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...displaced person. Acting was a calling that could blend her fiery Leftism with her pleasure in being looked at, so she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Even that cutting-edge troupe was too establishment for Swinton. She starred in a miniseries based on Shelley's Zastrozzi and did fringe theater, where she met the Scots playwright John Byrne, with whom she had twins and still lives. She also found a mentor, and soul-mate, in the gay avant-garde filmmaker Derek Jarman...
Prior to her Tony nomination for this musical, Paulus’ productions have garnered several Off-Broadway Theater (“Obie”) Awards...
When asked by the Public Theater in New York City to direct the musical, Paulus said she “was totally excited about taking on the project...
...Hair’ exemplifies what I believe theater should be. It’s about a true community of performers and audiences,” Paulus said. “I would look at what I’m doing with ‘Hair’ as the general vision that I want to bring to the A.R.T...
...young professional quarterback playing games occasionally in the Jim Crow South. When his (then) Los Angeles Chargers traveled to Houston for a 1960 game, the team had to stay at University of Houston dorms because no hotels would accept black players. Kemp joined other teammates in bolting a movie theater that restricted black members to the balcony. Four years later, Kemp arrived in New Orleans as team captain for the 1964 American Football League All-Star game. After watching black players turned away from nightclubs and "white" taxis, he supported a boycott of the city. The game was moved...