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Theater Review: Steppenwolf Theatre's Latest ‘You Will Get Sick’
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Chicago – The inevitability of illness …whether your own or a loved one … creates difficulties without much preparation. In a Chicago play premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre “You Will Get Sick” follows two characters down the illness road, as they try to negotiate another day. The play is currently at the stage on Halsted thru July 20th, 2025. For tickets and info, click You Will Get Sick.

At the Steppenwolf Theatre Thru July 20, 2025

Photo credit: Steppenwolf.org

Play Rating: 4.5/5.0

“You Will Get Sick” is written by Noah Diaz and directed by Audrey Francis, and involves a two character confrontation. #1 (Namir Smallwood) puts an ad out for someone to help him tell his loved ones that he is ill. The ad is answered by #2 (Amy Morton), a tart wannabe actor. As they negotiate their arrangement and she carries out her duties … including the confession to #3 (Sadieh Rifai), the sister of #1. As #1 begins to lose the use of his limbs,...
See full article at HollywoodChicago.com
  • 7/5/2025
  • by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
  • HollywoodChicago.com
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Photos: Steppenwolf Theatre Company Celebrates Opening Night of You Will Get Sick
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company just celebrated opening night of Noah Diaz’s Chicago premiere of You Will Get Sick. Directed by Artistic Director Audrey Francis, the cast features ensemble members Cliff Chamberlain, Amy Morton (Tony nominations: August: Osage County and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) and Namir Smallwood, with Jordan Arredondo (Steppenwolf debut) and Sadieh Rifai (First Look Repertory of New Work). A young man with a secret. An older woman who will listen. A predatory flock of birds. An upcoming audition for The Wizard of Oz. Welcome to You Will Get Sick, a wildly imaginative new play that traces the hilarious and deeply moving saga of one man’s illness and his unlikely caretaker’s pursuit of her dreams. Noah Diaz’s Chicago debut is equal parts buddy-comedy, form-bending experiment...
See full article at BroadwayWorld.com
  • 6/20/2025
  • BroadwayWorld.com
Theater Review: Steppenwolf Theatre Pages ‘The Book of Grace’
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Chicago – Within the context of family secrets, there are many human flaws to catalog. The lead character of Steppenwolf Theatre’s new presentation, “The Book of Grace,” marks down survival within her created pages. The play is currently at the stage on Halsted thru May 18th, 2025. For tickets and info, click Book Of Grace.

At the Steppenwolf Theatre Thru May 18, 2025

Photo credit: Steppenwolf.org

Play Rating: 4.0/5.0

The character writing the book of the title … who uses the diary/memoir as a path to optimism … is Grace (Zainab jah), who is married to the Vet (Brian Marable), a hardline former military man who now works for the U.S. Border Patrol, and is about to receive a medal for a successful arrest there. Enter Buddy (Namir Smallwood), a prodigal son from the Vet’s first marriage, who is coming back – presumably for the medal ceremony – after 15 years. Grace and Buddy have a tentative relationship,...
See full article at HollywoodChicago.com
  • 4/14/2025
  • by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
  • HollywoodChicago.com
‘Rounding’ Review: Modest Thriller Conjures Atmospheric but Convoluted Suspense in a Rural Hospital
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Once considered the most disreputable of screen genres, horror has become so pervasive and popular that it’s not unusual now to see a movie presenting itself as such simply for the sake of commercial insurance. That seems the case with “Rounding,” a well-acted and atmospheric psychological thriller with Namir Smallwood as a medical resident who unravels in his new hospital placement. It’s got enough going on that the shoehorning of horror elements — including an eventual monster — feels gratuitous within a tricky narrative already over-compressed into an hour and a half.

Alex Thompson’s sophomore feature was actually made before last year’s acclaimed “Ghostlight,” though it’s only getting released well after a 2022 Tribeca Festival premiere. Doppelganger is distributing to U.S. theaters and on-demand platforms as of Feb. 14.

