Exclusive: Director-actor-writer Keith Powell has signed with Rain for management.
Powell started his career in front of the camera, perhaps known best for his series regular role as Toofer on 30 Rock. He most recently guest-starred on Apple TV+’s Shrinking.
Powell is currently directing the one-hour drama Will Trent for ABC, having just wrapped on the ABC half hour comedy Not Dead Yet. Some of his other directing credits include Interview With The Vampire for AMC, Dickinson for Apple TV+, Big Sky for ABC, and Single Drunk Female for Freeform.
As a writer he has also developed with HBO and Film 44.
Other acting credits include Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Better Things, This Is Us and Grace and Frankie.
Powell also is the founder and producing artistic director of Contemporary Stage Company, where he was behind productions starring Lynn Redgrave, Keith David, Jasmine Guy, Sean Patrick Thomas,...
Powell started his career in front of the camera, perhaps known best for his series regular role as Toofer on 30 Rock. He most recently guest-starred on Apple TV+’s Shrinking.
Powell is currently directing the one-hour drama Will Trent for ABC, having just wrapped on the ABC half hour comedy Not Dead Yet. Some of his other directing credits include Interview With The Vampire for AMC, Dickinson for Apple TV+, Big Sky for ABC, and Single Drunk Female for Freeform.
As a writer he has also developed with HBO and Film 44.
Other acting credits include Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Better Things, This Is Us and Grace and Frankie.
Powell also is the founder and producing artistic director of Contemporary Stage Company, where he was behind productions starring Lynn Redgrave, Keith David, Jasmine Guy, Sean Patrick Thomas,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Award-winning actor Richard Easton, who broke a 30-year break from Broadway to make an acclaimed performance in Tom Stoppard’s 2001 play The Invention of Love, died Dec. 2 at age 86.
Easton’s death was announced in a Facebook post by his friend and colleague James Wallert, co-artistic director of Epic Theatre Ensemble. No cause of death was disclosed.
Born in Canada and building an acclaimed, six-decade Broadway career beginning in the 1950s, Easton won the Tony for leading actor for his performance as A.E. Housman in the Stoppard play.
Easton made news of a different sort when he appeared in another Stoppard play five years later: During a preview of The Coast of Utopia, Easton fainted on stage after experiencing a heart arrhythmia. Co-stars Ethan Hawke and Martha Plimpton called out for a doctor in the house.
Easton’s death was announced in a Facebook post by his friend and colleague James Wallert, co-artistic director of Epic Theatre Ensemble. No cause of death was disclosed.
Born in Canada and building an acclaimed, six-decade Broadway career beginning in the 1950s, Easton won the Tony for leading actor for his performance as A.E. Housman in the Stoppard play.
Easton made news of a different sort when he appeared in another Stoppard play five years later: During a preview of The Coast of Utopia, Easton fainted on stage after experiencing a heart arrhythmia. Co-stars Ethan Hawke and Martha Plimpton called out for a doctor in the house.
- 12/11/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Easton, the Canadian actor who appeared two-dozen times on Broadway during his six-decade career and won a Tony Award for his performance in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love, has died. He was 86.
Easton, inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2008, died Dec. 2, according to James Wallert, co-artistic director of the Epic Theatre Ensemble in New York. "Richard was a phenomenal actor, an inspiring teacher and a shining example of what it means to be a professional," he wrote on Facebook.
After his triumphant performance as British poet A.E. Housman in 2001's ...
Easton, inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2008, died Dec. 2, according to James Wallert, co-artistic director of the Epic Theatre Ensemble in New York. "Richard was a phenomenal actor, an inspiring teacher and a shining example of what it means to be a professional," he wrote on Facebook.
After his triumphant performance as British poet A.E. Housman in 2001's ...
- 12/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Richard Easton, the Canadian actor who appeared two-dozen times on Broadway during his six-decade career and won a Tony Award for his performance in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love, has died. He was 86.
Easton, inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2008, died Dec. 2, according to James Wallert, co-artistic director of the Epic Theatre Ensemble in New York. "Richard was a phenomenal actor, an inspiring teacher and a shining example of what it means to be a professional," he wrote on Facebook.
After his triumphant performance as British poet A.E. Housman in 2001's ...
