Articles Tagged With: Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes Nominee David James Speaks on His Fifth Nomination

Interviews May 18, 2016 Amanda N. Gunther

The 32nd Annual Helen Hayes Awards is just around the corner celebrating live professional theatre of all shapes and sizes in the nation’s capital city of Washington DC. This year’s ceremony will be presented at the historic Lincoln Theatre on Monday evening May 23, where 236 nominees are being honored, representing 202 eligible productions produced in 2015. In a TheatreBloom exclusive interview, we’ve taken a few quick moments with nominee David James (nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical— Helen Production,

Move Toward the Darkness: Part 6 Meet Morticia Addams

Interviews April 6, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

Oh she of skin so pale, eyes so black, and dress cut down to Venezuela; Morticia Addams is muddling through plums as she discovers that not each husband is a gem! Fortunately, death is just around the corner and she’s happy being both the mourned and mourner! Settling in for the penultimate piece of the Move Toward the Darkness interview series, we sit down with Priscilla Cuellar and discover what life is like as Morticia Addams in the Toby’s Family Household.

Feral 15: A Fabulous Season Preview with Venus Theatre

Interviews January 30, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

Well behaved women rarely make history. And for fourteen seasons Venus Theatre has been living up to that infamous quote. In a TheatreBloom exclusive interview with Founding and Producing Artistic Director Deborah Randall, we explore the brand new season of exceptional world and regional premier works that will be setting flight to the voices of women in the theatre. Entitled “Feral15” the season includes four new works to the Venus Stage, three of which are world premier productions.

Stupid Fucking Bird- (left to right) Rick Foucheux, Brad Koed, and Darius Pierce- photo by Stan Barouh

Stupid Fucking Bird at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Reviews August 3, 2014 Amanda N. Gunther

This review will begin when you say “Start the fucking review!”

Presuming you’ve said that— or at the very least read that— then you’re in the right mind frame to enjoy the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s remount of Aaron Posner’s original work Stupid Fucking Bird. Inspired by and loosely adapted from Chekhov’s The Seagull, the production’s initial popularity has called for a resurgence in its existence.