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The Crucible: the real witch hunt that inspired Arthur Miller’s play

In the mid 1960s, the American actress Joan Copeland was finding it increasingly difficult to secure parts. One day, though, she was up for a major television role and met with the writer, producer and sponsor. They were enthusiastic. Rehearsals were planned.

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Tony Awards 2023: The complete list of winners

Broadway's biggest night is here and these are all the winners from the 2023 Tony Awards.

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The big picture: Marilyn Monroe unravels in the desert

Photographer Eve Arnold was there to document the making of The Misfits but ended up capturing the collapse of the star’s marriage to Arthur Miller

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Retrograde review: a ‘rousing and propulsive’ show at Kiln Theatre

Ryan Calais Cameron is having quite a year, said Dominic Cavendish in The Daily Telegraph. This spring, his breakout play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy completed its journey from fringe to West End. Now he has given us something utterly different, and…

The Week

How Elvis, Beethoven, Arthur Miller and Kafka narrated their own lives through art

Have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of an author, artist or composer when they create a certain work? Well, you’re not the only one.

The Conversation

Michael Rudman obituary

Theatre director best known for his three major productions of Death of a Salesman, written by his hero Arthur Miller

The Guardian - UK

Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe did it their way: stars’ romance detailed in new book

“Frank & Marilyn: The Lives, the Loves and the Fascinating Relationship of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe” by Edward Z. Epstein; Post Hill Press (304 pages, $30)

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‘It’s kind of crazy there wasn’t one’: inside the new Museum of Broadway

A splashy museum in New York pays tribute to the city’s long relationship with theatre from West Side Story to Hamilton

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Wendell Pierce's Loman fights to the end

Salon sits down with the Broadway actor and "The Wire" star to discuss the American Dream and Black Americans

Salon

‘People think I’m stupid’: the story of the man who shot himself 192 times

The wild new documentary 2nd Chance explores the story of Richard Davis, the eccentric and reckless creator of the modern-day bulletproof vest

The Guardian - US

Top 10 dissenting life stories

From Doris Lessing’s frank memoirs of social change to less famous campaigners in decisive struggles, these accounts provide an inspiring look ‘into the window’ of history

The Guardian - UK

Review: How the Black experience renews 'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway

NEW YORK — It's been a long time coming, but change has finally arrived on Broadway, where for the first time Willy Loman and his family are played by Black actors.

Los Angeles Times

Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ on Broadway, starring Wendell Pierce, thrills in the present but struggles with the echoes of the past

NEW YORK — Arthur Miller would, it’s reasonable to assume, have been delighted at the idea of a Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” with an all-Black Loman family, especially with Wendell Pierce (”The Wire”) swinging for the fences in the starring role and Sharon D. Clarke playing the…

Chicago Tribune

Wendell Pierce calls ‘Death of a Salesman’ role the ‘high watermark’ of his career

“Whether people are seeing it for the first time or seeing it for the 20th time, I’m really happy that new audiences are going to come to it to see our perspective,” Pierce says.

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Wendell Pierce calls his 'Death of a Salesman' a 'watermark'

Wendell Pierce hopes that heading a Black-led cast in a historic revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” goes beyond exposing the classic American play to a new audience

The Independent UK

Adrien Brody says Blonde is supposed to be a ‘traumatic experience’: ‘It’s fearless filmmaking’

‘It’s brave and it takes a while to digest,’ actor who plays Arthur Miller in the film said

The Guardian - UK

The Crucible review – stylish restaging is all beauty and no bite

Director Lyndsey Turner misses the opportunity to give Arthur Miller’s allegory modern resonance with a too-faithful interpretation

Evening Standard

The Crucible at the National Theatre review: Erin Doherty lights up the stage in this fresh revival

Lyndsey Turner’s production of a bona fide classic rolls over us with remorseless, implacable intent

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Some like it overheated: how Marilyn Monroe is betrayed by Blonde

Andrew Dominik’s explicit, button-pushing take on the life of the superstar uses shock tactics to replace insight and depth

Chicago Sun-Times

Overwrought, overlong ‘Blonde’ depicts Marilyn Monroe’s life as a joyless nightmare

Netflix film has an arresting look, but too many visual and aural tricks fight for our attention.

Chicago Tribune

‘Blonde’ review: Showbiz is a girl’s worst friend in Netflix’s oppressive Marilyn Monroe nightmare

Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” streaming on Netflix Sept. 28, is meant to be a tough sit, endured, more than a harsh, often miserable life, examined. Wrong mission. But mission accomplished.

The Guardian - UK

Blonde review – Ana de Armas gives her all as Monroe in otherwise incurious film

Glossy horror perpetuates the tradition of portraying the brilliant actor as an infantile, sacrificial sex-lamb on the altar of celebrity

Daily Mirror

Queen 'felt sorry' for Marilyn Monroe after movie star's awkward mishap when they met

The late monarch met the Some Like It Hot star in 1956, where they enjoyed small talk about being London neighbours - but the iconic actress broke protocol with her outfit and left the Queen feeling sorry for her as she was so nervous

Evening Standard

Blonde movie review: Ana de Armas’s Marilyn Monroe drama does nothing to help reclaim its subject’s power

Ana de Armas embodies Monroe’s sexiness and vulnerability but is given frustratingly little chance to express her wit and intelligence

The Guardian - UK

What links Marilyn Monroe to Nick Cave and Vincent Gallo?

With Blonde coming to Netflix soon, follow the ultimate bombshell down the rabbit hole to find unlikely links to the singer and the actor

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