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‘Nosferatu’ rises again, building on the worlds that came before
1 week, 3 days ago

‘Nosferatu’ rises again, building on the worlds that came before

LA Times  

“Nosferatu” began its undead life in 1922 as a silent, unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula.” But F.W. It all starts with Murnau’s original, which gave us the towering, severe and altogether terrifying Max Schreck as Count Orlok some nine years before Bela Lugosi played the count as a suave Lothario in Tod Browning’s “Dracula.” Still a favorite …

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Q&A: Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe reunite for ‘Nosferatu’
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Q&A: Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe reunite for ‘Nosferatu’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he’ll often jump at the chance to do it again. “If it’s good, you come back,” Dafoe said plainly. The pair spoke with The Associated Press about Eggers’ adaptation of “Nosferatu” that hits theaters Wednesday, some of the challenges they faced making “The Lighthouse” — their first project together …

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A U.S. climate scientist sees hurricane Helene's devastation firsthand
3 months ago

A U.S. climate scientist sees hurricane Helene's devastation firsthand

Raw Story  

Carl Schreck spent his career studying tropical storms thousands of miles away from home. But when Hurricane Helene hit the American climate scientist's hometown in North Carolina and flooded several of his friends' homes, the shocking experience made him rethink his research priorities. As another major hurricane, Milton, was barreling toward Florida, a study released Wednesday by the respected World …

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Vanderbilt advances to SEC semis with 9-2 romp over Alabama
1 year, 7 months ago

Vanderbilt advances to SEC semis with 9-2 romp over Alabama

Associated Press  

HOOVER, Ala. — Freshman RJ Austin hit a two-run home run to finish off a five-run first inning and Vanderbilt rolled to a 9-2 victory over Alabama on Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. Freshman Colby Shelton hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the third to pull the ninth-seeded Crimson Tide within 5-2. …

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Nosferatu: The monster who still terrifies, 100 years on
2 years, 10 months ago

Nosferatu: The monster who still terrifies, 100 years on

BBC  

Nosferatu: The monster who still terrifies, 100 years on Getty Images From his shadow to his gaunt face, the vampire Count Orlok in 1922's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror remains one of film's most spine-tingling creations. He is, says Cristina Massaccesi, in her guide to Nosferatu for the Devil's Advocates horror history series, "the Ur-Vampire, the father of all undead …

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Bengals stock report: 10 risers (Chidobe Awuzie!) and fallers (Ja’Marr Chase?) through 10 practices
3 years, 5 months ago

Bengals stock report: 10 risers (Chidobe Awuzie!) and fallers (Ja’Marr Chase?) through 10 practices

New York Times  

CINCINNATI — With 10 practices down and the first preseason game on the horizon, it’s time to take stock of what we’ve seen as the 2021 Bengals start to take shape. 1 goal is to earn respect, especially from my teammates first off and going forward across the league,” Awuzie said when asked about people noticing how well he’s playing. …

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Fangs, lust and coffins: 100 years of vampires on screen
3 years, 10 months ago

Fangs, lust and coffins: 100 years of vampires on screen

The Independent  

In the summer of 1921, the German filmmaker FW Murnau began shooting his film Nosferatu on location in northern Germany and at Jofa Film Studios in Berlin. The sight in grainy black and white film of Max Schreck’s cadaverous-faced, hollow-eyed, rodent-toothed, pointy-eared vampire, lurching up from his coffin, still makes viewers shudder. open image in gallery Helen Chandler and Bela …

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Play about the Constitution streams in time for Election Day
4 years, 2 months ago

Play about the Constitution streams in time for Election Day

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Most playwrights want their works to remain relevant for decades to come. Not Heidi Schreck, not with “What the Constitution Means to Me.” “I often say that I can’t wait until the play is obsolete. “I do think it’s raising questions that we all need to be thinking about as we are voting for the state of …

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Commentary: Why every Republican senator must see Heidi Schreck’s ‘Constitution’ on Amazon
4 years, 2 months ago

Commentary: Why every Republican senator must see Heidi Schreck’s ‘Constitution’ on Amazon

LA Times  

A film of the Broadway production of Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me” premieres Friday on Amazon Prime Video, and theater lovers who are keeping a close eye on Congress may feel as though a bugle call has been blown and the cavalry is about to charge in. Schreck jokes, “In spite of what some people think, this …

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Review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ amended for Los Angeles, retains its power
4 years, 11 months ago

Review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ amended for Los Angeles, retains its power

LA Times  

Maria Dizzia takes on the role of Heidi Schreck in “What the Constitution Means to Me” at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Let me preface this review of Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me” with a strong plea to every man, woman and mature teenager in the Los Angeles area to see this play, which opened …

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How a Sherman Oaks teen debated her way into ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ cast
4 years, 11 months ago

