gris - the latter making use of various images of a cockatoo that obliquely pay reference to Gris’1914 painting, The Man at the Café.

KIMONA STYLE: THE JOHN C. WEBER COLLECTION This exhibition traces the transformation of the kimono from the late Edo period (1615–1868) through the early 20th century, as the T-shaped garment was adapted to suit the lifestyle of modern Japanese women. It will feature a remarkable selection of works from the renowned John C. Weber Collection of Japanese art that explore the mutual artistic exchanges between the kimono and Western fashion, as well as highlights from The Costume Institute’s collection.

The weaving, dyeing, and embroidery techniques for which Japan is famed reached their peak of artistic sophistication during the Edo period. Members of the ruling military class were the primary consumers of sumptuous kimono, each one being custom-made. At the same time, a dynamic urban culture emerged, and the merchant class used its wealth to acquire material luxuries. Kimono, one of the most visible art forms, provided a way for the townspeople to proclaim their aesthetic sensibility. Depictions of kimono in Japanese woodblock prints were widely studied by Western couturiers in the late 19th century. The garment’s comparatively loose, enveloping silhouette, and its rectilinear cut would have the most profound and lasting influence on Western fashion, with couturiers like Madeleine Vionnet and Cristóbal Balenciaga taking inspiration from the kimono for their avant-garde creations.

In the Meiji period (1868–1912), Western clothing was introduced to Japan. Simultaneously, modernization and social changes enabled more women to gain access to silk kimonos than ever before. Around the 1920s, affordable ready-to-wear kimono (meisen) became very popular and reflected a more Westernized lifestyle. These were sold in department stores modelled on Western retailers, following Western-style marketing strategies. To illustrate these connections, the exhibition will present over 60 kimonos alongside Western garments, paintings, prints, and decorative art objects.

On view through February 20, 2023 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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SWEET CHARITY

THE HAMPTONS FINE ART FAIR is Bastille Day Vernissage benefiting Guild Hall at the Southampton Fairgrounds in South Hampton, New York, opening Thursday, July 14, 2022 and running through July 17, 2022.

Come celebrate this memorable opening with a timely Francophile theme. Enjoy complimentary French wines and tastings, plus hors d’oeuvres provided by talented onsite chefs, The Plaza Café, Flatliners, and MF Events.

Be among the first to storm the art bastille into the spectacular 40,000 square foot Pollock Pavilion, and seize control of the long respected Hamptons art scene by viewing and acquiring valuable works of art before the fair opens to the public on Friday.

Live music will set the fair’s Parisian tone with an emotionally charged performance by the très popular French recording star, Chloé Perrier, and the French Heart Jazz Band.

Hamptons Fine Art Fair features 90+ select dealers from around the world, presenting important 20th and 21st century art, showcasing 500 respected artists, from emerging to the blue chip masters.

SPREADING THE WORD

BOB DYLAN'S only copy of a disk of Blowin' In The Wind that the singer-songwriter recorded in 2021 with famed record oproducer T. Bone burnett, sold for $1.77 million at a Christie's auction in London on Thursday, July 7, 2022, above its price estimate of the $716,000 to $1,200,000 range.

The buyer remains anonymous.

The 2021 one-of-a-kind recording of the 1962 folk song was produced by T Bone Burnett in Los Angeles and was recorded directly onto the acetate record, called an Ionic Recording, which features lacquer-coated aluminium that protects it from wear and can still be played on a typical record player.

Ionic Original, a technology developed by T Bone, promises to offer better sound quality than vinyl.

"The sound quality is utterly amazing. You hear his voice in a texture that you just can't get in any other format. And it's a much older Bob Dylan, it's 60 years after he first recorded it in July of 1962," says Peter Klarnet, Vice President and Senior Specialist for Americana Books and Manuscripts at Christie's.

The auction marks the 60th anniversary of Dylan's recording career and the release of his self-titled album.

PATRICK DUFFY who gained fame as Bobby Ewing on Dallas and his romantic partner Linda Purl who played Fonzie's girlfriend Ashley in Happy Days are in Ireland to film a pilot for a new TV show, which will trace his family's ancestry.