Working here sans his usual directing and writing partner Kelly O’Sullivan (though she plays a supporting role), Thompson establishes...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 2/14/2025
  • by Dennis Harvey
  • Variety Film + TV
‘Rounding’ Review: The Horror Doesn’t Stick in Alex Thompson’s Hospital-Set Drama
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Alex Thompson’s thriller Rounding doesn’t lack for details. Early on, after medical resident James (Namir Smallwood) shuffles between hospital rooms in burgundy scrubs, he releases his nervous energy by jogging through a blanket of snow, making the name of the rural town in which the story is set, Greenville, feel like a knowing joke. When he arrives home, it’s to a cramped basement apartment where the sounds of the upstairs neighbors echo through the ceiling. Would that Rounding’s story were as memorable as those details.

Rounding’s rudderless screenplay, which Thompson co-wrote with his brother Christopher Thompson, casts out in several directions at once, as though hoping that one of them will have a substantial impact on the viewer. James has transferred to Greenville after a breakdown, hoping the rural change of scenery can allow him to get his groove back. But complicating matters is that...
See full article at Slant Magazine
  • 2/10/2025
  • by Steven Scaife
  • Slant Magazine
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Don’t-Miss Indies: What to Watch in February
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Yes, we’re still in the warming glow of award season, but new movies never stop. Happily there are exciting new films to check out this February, including Cannes winners, cryptocurrency heists, cute little furry creatures, and some psychedelic horror.

Armand

When You Can Watch: February 7

Where You Can Watch: Theaters (Limited)

Director: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Cast: Renate Reinsve, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Øystein Røger

Why We’re Excited: This Norwegian psychological drama premiered at Cannes, earning a Caméra d’Or for first-time feature director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (grandson of Ingmar Bergman), pegged as one of ten European filmmakers to watch in 2015 by European Film Promotion. The story was inspired by the character of Elisabeth, Armand’s mother (Reinsve from The Worst Person in the World), who is called into school when her six-year-old threatens his classmate. The confrontation and ensuing revelations invite reflection on the way we form opinions about...
See full article at Film Independent News & More
  • 2/3/2025
  • by Cortney Matz
  • Film Independent News & More
Rounding Trailer: Ghostlight and Saint Frances Director Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller Arrives in February
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Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s deeply moving drama Ghostlight made a splash last year following its Sundance Film Festival premiere and subsequent summer release. Now, one of Thompson’s prior features, the psychological thriller Rounding, which premiered back at Tribeca Festival in 2022, is now finally getting a release next month. Led by Namir Smallwood, Michael Potts, and Never Rarely Sometimes Always star Sidney Flanigan, the new trailer has now arrived ahead of a February 14 theatrical and digital release.

Here’s the synopsis: “After a traumatic incident during his residency, young medical student James Hayman (Namir Smallwood) transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start. Observing that James is struggling and having difficulty connecting with patients, Dr. Harrison (veteran stage and screen actor Michael Potts) suggests he take a class focused on bedside manner and facilitating deeper relationships with patients. The demons of James’s past begin to catch...
See full article at The Film Stage
  • 1/10/2025
  • by Jordan Raup
  • The Film Stage
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Namir Smallwood in Chilling Hospital Horror 'Rounding' Official Trailer
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"There's something off... it just doesn't quite add up.." Doppelgänger Releasing has unveiled a new official trailer for an indie horror film called Rounding, which is finally getting a small theatrical + VOD release starting in February 2025. This one first premiered in 2022 at the Tribeca Film Festival and despite a solid festival run, it was never released. In the meantime, director Alex Thompson went on to make Ghostlight which was a big hit from last year's Sundance. After a traumatic incident, a driven young medical resident named Dr. James Hayman transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start, but the demons of his past start to catch up to him when he becomes consumed by the case of a patient with mysterious symptoms. Described as a "humanist and unconventional genre vision." The film stars Namir Smallwood as Dr. Hayman, with Sidney Flanigan, Michael Potts, Rebecca Spence. This trailer gets really...
See full article at firstshowing.net
  • 1/9/2025
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
‘Rounding’ Trailer: Sidney Flanigan Might Be Possessed in Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller
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“Ghostlight” and “Saint Frances” writer/director Alex Thompson is back onscreen with another festival hit: “Rounding.”

