Emily Mann

1 month ago | americantheatre.org | Emily Mann

Acclaimed South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose works included The Blood Knot, Boesman and Lena, Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, The Island, The Road to Mecca, and “Master Harold”…and the boys, died on March 8. He was 92. Few playwrights have made a greater impact on their countries or the world than Athol Fugard.

Feb 27, 2024 | centralwesterndaily.com.au | Emily Mann

This week for The Catch-Up column, marketing extraordinaire and Taylor Swift superfan Emily Mann has something to say about gender pay gaps and the most powerful woman in the world. Want more of Emily Mann? Make sure you follow her on Instagram @mannpower_ or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsEmily Mann at the Taylor Swift concert in Melbourne. Picture is suppliedTwo things happened on Tuesday.

May 12, 2023 | broadwayworld.com | Mary Lincer |Emily Mann

Moviegoers of a certain age may have first felt and learned what the Nazis did to people during the Holocaust from the emotion-filled performances of Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, and Marlene Dietrich in the 1961 film, Judgment at Nuremberg. Fictionalization has its strengths. Here There Are Blueberries, a documentary theatre piece by the Tectonic Theater Project, finds stronger strengths in distancing an audience from emotion and enabling facts to do the work.

May 12, 2023 | broadwayworld.com | Mary Lincer |Emily Mann

Apr 29, 2023 | broadwayworld.com | Emily Mann |Mary Lincer

Allison McAlister carries Crystal Skillman's 80 minute play, Open, with assurance and emotional clarity. As "The Magician" named Kristen, McAlister lures an audience into the play using the familiar rhythms of a magic show. But Open is actually the love story of Kristen, a student of and writer about magic, and the love of her life, Jenny. The young women meet at the Strand Bookstore (in the wee small hours of the morning in the city that never sleeps), and they both have vagabond shoes.