Category: Theater

Showbiz Chicago Interviews: JEFF Award Nominee BEHZAD DABU February 21st 2016 Showbiz Chicago Feature Editor Stacey Crawley catches up with 2015 JEFF Award Nominee Behzad Dabu, who returns to the Goodman Theatre in Thorton Wilders’ delightful classic farce The Matchmaker, where he takes on the role of Barnaby Tucker. Interview by Stacey Crawley, showbizchicago.com Behzad… Continue reading Behzad Dabu: In Conversation with Showbiz Chicago

Meher Mistry: Destiny’s child Dadar girl Meher Mistry on how she turned princess for the lead role in Disney’s ‘Beauty And The Beast’ When Meher Mistry walks in for a chat at a cosy café in Mumbai’s Bandra area, great vintage hairdo and pashmina stole in place, it is hard not to be reminded of… Continue reading Meher Mistry In Lead Role in Disney’s ‘Beauty And The Beast’

Witness the finals of the Draame-Bawaas one-act play competition, in which four finalist teams, rigorously mentored by veteran artistes, perform a quartet of sparkling productions. The competition has been instituted to honor the legacy of Adi Marzban in the legend’s birth centenary year. Unique and unmissable – a date all Parsi theatre lovers must keep… Continue reading Draame-Bawaas | Parsi Theatre Competition

Draame-Bawaas, a competition of one-act plays, aims to give a new lease of life to Parsi theatre. FOR me, theatre is religion,” says Sam Kerawalla, 84, one of Parsi theatre’s greats. Trained as an engineer, he always accepted jobs which ensured he had the evenings to himself, so that he could indulge his passion for… Continue reading The Second Coming

Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal is major character in ‘The Letters’ When Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal was a little girl, she loved being on stage. Article by Kristen Oliver Gainesville Times But she set aside her passion for almost 40 years, out of respect for her father’s wishes. The Mumbai, India, native whose family now resides in Gainesville, is co-star… Continue reading Woman with ties to Gainesville starring in movie about Mother Teresa

Najamai is thrilled to welcome her new daughter-in-law…Of course as long as she is ” whitish” !

Behzad Dabu follows in the footsteps of his parents Binaifer and Navroz who both are theater personalities in Syracuse NY and his maternal grandfather the legendary theater personality Yazdi Karanjia of Surat India. In Disgraced, Chicago-based actor Behzad Dabu portrays Abe, the 22-year-old nephew of successful Manhattan lawyer Amir. Abe’s request for his uncle to… Continue reading Actor Behzad Dabu Recounts his Journey with “Disgraced”