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David Grimm (writer)
David Grimm (born ) is an American playwright and screenwriter. Background Grimm was born in 1965 in Oberlin, Ohio, where both his parents were professors at Oberlin College. Upon their divorce when Grimm was age five, he moved with his mother and sister to Israel, until he was age 11. His family then continually relocated throughout Europe, as his mother's teaching job demanded, before Grimm ultimately returned to Oberlin to live with his father and finish high school. In 1983, Grimm moved to New York to attend college at Sarah Lawrence and, later, graduate school at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. From there, he took residency in New Dramatists. Plays ''Tales of Red Vienna'' received its world premiere at The Manhattan Theatre Company on March 18, 2014. The production was directed by Kate Whoriskey, starring Nina Arianda, Tina Benko, Kathleen Chalfant, Michael Esper, Michael Goldsmith and Lucas Hall. ''The Miracle at Naples'' received its world premiere at The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Reading (process), reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from Poet, poets. The earliest playwrights in Western literature with surviving works are the Ancient Greeks. William Shakespeare is amongst the most famous playwrights in literature, both in England and across the world. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English , from Old English ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word ''wikt:wwright'' is an archaic English term for a Artisan, craftsperson or builder (as in a wheelwright or Wagon, cartwright). The words combine to indicate a person who has "wrought" words, themes, and other elements into a dramatic form — a play. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Parke
Evan Dexter O'Neal Parke is a Jamaican-American actor perhaps best known for his role as Hayes in ''King Kong''. Early life Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, he was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and then on Long Island. Career He played Hayes in ''King Kong''. In 2018 he was cast in the unsold pilot ''Salvage''. Filmography Television Video games *''Peter Jackson's King Kong ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie'' (also known as ''Peter Jackson's King Kong'', or simply ''King Kong'') is a 2005 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft, based on the 200 ...'' (2005) - Benjamin "Ben" Hayes *'' Detroit: Become Human'' (2018) - Luther References External links * 20th-century American male actors 20th-century Jamaican male actors 21st-century American male actors 21st-century Jamaican male actors Cornell Big Red football players David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni Jamaican e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Theatre Wing
The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short) is a New York City–based non-profit organization "dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre", according to its mission statement. Originally known as the Stage Women's War Relief during World War I, it later became a part of the World War II Allied Relief Fund under its current name. The ATW created and sponsors the Tony Awards in theatrical arts. Background Stage Women's War Relief Stage Women's War Relief was founded in 1917 to organize charitable giving in support of the war effort. Its founders, led by playwright and director Rachel Crothers, included the actress and playwright Louise Closser Hale and actresses Dorothy Donnelly, Josephine Hull, Minnie Dupree, Elizabeth Tyree and Louise Drew. The organization established workrooms for sewing uniforms and other garments (with total output totaling 1,863,645 articles), set up clothing and food collection centers, sold Liberty bond, Liberty Bonds, and opened a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Brokaw
Mark Brokaw is an American theatre director. He won the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Director of a Play for '' How I Learned to Drive''. Life and career Brokaw was raised in Aledo, Illinois, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama. He received a Drama League fellowship and was initially given directing work through Carole Rothman and Robyn Goodman, artistic heads of the Second Stage Theatre. He has directed many off-Broadway productions, and his New York work includes premieres by Lynda Barry (''The Good Times Are Killing Me''), Douglas Carter Beane ('' As Bees in Honey Drown''), Neal Bell, Eric Bogosian, Keith Bunin, Charles Busch, Kevin Elyot, Lisa Kron (''2.5 Minute Ride''), Lisa Loomer, Kenneth Lonergan (''This Is Our Youth'', ''Lobby Hero''), Craig Lucas (''Dying Gaul''), Eduardo Machado, Patrick Marber (''After Miss Julie''), Robert Schenkkan, Nicky Silver, Paula Vogel (''How I Learned to Drive'', ''Long X-Mas Ride Home'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a nonprofit professional theater on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. History La Jolla Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. In 1983, it was revived under the leadership of Des McAnuff. Since then, the Playhouse's repertoire has included 120 world premieres, thirty-two West Coast premieres, and eight American premieres, and has won more than three hundred honors, including the 1993 Tony Award as America's Outstanding Regional Theatre. It is supported, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, the City of San Diego, and the County of San Diego. It was announced on April 10, 2007, that Christopher Ashley would succeed McAnuff as artistic director. Among the 37 productions that originated at the Playhouse before finding success on Broadway are '' The Who's Tommy'', '' Come from Away'', '' Thoroughly Modern Millie'', '' The Outsiders'', '' Big River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith David
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his deep voice and screen presence in over 300 roles in film, stage, television, and interactive media. He has starred in such films as '' The Thing'' (1982), ''Platoon'' (1986), '' They Live'' (1988), ''Men at Work'' (1990), '' Final Analysis'' (1992), '' Larger than Life'' (1996), '' Armageddon'' (1998), '' Where the Heart Is'' (2000), and '' American Fiction'' (2023). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series ''Community'' (2015) and starred as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama '' Greenleaf'' (2016–2020). His Emmy-winning voice acting career includes work as the narrator of Ken Burns films such as ''Jazz'' (2001), '' The War'' (2007), and ''Muhammad Ali'' (2021). In film, characters that he has voiced include Dr. Facilier in '' The Princess and the Frog'' (2009) and the Cat in '' Coraline'' (2009). On television, he portrayed Goliath in '' Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Trammell
