Liesl Tommy
Liesl Tommy (/ˈliːsəl/) [1] bụ onye nduzi South Africa-America. A maara ya nke ọma maka ọrụ ya n'elu ihe nkiri,Tommy ghọrọ nwanyị mbụ nwere agba nke ahọpụtara maka Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, maka iduzi mmepụta Broadway nke Danai Gurira's Eclipsed (2017). O jiri biopic Respect mee ihe ngosi ihe onyonyo ya, dabere na ndụ onye ọbụ abụ Aretha Franklin, nke Jennifer Hudson na-eme ihe wee wepụta ya na Ọgọst 2021.
Oge ọ malitere
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Tommy na Cape Town, South Africa, n'oge ịkpa ókè agbụrụ ma nwee ike ịkpa ókè n'ihi na ọ bụ nwa amaala na-abụghị onye ọcha [ci.[ation needed] Ezinụlọ ahụ biri na Obodo Factreton. [2] Nna ya bụ onye nkuzi ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ma na-arụsi ọrụ ike na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị megide ọchịchị ịkpa ókè agbụrụ.[1] N'afọ 1985, mgbe gọọmentị South Africa kwupụtara ọnọdụ mberede, ezinụlọ Tommy kwagara USA ebe nna ya gụrụ Urban Planning na MIT na agụmakwụkwọ Fulbright na 1970s. Ha kwagara Boston mgbe Tommy dị afọ iri na ise. Ọ gara Newton North High School ebe ọ bụ otu n'ime ụmụ akwụkwọ ojii ole na ole. Tommy kwuru na mgbe ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ chọtara otu asụsụ na ebumnuche site na ihe nkiri ma mee ka nke ahụ bụrụ isi ihe ọ lekwasịrị anya.[1][3]
Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Tommy mụtara ime ihe na Clare Davidson na London.[2] Mgbe ọ laghachiri na Boston, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nkuzi ụlọ akwụkwọ ọta akara na Project AFRICA (Ọganihu maka Ezinụlọ Ọgaranya na Ụmụaka), mmemme ya na ezinaụlọ nọ n'ihe ize ndụ na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara Roxbury nke Boston.[2] Tommy gara mmemme nchekwa site na Trinity Repertory Company na Providence, Rhode Island.[Tinye edensibịa][citation needed] Mgbe ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ na-eme ihe nkiri, ọ malitere mmasị n'ịduzi ihe, ndị nkụzi ya nyere ya ohere iduzi ihe ngosi otu ugboro n'afọ ruo mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ.[Tinye edensibịa]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Tommy eduziwo ihe nkiri na United States niile, gụnyere Center Stage (Baltimore, Maryland), Dallas Theater Center (Dallas, Texas), California Shakespeare Theater (San Francisco, California), Sundance East Africa, Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, California), na La Jolla Playhouse (La Jolla, California). [4]
A maara ya maka "ịtụgharị" ihe nkiri ochie site n'ịmepụta akụkọ sitere na ahụmịhe onwe ya na akụkọ ndụ ya. Ọmarịcha Tommy bụ nke anụ ahụ na nke dị n'ime ma ọ nwere mmasị igosi ime ihe ike nke ịbụ mmadụ n'elu ikpo okwu site na ime ihe ike na / ma ọ bụ mgbanwe ime ihe ike.[5]
Ọzụzụ Tommy dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri emetụtala ụdị nduzi ya, ọkachasị ụzọ o si eme nnwale ya. Ọ na-ahụ nyocha ederede na ọrụ tebụl dị mkpa n'oge usoro mmega ahụ ma na-ezere itinye egwuregwu ahụ n'ụkwụ ya ruo mgbe ọ matara na ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nwere mmetụta nke ihe odide ha. Ọ na-agbalịkwa inye ndị na-eme ihe nkiri ohere ịkwọ ụgbọala ahụ ka ndị na-ege ntị wee nwee ohere ịhụ ka ndị mmadụ nwere onwe ha n'elu ikpo okwu.[5] Tommy kọwara nkà ihe ọmụma ntụziaka ya: "Ọrụ m dị ka onye nduzi bụ ịdọrọ akụkọ ahụ ma dọrọ ndị na-ege ntị ahụ maka njem ha agaghị echefu echefu. Anaghị m echefu maka inwe mbinye aka. Enwere m naanị nchegbu banyere otu esi eme akụkọ ahụ dị ka rock na roll dị ka o kwere mee na dị ka ọ na-akpali akpali. Enwere m echiche siri ike, na enwere ihe ụfọdụ m na-enyocha ugboro ugboro na ihe ngosi m, n'ihi na enwere ihe m na-arụ ọrụ site na ya dị ka onye na-ese ihe. "[6]
Tommy emeela ka ọ bụrụ ọrụ ya ịkwado maka ahụmịhe ihe nkiri dịgasị iche iche na ihe ngosi ya. Mmepụta ya nke Hamlet na California Shakespeare Theatre gosipụtara ọtụtụ ndị na-eme ihe nkiri Africa-America, gụnyere ọrụ Hamlet na Ophelia. Ọ duziri ihe nkiri nke ndị edemede egwuregwu ama ama dị ka August Wilson's The Piano Lesson na Yale Repertory Theatre na 2011 na Ruined by Lynn Nottage na Berkeley Repertory Theater na 2011.
