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John Cassavettes

JOHN CASSAVETTES  (1929 - 1989)

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of John Cassavettes's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Opening Night         Shadows

Opening Night

Synopsis:
This show is part of BaM's Next Wave Festival; this is from BaM: "Opening Night tells the story of a famous actress, starring in a play in which her character must come to terms with aging. after an avid fan/autograph-seeker is killed, the actress begins a downward personal spiral, confronting her own issues of mortality. Despite insincere support from her colleagues in the production, the actress works her way back from her crisis of the soul. In Dutch with english titles."
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
BaM Harvey Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
Toneelgroep amsterdam and NTGent

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
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Shadows

Synopsis:
the OBIe-winning theater company Hoi Polloi (Three Pianos) presents the first-ever staged version of Shadows, the collaboratively-created John Cassavetes film considered a watershed in the birth of American independent cinema. Originally released in 1959, the film depicts lean and hungry artists during the Beat Generation years in New York City, offering an unsparing view of racial and sexual conflict at the height of theeisenhower era. For this theatrical version, director alec Duffy (Murder in the Cathedral) turns the Collapsable Hole into a raucous apartment party, with the action taking place in and around the audience.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Music By: Rick Burkhardt

1st Produced:
the Collapsable Hole, 146 Metropolitan ave, Williamsburg (Brooklyn), NY    22 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Hoi Polloi

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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