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In the fall, he directed Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road,” which was just named winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for best play.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Hauer said she, Tess and Claudia could "finally be ladies who lunch in the autumn" - although Hauer has since been cast as a dance teacher in comedy play Stepping Out from August.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Irish playwright Seamus Heaney adapted this play in 1990 as “The Cure at Troy,” finding in it an image of his country’s religious factionalism and the possibility of peace.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Afterwards, Turner challenged Murdoch to a fistfight and the two media icons continued to play out their rivalry in the business world.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
He’d let us play as many games as we wanted, and then if we still didn’t get the prize we were after, he’d play the game to win it for us.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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