Sam Shepard to Star in EPIX's First Original Drama Series Pilot Tough Trade Produced by Lionsgate Nov 21, 2009
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acclaimed actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard is set to star in Lionsgates Tough Trade, the first original series pilot for EPIXTM, the new multi-platform entertainment service from Viacom Inc. (NYSE: - and - ), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE: - ) which launched October 30, 2009 ... Sam Shepard is the ideal actor to star in Tough Trade and we are proud to have him be a part of EPIXs... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Hawke of the town Nov 16, 2009
He also frequently does theater here he s set to direct Sam Shepard s A Lie of the Mind at the New Group this winter and he narrated a documentary about the High Line for its opening this summer as a public park ... He also frequently does theater here he s set to direct Sam Shepard s A Lie of the Mind at the New Group this winter and he narrated a documentary about the High Line for its opening this summer as a public park. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Death shuts Gate on plan for new nightspot Nov 7, 2009
Playwright Sam Shepard once bused tables ... Playwright Sam Shepard once bused tables. (New York Post -- News)
Second City Takeover Oct 23, 2009
The Steppenwolf Theatre burst on the national scene in the 1980s, introducing plays by Mamet, Sam Shepard and others, popularizing a high-voltage performance style and spawning stars like John Malkovich and Gary Sinise. The city's biggest resident theater, the Goodman, has produced everything from major revivals of Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller to last year's Pulitzer Prize winner, Ruined by Lynn Nottage, while a growing roster of smaller off-Loop theaters have nurtured experimental works... (Time.com)
Top 5 Best and Worst Airplane Movies Sep 10, 2009
Tom Wolfe wasn't all that crazy about the way they adopted his stirring epic for the big screen, but I liked it -- and did you know that Sam Shepard, who played test pilot Chuck Yeager, was actually afraid of flying. Related. (ABC News -- Business)
Stages Of Confrontation Jul 30, 2009
bonded over Sam Shepard and 1970s movies. "They dealt with morally ambiguous characters," Ahonen says, "and that's what we wanted to do with our theater.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Acclaimed Shakespeare actor returns with Vista production of 'Measure' Jul 24, 2009
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Rental Pick: The Right Stuff Jul 20, 2009
Main Actors: Sam Shepard, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward ... Adapted from Tom Wolfe s classic bestseller, The Right Stuff chronicles the birth of the U.S. space program beginning with Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard), the first man to prove the sound barrier could be broken. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Sex on the Desert Jul 15, 2009
Despite being credited to five screenwritersincluding Sam Shepard, then an up-and-coming off-off-Broadway playwrightthe story is a mere trifle, expanded by Antonioni from a news item about a young man who was killed when trying to return a stolen airplane. Language is seldom a priority in an Antonioni film (even more so here, given the leaden line readings) and the power of Zabriskie Point, unsurprisingly, lies in its charged imagery and its inspired soundtrack (psychedelic rock and... (Slate)
Vogueing at the MFA Jul 10, 2009
The Weymouth-bred actor, who s been on The Daily Show and The United States of Tara, was supposed to appear with his real-life brother (and Daily Show costar) Rob in True West, Sam Shepard s play about siblings, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival next week. But months ago, the elder-Corddry, Rob, pulled out of the performance because of scheduling conflicts. (Boston Globe)
ICON'S CAREER Jun 26, 2009
2000 - Starred opposite Sam Shepard as a middle-aged married couple in the TNT movie, "Baby". 2001 - Had leading role as the mother of a Downs Syndrome child in "Jewel" (CBS). (Fox News)
The Documentary Outrage: A Review Jun 23, 2009
Even news anchor Sam Shepard of Fox is cited. Kirby makes the valid point that closeted gay men such as Crist, Dreier, Koch and others are the epitome of hypocrisy. (Suite101.com)
STAGE U offers a place for actors Jun 19, 2009
Newberg and Hirsh are already working to pull together a production of Sam Shepard s True West with participants from this summer s workshops to present as a bonus show during the STAGE Fest next September. AT A GLANCE. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
'ZABRISKIE POINT' GETS 2ND LIFE ON DVD May 27, 2009
There isn't much in the way of plot in "Zabriskie Point" (Sam Shepard was one of five credited screenwriters), which takes its name from the setting of the movie's most infamous sequence. Making love for the first time on a gypsum dune on the canyon floor, Mark and Daria (as their impassive characters are known) imagine themselves surrounded by a hundred naked people -- played by members of Joe Chaikin's Open Theater and assorted hippies -- sprawled out in a mass orgy. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Summer events listings May 17, 2009
July 15 July 26: True West by Sam Shepard at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Tickets: $45-$59. (Boston Globe)
Review: 'Next Day Air' doesn't deliver May 9, 2009
Imagine if Sam Shepard and Snoop Dogg decided to collaborate. The movie begins promisingly. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Nephews Chris, 'Bouve' like Grey Gardens saga Apr 19, 2009
Brother Chris is an actor - "I've got the bug" - who came west to be part of the San Francisco theater scene in the late '70s, when Sam Shepard was playwright-in-residence of the Magic Theater ... "I finally got to chew the fat with Sam Shepard," Chris says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Lange, Barrymore are like mother and daughter after 'Grey Gardens' Apr 17, 2009
The whole point of these women is " " they didn't shy away from things," Lange finishes. As unexpected as Barrymore and Lange's friendship might seem, it comes across as heartfelt and touchy-feely, much like their appearance at this year's Golden Globes. The two couldn't be more opposite. Barrymore, who has dated actor Justin Long, runs her own production company and just directed her first film, the fall release Whip It! Lange, who is in a long-term relationship with playwright/actor Sam... (USA Today)
