Rajiv Joseph

Nov 24, 2024 | theatrethoughtsaus.online | Rajiv Joseph

Written by Rajiv JosephReviewed by Rachael VassalloPresented by: 16th Street Actors Studio and Close Company Theatricals. Until November 24 2024As we enter the 16th Street Actors studio, we're welcomed into an intimate space furnished with a bed on one side and a wheelchair on the other. Upon the bed lay a girl dressed in a period-accurate school uniform. The performance space was bare and identified by a simple red border and a feint black border running inside adds a mystique layer to the space.

Oct 18, 2024 | mercurynews.com | David Chavez |David John Chávez |Rajiv Joseph

A modest season for young LeBron James would have been considered career-defining for many high school basketball players. After all, when James was a 15-year-old freshman, his varsity team went 27-0. He averaged more than 18 points and six rebounds per game on the way to an Ohio state championship in 2000.

Oct 14, 2024 | mercurynews.com | Chad Jones |Rajiv Joseph

The title “King James” refers neither to a Bible nor to British royalty. The king in this two-person play is LeBron James, but playwright Rajiv Joseph is more interested in the drama James inspires off court rather than anything he might have accomplished since his rookie year with the Cleveland Cavaliers more than 20 years ago. Plays about sports aren’t all that common — theater folk and sports folk are oftenconsidered at opposite ends of the pop culture spectrum.

Oct 6, 2024 | artshub.com.au | Rajiv Joseph

Darwin Entertainment Centre presentsWritten by Rajiv JosephDirected by Bali PaddaA National Theatre of Parramatta productionA wonderfully funny and moving exploration of beauty and power, autocracy and resistance, and conflicting loyalties. Guards at the Taj centres on a hilariously relatable friendship that is tested by extreme and brutal circumstances. Humayun and Babur are best friends, and guards in Hindustani ruler Shah Jahan’s Imperial Army.

Sep 27, 2024 | dctheaterarts.org | Deb Miller |James Ijames |Rajiv Joseph |Eboni Booth

American Theatre magazine, published daily online and quarterly in print by Theatre Communications Group (TCG) – the national organization for theatre founded in 1961, with a membership of more than 700 theaters and affiliate organizations and over 7,000 individuals – has released its lists of Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights for the new 2024-25 season.