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History play
A history play is a dramatic work claiming to be set in the past, drawn from chronicles and records, most identified with the English theater of the 1590s.
Hodgetwins
The Hodgetwins, also known as the Conservative Twins, are Keith and Kevin Hodge, twin brothers from Virginia who work in stand-up comedy and conservative political commentary.
Holly Walsh
Holly Dione Walsh (born 1980) is an English comedian, writer and executive producer, BAFTA-winning co-creator of Motherland, creator of The Other One and Amandaland, and a former Chortle Best Newcomer stand-up.
Honey Bruce
Honey Bruce, born Harriett Jolliff and known professionally as Honey Harlow, was an American stripper and showgirl married to comedian Lenny Bruce from 1951 to 1957.
Honey J
Honey J (허니제이), born Jeong Ha-nee (정하늬) in 1987, is a South Korean hip-hop dancer and choreographer, leader of the crew HolyBang, winner of Street Woman Fighter 2021, and first artist signed to Jay Park's MORE VISION.
Hong Shen
Hong Shen (洪深, 1894–1955) was a Chinese playwright, director, actor, and drama theorist, a founder of modern spoken drama (huaju) and of the Chinese film industry.
Hora (dance)
Hora (dance): circle dance of pioneer Palestine and Israel, from Romanian hora (Greek choros). Dancers link arms, step right and jump, accelerating; tied to Hava Nagila and Israeli national identity.
Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden
The Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden (War Blind Radio Play Prize) is a German award for radio drama, founded in 1950 and regarded as the most significant German distinction for radio plays.
Hot Gossip
Hot Gossip: British dance troupe and recording group founded by Arlene Phillips in 1974, famous on The Kenny Everett Video Show and for the 1978 UK No. 6 hit with Sarah Brightman.
House of Desires
House of Desires (Los empeños de una casa) is a three-act Spanish-language comedy written in 1683 by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the Mexican nun, poet, and playwright.
How I Learned to Drive
How I Learned to Drive is a memory play by Paula Vogel about driving lessons through which an uncle sexually abuses young Li'l Bit; it won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize.
Howard Austen
Howard Austen (born Howard Auster; 1929–2003), American advertising copywriter and Broadway stage manager, Gore Vidal's companion of 53 years; credited on Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1955–56).
Huanmen Zidi Cuo Lishen
Huanmen Zidi Cuo Lishen (宦门子弟错立身) is a Song-Yuan Southern drama (nanxi) play in which Wanyan Shouma, son of a Jurchen official, abandons his status to join actress Wang Jinbang's troupe.
Hubert Ogunde
Hubert Adedeji Ogunde (1916-1990), Nigerian dramatist, actor, composer and theatre manager, founded the African Music Research Party in 1945, Nigeria's first professional theatrical company, and is called the father of modern Nigerian theatre; his play Yoruba Ronu was banned in 1964.
Hula
Hula is the traditional storytelling dance of Native Hawaiians, performed as hula kahiko (ancient, chant and percussion) or hula ʻauana (modern, song and string instruments); banned under missionary influence, revived by King Kalākaua in 1883 and again in the 1960s Merrie Monarch era.
Humare Ram (हमारे राम)
Humare Ram (हमारे राम) is a Hindi mythological stage musical by Felicity Theatre adapting the Ramayana through Lav and Kush's questions, starring Ashutosh Rana as Ravan and co-writer Rahull R Bhuchar as Ram; premiered in Delhi on 22 January 2024 and surpassed 450 shows.
Humblebrag
Humblebrag: a boast disguised as modesty or complaint. Coined by Harris Wittels via the @Humblebrag Twitter account in 2010; studied since 2018 as an ineffective, insincere self-promotion strategy.
Hungarian State Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera House (Magyar Állami Operaház) is a Neo-Renaissance opera house on Andrássy Avenue in Budapest, designed by Miklós Ybl, opened in 1884, and restored in 2022.
Hunter Foster
Hunter Foster (born 1969) is an American musical theater actor, director, and writer; original Bobby Strong in Urinetown, Tony-nominated for Little Shop of Horrors, brother of Sutton Foster, and author of Clue: On Stage.
Huseyn Arablinski
Huseyn Arablinski (Hüseyn Ərəblinski), born Huseyn Mammad oglu Khalafov, was an Azerbaijani actor and director who helped found professional Azerbaijani theater; he was murdered in Baku in 1919.
Hustle (dance)
Hustle, also called New York or Latin Hustle, is a social partner dance created in the South Bronx in 1972, danced to disco and dance-pop in a syncopated three-count over 4/4, with continuous spins in a slot; distinct from the Bus Stop line dance and from salsa and West Coast Swing.
I Have a Date with Spring
I Have a Date with Spring (《我和春天有个约会》) is a Hong Kong stage play by Raymond To, premiered in 1992, following four 1960s nightclub singers and adapted into film and television.
I Will Marry When I Want
I Will Marry When I Want is a 1977 Gikuyu-language play by Kenyan writers Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Ngũgĩ wa Mĩrĩĩ, banned by Kenya's government.
Iago
Iago is the villain of Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1604), the ensign passed over for promotion who destroys Othello by insinuating Desdemona's infidelity; famous for Coleridge's "motiveless malignity," his final silence, and adaptation from Cinthio's unnamed ensign.
Iain Stirling
Iain Stirling (born 1988, Edinburgh) is a Scottish comedian, narrator of Love Island UK since 2015 and Love Island USA since 2022, former CBBC presenter with Hacker T Dog, Children's BAFTA winner, Buffering sitcom star, and Murder They Wrote podcast host with Laura Whitmore.
Ibsen Award
The Ibsen Award is the shared English name of two Norwegian theater prizes honoring playwright Henrik Ibsen: an annual national prize from Skien and a biennial international prize.
Iddo Netanyahu (עדו נתניהו)
Iddo Netanyahu (עדו נתניהו), Israeli radiologist, author, and playwright, youngest brother of Benjamin Netanyahu; wrote Yoni's Last Battle, Itamar K., and plays including A Happy End and Worlds in Collision.
Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel, born Idina Kim Menzel in 1971, is an American actress and singer who originated Elphaba in Wicked, winning the 2004 Tony Award, and voiced Elsa in Frozen.
Ify Nwadiwe
Ify Nwadiwe (Ifechukwude Nwadiwe), born 1988 in Los Angeles, is an American comedian, actor, and writer, host of Dropout's Um, Actually, writer on Twisted Metal, Grand Crew, and Apex Legends.
Igbo masquerade performance poetry
Igbo masquerade performance poetry is the chant and spoken verse of masked performers among the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria, its best-described form the mbem mmọnwụ ancestral mask chants.