Ken Ludwig’s Love Letter to His Pen-Pal Parents
The comic playwright’s new play ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ is based on his parents’ WWII courtship by mail.
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The comic playwright’s new play ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ is based on his parents’ WWII courtship by mail.
This years awardees are Ken Ludwig, Dominique Morisseau, and the team of Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen.
I never thought I’d write a sequel, but then I had an idea—and now I have ‘A Comedy of Tenors,’ in which Tito and company get an encore.
Featuring an uneasily eclectic bag of themes, this year’s new-play festival tackles Black History Month, labor unions and Alzheimer’s.
The slate includes plays by Ayad Akhtar, Ken Ludwig, Ike Holter, Laura Eason and Lucas Hnath.
World-premiere laffers by Ken Ludwig and Sharyn Rothstein are on the Jersey theatre’s schedule, along with a staging of Tennessee Williams’s film ‘Baby Doll.’
Cleveland Play House will present a mix of contemporary and classic plays during its 2015–16 season
Enthusiasm for the ‘miraculous language’ of the Bard shows no signs of abating—nor do arguments about his legacy and contemporary relevance.