![]() ![]() ![]() Gregory, this story is inspired by true events following Grace Fryer, one of the dial painters, fighting for restitution against her former employer Arthur Roeder. In 1926 luminous watches were painted with this wondrous, glow-in-the-dark discovery, until the girls working in factories painting the watch dials begin to fall ill with an unidentified disease. Radium’s discovery made Madame Curie an international celebrity and was considered a miracle cure for a myriad of illnesses. Each evening provides different offerings by playwrights that are “Mizzou Made.” Tickets are $15 in Studio 4. Mizzou’s Writing for Performance program, which won a Gold Medallion from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, offers new plays with a range of themes – some silly, some serious. Spotlight performance-invited audience November 8, 11 a.m. Set in the 1590’s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play, but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as, "The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. Tickets are $15 in Studio 4.Ĭreated by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, “Something Rotten” is an outrageous, musical farce hailed by “Time Out New York” as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years". “Las Semillias de la Expulsión” will be performed as a concert reading. followed by a concert reading of his short ten-minute horror play, “La Susona.” At 7:30 p.m. First a lecture,“Mi Corazón Español Vive Ahora En Grecia: Creating Dramas of Sephardic Spain & Greece” at 2 p.m. Life and Literature and World Theatre presents “Thoughts of a Colored Man.” Written by Keenan Scott II and told through the storytelling style of SLAM Narrative, “Thoughts of a Colored Man” celebrates the hopes, ambitions, joys, and triumphs of black men in a world that often refuses to hear them. Tickets are $15 in Studio 4. ![]() Donations accepted. Tickets are $18, $12 Mizzou Students (with ID) in Studio 4. In addition to Broadway Licensing, the vast majority of plays and musicals are now handled in the US by the Cameron Mackintosh-owned Music Theatre International, Concord Theatricals, and the privately held Theatrical Rights Worldwide.Join the Mizzou Theatre for a "Fall Welcome Cabaret!" Enjoy performances by students, alumni, faculty community members and staff featuring the cast of "Little Shop of Horrors" with selections from the show!Īll are welcome! This is a family friendly event and a great opportunity for new and returning students and their families to connect to the Mizzou Theatre Community. This acquisition follows the 2018 consolidation of Samuel French, Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals, Tams-Witmark, and The Musical Company (then handling the Andrew Lloyd Webber catalog) under the Concord Theatricals banner, a move that quickly changed the landscape of theatrical licensing from a variety of relatively small companies into a dramatically smaller playing field dominated by a select few powerhouses. "Equally important is the range of thrilling synergistic opportunities that Sean has brought to the table, which will allow us to better serve our authors and their titles, as well as the community at large." "During this time of unprecedented peril for our industry, this deal safeguards the future of Dramatists Play Service," adds DPS Acting President David J. I couldn’t be prouder to welcome DPS into the Broadway Licensing family, and I’m excited for what the future holds and the tremendous impact our collective team will bring to the industry." "Guided since 1936 by a mission to foster national opportunities for playwrights, DPS has never wavered from that aim. "Dramatists Play Service is, by any measure, one of the jewels in the theatrical licensing and publishing crown," says Broadway Licensing CEO and President Sean Cercone. Inaugural committee members include Lynn Nottage, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Michael Korie.īroadway Licensing will also create a new internal content development division, Stageworks Productions, with the goal of extending the life and value of existing works by creating new copyrights. A $2.5 million fund will support development of and rights to new works, and an advisory committee will be formed to consult on expanding opportunities for new writers and underlying rights holders. The deal also includes initiatives to develop new and existing works.
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