Clint Ramos News

When last we left The Mint Theater, that extraordinary collective of theatre archivists that specialize in mounting first-class Off-Broadway productions of time-obscured plays by still-famous names, they were teaching many New Yorkers that Leo Tolstoy took a crack at playwrighting once with his grim drama, The Power of Darkness.  Now they're surprising those who didn't know that even Ernest Hemingway was represented on Broadway once with The Fifth Column, which premiered at the Alvin in March of 1940 and logged in 87 performances.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will kick off its 30th Anniversary Season with a new production of Howard Korder's comedy, BOYS' LIFE, directed by Michael Greif starting tonight, October 2nd. The official opening will be Monday, October 20th. This 20th Anniversary production of BOYS' LIFE will feature Jason Biggs, Rhys Coiro, and Peter Scanavino as 'the boys' as well as Dan Colman, Michelle Federer, Betty Gilpin, Paloma Guzman, Laura-Leigh, and Stephanie March.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will kick off its 30th Anniversary Season with a new production of Howard Korder's comedy, BOYS' LIFE, directed by Michael Greif.

The all-new fully renovated HERE Arts Center proudly reopens its doors this Summer with 'oph3lia', written and directed by Aya Ogawa.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced casting for its productions of Three Sisters and Broke-ology

The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced casting for its productions of Three Sisters and Broke-ology

The all-new fully renovated HERE Arts Center proudly reopens its doors this Summer with 'oph3lia', written and directed by Aya Ogawa.

The 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were held Sunday, May 18, 2008, in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. August: Osage County, Les Liasons, and South Pacific brought home big wins.

The Public Theater will begin performances for THE GOOD NEGRO, the fifth play of the inaugural PUBLIC LAB initiative.

Nominations for the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at the New York Friars Club. 'A Catered Affair' led the way with 12 nominations.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced casting and creative team today for THE GOOD NEGRO, the fifth play of the inaugural PUBLIC LAB initiative.

Due to unprecedented demand, the Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company Premiere of The Fifth Column by Ernest Hemingway-not the dramatization of a novel or story-but a drama written for the stage by one of America's most celebrated authors, will be extending for two additional weeks, now through May 18th.

Sand, a new play by Trista Baldwin directed by Daniella Topol, about three young American soldiers in a wind-swept, ever-shifting Middle East desert, will have its world premiere at Women's Project, Julie Crosby, Artistic Director, when previews begin Friday, February 1 at 8PM for an opening Sunday, February 10 at 7PM at the Julia Miles Theater

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company will present the long-delayed premiere production of The Fifth Column by Ernest Hemingway-not the dramatization of a novel or story-but a drama written for the stage by one of America's most celebrated authors. Performances begin February 26th, and continue through May 4th.

Top Honors for the best of local regional theatre productions in 2007.

Red Bull Theater proudly announces the world premiere of Garland Wright's adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Edward the Second, beginning performances December 11 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street), for a limited Off-Broadway engagement through January 13. Opening Night is set for December 15 and will be hosted by Mark Rylance.

La Jolla Playhouse presents Most Wanted, a Page To Stage Workshop Production as the inaugural production of The Edge series.

Red Bull Theater announces their fall season with the return of Revelation Readings, an Obie Award-Winning reading series exploring new and classic plays of heightened language, a major new revival of Christopher Marlowe's Edward the Second, a new play workshop called In The Raw, and a second full production to be announced later this season.

La Jolla Playhouse presents Most Wanted, a Page To Stage Workshop Production as the inaugural production of The Edge series beginning October 2.

I Land -- a play about playwright and performer Keo Woolford's moving search for the meaning of heritage in the post-modern world -- returns to Off-Broadway, June 20-24, for five performances only, presented by Ma-Yi Theater Company as part of the first-ever National Asian American Theater Festival at The Culture Project