Thompson’s latest psychological thriller stars “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” breakout Sidney Flanigan as an asthma patient who starts to experience mysterious symptoms. Her stay at the hospital intersects with the arrival of young medical student James Hayman (Namir Smallwood), who previously endured a traumatic incident during his residency before transferring to a rural hospital for a fresh start.

Per the official synopsis, “the demons of James’ past begin to catch up with him when he becomes consumed by the case, and his grip on reality starts to slip as his disturbing nightmares, anxiety-fueled speculations, and physical injuries collide with the harsh realities of the world of medicine.”

Michael Potts and Rebecca Spence also star.

“Rounding” premiered at Tribeca 2022, and went on to screen at Rooftop and the Chicago International Film Festival. The film...
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  • 1/9/2025
  • by Samantha Bergeson
  • Indiewire
Doppelgänger Acquires Alex Thompson’s Dark, Psychological Thriller ‘Rounding’ (Exclusive)
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Music Box Films’ genre label Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to director Alex Thompson’s thriller “Rounding” from world sales company Visit Films.

The tense and chilling sophomore feature debuted in 2022 at the Tribeca Film Festival and screened at the Chicago Film Festival. Doppelgänger Releasing will open “Rounding” on Jan. 3 in select theaters. The film will hit digital platforms on Feb. 18.

“Rounding” stars Namir Smallwood (“American Rust”), Sidney Flanigan (“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”), Michael Potts, and Tony Award-winning director David Cromer.

After a traumatic experience while treating an elderly patient near the end of her life, resident doctor James Hayman (Smallwood) transfers to a rural hospital in Greenville, Illinois, for the second year of his residency for a fresh start. Having trouble connecting with patients, his superior Dr. Harrison (Potts) urges him to be more personable and take a “Bedside Technique” class.

When James becomes consumed with...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 11/15/2024
  • by Leo Barraclough
  • Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker Duo Kelly O’Sullivan And Alex Thompson Sign With Gersh
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With their upcoming pic Ghostlight premiering this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, filmmaker duo Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson have landed new reps signing with Gersh.

The film, which O’Sullivan wrote and co-directed with Thompson, who also produced, debuts in the Premiere section of Sundance on January 18.

Their previous film, Saint Frances, starring and written by O’Sullivan, and directed by Thompson premiered at SXSW in 2019, winning a Special Jury Prize for “Breakthrough Voice” and the Audience Award for Narrative Feature. Released in 2020, the film was one of the most acclaimed independent films of the year and was nominated for three Gotham Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and named by the National Board of Review as one of the Top Ten Independent Films of the year.

O’Sullivan and Thompson will next collaborate on Mouse, a dramatic coming-of-age comedy written by O’Sullivan, which they will also co-direct...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 1/16/2024
  • by Justin Kroll
  • Deadline Film + TV
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Preview: Alex Thompson’s ‘Rounding’ at 58th Chicago Intl. Film Fest. Oct. 15 & 16, 2022
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Chicago – Filmmaker Alex Thompson makes a triumphant return to the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff) with his second feature, “Rounding,” screening on October 15th & 16th. Click Alex T for info/tickets.

James (Kamir Smallwood) is a diligent medical resident, who has to transfer to a rural Illinois hospital due to the shadow of a traumatic experience at his previous post. But his past catches up with him when he encounters a new patient, 19-year-old Helen (Sidney Flanagan), whose asthma attacks and impending lung transplant strike him as suspicious. When he begins to push back, the previous trauma starts crashing his psyche, and that past may never reconcile with the present.

‘Rounding,’ Directed by Alex Thompson, at 58th TIFF

Photo credit: ChicagoFilmFestival.com

“Rounding” director Alex Thompson (he also co-wrote the film with his physician brother Christopher) created a indie splash with his debut film, “Saint Frances,” which was nominated for...
See full article at HollywoodChicago.com
  • 10/15/2022
  • by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
  • HollywoodChicago.com
Fusion Entertainment Signs Breakout ‘Triangle Of Sadness’ Actress Dolly de Leon
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Exclusive: Fusion Entertainment has signed veteran Filipino actress Dolly de Leon, who got her long-overdue international breakout role in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-Winner Triangle of Sadness, for management across all areas.