Easton, inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2008, died Dec. 2, according to James Wallert, co-artistic director of the Epic Theatre Ensemble in New York. "Richard was a phenomenal actor, an inspiring teacher and a shining example of what it means to be a professional," he wrote on Facebook.
After his triumphant performance as British poet A.E. Housman in 2001's ...
- 12/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ethan Hawke’s appearance on “The Graham Norton Show” is going viral thanks to a story the actor shared in which he remembered one unforgettable night during the time he was starring in a 2006 New York production of Tom Stoppard’s “The Coast of Utopia.” Hawke’s co-star, Canadian actor Richard Easton, head a heart attack on stage and died.
“We were doing a scene where he plays my father, where I would have to ask him for money, and he would get very angry with me,” Hawke said. “Well, one day he was doing it and he got particularly mad and particularly heated…he had a heart attack and fell down on center stage and the audience thought it was absolutely hysterically funny. He hit like a watermelon.”
Hawke had done plays with Easton in the past, so he knew something was “terribly wrong.” Fortunately, Easton received medical attention...
“We were doing a scene where he plays my father, where I would have to ask him for money, and he would get very angry with me,” Hawke said. “Well, one day he was doing it and he got particularly mad and particularly heated…he had a heart attack and fell down on center stage and the audience thought it was absolutely hysterically funny. He hit like a watermelon.”
Hawke had done plays with Easton in the past, so he knew something was “terribly wrong.” Fortunately, Easton received medical attention...
- 6/5/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
As previously announced on Screenterrier back in October, newcomers 15 year old Archie Cox from Cirencester, who didn't realise he was auditioning for the main role until he was down to the final three, and 16 year old Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, the daughter of actor Lorraine Ashbourne and Andy Serkis who will be making her own television debut, star in the new BBC adaption of of Laurie Lee's classic memoir of the Cotswolds, Cider With Rosie.
The younger versions will be played by Georgie Smith, a ten-year-old schoolboy from Cheltenham, and Libby Easton, a seven-year-old who lives near Laurie Lee’s real home in Slad, pictured above.
Georgie, Libby and Archie were all spotted in Gloucestershire schools, where they were among 500 pupils who took part in casual workshops while casting directors looked on.
Director Phillippa Lowthorpe said: “We really wanted to capture authentic accents and the sense of an innocence you get in the countryside.
The younger versions will be played by Georgie Smith, a ten-year-old schoolboy from Cheltenham, and Libby Easton, a seven-year-old who lives near Laurie Lee’s real home in Slad, pictured above.
Georgie, Libby and Archie were all spotted in Gloucestershire schools, where they were among 500 pupils who took part in casual workshops while casting directors looked on.
Director Phillippa Lowthorpe said: “We really wanted to capture authentic accents and the sense of an innocence you get in the countryside.
- 9/12/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
On Monday, June 9, 2014, Sir Kenneth Branagh presented the Shakespeare Medal to Richard Easton and The Public Theater's Oskar Eustis presented the Linda Gross Playing Shakespeare Award to Hamish Linklater at the Shakespeare Society's Annual Playing Shakespeare Celebration. Scroll down for photos of the event, which included guests such as Lily Rabe, Jack O'Brien, Stephen DeRosa, Jacob Fishel, Jimmy Yuill, Dakin Matthews, Chukwudi Iwuji, and more...
- 6/12/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater, under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop, presents Bianca Amato, Shirine Babb, John Patrick Doherty, Austin Durant, Richard Easton,Francesca Faridany, Stephanie Fieger, Malcolm Gets, John Glover, Ben Horner, Ruy Iskandar, Brian d'Arcy James, Byron Jennings, Aaron Krohn, Jeremiah Maestas, Christopher McHale, Jonny Orsini,Sam Poon, Triney Sandoval, Nathan Stark, Daniel Sunjata, Patrick Vaill, Tyler Lansing Weaks, Derek Wilson, Ethan Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff in Shakespeare's MacBeth, directed by Jack O'Brien. Let's see what the critics had to say...
