"Starting from Nov. 18, 2017, concerning our community's public sensitivity, any events such as LGBT... cinema, theater, panels, interviews, exhibitions are banned until further notice in our province to provide peace and security," the governor's office said in a statement.
(The Oliviers are decided upon by a mixture of industry professionals and a theater panel totaling in the region of 160, though not everyone necessarily votes in every category).
Immersive storytelling is one of this year's hottest topics with an interactive Tech and Theater panel discussing the possibilities of layered reality for the stage. .
Friday, 4 30 to 10 p.m., and Saturday, 3 to 9 30 p.m., Prelude '08, a free festival devoted to new theater, with panel discussions, performances and exhibits.
Their toys were Styrofoam balls, retractable extension rods and Mylar sheets, castoffs from their grandfather's garment-district business; he made stage curtains for theaters and panels for department store seasonal displays.
The Pronto Pro -- billed as a "home theater control panel" -- can also store and execute elaborate macro commands programmed by the user, like turning on several stereo components at once.
With an emphasis on new voices and new work, and a continuing mission to enhance the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan, the festival will be highlighted by a series of short plays, a film series focused on theater, and panel discussions and play readings.
There's visual drama inside as well, with a 10-foot-long fire display, a home theater, stainless steel panels suspended from the ceiling and a dining room surrounded by a moat of water.
When I arrived at the Hudson Theater, where the panel discussion was held, it was immediately apparent that these undergraduates weren't there just to play dress-up and tweet pictures of one another in front of the Teen Vogue step-and-repeat (though there was plenty of that).
Before he left, he participated in a panel discussion, "Theater From a Gay Perspective," at Guild Hall in East Hampton, N.Y., with Mr. Albee, Lanford Wilson and Tom Kirdahy, a public-interest lawyer.
My parents drove me the five hours from my hometown of Merced, California, down to Los Angeles's Directors Guild Theater to see a panel for the NBC sitcom Scrubs.
