Yasmina Reza Wins 2009 Tony Award for Best Play (June 8th)

Yasmina Reza Wins 2009 Tony Award for Best Play (June 8th)
by Darius Kadivar
22-Jul-2009
 

Playright Yasmina Reza won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play for "God of Carnage" . Three Awards in All including Best Actress in a Leading Role (Marcia Gay Harden) and best Director (Matthew Warchus). Event took place on June 8th , 2009 at the New York Radio City Hall. 

Matthew Warchus and Yasmina Reza's Acceptance Speech for Respectively Best Director and Best Play

Marcia Gay Harden - Tony Awards 2009 for Best Actress in a Leading Role (God of Carnage)

Stars gather in NYC for the premiere of the new Broadway comedy 'God of Carnage' starring James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeff Daniels and Hope Davis.

Related Article In French Daily Le Figaro:

Yasmina Reza Triomphe à New York

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fozolie

foreginer appreciates modernist movement in iran

by fozolie on Fri Jul 24, 2009 06:30 AM PDT

Off topic but his book on Mani was amazing. Think it was called Gardens of Light.  I understood how those Budha statues in Afghanistan could have come about (freedom of worship in eastern part of Greater Iran). 

Mr. Fozolie


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Darius Kadivar

She is very popular in France and Europe in general

by Darius Kadivar on Thu Jul 23, 2009 01:46 AM PDT

Indeed she is quite popular in the French intellectual circles. I am not as enthusiastic about her work but I know that many actors love her writing because it gives them a great deal of satisfaction in terms of performing and dialogue.

As for Amin Maalouf who is Lebanese he is a great thinker and has a perfect knowledge of the history and culture of Iran. I particularly loved his book Samarkand.


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fozolie

thanks

by fozolie on Wed Jul 22, 2009 03:02 PM PDT

I have ordered a couple of her books. There are some really interesting Iranians around. Hungarian/Iranian mix!

Reading the reviews I wish I had seen her play Art.  

Also good to see someone like her break into the very narow minded introvert Anglo-Saxon literary world. It is not easy to get translations of good foreign authors. Last one I enjoyed was Amin Malouf and that's quite a while ago.

Mr. Fozolie


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