Duffy and Purl recently completed a cross country British tour appearing together in the mystery Catch Me if You Can, alongside Gray O'Brien.

THE MUSIC MAN at the Olney Theatre in Olney, Maryland boasts a deaf cast and creative team of deaf, hearing, and hard-of-hearing artists.

Starring James Caverly. Director of Artistic Sign Language is Michelle Banks. Music Director Christopher Youstra. Choreographer Karma Camp. Co-Directors Michael Baron and Sandra Mae Frank.

Olney Theatre's bilingual production of The Music Man is performed in American Sign Language with English supertitles. The songs are performed in English with ASL and English supertitles. The dialogue is performed in ASL with English supertitles. The ability to read the supertitles, either projected or via the GalaPro app, is an essential part of the experience for hearing audiences.

Performances through July 24, 2022.

THE DRED AND HARRIET SCOTT DECISION takes place July 13-14 in Duffy Square, New York City.

For this 5-part performance featuring a woodwind quintet, piano, and tenor, Gaines transforms the original text of the Supreme Court’s 1857 Dred and Harriet Scott historic decision, which decreed that people of African ancestry were not U.S. citizens, and therefore could not sue for their right to freedom. Federally sanctioning white supremacy, the ruling has long-stood as one of the court’s most disastrous decisions, irrevocably altering the course of the country’s social, cultural, and political evolution. In his return to this historical court case and its trial documents, (Charles) Gaines places the inextricable legacy of slave labor in our nation’s economy directly in the center of modern-day capitalism and commerce — Times Square.

The work builds upon Gaines's Manifestos series, in which he disarms and draws upon historical texts, uniting the rational, mathematical, and lyrical structures of music with the irrationality of violence, racial tensions, and social injustice.

MUHAMMAD ALI'S red robe from 1971 MSG battle with Joe Frazier is up for auction along with more than 1,600 Ali items from his early career as Cassius Clay through his metamorphosis into The Greatest. The items will be gaveled down by Heritage Auctions at their July 21-23 Heritage Summer Sports Catalog Auction.

GRAND OPERA MAKES A RETURN TO THE FILENE CENTER in Vienna, VA on July 15 for Verdi’s La Traviata Wolf Trap's first new fully staged production since 2018’s Rigoletto. This is a sumptuous retelling of love and sacrifice in Parisian high society.

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THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (TCG) has announced the recipients of $10,000 Respond grants as part of the Thrive! Uplifting Theatres of Color program. With $1,635,000 in support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, TCG is working in partnership with an Advisory Circle of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to provide unrestricted funds for Black theatres, Indigenous theatres and Theatres of Color (BITOC) based in the U.S. (including Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories). RESPOND provides unrestricted funds to theatres to address immediate, time-sensitive challenges that prevent ongoing work with their community. THRIVE! will also provide Recpgnize grants and host Rebuild: A Learning Cohort.

The 2022 Respond grants were awarded to the following theatres: A Call to Conscience Interactive Theater for Social Change, Amaterasu Za, Bindlestiff Studio, Black Arts MKE, Black Creators Collective, Canady Foundation for the Arts, Cara Mía Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, KC Melting Pot Theatre Productions, Kennie Playhouse Theatre, Medina Theater Collective, Native Voices at the Autry, New Native Theatre, Sankofa African American Theatre Company, Teatro Hispano De Dallas, Tee Zee Productions, Turtle Theater Collective, UNIVERSES, Voices in the Dark Repertory Theatre Company, and Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America.

"Respond provides immediate unrestricted funds for BITOC to support their work with local communities of color. This support honors the expertise and ingenuity that BITOC have shown in impacting their communities despite long-standing funding inequities as well as the recent challenges of the pandemic. TCG also intends this support to be a signal that the survival and thrivability of BITOC are critical to the field. The Thrive! Program envisions a just and thriving theatre ecology where BITOC are prioritized, fully resourced, and nationally celebrated."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO . . . .

CAMILLA, THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL

Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, perched on a bench in the garden, a pair of shears and a basket of flowers in hand. Photo by Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.

who turns 75 on July 17th.

