Lynn Nottage
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I am locked in the bathroom at Lincoln Center. I have been banging and yelling if you see this tweet send help!
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Parent teacher conference today. Teachers informed me that my son has not been giving 100% to his class work. When I asked him why he’s not working harder, his response: “With global warming coming, I don’t see the point, I’m not gonna need those skills for the apocalypse”
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This is a bit of an emotional moment for me. Tonight, I will have a play, a musical & an opera running in NYC (2 shows on broadway & 1 at Lincoln Center Theater) No easy feat in the midst of COVID. It is the of best times, it is the of worst times.
#Perseverance
#BlackGirlWrites
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@ThisJamesCoker
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Having seriously almost died twice due to pregnancy related complications. My pain was dismissed or ignored. I had Drs. who did not value my Black body. Angels kept me alive. Childbirth shouldn’t be a death sentence, but unfortunately it is for too many Women of color.
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@ThisJamesCoker
@surlybassey
After my near death experience,my husband & I confronted my obstetrician. I asked her, “What if yr dr. treated you as badly as you treated me?” She cried, then got up & ran away. Leaving us sitting in her office for ten mins before we realized she was not coming back to apologize
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Swings and understudies are the superheroes of the moment. There is not enough praise for these immensely talented folks who are carrying our shows through this difficult Covid variant moment.
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Sadness. A true genius exits. I'm in theater 'cuz
#StephenSondheimRIP
opened a door. In 1982, I was 1 of 4 teen composers selected for the Young Playwrights Festival he founded. He changed my life. I hold onto the support he unexpectedly showed me throughout my career.
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Pandemic Diary: I'm in the post day drinking, post bread making, post yogi aspirations, post protest sign making, post zoom cocktail consuming, post art film watching. I'm in that liminal space between the past & hazy future,in need of a healing distraction that centers my energy
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I’ve had 2 abortions, both of which saved my life, mentally & physically. It is unconscionable that in this moment my health & safety would now be in jeopardy because of the callous decisions made by a body of strangers hellbent on legislating my human rights out of existence
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Now theaters who’ve cancelled our productions r asking playwrights to return advances.Those advances r how we survive. I’m totally sympathetic to the plight of theaters, but to ask artists for money back during this heightened insecurity is tone deaf.
@dramatistsguild
@tina24hour
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Pandemic Diary: I realize that I’ve been in an unhealthy relationship with my art practice. I’ve unwittingly allowed too many outside voices into my creative process and they have infiltrated & occupied my imagination even when uninvited. Time get off of the assembly line.
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Two openings in two days. An opera and a Broadway musical. Not getting outta bed today!!
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I had 2 abortions, both saved my life in different ways.
#1
I was too young
#2
The doctor said I might die if I carried the baby to full term. I have no regrets or trauma. It was my decision & I won't let anybody take that power away from me or other♀️
#youknowme
@MarketRoadFilms
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A year ago today I was trapped in the bathroom at Lincoln Center, who knew it would be my primer for the rigors of isolation during this pandemic
I am locked in the bathroom at Lincoln Center. I have been banging and yelling if you see this tweet send help!
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Did some necessary protesting and running from the police. My middle age hip hurts like hell, but it is a reminder that sometimes we have to make sacrifices for the things we believe in
#GeorgeFloydprotest
#Brooklyn
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Pulitzer Winner Lynn Nottage Locked in Bathroom, Tweets for Help via
@TMZ
cudos to the photo dept for finding this pathetically perfect image of my distress
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A white woman just backed into our parked car, bump! then had the audacity to blame us for her own ineptitude. Drunk & entitled. When challenged, she said “what are you gonna do I’m local, all of my friends are cops” The problem w/ America concisely summed up.
#weseeyou
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Thank you to all that came to my rescue. My appreciation is deep. For a moment
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Emotionally and financially preparing for theaters across the country to be shut down. Mourning the beautiful work that will be lost. Alas protecting our practitioners & our audiences is essential.
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Biden will win. But we must be prepared to witness some unprecedented ugliness, because Trump will resort to cannibalism and consume parts of our democracy before he falls.
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It is hard when people sh
#t
on your when you're down. This Covid moment is impossible for theater artists... Precarious, scary, particularly when you're trying to keep the work afloat...this is the hardest it's been for the industry in my memory.
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.
@Twitter
has decided that I’m not verifiable. 🤪. Guess I have not quite yet accomplished enough to be of public interest.
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When did being an artist become an exercise in shameless self promotion? Sometimes I feel like a hustler hawking candy on the subway
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I love that theaters are getting creative about streaming live performances, but somehow the experience always feels a little like eating food without being able to fully taste it. I miss the visceral experience of sharing emotions with an audience.
