André Bishop will conclude his 33-year leadership tenure at Lincoln Center Theater in June 2025 at the conclusion of the non-profit theater company’s 40th anniversary 2024-25 season.
Bishop, whose celebrated tenure as Lct’s Artistic Director and more recently Producing Artistic Director included the premieres of such acclaimed new works as Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and Arcadia, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel, to name a very few, announced his intended departure today.
“My years at Lincoln Center Theater have been happy ones,” he said in a statement, “and I will miss working with all my friends and colleagues. But the time has come, as it inevitably does, for the next generation to step in and step up. I look forward to that. Lct has...
Bishop, whose celebrated tenure as Lct’s Artistic Director and more recently Producing Artistic Director included the premieres of such acclaimed new works as Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and Arcadia, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel, to name a very few, announced his intended departure today.
“My years at Lincoln Center Theater have been happy ones,” he said in a statement, “and I will miss working with all my friends and colleagues. But the time has come, as it inevitably does, for the next generation to step in and step up. I look forward to that. Lct has...
- 9/22/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Nathan Louis Jackson, a writer-producer on Netflix’s “Luke Cage” and the playwright behind “Broke-ology,” died on Aug. 22 at his home in Lenexa, Ks. He was 44.
Jackson’s wife Megan Mascorro-Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter that her husband had dealt with heart issues and had undergone an aortic dissection in 2019.
Jackson was born on Dec. 4, 1978 and attended Kansas State University, where he first started writing plays. He later received his Mfa in playwriting from the Juilliard School in New York City.
Jackson’s play “Broke-ology” premiered in 2008 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts before opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center in October 2009. The play tells the story of a poor Black family in Kansas City and starred Wendell Pierce of “Suits” and “The Wire.” The Lincoln Center Theater website writes of the play, “Mr. Jackson’s work is reminiscent of Lorraine Hansberry in its true-to-life naturalism,...
Jackson’s wife Megan Mascorro-Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter that her husband had dealt with heart issues and had undergone an aortic dissection in 2019.
Jackson was born on Dec. 4, 1978 and attended Kansas State University, where he first started writing plays. He later received his Mfa in playwriting from the Juilliard School in New York City.
Jackson’s play “Broke-ology” premiered in 2008 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts before opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center in October 2009. The play tells the story of a poor Black family in Kansas City and starred Wendell Pierce of “Suits” and “The Wire.” The Lincoln Center Theater website writes of the play, “Mr. Jackson’s work is reminiscent of Lorraine Hansberry in its true-to-life naturalism,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Nathan Louis Jackson Dies: ‘Luke Cage’ & ‘S.W.A.T.’ Writer-Producer, Award-Winning Playwright Was 44
Nathan Louis Jackson, the award-winning playwright who made a splash with the debut of Broke-ology in 2008 and who went on to write and produce TV shows such as Luke Cage, S.W.A.T., 13 Reasons Why and Shameless, died on August 22, according to multiple reports. While no cause of death was given, his wife told the New York Times that Jackson had had recent cardiac problems, including an aortic dissection and an aortic aneurysm. He was 44.
Broke-ology debuted while Jackson was still in school at Julliard. It premiered at the Williamstown Theater Festival. In 2009, Broke-ology opened Off Broadway at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center. Jackson’s other work included When I Come to Die, Sticky Traps, The Mancherios, The Last Black Play, and Brother Toad.
His plays won the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award twice, for The Last Black Play and for The Mancherios, which he adapted into Broke-ology. He...
Broke-ology debuted while Jackson was still in school at Julliard. It premiered at the Williamstown Theater Festival. In 2009, Broke-ology opened Off Broadway at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center. Jackson’s other work included When I Come to Die, Sticky Traps, The Mancherios, The Last Black Play, and Brother Toad.
His plays won the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award twice, for The Last Black Play and for The Mancherios, which he adapted into Broke-ology. He...
- 9/5/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Nathan Louis Jackson, the Kansas City-based playwright who also wrote for “Luke Cage,” “13 Reasons Why,” Shameless”and “Southland,” died on August 22 at the age of 44, according to Kcur.
“Jackson’s work often showcased his love for his hometown. Having lived and worked on both coasts, Nathan’s heart belonged in Kansas City,” his family said in a statement released to the media.
While cause of death was not given, his wife Megan Mascorro-Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter that he had suffered an aortic dissection in 2019 and continued to have heart issues. The family has chosen not to have an autopsy done to determine cause of death.
His plays included “Broke-Ology,” “When I Come to Die,” “Sticky Traps” and “Brother Toad.”
Jackson was still an Mfa student at Juilliard School when his play “Broke-ology” premiered at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts in 2008. The play, about two Black brothers fighting...
“Jackson’s work often showcased his love for his hometown. Having lived and worked on both coasts, Nathan’s heart belonged in Kansas City,” his family said in a statement released to the media.
While cause of death was not given, his wife Megan Mascorro-Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter that he had suffered an aortic dissection in 2019 and continued to have heart issues. The family has chosen not to have an autopsy done to determine cause of death.
His plays included “Broke-Ology,” “When I Come to Die,” “Sticky Traps” and “Brother Toad.”
Jackson was still an Mfa student at Juilliard School when his play “Broke-ology” premiered at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts in 2008. The play, about two Black brothers fighting...
- 9/5/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Nathan Louis Jackson, the playwright, screenwriter and producer who worked on the Netflix superhero series Luke Cage, has died. He was 44.
Jackson died Aug. 22 at his home in Lenexa, Kansas, his wife, Megan Mascorro-Jackson, told The Hollywood Reporter. She said her husband had heart issues — he had undergone an aortic dissection in 2019 — and the family has chosen against an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Since 2010, Jackson also wrote and produced for such other shows as Southland, Shameless, Resurrection, 13 Reasons Why, Genius and S.W.A.T.
During the two-season run (2016-18) of Luke Cage, created by Cheo Hodari Coker and starring Mike Colter as the Harlem hero from the Marvel Comics, Jackson wrote two episodes while also serving as a co-producer and executive story editor.
“The series makes a bigger, grander statement about African American men and how we view them,” he told The Kansas City Star a few years ago.
Jackson died Aug. 22 at his home in Lenexa, Kansas, his wife, Megan Mascorro-Jackson, told The Hollywood Reporter. She said her husband had heart issues — he had undergone an aortic dissection in 2019 — and the family has chosen against an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Since 2010, Jackson also wrote and produced for such other shows as Southland, Shameless, Resurrection, 13 Reasons Why, Genius and S.W.A.T.
During the two-season run (2016-18) of Luke Cage, created by Cheo Hodari Coker and starring Mike Colter as the Harlem hero from the Marvel Comics, Jackson wrote two episodes while also serving as a co-producer and executive story editor.
“The series makes a bigger, grander statement about African American men and how we view them,” he told The Kansas City Star a few years ago.
- 9/5/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tune in time for FX "Lights Out" which airs episode five, The Comeback, this Tuesday (Airs February 8, 10:00 pm e/p). Holt McCallany dropped by Monsters and Critics to talk "Lights Out" and episode five. From FX, the official synopsis: As the Learys' financial situation turns more desperate, the aftershocks threaten Lights' and Theresa's marriage. Story by Nathan Jackson & Warren Leight. Teleplay by Warren Leight and Eli Bauman & Joe Tracz. Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez. Holt talked to me about this exciting episode, hot off the awesome cage match with Mma legend Bas Rutten in Episode four. "Here's my take on Episode 5 'The Comeback'...Lights' money problems have come out into the open and Theresa makes him...
- 2/8/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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