Triangle of Sadness, which was acquired by Neon for North American distribution and will also be released by other prestige distributors around the world, was enthusiastically received by audiences and critics alike.

Of de Leon and Triangle of Sadness, Deadline’s Pete Hammond raved “the film has the goods to compete in several categories including Picture, Director, Screenplay and, without question Best Supporting Actress for Filipino star Dolly de Leon..at this point (she) has to be a front-runner to win.”

Classically trained in the theater, de Leon is a well-known actress in the Philippines whose credits go back to the early 90’s. In film and TV, de Leon has worked with highly-regarded Filipino directors Lav Diaz...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 6/29/2022
  • by Valerie Complex
  • Deadline Film + TV
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‘Rounding’: Film Review | Tribeca 2022
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Click here to read the full article.

When medical resident James (Namir Smallwood) is assigned an acting class to improve his bedside manner, he bristles at the idea, describing it as “dishonest.” The teacher (David Cromer) gently pushes back. “Don’t your patients lie sometimes?” he asks. “They might,” James replies. “Their bodies usually don’t.”

The irony is that James will spend the bulk of Rounding obsessed with the idea that one specific body might be, if not lying, at least telling less than a complete truth — all while his own body betrays the fictions he tells himself, namely that he’s totally fine and in control. Those tensions make for a tense, occasionally terrifying thriller that’s hard to look away from, though what it’s ultimately trying to accomplish with all that energy isn’t always so clear.

Rounding opens with what will turn out to be...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 6/17/2022
  • by Angie Han
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in American Rust (2021)
‘Rounding’ Film Review: ‘Saint Frances’ Director Returns With Intense, Unsettling Thriller
Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in American Rust (2021)
Not many filmmakers can boast a 99 Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes for their small-scale debut, as Alex Thompson earned with 2019’s “Saint Frances.” Fewer still follow up with an even stronger second act.

Thompson co-wrote “Rounding” with his physician brother Christopher, and their psychological freakout is possessed of an almost visionary intensity. He’s described this film as inspired by the B-movie thrillers he watched on TV as a kid, but that significantly undersells its lingering power.

Indeed, the B-movie moments — ominous threats, manifested demons — are the weaker spots in an otherwise taut and terrifying emotional nightmare.

Also Read:

‘Saint Frances’ Film Review: Unhappy Millennial Matures While Caring for Kindergartner in Festival Fave

Namir Smallwood (“American Rust”) is exceptional as James, an ambitious medical resident who falls off the fast track when one of his patients dies. Though his sympathetic mentor urges him to push on, a shell-shocked James insists...
See full article at The Wrap
  • 6/9/2022
  • by Elizabeth Weitzman
  • The Wrap
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Exclusive Poster for Alex Thompson’s Tribeca Premiere Rounding Lights a Flame
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Following his SXSW winner and Indie Spirit nominee Saint Frances, writer-director Alex Thompson turns to the psychological drama for his next feature Rounding. Starring newcomer Namir Smallwood and Never Rarely Sometimes Always star Sidney Flanigan, the film––set to premiere tonight at Tribeca––was written by Thompson and his brother Christopher, a medical resident himself, and was inspired by his father’s stories of patients at work as a pulmonologist. Ahead of the premiere, we’re delighted to debut an evocative first poster.

Rounding follows driven medical resident James Hayman (Smallwood) who transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start. There, the demons of his past start to catch up to him when he becomes consumed by the case of young asthma patient Helen Adso (Flanigan). As James’ claims grow increasingly alarming, Helen’s mother is determined to keep the case out of his hands and the hospital administration...
See full article at The Film Stage
  • 6/9/2022
  • by Jordan Raup
  • The Film Stage
Adam Kersh and Chris Evans Launch Fusion Management, Clients Include Sean Baker, Cooper Raiff, Amy Seimetz (Exclusive)
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Chris Evans and Adam Kersh have launched Fusion Management, an artist-driven management company that will focus on actors, filmmakers and creators.

