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Women and Hollywood
Melissa Silverstein is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry. She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Athena Film Festival. The 4th annual festival will take place from February 6-9, 2014 at Barnard College in NYC. Melissa recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site.Email Melissa
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Bette Midler on Broadway in I'll Eat You Last
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- May 6, 2013 2:00 PM
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Nora Ephron, Cyndi Lauper Among Tony Award Nominees
Earlier this week, the 2013 Tony awards nominations were announced. Nora Ephron received a posthumous nomination for Best Play for Lucky Guy. Iconic pop star, Cyndi Lauper, was nominated for Best Original Score for Kinky Boots (which led the pack with 13 nominations). And Diane Paulus was nominated for Best Director of a Musical for Pippin, which is her third Best Director Tony nomination. Other women directors who have received as many nominations as Paulus include Susan Stroman and Kathleen Marshall.
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- May 2, 2013 8:00 AM
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Marianne Elliott and Helen Mirren Win at Olivier Awards
This year's Olivier Awards winners, Britian's prestigious awards for excellence in theatre, were announced on Sunday in London. Some new changes for the awards this year included a new voting system--instead of a panel of independent judges, the 153 members of the Society of London Theatres voted for the winners and this year's awards were broadcast on television for the first time.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- April 29, 2013 1:21 PM
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Cicely Tyson on Her Career, New Broadway Role and Making a Difference
The great Cicely Tyson was recently profiled on CBS News for her new role on Broadway. Tyson, an award-winning actress, hasn't been on the Broadway stage in 30 years. She's starring in a revival of the 1953 drama The Trip to Bountiful, staged for the first time with a black cast. Tyson plays Mother Watts, an aging woman who wants to leave Houston to return back to her childhood home, Bountiful.
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- April 16, 2013 1:00 PM
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2013 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations Announced
This year's Lucille Lortel Awards nominees have been announced and it's great news for women writers. 3 of the 5 plays nominated for Outstanding Play are written by women.
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- April 15, 2013 11:30 AM
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Bette Midler Takes Broadway as Infamous Hollywood Agent Sue Mengers
The iconic Bette Midler is hitting Broadway again for the first time in 40 years playing another iconic woman, Hollywood agent Sue Mengers.
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- April 12, 2013 12:30 PM
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Guerrilla Girls Call for Girlcott of The Alley Theatre
Houston's Alley Theatre announced its 2013-14 season with 9 plays that examine the "American character."
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- April 12, 2013 10:00 AM
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Julie Taymor Settles Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Lawsuit
As we had recently reported, a trial date had been set for May between Taymor and Michael Cohl and Jeremiah Harris, producers of the musical Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark. This had been after months of being unable to agree to a settlement. However, this morning we have learned that Taymor and the producers have reached a settlement.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- April 10, 2013 2:00 PM
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Playwright's Horizons Stands Up and For Women Playwrights
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- April 4, 2013 2:00 PM
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Lois Smith and Frances Sternhagen to Receive Obie Lifetime Achievement Award
Lois Smith and Frances Sternhagen are set to share this year's Obie Lifetime Achievement Award. While it's an award both certainly deserve, they should each have their own.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- April 4, 2013 12:15 PM
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The shows that are cited made have been created by women, but look how many women were hired to
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This is wonderfully articulated -- thanks for reposting, Melissa!
Even show's like ABC's hit series, "Once Upon A Time," one of my favorites that
Maybe he changed his first name too...lol