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 ...

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 breathtaking new production starring Joshua ...

We are a nation of communicators however we don't all communicate in the same language. That very concept is at the heart of Barksdale's newest production, " Children of a Lesser God." The play is ...

In 1987, at the age of just 21, Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her groundbreaking performance in “Children of a Lesser God.” Catapulted into ...

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