Sam Trammell (born January 29, 1969) is an American actor, best known for his role as Sam Merlotte on the HBO fantasy drama series ''True Blood''. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Miller in '' Ah, Wilderness!'' Early life and education Trammell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He attended Brown University, graduating in 1991. Career Trammell has worked in theater, Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and television. His stage credits include a Tony Award-nominated performance in '' Ah, Wilderness!'' at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway, he starred in '' Dealer's Choice'', '' My Night with Reg'', ''If Memory Serves'', and ''Ancestral Voices'', as well as in '' Kit Marlowe'' at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. Trammell's big break came when he landed the role of Sam Merlotte on the HBO series ''True Blood''. In 2013, he played Darrell Mackey in the drama film ''White Rabbit''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Camargo
Christian Camargo (né Minnick; born July 7, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for playing army officer John Cambridge in Academy Award-winning film ''The Hurt Locker'', Brian Moser in the Showtime drama ''Dexter'', Michael Corrigan in the Netflix drama ''House of Cards'', and Eleazar in '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 and 2'' and Tamacti Jun in '' See''. Early life Camargo's birth name is Christian Minnick. He is the son of actress Victoria Wyndham and Wendell Minnick. He is the grandson of actor Ralph Camargo. He is a 1992 graduate of Hobart College. He was the program director of WEOS, the college's public radio station. Camargo is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where he was a member of the Drama Division's ''Group 25'' (1992–96). He went on to perform in the 1996 Broadway production of David Hare's ''Skylight'' with Michael Gambon (Theater World Award). From there, Camargo went to England to join the inaugural company of Shakespea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Bertish
Suzanne Bertish (born 7 August 1951) is an English actress. Educated at Woldingham School, Bertish joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in many of its productions, including its marathon eight-and-a-half-hour version of Charles Dickens's '' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'', in which she played three roles. She repeated these three roles in the 1982 television version of the complete play. She was later seen in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Errors'' (1983) as Adriana. In 1984, she appeared as Freida Gottleib, in two series of '' Shine on Harvey Moon'', a refugee from Austria who owns a house with her brother Erich, when the Moons take up tenancy at their lodgings. She also appeared as a female Arnold Rimmer (Arlene Rimmer), in an episode of ''Red Dwarf'', " Parallel Universe" in 1988. She has also played small roles in several films, including the Harrison Ford vehicle '' Hanover Street'', and the vampire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euan Morton
Euan Douglas George Morton (born Iain Middleton; 13 August 1977) is a Scottish actor and singer from Borrowstounness, Scotland. He is best known for his role as Boy George in the musical ''Taboo'', receiving nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award for his performance. He played the role of King George in the musical ''Hamilton'' on Broadway from July 2017 to 10 September 2023. Early life Morton was born in Borrowstounness. He began acting in his local children's theatre. After graduating from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, Morton worked for Profit Share Theatre and for film and television in the UK. Career Stage career Morton appeared in ''The Silent Treatment'' at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2001. He then played the role of Boy George in the musical ''Taboo'' in the West End in 2002, and on Broadway in 2003. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the UK, and a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Stuhlbarg
Michael Stuhlbarg ( ; born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. Known for his character roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He rose to prominence playing a troubled university professor in Joel and Ethan Coen's dark comedy film '' A Serious Man'' (2009). Stuhlbarg has portrayed real life figures, such as George Yeaman in '' Lincoln'' (2012), Lew Wasserman in '' Hitchcock'' (2012), Andy Hertzfeld in ''Steve Jobs'' (2015), Edward G. Robinson in '' Trumbo'' (2015), Abe Rosenthal in '' The Post'' (2017), and Stanley Edgar Hyman in '' Shirley'' (2020). He has also acted in '' Hugo'' (2011), ''Men in Black 3'' (2012), ''Blue Jasmine'' (2013), '' Arrival'' (2016), '' Call Me by Your Name'' and ''The Shape of Water'' (both 2017), and '' Bones and All'' (2022). He joined the Marvel Cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Knight
Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. In television, he played recurring roles such as Newman on the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on the NBC sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' (1996–2001). Knight also voiced Igor on '' Toonsylvania'' (1998–1999), Mr. Blik on '' Catscratch'' (2005–2007) and Baron Von Sheldgoose on ''Legend of the Three Caballeros'' (2018). In film, he played Dennis Nedry in ''Jurassic Park'' (1993), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Knight additionally acted in the films '' Dead Again'' (1991), '' JFK'' (1991), '' Basic Instinct'' (1992), '' To Die For'' (1995), '' Space Jam'' (1996), '' For Richer or Poorer'' (1997), and '' Rat Race'' (2001). He provided the voices of Tantor in ''Tarzan'' (1999), Al McWhiggin in ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), and The Elf Elder in '' Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon'' (2014). Early life Wayne Elliot Knight was born on August 7, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
