For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This Friday, December 10, 2021, the topic is SMART PEOPLE at Ujima.
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Joy is a word that can often be simple but a space that s hard to find. Lucky for us there are two Buffalo natives who have decided to create a new space to bring about joy!
Creating Space for Joy builds upon an improvisational practice deriving from African American experiences that connects the virtual and physical world to explore joy. Artists Naila Ansari (@naila moves joy) and Marquis Ten Thousand Burton (@tenthousandpoetry) develop a multidisciplinary work in process that imagines the performance of joy. They combine artist interviews, community discussions, and multimedia art to create an interactive archivable documentation of joy. In addition to live-performance and workshops, the space will build community through visual art by Tara Sasiadek who is a muralist, painter and installation artist. (@tarasasart)
This week s Theater Talk (01/29/2021) extended version
Jeanne Cairns as the nun Sister Clarissa terrorizes 12-year-old Rudy Pazinski in Tom Dudzik s OVER THE TAVERN.
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As reported in Anthony s blog, theatertalkbuffalo.com, the daughters of Jeanne Hebborn Cairns report that the actor, surely a Grand Dame of Buffalo Theater, has died after enduring dementia for many years. No funeral or service are planned at this time.
Winner of the Artie for Career Achievement Award in 2002, Jeanne was honored during Curtain Up! week in September, 2019 with induction into the Theatre District Association s Plaza of Stars. She now has a star in the Plaza of the Stars (which can be seen on the median where Tupper Street crosses Main Street in front of Shea s 710 Theatre, also known as the old Studio Arena Theater ).