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There's so much emphasis on what's closed on Broadway, let's show some luv to the shows that r still OPEN. PLAYS r out here beating back the virus & the odds
@2STNYC
#CLYDES
@SlavePlayBway
#Thelehmantrilogy
@coloredmanplay
#TroubleinMind
@jeremyoharris
@UzoAduba
@laChanze
Come!
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The American narrative is shaped by storytellers,but for too long the White theater community has negated, censored or prevented our stories from being fully told.We must protect,support & amplify the voices of our truth tellers & change seekers
#weseeyou
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I think I've hit my tipping point, there are simply too many things in the world to worry about. I don't believe I have the capacity to absorb any more toxic information.
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Toni Morrison gave life to this nerdy Black girl, who found refuge in her beautiful stories. She was a gift to the world & I have no doubt that she will make waves where ever this next voyage takes her.
#tonimorrison
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If you work in theatre in America, 10 out of 12s- and 6-day workweeks are a big part of "the show must go on". Let us end it.
#nomore10outof12s
#giveusrest
#nomore6dayworkweeks
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@theferocity
@ThisJamesCoker
@surlybassey
Someone told that me if she apologized, it could used against her in a malpractice case.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ acclaimed memoir "Between the World and Me" is removed from an advanced placement course because several white AP students complained that it made them feel, "ashamed to be Caucasian"🙄
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As theaters across the country cancel productions, please consider donating your ticket refund back to the theater so there is someplace to return when the coronavirus clears.
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Had such an emotional beautiful experience watching
@summerofsoul
which was made even more extraordinary when the camera lingered for a moment on my mother’s lovely smile in the crowd. Thank you
@questlove
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Domestic terrorism is real. White supremacist terrorist cells are out there, and must be acknowledged as real. We have reasons to be alarmed & afraid. The enemy is not on the other side of the border, it is within the nooks & crannies of this toxic racist American culture.
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Pandemic Diary: To disrupt the monotony of the moment I’m representing playwrights, non-conformists & rebellious spirits in the
#MacysThanksgivingParade
#mermaidqueen
for
@coneyislandusa
@DickZigun
@FogoAzulNY
Celebrating theater & the arts!
@MarketRoadFilms
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Juggling a play about mindfulness & resilience, an opera about intimacy & a mega musical (3 shows in NYC) in the midst of a fu
#king
pandemic is a task that my mind & body weren't quite ready to handle. I appreciate the fortitude, perseverance, stamina & passion of theatre makers
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Walking in Brooklyn today just passed the enormous line at the pawnshop. Seriously, Longer than the supermarket line. Real and heartbreaking.
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I just wrote, “The End” on a new script & then this happened!!! My computer slipped off of my desk onto the floor, screen cracked and hard drive died. Universe, really?!
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After months of stressing about every aspect of my life from the political to the professional to the personal, today I endeavor to release myself from worry & do nothing but sit in stillness until sundown, w/ a glass of wine.Sometimes self love is a necessary form of resistance
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Here we go!!! So excited to share this with folks. Food for the spirit!!
Meet Clyde. Broadway performances begin November 3rd. A new play about second chances and last resorts by Lynn Nottage, directed by Kate Whoriskey with Uzo Aduba, Ron Cephas Jones, Edmund Donovan, Reza Salazar, and Kara Young.
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We got this. I move that we declare Biden the winner so we can stop drinking. Can I get a second?
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#RIPDMX
. Years ago I shared lunch w/ DMX at the San Francisco Airport. We randomly sat side by side at the lunch counter & discovered that we were eating the same exact meal. A small sweet unexpected exchange ensued in which I highly recommended the wine I was drinking. A memory.
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Happy New Year!!! Shifting the paradigm. Giving access during this moment, & beyond. Clyde’s, to offer streaming access for final 16 performances
@2STNY
@UzoAduba
@KARAakter
@TheRezaSalazar
@kate_whoriskey
@stephenMspencer
@ellingtonARTS
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The soothing sound of complete sentences and cogent thoughts. Spread the faith
@JoeBiden
@KamalaHarris
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Heartbreaking news.
#PauleMarshall
was my God-Mother, She introduced my parents to each other, She was the first champion of my work, telling my mother with gentle authority, "Just let her write" I wouldn't be here without her.
#RIP
Another beloved elder has crossed over.
Writer Darryl Pinckney said this about
#PauleMarshall
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"Paule Marshall does not let the black women in her fiction lose. While they lose friends, lovers, husbands, homes, or jobs, they always find themselves."
