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The script went into development shortly after Jeff Jenkins (the founder and Executive Director of both the Springfield Shakespeare Project and The Skinny Improv) pitched the idea to his friend Bryant Turnage (who had just finished playing Claudius in SSP's production of Hamlet).

George Heymont: Blood, Blood, Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink George Heymont 2011

The script went into development shortly after Jeff Jenkins (the founder and Executive Director of both the Springfield Shakespeare Project and The Skinny Improv) pitched the idea to his friend Bryant Turnage (who had just finished playing Claudius in SSP's production of Hamlet).

George Heymont: Blood, Blood, Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink George Heymont 2011

In the wordless Intermezzo that divides Act II, the music suddenly became vital again, as if Turnage had been able, at last, to cut loose.

Royal Opera's 'Anna Nicole' misses the inner beauty 2011

One of the breast-cancer patients at the hearing, Christi Turnage , a nurse from Mississippi, said her insurer has already told her that it won't cover Avastin if the approval is revoked.

Vote Is Defeat for Roche Cancer Drug Alicia Mundy 2011

Nobody could accuse Anna Nicole of being romantic or romanticised – Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera is in fact more satire than documentary, and it is curious that the characters selected for celebration in "docu-operas" have often been somewhat trashy.

I predict a riot 2011

The hope for "Anna Nicole" was that the creators - Mark-Anthony Turnage, a major compositional voice in classical music today with a bad-boy streak, and Richard Thomas, whose last pop-culture venture was "Jerry Springer: The Opera" - would transform their subject into effective theater.

Royal Opera's 'Anna Nicole' misses the inner beauty 2011

Undance comes with a score by Mark-Anthony Turnage, and design by Turner-winning artist Mark Wallinger, his first work for dance.

This week's new theatre and dance 2011

The cross threads of influence run deep, with Turnage's score inspired by a text by Wallinger about Eadweard Muybridge.

This week's new theatre and dance 2011

It's paired with Turnage's 1997 chamber opera Twice Through The Heart, directed by McGregor against 3D backdrops created by OpenEndedGroup.

This week's new theatre and dance 2011

The opera is the work of composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and Richard Thomas, creator of "Jerry Springer: The Opera."

The mixed reviews are in for Anna Nicole Smith: The Opera 2011