Her official birthday photograph was taken by her daughter-in-law, Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge and was commissioned by Camilla herself. Kate, an university art major, has long loved photography and listed it as a hobby on her resume. The mother of three has also taken the official photographs of her children.

The two future Queen Consorts of England get along famously and are frequently seen together.

The photographs are for the cover of a special July 13 issue of Country Life magazine. Camilla also was the guest editor to mark her birthday and the magazine's 125th anniversary.

Camilla is the third royal to handle a special souvenir edition of the magazine. Her husband, Prince Charles, participated twice - for his 65th birthday in 2013 and again for his 70th in 2018 - the latter ranking as the all-time biggest-selling issue. Meanwhile, Princess Anne edited an edition in 2020 to mark her 70th birthday.

Editor Mark Hedges said in a statement that it was "a great honor" to have Camilla take charge, adding that she is "a passionate countrywoman and we're delighted that she follows her husband in presiding over this commemorative edition."

Managing and Features Editor Paula Lester said that the Duchess of Cambridge "was incredibly professional about the task at hand." She added that Kate "phoned me to discuss our requirements for the cover and subsequently composed a range of beautifully shot images" in the garden of Camilla's Ray Mill House, in Wiltshire, England.

Hedges added: "We understand this is the first time a formal portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall has been taken by the Duchess of Cambridge for a magazine and we are honored to have been chosen to be the first to publish this beautiful image. The photographs are superb and we would be delighted to offer the Duchess of Cambridge another commission."

GET WELL SOON

CARLOS SANTANA 74, who collapsed from heat exhaustion during a performance last Tuesday in Michigan. The Las Vegas resident has canceled six upcoming tour performances.



BAD JEWS by Joshua Harmon.

This revival of that production will be directed by Jon Pashley.

A “ferociously clever” comedy about family, legacy and faith.

Daphna Feygenbaum is a "real Jew" with an Israeli boyfriend to prove it. When her cousin Liam brings home his non-Jewish girlfriend Melody, and declares ownership of their grandfather’s necklace, it sparks a viciously hilarious brawl over family, faith and legacy.

Having premiered in New York in 2012, Bad Jews transferred to the UK where it toured nationally before celebrating two sold-out engagements in London’s West End. The original production of Bad Jews won Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for playwright Joshua Harmon.

The original production was directed by Michael Longhurst, designed by Richard Kent, lighting design by Richard Howell and sound design by Adrienne Quartly.

Bad Jews returns to the Arts Theatre in London for 11 weeks from Thursday July 14 to Sunday, September 25. 2022.

FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME the critically acclaimed hip-hop sensation and recipient of a 2020 Special Tony Award was conceived by Anthony Veneziale and created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale in 2004 .

Directed by Kail.

In name and beyond, Freestu;e :pve Supreme pays homage to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, with a nod to musical roots in jazz, soul, blues and hip-hop.

A blend of hip-hop, improvisational theater, music and vocal styling with special surprise guests at select performances, providing non-stop action throughout this fast-paced evening, spinning suggestions from the audience into humorous bits, instantaneous songs and riffs, and fully realized musical numbers. Backed by tight tunes from keyboards and human percussion.

The company on tour includes Andrew Bancroft AKA "Jelly Donut," Richard Baskin, Jr. AKA "Rich Midway;" Jay C. Ellis AKA "Jellis J;" Aneesa Folds AKA "Young Nees;" Mark Martin AKA "Mandible," Kaila Mullady AKA "Kaiser Rözé"; Morgan Reilly AKA "Hummingbird;" James Rushin AKA "Shifty Hills;" Victoria Theodore AKA "Gigawatts"” and Anthony VenezialeAKA "Two Touch."

Special spontaneous and unannounced guests are planned for select performances during the tour.

Set design by Beowulf Boritt; costume design by Lisa Zinni; lighting design by Jeff Croiter; and sound design by Nevin Steinberg.

Created nightly with the audience and no two shows are ever the same, Freestyle Love Supreme will play Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA July 12-August 7, 2022.

ON BECKETT conceived and performed by Tony Award Winner Bill Irwin.

