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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Lynn nottage - What They Never Told You

All the world’s enraged: a new era of ‘resistance theater’ is rising as Trump attacks the arts

Writers and theater groups across the country are creating works in response to crackdowns on their communities

The Guardian - US

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 2-8

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Nov. 2-8 include reality show personality and model Kendall Jenner, playwright Lynn Nottage and drummer Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band

The Independent UK

Artists plan nationwide US protests against Trump and ‘authoritarian forces’

Michael Moore, Lynn Nottage, Ava DuVernay and Amanda Palmer will take part in an event series to ‘unite in defiance’

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Samira Wiley is revelatory in Intimate Apparel at Donmar Warehouse

4/5 Wiley totally inhabits the part of a spinster seamstress in Lynn Nottage’s portrait of 1905 New York

Evening Standard

`This House' makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family's legacy in Harlem

“This House,” a rumination on love, aspiration, coping and the unyielding weight of history, made its world premiere Saturday night at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis

The Independent UK

How MJ the Musical sanitised Michael Jackson’s story: ‘Can we really sit in a theatre and pretend?’

MJ the Musical has already made millions for Jackson’s estate. But as the Broadway hit opens in Australia and the estate prepares to face two of Jackson’s alleged victims in court, fans may ask: is buying a ticket OK?

The Guardian - AU

Sweat review – sociological snapshot doesn’t always make for compelling drama

Wharf 1 theatre, Sydney Theatre CompanyIn Pulitzer winner that ‘explains Trump’s win’ in 2016, everyone looks the part and hits their marks but the spiral into toxicity is mechanical

The Guardian - AU

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Musical World Mourns The Loss Of Quincy Jones At 91

Renowned music producer Quincy Jones' passing at 91 leaves a lasting impact on the industry, with tributes pouring in from celebrities and individuals.

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The week in theatre: Clyde’s; The Confessions; The Score – review

Lynn Nottage wires us into American life with her all-consuming truck-stop cafe drama; Alexander Zeldin weaves slow magic from his mother’s memories; and Brian Cox makes a formidable JS Bach

The Guardian - UK

Clyde’s review – crunchy kitchen drama is a dish to be savoured

Clyde runs a mean sandwich shop, while Montrellous is the sensei of sourdough, in Lynn Nottage’s mouthwatering play

The Guardian - UK

Clyde's at the Donmar Warehouse review: a glorious kitchen drama that's like The Bear... but better

Double Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage's new work about ex-cons trying to create the perfect sandwich is uproarious fun with a serious undertow

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Lynn Nottage: ‘There’s no such thing as the perfect sandwich or song – just the joy that goes into creating’

As her play set in a truck stop kitchen is staged in London, the twice Pulitzer-winning playwright talks about the healing power of cooking, US theatre’s recent shockwaves and her Michael Jackson musical

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff; Vanya; Mlima’s Tale – review

Alan Bleasdale’s 80s TV classic about jobless workers hits home in James Graham’s adaptation; Andrew Scott is not alone in his one-man Chekhov; and Lynn Nottage adds imagination to a tale of ivory smuggling

Evening Standard

Mlima’s Tale, Kiln Theatre review: Lynn Nottage movingly exposes the corruption and cruelty of poaching

There’s impatience for justice or accountability following a big reveal early on – but neither arrives

The Guardian - UK

Mlima’s Tale review – haunted by the elephant who would not forget

Ira Mandela Siobhan plays a pachyderm in Lynn Nottage’s indictment of the ivory trade, leaving traces on those who murdered him and sold his tusks

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Starry Shakespeare, super standups and a Black Sabbath ballet: the best theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2023

Patsy Ferran takes on Eliza in Pygmalion, Andrew Scott plays multiple characters from Uncle Vanya and Mlima’s Tale tells a powerful tale of the ivory trade. Here’s what’s in store on stage

Chicago Sun-Times

‘MJ’ a thriller of a tribute to Michael Jackson’s music

The glossy new stage musical lets you know with its first big number that this is a celebration of the King of Pop.

Chicago Sun-Times

As tour begins in Chicago, team behind Michael Jackson musical wants to be startin’ somethin’ great

Tony-winning ‘MJ,’ now showing at the Nederlander Theatre, aims to be ‘collage’ of the King of Pop’s life and music.

Evening Standard

Cush Jumbo joins David Tennant in the Donmar Warehouse’s Macbeth in autumn 2023

Tennant and Jumbo previously acted together in Channel 4’s Deadwater Fell

The Guardian - UK

David Tennant to play Macbeth at Donmar Warehouse

The actor will take to the stage as the Scottish king in December, in the last production of the London theatre’s 30th-anniversary season

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Retrograde; The Secret Life of Bees; Dixon and Daughters – review

Kiln; Almeida; Dorfman, LondonIn his quickfire new McCarthy-era play, For Black Boys… creator Ryan Calais Cameron speaks his mind; a civil rights musical buzzes with potential; and Deborah Bruce’s domestic abuse drama is full of surprises

Evening Standard

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

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