Tag: Matthew Lopez

London Theater Review: ‘The Inheritance’

“Angels in America” has cast a long shadow: Tony Kushner’s fantastical dramatization of the AIDS crisis has long seemed near definitive. But over six acts and seven hours at London’s Young Vic, Matthew Lopez’s sweeping two-parter “The Inheritance” not only picks up its mantle, it might just measure up. Like “Angels in America,” “The Inheritance,” […]

“Angels in America” has cast a long shadow: Tony Kushner’s fantastical dramatization of the AIDS crisis has long seemed near definitive. But over six acts and seven hours at London’s Young Vic, Matthew Lopez’s sweeping two-parter “The Inheritance” not only picks up its mantle, it might just measure up. Like “Angels in America,” “The Inheritance,” […]

New Regency & Fox Team On Film Rights To Matthew Lopez’s ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride’; Jim Parsons Attached

New Regency and Fox 2000 have nabbed the film rights to Matthew Lopez‘s play The Legend of Georgia McBride, which will co-star Emmy-winning The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons, who is also producing the project.
The story follows Casey, a young, broke, expectant father, who is fired from his gig as an Elvis impersonator in a run-down, small town Florida bar. When the bar owner brings in a B-level drag show to replace his act, Casey finds that he has a whole lot to learn…

New Regency and Fox 2000 have nabbed the film rights to Matthew Lopez's play The Legend of Georgia McBride, which will co-star Emmy-winning The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons, who is also producing the project. The story follows Casey, a young, broke, expectant father, who is fired from his gig as an Elvis impersonator in a run-down, small town Florida bar. When the bar owner brings in a B-level drag show to replace his act, Casey finds that he has a whole lot to learn…