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Christopher Play Ends Limited Run
“Hurt Village” — the acclaimed new work by Olivier Award-winning writer Katori Hall featuring Bermudian actor Nicholas Christopher – finished its limited Off Broadway run in New York last night [Mar. 25]. Originally scheduled to close on March 18, the play’s run was extended for a week due to popular demand. Patricia... Read more of this article
Opera Screening Series Continues At BUEI
Bermuda’s Gilbert and Sullivan Society is inviting locals to a night at the Metropolitan Opera this weekend at the Tradewinds Auditorium at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] The latest screening from the New York opera company is ”Gounod’s Faust” on Saturday [Mar. 31]. Upcoming performances include “Enchanted... Read more of this article
Earl Cameron To Give Bermuda Talk
Bermudians are being invited to spend an evening with the island’s legendary actor Earl Cameron next month when the 94-year-old star takes part in the Department of Community & Cultural Affairs “Heartbeats of History” lecture series. Mr. Cameron will appear at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on April 11 at 6.30... Read more of this article
‘Carnage’ To Break Loose At BMDS
Sheer “Carnage” will erupt on the stage of the Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society’s Daylesford Theatre later this month when two pairs of parents become embroiled in a furious playground-style battle over their children. “God of Carnage” is a play by Yasmina Reza who wrote the critically acclaimed play “Art”... Read more of this article
Upcoming: ‘Bermuda’s Youth Got Talent’
Beginning this week all of the “Bermuda’s Youth Got Talent” contestants are being featured during the ZBM 9 TV evening news. Each night, an average of two contestants will be seen –between 7:15-7:25 — before the stock report market. At the end of each week, “BYGT” organisers will upload video footage of... Read more of this article
Michael Ebbin’s Licence To Thrill
Acclaimed Bermudian actor and dancer Michael Ebbin [pictured] had a licence to kill along with secret agent James Bond in a 1970s 007 movie. In the 1973 Bond thriller “Live And Let Die”, Mr. Ebbin played Dambala, one of the chief henchman of villain Dr. Kanaga [Yaphet Kotto]. Dambala is a voodoo priest of sorts who first appears during the... Read more of this article
Ailing Bermudian Director’s Theatre Triumph
Despite suffering from debilitating anemia, Bermudian performance and visual artist Tamicka [TeeJay] Johnson enjoyed a successful US directorial debut with “Lying in Bed”, a play that opened in Atlanta in February to rave reviews. She was also one of the starring cast members. Last Spring Cole Thomas wrote “Lying In Bed” as a... Read more of this article
Faulkenberry Attends ‘Superstar’ Preview
Bermuda’s Broadway belter Rebecca Faulkenberry was among a select group of actors invited to a special preview performance of the new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” New York’s Neil Simon Theatre on Monday [Mar.5]. Bermudian Ms Faulkenberry — who is starring as... Read more of this article
Photos: BHS Prepares For “Peter Pan”
The Bermuda High School is this week staging the high-flying musical adventure “Peter Pan”, featuring special effects developed by the company which allowed Broadway star Mary Martin soar over New York audiences during the original 1950s production. Directed by the school’s drama teacher Jane Thorpe, the musical version of J.M. Barrie’s... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Auditions For Bermuda Glee
Auditions for Bermuda Glee, a 10-day summer intensive in the performing arts, will be held on Friday, April 20, 2012 at The Berkeley Institute. Auditions in singing, dancing and acting will run from 10:00am – 1:00pm. Students are required to pre-register for the programme and may obtain a registration form either from their performing arts teacher... Read more of this article
Road To Stardom Led Through Bermuda
Canadian theatrical and movie legend Christopher Plummer — who at 82 became the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday [Feb.26] — took an unusual route to stardom, one which brought him through Bermuda at the outset of his career. Mr. Plummer, whose career spans seven decades, made his professional debut... Read more of this article
Christopher Play Opens To Upbeat Reviews
“Hurt Village” — the new Off-Broadway show featuring Bermudian actor Nicholas Christopher [pictured] — opened to largely enthusiastic reviews on Monday [Feb.27], with the “New York Times” describing the play “as a rousing, latter-day response” to Lorraine Hansberry’s watershed 1959 drama “A Raisin... Read more of this article
Christopher’s ‘Gut-Wrenching’ Play
The curtain doesn’t rise on the world premiere of Bermudian actor Nicholas Christopher’s play “Hurt Village” until Monday [Feb.27] — but advance word on the intense drama set in a Memphis housing project is overwhelmingly positive. The play has been in previews since February 7 preparatory to next week’s official... Read more of this article
Owain Gets Another 15 Minutes Of Fame
Bermuda dramatist Owain Johnston-Barnes is getting his 15 minutes of fame — for the third time. The journalist and creative writer picked up his third Golden Inkwell Award on Saturday [Feb. 18] at the end of the Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society’s annual “Famous For 15 Minutes” festival for aspiring playwrights. Other finalists... Read more of this article
Video: NYC’s ‘Bermuda Experience’
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert, Miss Bermuda Jana Lynn Outerbridge and the island’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” star Rebecca Faulkenberry were among those wishing New York commuters a “Bermuda-ful day” at Grand Central Station on Thursday [Feb. 16]. And Mr. Furbert said the “Experience Bermuda” marketing... Read more of this article
Video: Actress’ Valentine’s Day Film
In celebration of Valentine’s Day [Feb. 14.], Bermuda’s Broadway sensation Rebecca Faulkenberry has written and directed a short film featuring two of her “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” co-stars playing young New Yorkers who have a fateful encounter on the subway. Ms Faulkenberry, who plays the title character’s love... Read more of this article
