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Correction

In the Sept. 13 issue, Back Stage reported that the Walnut Street Theatre is not participating in this year's Barrymore Awards ceremony for excellence in Philadelphia-area theatre, taking place Oct. 7. The Walnut, which received 11 nominations, will take part in the ceremony awarding productions from the 2001-02 season ...

Alley Eliminates $2.5M Debt Early

In 1995, the Alley Theatre faced a debt of $2.5 million that had been accumulating for a decade. The Houston theatre has come out of the 1996-97 season, which marks its 50th anniversary, in the black because of a performance schedule and marketing plan that grossed over $2

Face to Face : Director Daniel Sullivan Seeks Darkness & Light in "Wilderness"

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THE TROJAN WOMEN

Perhaps our society no longer understands theatrical beating of breasts and tearing of hair, but there were many weeping in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre Sept. 10, where the Old Globe Theatre's production of Euripides' anti-war tragedy, The Trojan Women, nightly brings home the human toll exacted by war.

Filling Days, Puppet Peril

Dear Tombudsman:I am an actor, very passionate about my work, and I also am blessed to be financially independent. This means I can construct my day according to my own desires—a position, I realize, that is enviable to many people.

Michael Boyd's 'Troilus' Calls Actors To Task

As Shakespeare quickly acknowledges in his prologue to "Troilus and Cressida," "the play starts in the middle." That perfectly suits Michael Boyd, director of the Royal Shakespeare Company production currently at the Long Wharf Theatre in New

Selleck to Play Eisenhower in A&E TV Movie

In a stroke of creative casting, Tom Selleck will play President Eisenhower in a two-hour TV movie for A&E about the buildup to D-Day. The production of the tentatively titled "Eisenhower: Thunder in June" is being fast-tracked for a spring air date, timed to the 60th anniversary of the ...

Producers Talk Pact Economics

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) last Monday moved into its sixth week of negotiations with the Writers Guild of America. Neither side is saying much to the press about specifics of their feature-film and TV contract talks.