Thank you for always helping us find ourselves on the page & beyond.
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Sigh. Two shows cancelled tonight. Omicron. That's it. After rehearsal I'm gonna go home and have a glass of wine.
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@JenCrittenden
@1SpencerGarrett
@chrisrock
So true. The minute Chris Rock said Macbeth on stage, my husband turned to me and said, "this is not going to go well for him."
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Pandemic diary: Started my am w/ an epic argument w/ a repairman at my house, who refuses to wear a mask ‘cuz “Black people don’t get the virus, it’s a conspiracy & the virus is the vaccine” I had to explain, “My house, my rules, ignorance is not allowed, put on yr F$&king mask”
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We're committed to making CLYDE’s at
@2STNYC
affordable for everyone. $30 tickets for ages 30 & under. $25 Student Rush at the box office 2 hrs before the performance. $35 on the TodayTix app. If this is too steep, hit me up. No one should be excluded from seeing theater. Come!
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Just got catcalled by 2 old men on their walkers. I almost got angry, but then thought, at least I still got it for a small demographic.
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A moment. Two geniuses effortlessly collaborating.
"My dear Mr. Hughes: I am the author of a three act dramatic play on Negro family life. I have tentatively chosen as a title for this work a line from one of your poems. The line is: 'a raisin in the sun.'" Lorraine Hansberry to Langston Hughes & his reply, 1958
@YCAL_JWJ
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The genius & beauty of
#CicelyTyson
opened up an entire world of possibility for several generations of Black women like myself. She was one of our greatest actors, period. She gave glorious voice to our stories and rarely compromised in doing so. RIP Queen🙏🏿
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Pandemic Diary: Just me and
#Berniesanders
stooping sitting, people watching and discussing democracy
@MoniqueCarboni
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Processing the loss of a giant. A friend, a beloved collaborator, an inspiration. an Ron Cephas Jones Dead: Emmy-Winning ‘This Is Us’ Actor Was 66 – The Hollywood Reporter
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Well, look at that!!! A playwright in the mix
@Jeopardy
What Brooklyn-born playwright (whose birthday is today) was the answer to a question on Jeopardy last night?
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I'm so wondering how Chris Rock is processing all of this.
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Sidney Poitier. Grace personified. A talent that carried us across the threshold, and ushered us into new creative spaces.
#RIP
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I feel at sea. I am so confused by these times. The tool kit that I was given seems to be ill-equipped to deal with the fragmentation of reason.
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After a marathon year that produced many tears of joy and...exhaustion, I thank you Broadway news for naming me Showperson of the year! AND Gratitude to my exceptional collaborators who lifted me up & made everything they touched better
@2STNYC
@LCTheater
@MJtheMusical
@UzoAduba
Lynn Nottage is the 2022 Showperson of the Year. Read the tribute by Uzo Aduba, star of the Broadway production of Nottage's play "Clyde's."
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Last night I dreamt I was Speaker of the House, conjured my mother’s voice and brought order back to this country. Said, “If u can’t bring empathy, compassion & love in 2021, then go back to yr constituency & tell them u r incapable of leading.”
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I bought tickets for my family to leave the country...while they're still cheap. Just in case things get untidy in November. 'Cuz I don't want to be one of those people left wondering why I didn't get out while I still could.
#Vote
people, I really don't want to go anywhere.
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A Broadway show about life after incarceration finds its most avid audience in a New York City jail. Accessibility is about more than cheap tickets, it is also about where & how we invite audiences to engage. thank u
@petermarksdrama
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When I was 20 yrs old, this image inspired me to write a play called "Circus People," that thrust me into my journey as a playwright. Multilayers of excavated memories.
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Near midnight. Sitting on our front stoop. A man passing asked if he could plays his blues harmonica for us. He said he was at protest for
#BreonnaTaylorMatters
& wanted to share what was in his heart. Sometimes words are in adequate to express the depth of emotion.
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After non-stop work for over two years. Nearly dropping from exhaustion & mental fatigue. I finally get to say, this is the morning hello that awaits me.
#thankful
#Mindfulness
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Pandemic Diary: I’ve entered the phase of this plague where I am beginning to have zoom & social media nightmares. I must also confess that the notion of another play reading, panel, meeting or workshop on my computer fills me w/ dread & anxiety, which at its root is despair
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It has been difficult to process the passing of two generative thinkers who wrote w/ such purpose, conviction, disruptive energy & beauty. They were instrumental in shaping my world view. I am, because they showed me a non traditional path to being. Thank you
#bellhooks
#gregtate
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Love that as a child
@staceyabrams
used to write plays. Would love for a playwright to eventually be president. I am all about Storytellers scripting a new American narrative.