Bill Irwin can’t escape Samuel Beckett. He has spent a lifetime captivated by the Irish writer’s language. In this intimate 90-minute evening, Irwin will explore a performer’s relationship to Beckett, mining the physical and verbal skills acquired in his years as a master clown and Tony Award–winning actor. Irwin’s approach to the comic, the tragic, to every side of Beckett’s work - including Waiting for Godo' Texts for Nothing, and more - will allow audiences to experience the language in compelling new ways. Whether you’re encountering the Nobel Prize winner’s writing for the first time, or building on a body of Beckett knowledge, this dynamic showcase is not to be missed.

The creative team includes set design by Charlie Corcoran, costume consultation by Martha Hally, lighting design by Michael Gottlieb, and sound design by M. Florian Staab, and is produced by Octopus Theatricals.

On Beckett was originally developed at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. The production premiered Off Broadway in 2018 at Irish Repertory Theatre and received a special Lortel Award for Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience. In addition, Bill Irwin received a 2018–2019 Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Play.

On Beckett will play on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center in San Diego’s Balboa Park July 14-17, 2022.

MUD ROW by Dominique Morisseau.

Directed by Marshall Jones III.

Mud Row will feature actors Ashley Nicole Baptiste, Lekethia Dalcoe, Alinca Hamilton, Malik Reed, Stacey Sherrell, and Landon Woodson.

Two generations of sisters navigate class, race, love and family on "Mud Row," an area in the East End of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Elsie hopes to move up in the world by marrying into "the talented tenth," while her sister Frances joins the fight for Civil Rights. Decades later, estranged sisters Regine and Toshi are forced to reckon with their shared heritage and each other, when Regine inherits granny Elsie’s house.

Understudies for the production are Destiny Davis, Tisa Harriott and Nate Lyles. All three actors are graduates of Kean University’s Theatre Conservatory.

Mud Row runs July 14-July 31 in the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center on the Kean University main campus in Union, N.J.

PENNYROYAL a heartrending new play by Lucy Roslyn inspired by Edith Wharton's 1922 novella The Old Maid.

Directed by Josh Roche.

A hundred years on, award-winning writer Lucy Roslyn has created a contemporary story about what happens when life doesn't go to plan, exploring sisterhood, motherhood and the things expected of women.

When Daphne is diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency at 19, her sister Christine steps in to help in the only way she knows how: by donating her eggs. For a moment, the world seems corrected. But as the years go by and Daphne sets out on the long road of IVF, the sisters’ relationship begins to twist.

Madison Clare and Lucy Roslyn will star as sisters Daphne and Christine.

The creatives include Design by Sophie Thomas; Lighting Design by Cheng Keng and Music and Sound Design by Hugh Sheehan.

"Pennyroyal is an extremely toxic herb that has caused multiorgan failure and death in several people. Pennyroyal is a flowering plant that was used in folk medicine to induce abortion, alleviate menstrual symptoms, and to treat inflammatory conditions and minor ailments," according to loan-Kettering Medical Center. Kaiser Permanete adds that "Pennyroyal is one of a group of nerve tonic (nervine) herbs used in traditional herbal medicine for people with anxiety, with few reports of toxicity."

Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.

July 12 - August 6 at the Finborough Theatre in London.

JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES AGAIN a new verson of Sheridan's The Rivals by Richard Bean and Craig Oliver.

Directed by Emily Burns.

Caroline Quentin plays the iconic Mrs Malaprop in this new comedy. Featuring James Corrigan as Bob "Wingnut" Acres, Laurie Davidson as Jack Absolute, Kelvin Fletcher as Dudley Scunthope, Kerry Howard as Lucy, Jordan Metcalfe as Roy Faulkland, Akshay Sharan as Bhaggi "Tony" Khattri, Natalie Simpson as Lydia Languish, Tim Steed as Brian Coventry, and Helen Wilson as Julia Melville. The ensemble includes Theo Cowan, George Kemp, Geoffrey Towers and Shona White.

July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms.

The production team includes: Set and Costume Designer Mark Thompson - Lighting Designer Tim Lutkin - Composer Paul Englishby - Sound Designer Paul Arditti - Video Designer Jeff Sugg - Choreographer Lizzi Gee - Physical Comedy Director Toby Park for Spymonkey.

