Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
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From KERA

The Talk Show, March 27, 2006
Kim Malcolm discusses the impact of Jones' work and her legacy in North Texas with actor Judith Ivey, Kay Cattarulla, co-producer and co-writer of the program, and Katherine Owens, Artistic Director of the Undermain Theatre in Dallas. Jeff Whittington explores the state of American theater before and after the explosion of the regional theater scene with NPR critic Bob Mondello.
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'Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater' presents dramatic story of an American theater pioneer (national release, 2/24/06)

'Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater' presents dramatic story of Texas native, American theater pioneer (Texas release, 2/24/06)

'Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater' presents dramatic story of an American theater pioneer (12/6/05)

Judith Ivey, Marcia Gay Harden, Richard Thomas to star in documentary about theatre pioneer Margo Jones (5/13/04)

National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts award grants to KERA's 'Margo Jones' documentary (6/19/02)

The Dallas Foundation a national sponsor for KERA's Margo Jones documentary (6/29/01)


From Other Media

I Remember Margo - PBS documentary Sweet Tornado reanimates a resident theatre trailblazer (by Helen Sheehy / American Theatre magazine, March 2006)

Theater documentary (Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH, USA, 3/30/06)

Zoren: Can arts play role in medicine and healing? (The Delaware County Times - Chester, PA, USA, 3/27/06)

Texas tornado - TV: KERA doc on Margo Jones is inventive (by Manny Mendoza / Dallas Morning News 3/25/06)

Theater takes center stage on PBS this Monday (by Robert Trussell / The Kansas City Star - MO, USA, 3/26/06)

Texas' Margo Jones put a regional face on American theater (by Lawson Taitte / The Dallas Morning News, 3/25/06)

Tennessee in Texas (Dallas Voice - Dallas, TX, USA, 3/23/06)

DCN to Show New Film on Theatre Innovator (Back Stage - New York, NY, USA, 3/16/06)

A theatrical illumination during Women's History Month (The Eureka Reporter - Eureka, CA, USA, 3/2/06)

Documentary on Margo Jones - with Ivey and Thomas - Premieres in March (Broadway World - Monsey, NY, USA, 1/28/06)