Not every scene in “A Raisin in the Sun” is about being black in 1950s Chicago. Not every scene in “The Boys in the Band” is about being gay in 1960s Manhattan. Every scene in “Southern Comfort” is about being transgender in the contemporary Deep South. The new musical, which opened Sunday at the Public Theater, is based on Kate Davis’ 2001 documentary about Robert Eads, a transgender man who was denied treatment for his ovarian cancer, and died. Just like “Raisin” and “Boys,” “Southern Comfort” is a groundbreaking work in the theater. Its relentless focus, however, might prevent it from.
- 3/14/2016
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
The Public Theater announced today that the transformative, heart-soaring musical Southern Comfort has been added to the 2015-16 downtown season. Directed by Thomas Caruso and based on the film by Kate Davis, Southern Comfort features book and lyrics by Dan Collins and music by Julianne Wick Davis and was conceived for the stage by Robert DuSold and Thomas Caruso. Southern Comfort begins previews on Tuesday, February 23 and will run through Sunday, March 27 in The Public's Anspacher Theater, with an official press opening on Monday, March 7.
- 11/5/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tangerine
Directed by Sean Baker
Written by Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch
USA, 2015
Director Sean Baker (Starlet, Prince of Broadway, Take Out) was reportedly inspired to make Tangerine, after observing the customers of a donut shop in Hollywood’s red-light district. Tangerine’s stars are a pair of first-time actresses, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor. They play two trans sex workers – Sin-Dee, who’s just been released from a 28-day stint in prison for drug possession – and her best friend Alexandra who prepares for a gig singing at a local nightclub. The film follows the duo over the course of a day – opening on a donut shop which serves as one of the key locations the two transitioning male-to-female call girls hang out. It’s the morning of Christmas Eve at the sketchy intersection of Santa Monica and Highland in Los Angeles and Alexandra and Sin-Dee are sharing a red-and-green sprinkled donut.
Directed by Sean Baker
Written by Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch
USA, 2015
Director Sean Baker (Starlet, Prince of Broadway, Take Out) was reportedly inspired to make Tangerine, after observing the customers of a donut shop in Hollywood’s red-light district. Tangerine’s stars are a pair of first-time actresses, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor. They play two trans sex workers – Sin-Dee, who’s just been released from a 28-day stint in prison for drug possession – and her best friend Alexandra who prepares for a gig singing at a local nightclub. The film follows the duo over the course of a day – opening on a donut shop which serves as one of the key locations the two transitioning male-to-female call girls hang out. It’s the morning of Christmas Eve at the sketchy intersection of Santa Monica and Highland in Los Angeles and Alexandra and Sin-Dee are sharing a red-and-green sprinkled donut.
- 7/16/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
HBO Documentary Films bought U.S. and overseas TV rights to the docu The Newburgh Sting, by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, who helmed Southern Comfort and The Cheshire Murders for the payweb. It debuts April 20 at Tribeca and will premiere on HBO in July. Pic reveals FBI involvement in the homegrown terror case of the “Newburgh Four.” Never before told publicly, the story offers startling insights into the state of surveillance in a post-9/11 world. Four street criminals with no history of violence or political ties, from an impoverished and largely African-American community, were drawn by a Pakistani FBI informant into a carefully orchestrated plot to bomb Jewish synagogues in a wealthy suburb of New York City and fire Stinger missiles at U.S. military supply planes. Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a Swat team and FBI aircraft, played out under the gaze of major television outlets,...
- 4/3/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
HBO Documentary Films bought U.S. and overseas TV rights to the docu The Newburgh Sting, by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, who helmed Southern Comfort and The Cheshire Murders for the payweb. It debuts April 20 at Tribeca and will premiere on HBO in July. Pic reveals FBI involvement in the homegrown terror case of the “Newburgh Four.” Never before told publicly, the story offers startling insights into the state of surveillance in a post-9/11 world. Four street criminals with no history of violence or political ties, from an impoverished and largely African-American community, were drawn by a Pakistani FBI informant into a carefully orchestrated plot to bomb Jewish synagogues in a wealthy suburb of New York City and fire Stinger missiles at U.S. military supply planes. Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a Swat team and FBI aircraft, played out under the gaze of major television outlets,...
- 4/3/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Who says you have to go to a festival to get your film picked up? Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, who already have a relationship with HBO after working on "Southern Comfort" and "The Cheshire Murders," had their latest work acquired by the premium cable network Thursday. HBO nabbed U.S. and international television rights to "The Newburgh Sting" today before its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month. "We are very excited to partner with HBO and shine a light on the Newburgh case," Davis and Heilbroner said. "Our goal is to have people understand what really happened to these so-called terrorists and discover how vital it is to look beyond news bites and the government's claims." "The Newburgh Sting" focuses on the state of surveillance in a post-9/11 world and features new footage from the FBI revolving around the homegrown terror case of the "Newburgh Four.
- 4/3/2014
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“The Cheshire Murders,” airing on HBO July 22, is, in part, a blow-by-blow account of the unspeakable 2007 Connecticut home invasion that left a mother and her two daughters dead, and made Dr. William Petit his state’s leading advocate for the death penalty (which was abolished there nonetheless).But as the film also indicates, no one needed to have died at all.Directed by Kate Davis (“Southern Comfort”) and David Heilbroner, the documentary offers a thorough review of the crimes, and the attendant controversy regarding the death penalty -- both defendants offered to plead guilty in exchange for life without parole; state prosecutors insisted on a $7-million death-penalty trial.The filmmakers also assembled a dream cast of interviewees: The husband and parents of the slain Jennifer Hawke Petit; the brothers and daughter of killer Steven Hayes; the family and even the ex-girlfriend of Josh Komisarevsky, who details, among other things, aspects...
- 7/1/2013
- by John Anderson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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