@BklynFoundation
@ElaineWelteroth
@kate_whoriskey
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This world has put me in a seriously bad mood. A president with a messiah complex, the Brazilian rain forest is being burned, everything we do & say is being monitored and monetized, let’s not mention the constants: racism, poverty, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia.
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Soaking this in, while weathering the storm. Attention needs to be paid.
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Thank u good folx 4 agitating & supporting me thru a moment of
@twitter
rejection. In a strange turn of events the powers that be have now decided 2 bestow a blue check, the digital equivalent of a vestigial limb.
#playwrightsarereal
#endanderedmiddleagesartists
@HonorRollWrites
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I ❤️public discourse, but sometimes I worry that Twitter’s creating an unhealthy culture of whiners & complainers, in place of movers & shakers. I admit that it feels necessary to expose & purge toxins. But is it merely more cultural debris if it is not connected to an action?
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Just wanted to note, tonight would have been the opening night of my new opera Intimate Apparel by composer
@RickyIanGordon
@LCTheater
directed by
@bartlett_sher
w/
@KPiperBrown
@AdrienneDanrich
#justinaustin
@ArnoldLGeis
#naomilouisaoconnell
#chabrellewilliams
#krystyswann
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Pandemic Diary: 2 yrs after Covid interrupted our previews Intimate Apparel the Opera returns to the stage & is finally going to open tonight! We're blessed with a brilliant & unflappable creative team who weathered the storm
#Blackopera
#perseverance
@RickyIanGordon
@LCTheater
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My simple unadorned
#Newsyearsresolutions
1. Lead w/ love (A major hurdle in times like these) 2. I won't let fear dictate my choices 3. Do one thing that scares me, but challenges me to grow. 4. Take a few mindful breaths each morning 5. As always replace judgment w/ curiosity
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Ugh. Just spent 3 hours reformatting & proofing. Lost all of my work. I wish there was a hotline to call to help cope w/ this kinda loss.
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I'm haunted & saddened by the death of
@AnthonyBourdain
&
#KateSpade
people at the height of their creative power, yet tethered by depression & other emotional saddle bags. These r dark times. Stifling. We as a culture, need a philosophical & spiritual recalibration.
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The covid quarantine paradox..That undefinable feeling of the walls closing you in as the universe demands more action.
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Cause to celebrate. Some many extraordinary writers of color recognized by
@PulitzerPrizes
this year
@jerichobrown
@colsonwhitehead
@TheLivingMJ
@nhannahjones
@DavidHenryHwang
#anthonydavis
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Pandemic Diary: Connecting with my breath as a form of resistance. With every inhale and exhale, I'm considering the emotional and physical tax that has been leveled against our community for indulging in something as basic and beautiful as breathing while Black.
#icantbreathe
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The cluelessness of some people who r empowered to critique one's work is baffling at times.Particularly, when they have no capacity to recognize the cultural nuances or the nature of the discourse. Don't mind well thought through bad reviews, it is the stupid ones that bother me
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On a side note: I'm very curious about why, of all the places in Brooklyn, the mailman has chosen to sit down to have lunch and hang out in my front yard? No judgement, I'm actually flattered that there's something about our space that is inviting.
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We need to surround artistic director of
@osfashland
@ngdragonfly71
w/ love as she faces down racists who r threatened by her vision & uncompromising commitment to building a safe, welcoming & inclusive space to make art. I stand with her!!!
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Stopped off today to sign books at the
@dramabookshop
. Thrilled to see it filled with young folks reading plays.
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I’m a teacher. It is not desirable nor acceptable for me to carry a gun into my classroom. If I must arm myself to teach, then we’ve failed
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Beyond thrilled to congratulate the astonishing
@KatoriHall
for winning
@PulitzerPrizes
so proud!!!
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I never met
#HalPrince
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#RIP
In memory of Hal Prince, we're looking back at how the powerhouse director and producer created masterpiece after masterpiece for Broadway:
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So excited to go on the road before the Fall elections, & bring storytelling to non- traditional theater spaces. We endeavor to spark dialogue and bridge divides.
We are proud to share that this fall Mobile Unit launches a new national initiative with a free, four-week tour of Lynn Nottage’s powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning play, SWEAT, directed by Kate Whoriskey. Learn more:
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I miss you all. Truly. I even miss the body crush of rush hour on the A train.
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Can we take a moment to acknowledge how long and hard
#JoeBiden
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