Comments about Anna Deavere Smith
Click to write a comment about Anna Deavere Smith
SHAGUARHuntress: Congratulations to Anna Deavere Smith, 2023 LPTW Rachel Crothers Leadership Awardee, and all of the recipients of the Theatre Women Awards!
BruceRFeldman: Not much has changed 30 years after the original production of Anna Deavere Smith's "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992"
Andrew_HoFW: “Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.” - Anna Deavere Smith
ZasuPitts3: Why isn’t Anna Deavere Smith a household name? She’s got a career with no blemishes. Not many can say that. Add to that her MONUMENTAL one woman documentary theatre. She is a powerhouse and truly eloquent and elegant and erudite.
CTGLA: Experience The 30th Anniversary Production of Anna Deavere Smith's groundbreaking play 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' in the place where it all began for $20! Visit
averagejenn: Anna Deavere Smith has refashioned her landmark verbatim solo show about the L.A. riots, TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES 1992, into a piece performed by an ensemble of 5 actors. On now at the Mark Taper Forum!
CoCoSouthLA: The hope is that the garden also helps reduce the temperature in the area, which is higher than in other parts of Los Angeles due to the abundance of asphalt and concrete and lack of green spaces.
CoCoSouthLA: Things to do in LA: “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” at Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum, playing March 8 - April 9, 2023. Three decades after bringing “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” to the stage, Anna Deavere Smith returns with a new cast and expanded vision.
moontwerk: Cornel West via Anna Deavere Smith
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
DrKuro9622: I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.,Anna Deavere Smith,Caring, Remember, Think ,
valsadie: 11pm CT - Best of Studs Terkel: Anna Deavere Smith (05/04/1995)
FabianHorologst: “Talking about acting is like talking about swimming” Anna Deavere Smith
kcrw: Garden in Watts offers healing to crime survivors
LisaMaccarley: 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' raises the voices of the city once more, 30 years later
MsOedipaMass: Hurt by crime? You can turn to Survivors Healing Garden | Greater LA
shakeandco: Congratulations, Anna Deavere Smith!
McGannJack: Kathryn Joosten
Eileen Brennan
Margot Martindale
June Diane Raphael
Millicent Martin
Anna Deavere Smith
Harriet Sansom Harris
Sophie Okonedo
Jampa_Phalam: Philadelphia 1993, Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen, 4K & HQ...
WomenFilmOfColr: Anna Deavere Smith Wins Rachel Crothers Leadership Award | Playbill
AltaJournal: Anna Deavere Smith’s landmark play, grounded in the past, gets a reboot for the present.
Gamechanger22: 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' raises the voices of the city once more, 30 years later
olivasdan: ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ Meets Los Angeles, 2023. Anna Deavere Smith’s landmark play, grounded in the past, gets a reboot for the present.
AltaJournal: When Anna Deavere Smith’s one-woman show, "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," premiered in 1993, it offered a kaleidoscopic view of a reeling city.
Now, it returns to the stage.
lfung: “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” is coming home — back to the Mark Taper Forum, where it began.
My latest on Anna Deavere Smith and the 30th anniversary of her play on the LA riots
latimesent: 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' raises the voices of the city once more, 30 years later
NewsInTweetsCom: Breaking NewsInTweets from Los Angeles Times:
latimes: 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' raises the voices of the city once more, 30 years later
smithBelll: Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith
frantasticbooks: 4 of 5 stars to Twilight by Anna Deavere Smith
frantasticbooks: Starting Twilight, by Anna Deavere Smith
bronxgrrl: We Were the Last of the Nice Negro Girls
In 1968, history found us at a small women’s college, forging our Black identity and empowering our defiance.
By Anna Deavere Smith
ArtsJournalNews: A "Documentary Opera" Asks What Russians Really Think About Russia:
ECSoArts: Our keynote speaker for this year's Teach-In on Race is Anna Deavere Smith
Smith will include theatrical performance elements, portraying people she has interviewed, recreating points of view on questions of race and social justice.
RSVP:
rahul72_rahul72: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
From Rahul
SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE
GreenEydMomster: *Previous hero icon was Anna Deavere Smith, for the curious.
andersleehere: Looking forward to the Anna Deavere-Smith solo show about Kyrie Irving's time on the Nets.
rahul72_rahul72: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
From Rahul
AUDIENCE WINNER SUMBUL
SUMBUL IG HITS 1M
Godgift64107811: Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us when we are very, very little. Which is the disrespect and fear of the other.
