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February 8, 2017 | What Did You Think?,

What did you think of The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Thank you joining us for the Druid theatre’s production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane. The story of Maureen and her mother brings to light the challenges of isolation, aging,...

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February 6, 2017 | Theatre,

Beauty Queen of Leenane Glossary

As a part of the preparation for the Play Reading Book Club, the teaching artists provided this very helpful glossary to unpack potentially unfamiliar terms used in the play. Enjoy!...

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February 6, 2017 | Notes From Leadership,

Boston Globe: “Trump’s travel ban creates anxiety in Boston arts community”

  Here’s ArtsEmerson co-artistic director Director David Dower in today’s Boston Globe on how the travel ban is affecting the planning of the 2017-18 season: ArtsEmerson, which often presents the work...

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February 1, 2017 | Theatre,

Marie Mullen on returning to ‘Beauty Queen’ in a role reversal

The New York Times: A Mother-Daughter Brawl: In ‘Beauty Queen,’ Marie Mullen Now Knows Both Sides With only four characters and a single set, “Beauty Queen,” the first play in...

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February 1, 2017 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

A Note from Co-Artistic Director P. Carl on ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’

  Part of our core mission is to create long arcs of relationships with artists and theatre companies. In the case of our current production, The Beauty Queen of Leenane,...

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January 23, 2017 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Arthur Miller meets The Beauty Queen by Rob Orchard

  Twenty years ago I was in New York on theatre related business and unexpectedly had to stay over an extra day – which meant a free night. I had...

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January 19, 2017 | What Did You Think?,

What Did You Think of Our Secrets

Thank you for joining us for Bela Pinter’s Our Secrets. There is much to be mined from the complex production that gives insight to the contemporary political climate through the lens...

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January 11, 2017 | Theatre,

Time Has Stopped: The Work of Béla Pintér & Company by Tamás Jászay

  What are the signature characteristics of work by Béla Pintér? Wide-reaching appeal, rich Hungarian values, tastelessness, authentic folklore, rampant kitsch, rituals and boisterous exhilaration—in the hands of Béla Pintér...

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