- 11/22/2013
- by Review Roundups
- BroadwayWorld.com
Jack O’Brien’s flashy staging of “Macbeth,” which opened Thursday at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont, isn’t the Bard for Dummies. But it does help if you know less about Shakespeare and more about the movies. Take, for example, that scene early in the play when Ethan Hawke’s Macbeth and Anne-Marie Duff’s Lady Macbeth are plotting the murder of the king (Richard Easton). They’re clearly a rattled, demented duo but also very much a loving married couple who, if their kisses are any evidence, enjoy a great sex life. Beyond that display of erotic passion,...
- 11/22/2013
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
Lincoln Center Theater, under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop, presentsBianca Amato, Shirine Babb, John Patrick Doherty, Austin Durant, Richard Easton, Francesca Faridany, Stephanie Fieger, Malcolm Gets, John Glover, Ben Horner, Ruy Iskandar, Brian d'Arcy James, Byron Jennings, Aaron Krohn, Jeremiah Maestas, Christopher McHale, Jonny Orsini, Sam Poon, Triney Sandoval, Nathan Stark, Daniel Sunjata, Patrick Vaill, Tyler Lansing Weaks, Derek Wilson, Ethan Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff in Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Jack O'Brien.The production, which features a cast of 27, is currently in previews and will open on Thursday, November 21 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights of the cast in action below...
- 11/21/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater, under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop, presentsBianca Amato, Shirine Babb, John Patrick Doherty, Austin Durant, Richard Easton, Francesca Faridany, Stephanie Fieger, Malcolm Gets, John Glover, Ben Horner, Ruy Iskandar, Brian d'Arcy James, Byron Jennings, Aaron Krohn, Jeremiah Maestas, Christopher McHale, Jonny Orsini, Sam Poon, Triney Sandoval, Nathan Stark, Daniel Sunjata, Patrick Vaill, Tyler Lansing Weaks, Derek Wilson, Ethan Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff in Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Jack O'Brien.The production, which features a cast of 27, is currently in previews and will open on Thursday, November 21 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights of the cast in action below...
- 11/18/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
The debut Shaw play to inaugurate Project Shaw's new home will be Shaw's Don Juan in Hell today, October 28 at 7pm. Directed by David Staller, Don Juan in Hell stars Tony Award winner Richard Easton The Statue, Tony Award nominees Michael Cumpsty The Devil and Alison Fraser Dona Ana with Max Gordon Moore Don Juan. The evening is hosted by Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies. There will be special performances by Tony Award winner George S. Irving and Tony Award nominee Charlotte Rae, with Beth Ertz on the piano.
- 10/28/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater, under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop, will present Bianca Amato, Shirine Babb, John Patrick Doherty, Austin Durant, Richard Easton, Francesca Faridany, Stephanie Fieger, Malcolm Gets, John Glover, Ben Horner, Ruy Iskandar, Brian d'Arcy James, Byron Jennings, Aaron Krohn, Jeremiah Maestas, Christopher McHale, Jonny Orsini, Sam Poon, Triney Sandoval, Nathan Stark, Daniel Sunjata, Patrick Vaill, Tyler Lansing Weaks and Derek Wilson will join Ethan Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff in its upcoming production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Jack O'Brien. The production, which will feature a cast of 27, will begin previews on Thursday, October 24 and open on Thursday, November 21 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.The company just met the press and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the special event below...
- 10/2/2013
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater, under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop, has announced that Bianca Amato, Shirine Babb, John Patrick Doherty, Austin Durant, Richard Easton, Francesca Faridany, Stephanie Fieger, Malcolm Gets, John Glover, Ben Horner, Ruy Iskandar, Brian d'Arcy James, Byron Jennings, Aaron Krohn, Jeremiah Maestas, Christopher McHale, Jonny Orsini, Sam Poon, Triney Sandoval, Nathan Stark, Daniel Sunjata, Patrick Vaill, Tyler Lansing Weaks and Derek Wilson will join Ethan Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff in its upcoming production of Shakespeare's MacBeth, directed by Jack O'Brien. The production, which will feature a cast of 27, will begin previews on Thursday, October 24 and open on Thursday, November 21 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.
