60 Millionen Menschen sind weltweit auf der Flucht. Ein kleiner Prozentsatz davon macht sich auf den gefährlichen Weg nach Europa. Sie kommen aus Syrien, Eritrea, dem Irak, vom Balkan. Sie kommen aus verwüsteten Ländern, aus armen Ländern, und viele werden bleiben. Wohin sollten sie zurück?Experten und Expertinnen informieren in diesem Buch über Fluchtursachen, die Wege der Flüchtlinge, die Situation in Deutschland und diskutieren die dringlichsten Fragen: Warum kommen gerade jetzt ...

With the premiere of two new film versions of the Snow White tale, Blackstone enters the fray with its own adult, edgy, and not altogether serious full-cast exposé of fairy-taledom. At last it can be told! Was Snow White really as pure as the driven snow? Did her allegedly wicked stepmother get a bum rap from the Grimm brothers? What went on behind the closed Dutch doors of the dwarves’ cottage? How many handsome princes does it take to screw in a light bulb? These and other burning questi...

Hi! I'm Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the inside cover flap (which is a gross phrase) and for websites like this one, so... here it goes!!!Yearbook is a collection of true stories that I desperately hope are just funny at worst, and life-changingly amazing at best. (I understand that it's likely the former, which is a fancy "book" way of saying "the first one.")I asked lots of people to help ...

Winner of the 2009 Tony Award®, God of Carnage is a brash and hilarious exploration of human nature.After one 11-year-old is hit by another, their parents meet to find a mature resolution. As the evening wears on, the veneer of civility degenerates. What begins as protective parenting ends as an excuse to let loose the primordial beast buried in each of us.Starring (in alphabetical order):Simon Helberg as AlanAmy Landecker a...

»Revolution« ist zum Modewort geworden und findet scheinbar überall statt: digitale Revolution, sexuelle Revolution, Energie-Revolution bis zur Geschmacksrevolution. Aber was ist eigentlich eine Revolution? Welche gab und gibt es? Was zeichnet beispielsweise die Oktoberrevolution in Russland von 1917 aus, was die kubanische Revolution 1958/59, was die Friedliche Revolution in der DDR 1989 oder die Revolution auf dem Maidan in der Ukraine Anfang 2014?Dieses Lesebuch versammelt zur An...

After Vladimir Lenin's death, Stalin orders two Jewish scientists to preserve Lenin's body for all time. If they succeed, the rewards will be considerable. If not, it's the gulag – or worse. Based on real events, Vern Thiessen's nimble dark comedy exposes the absurdities of Soviet life under Stalin.Lenin's Embalmers is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, b...

An L.A. Theatre Works commissioned adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie “whodunit.” Adapted from the novel by Kate McAll. In Christie’s clever and beautifully crafted tale, Detective Hercule Poirot receives an urgent letter from Paul Renauld summoning him to France. Upon their arrival, Poirot and his companion, Arthur Hastings, find they are too late. Plus, to complicate things further, certain facts just don’t add up.Original Music by John Biddle.Recorded at The Invis...

Shakespeare combined his love of theater with Greek mythology and the supernatural to create what is arguably his most playfully imaginative work. From love potions to bizarre transformations to the unforgettable play-within-a-play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a non-stop delight, and remains one of the milestones of the Bard’s canon.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Tara Barr as HermiaErin Bennett as Moth and Second FairyJamie Bamber as Ob...

A coming-of-age, coming-out cocktail with a twist of terror. Thirteen-year-old Franklin Robertson is trying to survive adolescence. His parents don’t understand him, his brother torments him, he has no friends, and he’s more interested in the high school quarterback than any girl. The one bright spot in his life is the glow of the black-and-white TV in his parents’ basement. Here, he worships at the altar of the Saturday Night Horror Movie, hosted by the eerie Dr. Cerberus. Before long, Fr...

From the former news policy lead at Google, an “informative and often harrowing wake-up call” (Publishers Weekly) that explains the high-stakes global cyberwar brewing between Western democracies and the authoritarian regimes of China and Russia that could potentially crush democracy.From 2016 to 2020, Jacob Helberg led Google’s global internal product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign interference. During this time, he found himself in t...