Their initial management roster features a number of notable clients with a particular focus on indie multi-hyphenates and auteurs. The list includes Sean Baker, who earned raves for “Red Rocket”; filmmaker and actor Amy Seimetz, the co-creator of “The Girlfriend Experience” on Starz and the star of “No Sudden Move”; Cooper Raiff, a writer, director, producer and actor whose film “Cha Cha Real Smooth” premiered at Sundance this week to critical acclaim; and Kelly O’Sullivan, the writer and star of the award-winning “Saint Frances.”

Evans, formerly a manager at One Entertainment, and Kersh, co-founder of Brigade Marketing, bring more than two decades of combined experience within the entertainment industry. The two want Fusion to be a landing ground for both established creators and emerging talent both in front of and behind the camera.
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 1/25/2022
  • by Brent Lang
  • Variety Film + TV
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2022 Tony Awards eligibility rulings, round one: Lead acting races heat up thanks to ‘Six,’ ‘Chicken & Biscuits,’ ‘The Lehman Trilogy’
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The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time during the 2021-2022 Broadway season to discuss eligibility of twelve productions for the 75th Annual Tony Awards in 2022. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

The productions discussed were: “Girl from the North Country,” “Pass Over,” “Lackawanna Blues,” “Six,” “Chicken & Biscuits,” “Is This A Room,” “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” “The Lehman Trilogy,” “Dana H.,” “Caroline, or Change,” “Diana, The Musical” and “Trouble in Mind.” No word yet on when the ceremony will take place, nor was there any announcement of a firm eligibility cut-off date.

The following determinations were made:

Jay O. Sanders and Mare Winningham will be considered eligible in the Lead Actor/Actress in a Musical categories for their respective performances in “Girl from the North Country.”

Colin Bates will be considered eligible in the Featured Actor in a Musical...
See full article at Gold Derby
  • 12/9/2021
  • by Sam Eckmann
  • Gold Derby
Tony Awards Eligibility Committee Crowns All ‘Six’ Queens & Three Lehmans As Leads
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The sextet of queens of Six and each of the three Lehman Brothers – or rather the performers in the Broadway roles – may compete in the Tony Awards’ lead acting categories this year, Tony administrators announced today.

The decision to consider the individual members of those ensemble casts was among the first set of eligibility rulings made for the 2021-2022 season. The Tony Awards Administration Committee met yesterday in the first of the several eligibility meetings the group will have before the end of the season next spring.

This round of decisions mostly addresses acting category decisions, determining whether various cast members of often large ensembles fall into the lead slots.

A decision was also made on Trouble in Mind, the Alice Childress play originally staged Off Broadway in 1955 that had never been produced on Broadway until this season. As it did several seasons ago with Mart Crowley’s 1968 play The Boys in the Band,...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 12/9/2021
  • by Greg Evans
  • Deadline Film + TV
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alex Thompson’s Rounding
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After receiving tons of accolades for his feature debut film Saint Frances, filmmaker Alex Thompson began the year shooting an under-the-radar sophomore feature in Chicago. A dramatic thriller with a hospital backdrop, Thompson cast the film pairing of Namir Smallwood (and actor making his debut and was schooled by the Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre) and Sidney Flanigan (who broke out in Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always). titled Rounding, Thompson reunited with cinematographer Nate Hursellers, and yes, Kelly O’Sullivan who co-wrote Saint Frances is also in the fold as a supporting player.

Gist: This follows a driven young medical resident (Smallwood) who transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start.…...
See full article at IONCINEMA.com
  • 11/24/2021
  • by Eric Lavallée
  • IONCINEMA.com
How Vaccines and Masks Are Making Broadway Safe Again
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The standing ovation was inevitable.

Not just because audiences getting to their feet and applauding has felt perfunctory and expected for decades. Pass Over is being lauded as the first play staged on Broadway since the coronavirus pandemic forced all live performances to stop in March 2020. And at the top of this performance during the official opening Sunday matinee at the August Wilson Theatre on August 22nd, the thousand or so people in attendance were greeted and welcomed and congratulated for being “one of the first audiences back to see a real Broadway play.
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  • 8/29/2021
  • by Jerry Portwood
  • Rollingstone.com
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Broadway returns with ‘Pass Over,’ a ‘rhapsodic’ play with ‘magnetic’ performances
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Almost 18 months after the last new show opened on Broadway – the musical “The Girl from the North Country,” which bowed on March 5, 2020 – the New York theatre community celebrated the rialto’s return with the premiere of “Pass Over.” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s play opened at the August Wilson Theatre on August 22 under the direction of Danya Taymor.

