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Instead of watching the State of the Union speech, I went to the theater and saw Gloria: A Life, written by Emily Mann, the award-winning director and playwright and a past guest on Conversations [...]

Award-winning playwright and director Emily Mann, who has served as the artistic director and resident playwright of the McCarter Theatre Center since 1990, will retire from both positions [...]

The director is Emily Mann and one of the stars is Julie Halston, both past guests. Christopher Arnott Hartford Courant Contact Reporter calls ‘Murder on the Orient Express, “A Funny, [...]

THE STAGE ADAPTATION of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express presented by McCarter Theatre Center is moving to the Hartford Stage as part of the company’s 2017-2018 season. Tony [...]

THE FULL CAST and creative team have been announced for the world-premiere production of Ken Ludwig‘s adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express at [...]

DIRECTORS CAROL HORNE Dennis and Stan Coleman decided to start a theatre company in Eugene, Oregon that would tell the stories of minorities who often are not represented in their area. The first [...]

THE LAB PROGRAM at the McCarter Theatre Center has received a $35,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to continue its mission to support playwrights, new plays, and the future of [...]

EMILY MANN’S PLAY, Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years will be performed at the Philadelphia Theatre Company from Jan. 27th to Feb. 19th. Adapted from the book by Miss Sarah L. [...]

THE MCCARTER THEATRE Center has begun performances for the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. McCarter Theater Artistic Director Emily Mann says, “I’ve always felt [...]

MULTI-AWARDED AMERICAN director and playwright Emily Mann talked to Inquirer.net about how stagehands will leave a lighted lamp on stage and while no one knows why, “some oldtimers say it is to [...]