- 9/3/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On March 3, 2013, Epic Theatre Ensemble held their Annual Gala, Remix Mix It Up With Epic. The event was held at the McKittrick Hotel, home of Sleep No More. This year's honoree was Tony Award-Winning actor Richard Easton. Highlights of the evening included performances from high school students in Epic's Shakespeare Remix program winner of the the 2009 National Arts amp Humanities Youth Program Award the live fundraising auction with celebrity auctioneer Gordon Elliottand the funny and heartfelt tribute to Easton by Ethan Hawke and Aaron Krohn currently appearing together Off-Broadway in Clive.
- 3/7/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Italian composers seem to be F. Murray Abraham's forte. The American-born character actor, who took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as the Italian composer Antonio Salieri in Amadeus, can now add another Italian composer to his resume as he steps into the role of Gioacchino Rossini in Terrence McNally's new play, Golden Age. Photos: Tony Awards 2012: Stars of Stage and Screen Celebrate Broadway's Big Night The actor, who most recently appeared on The Good Wife and FX's Louie, will take over the role for Richard Easton, who is leaving the Off Broadway production for
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- 11/14/2012
- by Joshua Stecker
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company Carl Forsman, Artistic DirectorDamon Chua, Executive Director today announced that John Cunningham would join Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull for Tina Howes Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs. Mr. Cunningham replaces the previously announced Richard Easton, who had to withdraw due to a scheduling conflict. Performances will begin February 14, with Opening Night set for March 6.
- 1/17/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1968, Exit the King opened at the Lyceum Theatre where it ran for 47 performances. The revival opened on Broadway in a limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, with previews starting March 7, 2009, opening March 26, and closing June 14. Directed by Armfield, the cast stars Geoffrey Rush who won a Tony Award for his performance, Susan Sarandon, William Sadler, Andrea Martin, Lauren Ambrose and Brian Hutchison. It had previously been produced on Broadway by the Apa-Phoenix Repertory Company, directed by Ellis Rabb and starred Richard Easton as the King, Patricia Conolly as Queen Marie, Eva Le Gallienne as Queen Marguerite, and Pamela Payton-Wright as Juliette.
- 1/9/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Monday January 9, Red Bull Theatre will hold a staged reading of Pirandello's Henry IV, a new version of the classic play written by Tom Stoppard. Jack Obrien will direct the reading, which will feature the talents of Richard Easton, Jennifer Ehle, John Elison Conlee, Victor Garber, Darren Goldstein, Mamie Gummer, Aaron Krohn, Patrick Page, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Benjamin Walker, and Paxton Whitehead. Daniel Stewart Sherman...
- 1/6/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Dismissed by the critics when it opened Nov. 21, "Elling" is closing after just nine regular performances. Adapted by Simon Elling from the 2002 Oscar-nominated Norwegian comedy, the play was a hit in the West End three years ago. However, the frothy comedy fell flat with audiences on this side of the pond. And such a short run does not bode well for being remembered by any of the season-end awards. Tony champ Denis O'Hare ("Take Me Out") played the title character, one of a pair of mismatched roommates, while Brendan Fraser made his ill-fated Broadway debut as the other. Also along for the bumpy ride were Tony winner Richard Easton ("The Invention of Love") and a pair of one-time Drama Desk contenders -- Jennifer Coolidge ("The Women") and Jeremy Shamos ("Animals Out of Paper"). Behind the scenes was led by Tony-winning director Doug Hughes ("Doubt") who marshalled talented Tony-winning folk like two-time champ.
- 11/25/2010
- Gold Derby
Paul Wesley attends Elling Broadway Opening Night After Party.Photo copyright christopher smith / PR Photos. Ruben Santiago-Hudson attends Elling Broadway Opening Night After Party.Photo copyright christopher smith / PR Photos. Victor Garber attends Elling Broadway Opening Night After Party.Photo copyright christopher smith / PR Photos. Jamie Lynn Sigler attends Elling Broadway Opening Night After Party.Photo copyright christopher smith / PR Photos.os Dayle Reyfel and Eugene Pack attend Elling Broadway Opening Night After Party.Photo copyright christopher smith / PR Photos. 11/21/2010 - Richard Easton - "Elling" Broadway Opening Night - After Party - Soho House - New York City, NY, USA © christopher smith / PR Photos 11/21/2010 - Victor Garber - "Elling" Broadway Opening...