How a Sherman Oaks teen debated her way into ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ cast

LA Times  

Rosdely Ciprian, left, who played a high school debater on Broadway, and Jocelyn Shek, who is making her debut, will alternate performances in the Los Angeles run of “What the Constitution Means to Me.” Jocelyn Shek, a 14-year-old freshman at Marlborough School, was a stagehand for a play once. “The experiment of democracy is also mysterious, in that there’s so …

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‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ national tour reveals who will play Heidi Schreck
5 years, 2 months ago

‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ national tour reveals who will play Heidi Schreck

LA Times  

When Heidi Schreck’s hit Broadway play “What the Constitution Means to Me” launches its national tour in Los Angeles next year, it will star Maria Dizzia. Schreck and Dizzia have been friends for years; in fact, when Schreck was first rehearsing “Constitution” at New York Theatre Workshop, she called on Dizzia to help fine-tune her performance — tips that later …

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Mass murderer? Cult leader? Musician? Charles Manson’s son wrestles with father’s legacy
5 years, 5 months ago

Mass murderer? Cult leader? Musician? Charles Manson’s son wrestles with father’s legacy

LA Times  

Speaking to the media for the first time in 26 years, Michael Brunner, son of late convicted murderer Charles Manson and follower Mary Brunner, discusses his upbringing, his relationship with his mother and how he came to be “at peace.” The soft-spoken man with the crooked smile and bright blue eyes wants to change the way the world thinks about …

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How Heidi Schreck is revising ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ after Broadway
5 years, 7 months ago

How Heidi Schreck is revising ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ after Broadway

LA Times  

Heidi Schreck, who wrote and stars in the Tony-nominated “What the Constitution Means to Me,” is planning for the deeply personal play’s national tour — with her no longer in the central role. If it’s true that other people doing the role is both moving for that person and other people seeing it, and that it doesn’t hinge solely on …

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Why ‘Constitution’ and not ‘The Ferryman’ should win the Tony for best play
5 years, 7 months ago

Why ‘Constitution’ and not ‘The Ferryman’ should win the Tony for best play

LA Times  

Theater Critic The 2019 Tony Award for best play has seemingly come down to a two-way race between the season’s biggest prizewinners: Jez Butterworth’s “The Ferryman” and Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me.” Schreck’s drama won an Obie and was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. Butterworth’s play won the Outer Critics Circle …

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‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ will come to L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum in 2020
5 years, 8 months ago

‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ will come to L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum in 2020

LA Times  

“What the Constitution Means to Me,” Heidi Schreck’s Tony Award-nominated play that has Broadway buzzing, will come to Los Angeles as part of the 2019-20 season lineup at the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie is expected to announce Thursday. Joining Schreck in the Taper schedule will be Academy Award-winning screenwriter …

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Tony winners 2019: The complete list in every category
5 years, 8 months ago

Tony winners 2019: The complete list in every category

LA Times  

The 2019 Tony winners list for the 73rd awards ceremony spotlights multiple wins for “Tootsie,” “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!,” “The Ferryman” and the big winner of the night, “Hadestown.” Actors Bryan Cranston, Elaine May, Ali Stroker and André De Shields, and director Rachel Chavkin, were also among the winners. Read critic Charles McNulty’s takes on this year’s nominees and the …

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Tony nominations sort out an eclectic, erratic season — with mixed results
5 years, 8 months ago

Tony nominations sort out an eclectic, erratic season — with mixed results

LA Times  

Theater Critic Long story short: It was a strange Broadway season — one in which old formulas proved unreliable and a few long-shot experiments yielded unexpected rewards. Not even Gayle King, who was hosting the announcement of the Tony nominations alongside actors Bebe Neuwirth and Brandon Victor Dixon, could stifle her surprise over two conspicuous absences in the best play …

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Review: Unconventional ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ supremely argues the case for women
5 years, 9 months ago

Review: Unconventional ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ supremely argues the case for women

LA Times  

Theater Critic When actor and writer Heidi Schreck was a high school student in Wenatchee, Wash., she was racking up college tuition money by giving speeches on the majesty of the Constitution in contests organized by the American Legion. In “What the Constitution Means to Me,” the singularly charming, politically urgent and cathartically necessary play that had its official Broadway …

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Staging A Debate Over 'What The Constitution Means To Me'
5 years, 9 months ago

Staging A Debate Over 'What The Constitution Means To Me'

NPR  

Staging A Debate Over 'What The Constitution Means To Me' Enlarge this image toggle caption Joan Marcus/Matt Ross Public Relations Joan Marcus/Matt Ross Public Relations Actor and playwright Heidi Schreck says her new play — What the Constitution Means to Me — is a love letter to her mother. The Broadway play — part personal memoir, part civics town hall …

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