Through August 20, 2022 at the National Theatre in London.

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FINAL OVATION

PETER BROOK an English theatre and film director died in Paris on Saturday, July 2, 2022. He was 97.

He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). With them, he directed the first English-language production in 1964 of Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, which was transferred to Broadway in 1965 and won the Tony Award for Best Play, and Brook was named Best Director. He also directed films such as an iconic version of Lord of the Flies in 1963.

He was based in France from the early 1970s on, where he founded an international theatre company, playing in developing countries, in an approach of great simplicity. He was often referred to as "our greatest living theatre director". He won multiple Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Japanese Praemium Imperiale, and the Prix Italia. In 2021, he was awarded India's Padma Shri.

He left Britain to work in Paris in 1970, founding the International Centre of Theatre Research which brought together actors and designers of many different nationalities.

The British director used the world as his stage mounting productions ranging from challenging versions of Shakespeare through international opera to Hindu epic poems.

In 1951, Brook married actress Natasha Parry. They had two children: Irina, an actress and director, and Simon, a director. Parry died of a stroke in July 2015, aged 84.

JAMES CAAN an American actor who was nominated for several awards, including four Golden Globes, an Emmy, and an Oscar died in Los Angeles July 6, 2022. He was 82.

While studying at Hofstra University he became intrigued by acting and was interviewed for, accepted to, and enrolled in New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, where he studied for five years. One of his instructors was Sanford Meisner. "I just fell in love with acting", he later recalled. "Of course all my improvs ended in violence."

Caan began appearing off-Broadway in plays such as La Ronde before making his Broadway debut in Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole. In 1969, he starred in Coppola's The Rain People.

He would go on to become an iconic movie star.

Divorced four times he is survived by his childrenL daughter, Tara sons, Scott Caan, Alexander James, James Arthur, and Jacob Nicholas.

LARRY STORCH July 8, 2022) was an American actor and comedian who gained fame as Corporal Randolph Agarn on F Troop died July 8, 2022 at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 99.

Because of the Great Depression, Storch said he never graduated from high school, instead finding work as a comic for $12 a week opening for bandleader Al Donahue at the band shell in Sheepshead Bay. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy where he was shipmates with Tony Curtis on the submarine tender USS Proteus. Later they would work together on numerous films

Storch first performed on Broadway in Who Was That Lady I Saw You With, later made into a 1960 film starring Dean Martin and Tony Curtis, with Storch slso appearing.

After success in television and films, Storch returned to the New York stage, receiving rave reviews for the Off-Broadway production of Breaking Legs. Co-starring Philip Bosco and Vincent Gardenia, the show extended several times before going on the road. Storch appeared in the Broadway productions of Porgy and Bess (which Storch considered his favorite), Arsenic and Old Lace with Jean Stapleton, and Annie Get Your Gun with Reba McEntire. He toured the United States and Europe with Porgy and Bess.

In 2004, he was in Sly Fox with Richard Dreyfuss and his old friend Irwin Corey. Larry, then 81, and "Professor" Corey, 90, did eight shows a week. In March 2008, Storch celebrated his 50th anniversary performing on Broadway.

Storch and Dark Shadows star Marie Wallace appeared in Love Letters by A.R. Gurney on June 24, 2012, a benefit performance for the Actor's Temple in New York City.

In the summer of 2012, Storch appeared in a benefit performance of Love Letters with actress Diana Sowle (best known for her role as Mrs. Bucket in the original Willy Wonka film) in Farmville, Virginia to benefit The Tom Mix Rangers.

He loved being on stage, no matter how small the part. I saw him in San Francisco appearing in Arsenic and Old Lace, His non speaking role was one of the deceased men the ladies had killed. Never seen in the show, they walk out on stage at the final curtain call. Storch played one of the men.

Storch married actress Norma Catherine Greve on July 10, 1961. They remained married until her death at age 81 on August 28, 2003. He had three children: a stepson, Lary May; a daughter, Candace Herman, the result of a brief encounter with his future wife, born in 1947 and given up for adoption (and later reunited); and a stepdaughter, June Cross, born in 1954 to Norma and Jimmy Cross.

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