So anyway, (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
First theatre trip of 2009 is to see Wig Out! at the Royal Court, Tarrell Alvin McCraney's glitzy story of two rival drag queen "houses" competing in the Cinderella Ball. Eric The Red (Alex Lanipekun, better-looking up close than he was in Spooks ) is a straight-acting gay man who is usually only attracted to other butch guys, but he's won over by Wilson's advances. Wilson is also known...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
I saw four American plays on successive nights last week - Tracy Letts's August: Osage County; Neil LaBute's In A Dark Dark House; Tarell Alvin McCraney's Wig Out!; and William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life. But, while I would count the Steppenwolf production of the Letts play among the great experiences of the year and enjoyed the Saroyan, such a transatlantic deluge left me thinking...
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
London, Wig Out!Your rating Click on a star to rate Jerwood Theatre At The Royal CourtSloane Square, SW1W 8AS Nicholas de Jongh's rating Reader rating Dir: Dominic Cooke. Cast: Kate Gillespie, Kevin Harvey, Alex Lanipekun, Leon Lopez, Holly Quin-Ankrah, Danny Sapani, Craig Stein, Jessika WilliamsDescription: Dominic Cooke directs Tarell Alvin McCraney's humorous tale about life in a hyper-glamorous,...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
A lot of big compliments have been flying around the young head of black American playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, many of them deserved (none more so than the Evening Standard most promising playwright prize), but Dominic Cooke's production of a dr...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... by "Billy Elliot" playwright Lee Hall.
Twenty-eight-year-old American writer Tarell Alvin McCraney was named most promising playwright for "In the Red and Brown Water" and "The Brothers Size" at the Young Vic. The Young Vic, a publicly subsidized theater aimed at new actors and directors, also won the best musical category for its production of Kurt Weill's "Street Scene."
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
The Young Vic won best musical for its revival of Kurt Weill's Street Scene, while the Charles Wintour most promising playwright award was won by American writer Tarell Alvin McCraney for In the Red and Brown Water and The Brothers Size.
