David Henry Hwang – MRQE

TURA!

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The one and only Tura Satana. Best remembered for her role as the fierce Varla in Russ Meyers 1965 cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Turas real life was just as wild and unapologetic as her on-screen persona. And her post-film legacy was just as noteworthy, leaving a fist-shaped mark on pop culture and an indelible signature in burlesque stages, queer clubs, and comic conventions everywhere.

Joe Papp in Five Acts

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theaterarguably the most important theatre in North Americais profiled in this documentary that neither sanctifies nor vilifies him. He brought us free Shakespeare in the Park, Hair and A Chorus Line, and nurtured many of Americas greatest playwrights, directors and actors. His complex personality and mercurial behavior are much in evidence and spoken of with frankness through interviews with some of Americas most celebrated artists, including Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Kevin Kline, and James Earl Jones.

Hollywood Chinese

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.

Give My Regards to Broadway

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

John Lithgow, Christine Baranski, Brian Stokes Mitchell and other Broadway stars on how the Broadway community has responded to COVID-19, finding creative ways to perform during the shutdown and how the pandemic could change show business.