- 11/23/2010
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Move over Adrian Cronauer, Barry, and Grant Mazzy!
There's a new sheriff in the radio booth. The oft-mimicked and irreplaceable Christopher Walken recently tried his hand at radio, filling in for NPR's Leonard Lopate the other day. There's no cowbell, nor strange monologues about wristwatches, but it's completely delightful. This is 100% earnest Walken, chatting with friends and a slew of other guests, namely: Tony winners Jack O'Brien and Richard Easton, Zoe Kazan (Me and Orson Welles, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Eddie Izzard in a quick drive-by, dancers Jacques D'Amboise and Alex Shimizu, and Chef Lidia Bastianich and her mother, who turn out to be childhood friends of Walken's, from his days in Queens.
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There's a new sheriff in the radio booth. The oft-mimicked and irreplaceable Christopher Walken recently tried his hand at radio, filling in for NPR's Leonard Lopate the other day. There's no cowbell, nor strange monologues about wristwatches, but it's completely delightful. This is 100% earnest Walken, chatting with friends and a slew of other guests, namely: Tony winners Jack O'Brien and Richard Easton, Zoe Kazan (Me and Orson Welles, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Eddie Izzard in a quick drive-by, dancers Jacques D'Amboise and Alex Shimizu, and Chef Lidia Bastianich and her mother, who turn out to be childhood friends of Walken's, from his days in Queens.
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- 8/17/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Revolutionary Road is, at the very best, intriguing. It is well acted, contains fantastic direction and for all intents and purposes it is a film for the ages.
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However, something just doesn't sit right in the film. Something is missing. The film spoke, I listened, but didn’t necessarily fall in love with what I heard. What is missing from Justin Haythe’s adaptation is the history of the story’s characters. There is an understanding to be reached for why each character in the story is where they are and in most cases it is not entirely evident as crucial pieces of each character’s lives seems to be missing.
Frank and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) have made their home in the suburbs on Revolutionary Road. Set in the mid-1950s the story revolves around the lives of the Wheelers and those they come into contact with.
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However, something just doesn't sit right in the film. Something is missing. The film spoke, I listened, but didn’t necessarily fall in love with what I heard. What is missing from Justin Haythe’s adaptation is the history of the story’s characters. There is an understanding to be reached for why each character in the story is where they are and in most cases it is not entirely evident as crucial pieces of each character’s lives seems to be missing.
Frank and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) have made their home in the suburbs on Revolutionary Road. Set in the mid-1950s the story revolves around the lives of the Wheelers and those they come into contact with.
- 3/6/2009
- by mihirkula
- India.com
Bam and The Old Vic announce The Bridge Project Benefit, celebrating the inaugural year of repertory co-productions from Bam, The Old Vic, and Neal Street Productions. The February 17 event begins at 6pm with cocktails and dinner onstage at the Bam Howard Gilman Opera House followed by an 8pm performance of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at the Bam Harvey Theater, directed by Sam Mendes and featuring a star-studded, transatlantic cast including Simon Russell Beale, Sin?ad Cusack, Richard Easton, Rebecca Hall, Josh Hamilton, and Ethan Hawke. The evening concludes with a post-performance dessert reception with the cast onstage at the Bam Howard Gilman Opera House. Benefit tickets can be purchased though Bam Patron Services at 718.636.4182.
- 2/5/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Casting Directors: Ellen Lewis and Debra Zane Director: Sam Mendes Writer: Justin Haythe Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon The Pitch: Frank and April Wheeler (DiCaprio and Winslet), an idealistic couple in the 1950s, grow increasingly dissatisfied with their suburban existence.Why turn to the theatre to cast the supporting roles in director Sam Mendes' period drama? "Because you're going to get a better actor," says casting director Debra Zane. The much-anticipated mid-century drama Revolutionary Road reteams Mendes' wife, Kate Winslet, with her Titanic co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio. The L.A.-based Zane, noted for her work on American Beauty and other Mendes projects, and New York CD Ellen Lewis, who cast Mamma Mia! and the soon-to-be-released Shutter Island, previously collaborated on the dark comedy Pleasantville. "I really look at casting as creating a world," says Lewis. "You're attempting to capture the director's vision of that world.
- 12/11/2008
- backstage.com
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