Mark Medoff, whose acclaimed play “Children of a Lesser God,” featuring a deaf central character, won the Tony Award for best play in 1980 and was turned into a 1986 movie that won an Oscar for its ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Deaf West Theatre has just extended its 30th anniversary production of ...

A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts is helping to add a bonus show to the forthcoming 49th season of Hope Summer Repertory Theatre. The Challenge America grant from the NEA will help ...

The idealistic teacher. The unresponsive institution. The brave deaf children struggling to overcome their handicap. The particularly difficult case. The breakthrough. The setbacks. The ultimate ...

NEW YORK — Aside from a brief prologue, the first thing the character Sarah says in “Children of a Lesser God” is — well, I can’t tell you. Even if I could, it wouldn’t be as funny or as powerful as ...

35 years after winning the Best Actress Oscar for 'Children of a Lesser God,' the actress could be an Oscar contender again. More than 30 years after winning the Best Actress Oscar for Children of a ...

BOTTOM LINE The impact is still there in Mark Medoff’s 1980 play. You don’t always have to be able to hear to listen. In the closing moments of the compelling revival of Mark Medoff’s “Children of a ...

Children of a Lesser God Broadway in 2018 - Experience the emotional fireworks that New York Magazine calls 'intense, primal, and show-stopping.' CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD has arrived on Broadway in a ...

More significant than the dated language or sexual politics is the play's core problem, which is also the problem of its characters. Sarah complains that hearing people who fail to respect her ...