-Anna Deavere Smith
Kalim
AUDIENCE WINNER SUMBUL
artfulmanager: Attending! Eager to hear how Anna Deavere Smith experiences her work in a public policy context.
Omrai70043880: Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
KEEP WINNING HEARTS SHALIN
EmersonCollege: This year’s Teach-In on Race keynote address will be given by award-winning American actress, playwright, author and professor, Anna Deavere Smith.
Head to our website to learn more and see the full schedule of events.
For more:
ktriggerduffert: If you have PBS online access, I encourage you to watch Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles this weekend.
I can’t watch the trauma of body cams, but I can learn and rage and process with the help of art.
CTGLA: Anna Deavere Smith spent months interviewing hundreds of Angelenos to try to understand the L.A. riots, then brought her groundbreaking World premiere to the Mark Taper Forum. This powerful play returns home Mar 8 - Apr 9. Get your tickets now at
EmersonAlumni: Emerson’s Annual Teach-In on Race, a hybrid two-day event of sessions and performance on February 16-17, 2023.
.
This year’s theme is “Teaching Truthfully about Race and Racism within the Academy”
.
Read more here:
DorinneKondo: I’m delighted to share that I will be serving as a dramaturg for the revised version of Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, theater artist Anna Deavere Smith’s play about the Los Angeles uprisings. This marks the 30-year anniversary of Twilight’s world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum.
wrappedinsaran: A person I follow said she got a gift “from Anna (Deavere Smith)” and those parentheses made me laugh so hard for so long.
Kabhinakehna: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
JANTA KI JAAN PRIYANKA
luxurytrash_: I would also like to add: Anna Deavere Smith
RaanoTweets: Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
Rano
JANTA KI JAAN PRIYANKA
JuliaAyelen: “Be more tha ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on”
- Anna Deavere Smith
DianeHe76884108: Anna Deavere Smith
✅MINT LIVE:
✅LINK➡️
RaanoTweets: Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
ONE WOMAN ARMY PRIYANKA
BringSoup: Omg Anna Deavere Smith plays Joanne’s mom in the rent movie
gjouellette: Letters To A Young Artist By Anna Deavere Smith: I cannot say enough about this book. It was recommended to me by the incredible Maria-Christina Oliveras a year ago, and I finally finished it this year. It’s hard to overstate how much of a MUST READ this is for ANY artist.
Lady_Valkyri: I have so much admiration & respect for this artist & her work... Anna Deavere Smith On HBO's "Notes From The Field"
mwkcaroline: anna deavere smith
LeslieUggams: It's wonderful to hear Tania Leon's story! Especially told by Anna Deavere Smith.
MrsAlexanderTN: Even Nancy McNally showed up tonight at the Kennedy Center Honors. All jokes aside Anna Deavere Smith is a QUEEN!
SouthernGemGal: “Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner value with things in the world around you,” Anna Deavere Smith wrote in her spectacular letters of advice to young artists.”
jeanniewaites: Anna Deavere Smith’s New Musical About Ella Fitzgerald Being Workshopped in NYC
jeanniewaites: Grammy and Tony Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater to star in Ella Fitzgerald musical developed by Anna Deavere Smith
bentolentino_11: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
KYJI CHEERFUL XMAS
GoIntoTheStory: Anna Deavere Smith: “The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.”
cIaudiajcregg: anna deavere smith the real queen of this show
GoIntoTheStory: Anna Deavere Smith: “The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.”
KyJi_Delulu: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
KYJI ASAP XMASaya
bentolentino_11: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
KYJI ASAP POPparty
jennifergrieves: Odds & Ends: Anna Deavere Smith, Matthew Broderick & More Set for New La Jolla Playhouse Season
BrianJShanahan1: Odds & Ends: Anna Deavere Smith, Matthew Broderick & More Set for New La Jolla Playhouse Season
StallerCenter: Who's coming? ✋️
Anna Deavere Smith Presents ‘On the Road: A Search for American Character,’ Nov. 29
AmericanTheatre: Cristina Pla-Guzman reflects on the influences (including Gloria Estefan, Anna Deavere Smith, and Lin-Manuel Miranda) that led her to become the theatre artist and educator she is—and to be that influence for others.