Hancock graduate to dance in D.C. Apr 6, 2009
Written by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin, the CSUEB interpretation is created and performed with a multiracial, intergenerational, physically integrated cast of dancers, actors and musicians with and without disabilities. The script is a collage of views, memories and interpretations of dying, all told through stories flashing through the mind of one dying man. (Santa Maria Times)
Coastal Rep presents riveting Sam Shepard study Apr 2, 2009
But when that strong drama is Coastal Repertory Theatre s ongoing production of the irreverent Sam Shepard drama True West, that would be a mistake cheating the viewer out of a memorable theater experience, chances for reflection and several belly laughs. In what is allegedly an examination of his own innate duality, Shepard uses engaging, clipped writing to grab the viewer right away and not let go, with a blend of suspense, empathy and black humor. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
In an effort to be hip, theater has lost its shock value Mar 30, 2009
At their best (and leaving aside their misogyny for another day), Sam Shepard and David Mamet can do this. I'm also delighted by outrageousness of the most graphic sort - Ryan Landry's deliriously blood-spattered, giddy, and weirdly moving "Medea" comes to mind, along with the flawed but incisive dark satire of Bruce Norris's "The Pain and the Itch," now at Company One - as long as it treats me as an equal, a grownup with a sense of humor, rather than as some stick figure who needs to be shaken... (Boston Globe)
Bruce Willis on life, acting and awards Mar 29, 2009
The one that was another big turn was a Sam Shepard play called "Fool for Love" that I did off-Broadway for about 110 performances. Q: What was your first impression of the David Addison Jr. character in "Moonlighting". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Where Stars Are Born Mar 28, 2009
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Duality explored in Shepard play Mar 26, 2009
Directed by theater veteran Tim Longo of Montara, True West, critically described as funny, naturalistic, terrifying, surrealistic, is playwright Sam Shepard s examination of duality in a role-reversal study of two brothers. Rife with multi-layered symbolism, it takes place on an expansive set surrounded by desert. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Actress Lange breaks collar bone Mar 20, 2009
Lange's long-term partner is US actor and playwright Sam Shepard. Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange has been hospitalised after breaking her collar bone at her home in Minnesota. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
John Lahr: “That Pretty Pretty; or, the Rape Play,” at the Rattlestick. Mar 9, 2009
There s sass and sarcasm in Callaghan s high-energy punk writing, which feels like early Sam Shepard in the way that it dumps the author s zany inner world in the audience s lap. Whether it will ever turn into anything but the sound of its own mocking voice, only time will tell. (New Yorker)
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A Trio of Mednick: Murray Mednick, best known for founding the Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop/Festival, which propelled the careers of Sam Shepard and Eduardo Machado, will have two of his plays (and one film) premiere Downtown at Art Share L.A. The Padua Playwrights Masters Tribute Series is offering Clown Show for Bruno and The Destruction of the Fourth World from March 26-April 19. The former is an homage to Polish writer/artist Bruno Schultz, who was enslaved by a Nazi officer during... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Sheridan departs 'Housewives' Feb 13, 2009
Actor-playwright Sam Shepard has pleaded guilty to speeding and drunken driving charges in central Illinois. Shepard apologized to McLean County Associate Judge Casey Costigan during the hearing and said he never intends to drive under the influence again. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Matthews may make return to Fenway Feb 13, 2009
The comedic brothers from Weymouth will play a pair of squabbling siblings in "True West" by Sam Shepard, which runs July 15 through July 26. Nate Corddry is a former theatre apprentice and has appeared on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," following in the footsteps of big brother Rob, who was a popular show correspondent. (Boston Globe)
Actor Sam Shepard pleads guilty to drunken driving, speeding Feb 12, 2009
BLOOMINGTON -- Nationally known playwright and actor Sam Shepard apologized to a McLean County judge Wednesday for driving drunk in Normal last month and agreed to pay fines and perform 100 hours of community service ... Actor and playwright Sam Shepard walks out of the McLean County Law and Justice Center in Bloomington on Wednesday afternoon after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol ... Actor and playwright Sam Shepard walks out of the McLean County Law and Justice Center... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Archive: Actor arrested in Normal Feb 12, 2009
Actor, playwright Sam Shepard arrested in Normal for alleged DUI By Ryan Denham ... NORMAL -- Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Sam Shepard was arrested early Saturday in Normal for allegedly driving under the influence and speeding after visiting a downtown Bloomington tavern, police said ... Actor Sam Shepard appears in a scene from the movie "Stealth" while filming aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Sam Shepard pleads guilty to DUI Feb 12, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. Actor-playwright Sam Shepard has pleaded guilty to speeding and drunken driving charges in central Illinois ... In this Sept. 2, 2007 file photo, actor Sam Shepard arrives for the screening of his movie 'The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford' at the 64th Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy ... Actor-playwright Sam Shepard pleaded guilty Wednesday Feb. 11, 2009 to speeding and drunken driving charges in central Illinois. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