Inspired by both Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” and the book of Exodus, “Pass Over” occurs under the glow of a single streetlight. With a deft balance of comedy and horror, joy and sorrow, Nwandu explores centuries of systemic racism, including the plantation and the present, through the conversations between the indefatigably optimistic Moses (Jon Michael Hill) and Kitch (Namir Smallwood), which are punctuated by the two different white men (both played by Gabriel Ebert) who disrupt their space.

Watch 2021 Tony Awards slugfest: Who has the edge in the incredibly competitive Play races?...
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  • 8/26/2021
  • by David Buchanan
  • Gold Derby
‘Pass Over’ Broadway Review: The Promised Land Arrives In Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s Daring Play
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This summer’s big New York City performances have lugged considerable metaphorical baggage, from the giddy, vaxxed-but-maskless return of the Springsteen on Broadway concert during the pre-Delta shine of June, the resurgent Covid delays of Shakespeare in the Park and finally last night’s aborted, starry concert in Central Park, when the sky itself seemed to tell pop’s mightiest stalwarts, eh, not quite yet.

Tonight’s performance at the August Wilson Theatre of Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s thrilling Pass Over, the first Broadway play of the post-shutdown era, will, happily or not, carry some weighty burdens of its own. Forget the random media reports of the production’s maybe, maybe-not financial struggles – seriously, who isn’t struggling financially these days?

Equally unfair is asking Pass Over, or any other single Broadway production, to somehow reflect or embody all that’s happened in our world over the last 17 months of illness and death,...
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  • 8/22/2021
  • by Greg Evans
  • Deadline Film + TV
Second Broadway Production To Require Audience Covid Vaccinations: ‘Pass Over’ Follows ‘Springsteen On Broadway’ With Policy
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Though Broadway as an industry has yet to definitively rule on whether Covid vaccinations will be required of audience members this fall, a second production – Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Pass Over at the Jujamcyn-owned August Wilson Theatre – has announced that the policy will be enforced when the play begins previews next month.

With the announcement, Pass Over becomes the second Broadway production to require audience vaccinations, following the arrival in June of Springsteen on Broadway at the Jujamcyn-owned St. James Theatre. The two-show trend could suggest how Broadway, in general, will deal with the ongoing Covid situation when many more shows return in September.

The Pass Over production, which begins previews Aug. 4 and officially opens Sept. 12, indicated that producers will “revisit” the policy for possible revision in September “or sooner,” if necessary. The vaccination policy, for now, will be in effect for the month of August.

The policies...
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  • 7/16/2021
  • by Greg Evans
  • Deadline Film + TV
Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s ‘Pass Over’ Begins Broadway Run August 4, Taking Lead In Industry’s Return
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The Lincoln Center Theater production of Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s award-winning play Pass Over will begin performances August 4 at the August Wilson Theatre, making it first Broadway show in line to hit the stage since the industry’s Covid shutdown in 2020.

As now planned, Pass Over will begin preview performances nearly a full month before the previous front-runner, Hadestown, returns on Sept. 2. The official opening night for Pass Over will be Sunday, Sept. 12; tickets go on sale Friday for performances through Oct. 10.

Directed by Obie Award winner Danya Taymor, Pass Over will star Jon Michael Hill, Namir Smallwood in his Broadway debut, and Tony Award winner Gabriel Ebert (Matilda). Pass Over will mark the Broadway debuts of writer Nwandu and director Taymor.