MuseumofCityNY: Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith is truly a star. On Monday evening, we were thrilled to present Smith with the 2022 Louis Auchincloss Prize for her contributions to New York City’s cultural and performing arts landscape.
Photos by Jared Siskin /PMC.
americanrep: Sending a huge congratulations to our long-time friend and collaborator, Anna Deavere Smith!
brittanyzucker: Alley Theatre awards 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Black-ish' star Anna Deavere Smith for her revolutionary art form
HoustonChron: Alley Theatre awards 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Black-ish' star Anna Deavere Smith for her revolutionary art form
yoyoel: Just saw Anna Deavere Smith perform in Berkeley. Proud of myself for confronting my fear of enclosed spaces full of earnest white people.
BWW_NYC: Anna Deavere Smith to be Honored With 2022 Louis Auchincloss Prize by the Museum of the City of New York
bentolentino_11: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
KYJI ASAP CELEBRATION
kay_suigeneris: Read the play Fires In the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith. IYKYK.
MuseumofCityNY: Actor. Playwright. Author. Professor.
All of these words describe Anna Deavere Smith, known for her roles in The West Wing and Nurse Jackie. On Monday, 11/14, celebrate with us as we present Smith with the 2022 Louis Auchincloss Prize.
gupta07ayush: Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” —Anna Deavere Smith
jonathanrbailey: The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer. – Anna Deavere Smith
SBUCommunity: Anna Deavere Smith Presents ‘On the Road: A Search for American Character,’ November 29
bentolentino11: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
KYJI ROCKS ASAPStage
mzpamiO: Vonnegut best at it! “Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.” Anna Deavere Smith
BruceMohl: With the recent run of Twilight by playwright Anna Deavere Smith, the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge tried to broaden the audience exposed to the play’s racial issues by offering free or reduced-price tickets, primarily to high school students.
TheGreatlycom: PVAMU’S Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center to Host Screening and Discussion with Playwright and Actress Anna Deavere Smith
tnc_wrapup: PVAMU’S Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center to Host Screening and Discussion with Playwright and Actress Anna Deavere Smith PVAMU’S Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center to Host Screening and Discussion with Playwright and Actress Anna...
KyJi_Delulu: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
KYJI ASAP ALLSET
HeadlinesOT: PVAMU'S Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center to Host Screening and Discussion with Playwright and Actress Anna Deavere Smith
torchlitarts: Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, playwright, teacher, and author. She is credited with creating a new form of theater. Her most recent original work, Notes from the Field, looks at the vulnerability of youth, the criminal justice system, and contemporary activism.
PVAMU: PVAMU’s Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center to host screening, discussion with Playwright and Actress Anna Deavere Smith:
kenneynryan: if they put anna deavere smith on one of them Star Wars shows i would think about watching
BeautyBoostAest: "Friendship is a wildly underrated medication."
- Anna Deavere Smith
Michael56391796: “Twilight” is being presented at a time when the national focus on police killings of Black Americans is far more intense than it was three decades ago. Nonetheless, director Taibi Magar says, “We are not past it at all.”
In Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,’ ...
Pooja68376200: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
HEARTS WINNER FAINAT
kyalbr: Trigger Warning
and cutting this short.
But, Mia’s performances remind me of those old performances by Anna Deavere Smith.
Her one-woman show of word-for-word recitations, where she’d disappear into character.
Anna did a female prisoner once that still haunts me.
MaxParthas: Anna Deavere Smith discusses legalized slavery through constitutional exception clauses
PVAMU: Screening & Discussion of Anna Deavere Smith's film, Notes from the Field
Adapted from Anna Deavere Smith’s award-winning play, the HBO Film, NOTES FROM THE FIELD dramatizes the school-to-prison pipeline.
Register Here:
KearneyHub: Actor Robert Blake is 89. Gospel singer Bobby Jones is 84. Singer-actor Frankie Avalon is 82. Actor Beth Grant ("The Mindy Project," "No Country for Old Men") is 73. Guitarist Kerry Livgren of Kansas is 73. Actor Anna Deavere Smith…
