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Article | By Robert Simonson | January 16, 2011
Michael Langham, Influential Director of Canadian and American Theatre, Dies at 91
Michael Langham, whose long and influential directing career saw him helm productions on Broadway, run the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for a decade, and man the Guthrie Theatre during the 1970s, died Jan. 15 at his home near Cranbrook, Kent, in England. He has contracted a chest infection before Christmas and failed to recover. He was 91.
Article | By Steven Suskin | April 3, 2005
ON THE RECORD: Chris Plummer's Cyrano and Sally Mayes' "Valentine"
This week's column discusses the first-time-on CD release of the 1973 Broadway musicalization of Cyrano and a collection of standard songhits from Sally Mayes.
Article | By Steven Suskin | April 3, 2005
ON THE RECORD: Chris Plummer's Cyrano and Sally Mayes' "Valentine"
This week's column discusses the first-time-on-CD release of the 1973 Broadway musicalization of Cyrano and a collection of standard songhits from Sally Mayes.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | March 12, 2008
Stratford's Langham Breaks a Leg — Literally; Monette to Guide Early Rehearsals
Veteran Stratford Festival director Michael Langham took the old theatrical "good luck" wish literally: He broke his leg.
Article | By Ben Mattison | May 2, 2005
Juilliard to Honor 17 With Medal at 100th Commencement
The Juilliard School will present the newly created Juilliard Medal to 17 performing arts luminaries at its 100th commencement on May 20.
Article | September 12, 2000
Michael Langham Will Direct The Weir in Toronto, Winnipeg
International director Michael Langham, former artistic director of the Stratford Festival in Ontario, will stage Canadian Stage Company's The Weir in November, the Toronto theatre announced.
Article | October 8, 1999
Geffen Season Opener Uncle Vanya Marks Centennial of Chekhov Play Oct. 8
The Geffen Playhouse production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya opens in Los Angeles Oct. 8. Starring Robert Foxworth, Megan Follows, Peter Donat and Christina Haag, the Geffen production is adapted by Vanessa Burnham and is scheduled to run though Oct. 31. With this production of Vanya, Geffen Playhouse celebrates not just the 100th anniversary of Chekhov's masterpiece, but the theatre's fourth season as well.
Article | September 28, 1999
Sept. 28 Previews Set for Foxworth Vanya at Geffen Playhouse
Previews begin Sept. 28 in Los Angeles for the Geffen Playhouse production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Adapted by Vanessa Burnham, Vanya opens Oct. 8 and runs through Oct. 31.
Article | September 21, 1999
L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse Celebrates Centennial of Vanya, Sept. 28
Robert Foxworth, Megan Follows, Peter Donat and Christina Haag are scheduled to perform in a Geffen Playhouse production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. The production, adapted by Vanessa Burnham, runs Sept. 28-Oct. 31 and celebrates the 100th anniversary of Chekhov's masterpiece as well as the fourth season for Geffen.
Article | August 1, 1997
Peter Donat Stars in N.S. Uncle Vanya
Wolfville, Nova Scotia's Atlantic Theatre Festival production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya opens Aug. 1 and runs in repertory through Sept. 13. Peter Donat stars as Alexander Serebryakov, a professor who retires with his young wife to the family estate in the Russian provinces. The brother of the professor's deceased first wife, Vanya, has cared for the estate for over 25 years, recently joined by Serebryakov's daughter, Sonya. The arrival of Serebryakov throws the lives of the provincial residents into chaos and the summer heat encourages secret loves.
Article | July 1, 1997
Nova Scotia's Atlantic Theatre Festival Sets Sail on 3d Season
Presenting its third summer of classical theatre in a converted hockey rink, the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, is fast becoming one of the leading summer theatre festivals in Canada.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | December 16, 2008
After Chicago, Rob Roy Musical To Play Toronto March-April 2009; Cariou Directs
Rob Roy The Musical, the new musical based on the legendary 18th-century Scottish hero, will make its Canadian premiere at Toronto's Elgin Theatre in March 2009 following its North American debut in Chicago.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | October 11, 2007
Callow to Explore Shakespeare Sonnets in Solo Show, There Reigns Love, at Stratford in 2008
The Stratford Festival in Canada confirmed Oct. 11 that Simon Callow is the latest international star to be added to the festival's ranks, and that the actor-writer will appear in a new work of his own composition, based on Shakespeare's sonnets.
Article | April 27, 1999
Michael Langham Will Direct Noel Coward's 'Tweaked' Wings on Bway
Michael Langham will be the director of the upcoming Broadway revival of Noel Coward's lesser-known, latter-day work, Waiting in the Wings. Producer Alexander H. Cohen plans to stage the Coward play on Broadway in 1999. The production would coincide with the centennial of the English playwright, songwriter and wit, who was born in 1899. Dec. 16, Coward's birthday, is targeted as the opening date.
Article | November 6, 1996
Guthrie Doll House To Be Discussed & Preserved
Michael Langham's production of Ibsen's A Doll's House, which runs to Nov. 9 at Minnesota's Guthrie Theatre, will be taped for posterity the night before closing by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The tape will become part of the Lincoln Center-located archive, along with 2,800 other titles in the Lucille Lortel Viewing Room. (The tapes are available to theatre professionals and students, though not, per se, to the general public. Tapes must be screened at the library and may not be borrowed or rented.)
Article | By Kenneth Jones | July 10, 2011
Christopher Plummer, Len Cariou, Des McAnuff Remember Michael Langham at July 10 Memorial
A memorial for Michael Langham, the internationally-known stage director, educator and artistic director of Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival from 1956 to 1967, will be held at Stratford's flagship Festival Theatre at 10 AM July 10.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | June 30, 2011
Christopher Plummer, Len Cariou, Des McAnuff Will Remember Michael Langham at July 10 Memorial
A memorial for Michael Langham, the internationally-known stage director, educator and artistic director of Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival from 1956 to 1967, will be held at Stratford's flagship Festival Theatre at 10 AM July 10.
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Article | By Mark Peikert | December 6, 2019
Original Sweeney Todd Len Cariou Reminisces About Sweeney, King Lear, Lauren Bacall, and Elizabeth Taylor
The Tony winner is back onstage in Off-Broadway's Harry Townsend's Last Stand, now playing.

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