Otu n'ime mmezigharị ya nke mmepụta oge ochie bụ ụdị Les Misérables na Dallas Theater Center ọ duziri na 2014. Mmepụta a gụnyere ndị agbụrụ dị iche iche nke na-ama ụdị ndị na-eme ihe nkiri aka ma na-enyocha isiokwu nke ngosipụta ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị Africa na "ikpe ziri ezi". Ọ hụtụbeghị mmepụta nke Les Misérables tupu ya eduzi ya, mana ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ ahụ mgbe ọ bụ nwa agbọghọ ma nwee ọrụ ịkọ akụkọ banyere nnupụisi ụmụ akwụkwọ.[5] Ka ọ na-etolite na South Africa, ọ nọ na-agba gburugburu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya ma o chere na ọ ga-aba uru iwebata ahụmịhe nke ya na mmepụta.
Tommy kwenyere na ihe nkiri kwesịrị inwe ihe ọ pụtara na "gbanwee gị".[7] Nchịkọta ya gụnyere ọtụtụ egwuregwu dị iche iche nke na-etinye nkà ihe ọmụma a n'ọrụ. Otu n'ime ihe ọhụrụ ọ mepụtara, Eclipsed, nke Danai Gurira dere na-akọ akụkọ banyere ụmụ nwanyị Liberia ise na-anwa ịlanarị na njedebe nke Agha Liberia nke Abụọ. Ihe nkiri a gosipụtara Lupita Nyong'o ma ghọọ egwuregwu mbụ nke ụmụ nwanyị dere ma duzie na Broadway. Tupu ọ kwaga New York, Tommy chere nkatọ ihu na Eclipsed yiri nnọọ Ruined by Lynn Nottage. Mgbe Ms. Nottage hụrụ egwuregwu ahụ, ọ kwetara na e nwere ihe yiri ya, mana o kwuru na n'ozuzu ya ọ bụ akụkọ dị iche iche banyere ụmụ nwanyị dị iche iche na ọnọdụ dị iche iche.[8] Tommy natara nhọpụta Tony Award maka iduzi maka Eclipsed, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ nwanyị nduzi Africa America mbụ natara nhata nduzi kacha mma maka egwuregwu na Tony Awards.[9]
Ọrụ ntụziaka ya gụnyere ihe nkiri nke ihe nkiri Disney animated Frozen na Hyperion na Disneyland na Anaheim, California . [10] Ọ duziri Kid Victory, egwu ọhụrụ e mepụtara na Off-Broadway na Vineyard Theatre na 2017. [11] A kpọrọ Tommy aha n'oge na-adịghị anya ka ọ duzie ihe ngosi ụwa nke Pass Over site n'aka Antoinette Nwandu na Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Otú ọ dị, na mmalite ya, edepụtara Danya Taymor dị ka onye nduzi. [12][13]
Na Machị 2018, e goro Tommy ka ọ duzie Born a Crime, ihe nkiri nke Trevor Noah dere otu aha ahụ.[14]Liesl duziri ihe nkiri Aretha Franklin Respect na Jennifer Hudson na-egosi Franklin.[15]
Onyinye na nhọpụta
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- 2014: Obie Award, ntụziaka maka kwesịrị ekwesị, onye mmeri
- 2016: Lucille Lortel Award, Onye nduzi pụtara ìhè maka Eclipsed, Onye mmeri
- 2016: Onyinye Tony, ntụziaka kachasị mma nke egwuregwu maka Eclipsed, onye a họpụtara
Ihe odide
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ The Broadway cast & creators of "Eclipsed". Talks at Google (April 13, 2016). Retrieved on May 10, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Episode 1254 - Liesl Tommy (en-US). WTF with Marc Maron Podcast (August 19, 2021). Retrieved on 2021-08-19.
- ↑ Brunner, Jeryl. "Director Liesl Tommy: Advice From The First Woman Of Color Nominated For A Tony For Best Direction Of A Play", Forbes, July 22, 2016. Accessed March 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Eclipsed Broadway", accessed February 15, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bowgen, Philippe. "Director Liesl Tommy on Her Revolutionary Production of Les Misérables at Dallas Theater Center", Playbill, July 17, 2014. Accessed March 23, 2017.
- ↑ Myers, Victoria. "An Interview with Liesl Tommy" theintervalny, March 1, 2016
- ↑ Sabcdigitalnews. "SA director, Liesl Tommy's Broadway production nominated for the Tony Awards", YouTube. May 20, 2016. Accessed February 22, 2017.
- ↑ Simon, Lizzie, "Pushing Beyond Theater's 'Black Slot'", The Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2015.
- ↑ O'Connell, Mark, "Tony Nominated Director Liesl Tommy Has Made More Than History", HuffPost, June 21, 2017.
- ↑ Paulson, Michael, and Brookes Barnes. "Let It Go Go Go! Three Stage Versions of 'Frozen' Are on the Way", The New York Times, June 6, 2016. Accessed February 21, 2017.
- ↑ " 'Kid Victory'. A new musical by John Kander and Greg Pierce", Vineyard Theatre. March 21, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2017.
- ↑ Jones, Chris. "Broadway's Liesl Tommy Will Direct at Steppenwolf", Chicago Tribune, February 24, 2017. Accessed March 3, 2017.
- ↑ Jones, Chris. "Waiting, and ducking bullets, in the unflinching new 'Pass Over'", Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2017. Accessed July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Clement (March 27, 2018). Tony Nominee Liesl Tommy to Direct Trevor Noah Biopic Starring Lupita Nyong'o. playbill.com. Retrieved on April 29, 2018.
- ↑ Fleming (January 10, 2019). MGM Aretha Franklin Biopic Sets Liesl Tommy to Direct Jennifer Hudson; Callie Khouri Scripting 'Respect'. Deadline Hollywood.