2nd Space announces its 2009 lineup Aug 8, 2008
"Educating Rita" (April 23-June 14) -- This comedy by British playwright Willy Russell was turned into a lauded 1983 film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. It's about a bitter professor who agrees to tutor a working-class hairdresser. (Fresno Bee)
A toast to 'Shirley Valentine' and everything on her mind Oct 30, 2007
My sisters and my mom did, too, all falling in love with the 1989 movie Willy Russell adapted from his one-woman play ... "But, I've got to tell you," Simpson said, girlfriend to girlfriend, "even if you don't get any of that from it, and I'm sure a lot of people who see the play don't, you laugh and you laugh and you laugh, because she has, from Willy Russell, a wonderful bunch of stories about the people who have been in her life.". (The Clarion-Ledger)
In Educating Rita, an odd couple connects Sep 22, 2007
The two-character bittersweet romantic comedy by British playwright Willy Russell, which ran briefly in August, is being housed in the comfy 100-seat Unicorn Theater in Stockbridge. The play ran in the West End in London for two years before being made into a film into a film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Eerie arena adds to show Sep 21, 2007
Willy Russell wrote the musical, which includes slang words such as "quid," "git" and "bloody," in 1983. "Now you know the devil's got your number," the narrator sings, and maybe the Thespians have got it, too, with the fall chill settling around the Boal Barn this weekend. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Q&A: curriculum reform Jul 12, 2007
The issue explained: Secondary school curriculum reform. Donald MacLeod looks at what 11 to 14-year-old pupils can expect to learn under the latest reforms to the secondary school curriculum. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
» Theater schedule Jun 14, 2007
Aug. 21 - Oct. 20 - Unicorn Theatre: "Educating Rita." By Willy Russell; directed by Richard Corley. With Jonathan Epstein and Tara Franklin. (CTNow.com)