The play’s world premiere was produced and presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and was filmed by director Spike Lee for a film...
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  • 6/1/2021
  • by Greg Evans
  • Deadline Film + TV
Sidney Flanigan, Namir Smallwood to Star in ‘Rounding’ From ‘Saint Frances’ Director Alex Thompson (Exclusive)
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Namir Smallwood and Sidney Flanigan will star in “Rounding,” a new dramatic thriller from “Saint Frances” director Alex Thompson. “Rounding” follows a driven young medical resident (Smallwood) who transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start. There, the demons of his past start to catch up to him when he becomes consumed by the case of a young asthma patient (Flanigan). The film was shot in secret in Chicago and just wrapped production.

Smallwood is an ensemble member at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He has also appeared in the television shows “Rust” and “Chicago Fire.” This is his feature film debut. Flanigan had critics raving with her work in “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” a drama about a young woman’s efforts to obtain an abortion. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit nomination for best female lead and won prizes from the Boston Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle.
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  • 3/5/2021
  • by Brent Lang
  • Variety Film + TV
‘Elementary’ Spoilers For Season 7,June 13, 2019 Episode 4 Revealed
Hey, "Elementary" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 3 of this current and last season 7. Now that it's all wrapped up and in the history books, it's time to take a look at some of the things that are going to take place in the next, new episode 4, which is scheduled to air next week. CBS was nice enough to serve up a few teaser descriptions via their episode 4 press release. So, that's what we'll be using for this spoiler session. To get things started, CBS' press release revealed that episode 4 is titled, "Red Light, Green Light." It sounds like episode 4 will feature some very dramatic, super intense and interesting scenes as a major explosion takes place! Holmes and Watson try to crack the case from multiple angles and more. We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the explosion situation. It turns out that we're going...
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  • 6/6/2019
  • by Chris
  • OnTheFlix
Gabriel Ebert, Jon Michael Hill, Namir Smallwood to Star in LCT3's Pass Over
LCT3Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Gabriel Ebert, Jon Michael Hill, and Namir Smallwood will be featured in its upcoming production of Pass Over, a new play by Antoinette Nwandu, directed by Danya Taymor, at the Claire Tow Theater 150 West 65 Street. This New York premiere of Pass Over will begin performances Saturday evening, June 2 and run for six weeks only throughSunday, July 15. Opening night is Monday, June 18.
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  • 4/4/2018
  • by BWW News Desk
  • BroadwayWorld.com
‘Kpop’ Tops the 2018 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations (Full List)
Off Broadway Korean-pop musical “Kpop” topped the nominations for the 2018 Lucille Lortel Awards, snagging nine nominations for the annual awards for Off Broadway fare.

“Kpop,” which Ars Nova (“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812”) produced in association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective, led a list of musical nominees that also included “Bella: An American Tall Tale” (six nominations) and “The Lucky Ones” (five.) The top-nominated play was “Mary Jane” (six nominations), the Amy Herzog play that premiered at New York Theatre Workshop in a staging that starred Carrie Coon (who’s nominated for an acting award).

Special awards will be given to Eve Ensler, for the lifetime achievement award; Michael Friedman, the late composer who will be inducted into the Lortel’s Playwrights’ Sidewalk; and Wp Theater, for body of work.

The full list of the 33rd annual Lucille Lortel Awards nominations follows. Winners will be announced...
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  • 4/4/2018
  • by Gordon Cox
  • Variety Film + TV
Jerry Springer
‘Torch Song’, ‘Jerry Springer The Opera’ Among Off Broadway’s Lortel Awards Nominees – Complete List
Jerry Springer
The name Jerry Springer isn’t one you’d likely connect with Off Broadway’s prestigious Lucille Lortel Awards, but there he is, or the opera named after him anyway, with 4 nominations.

The Off-Broadway League announced nominees for the 2018 Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway today. See the full list of nominees below.

This year’s awards ceremony, to be hosted by Laura Benanti and Jason Jones, who appear together on TBS’s The Detour, is set for Sunday, May 6, at the NYU Skirball Center. The evening will honor Tony-winning playwright and performer Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues) with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and longstanding Off-Broadway company Wp Theater for their Outstanding Body of Work.

Also this year, the Lortel Awards will posthumously elect composer Michael Friedman onto the Playwrights’ Sidewalk in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Manhattan’s West Village. The 41-year-old Friedman, who won an...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 4/4/2018
  • by Greg Evans
  • Deadline Film + TV
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