Ed Hart News

The Court Theatre Board of Trustees today announces that Stephen J. Albert has been appointed Court Theatre's Executive Director. Albert is a nationally known producer, manager and consultant who has led some of America's most prestigious theatres. He has been serving as a management consultant to Court since January and will begin full time with the company in August 2010.

The Hartt School's Director of New Play Development and Professor of Theatre Henry Fonte has been appointed Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts and Producing Artistic Director of The Jerry Herman Ring Theatre at the University of Miami (FL), effective August 1. Fonte, who departs Hartt on May 17, after twelve years as part of the Theatre Division's faculty, will direct the Dramatic Writing Workshop at New Noises Studio at the Perry Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp (CO), and the musical Into the Woods at Intermezzo Festival in Portland, ME, prior to assuming his new role at Miami.

Boyd Gaines has won the 2008 Tony Award for best featured actor in a musical!

Producers Roger Berlind, The Routh Frankel Baruch Viertel Group, Roy Furman, Debra Black, Ted Hartley, Roger Horchow, David Ian, Scott Rudin and Jack Viertel present a new Broadway production of the great American musical Gypsy, starring Tony Award winner Patti LuPone.

On Wednesday, February 27, 2008, the cast and creative team of the Kander & Ebb murder-mystery musical, Curtains, celebrated their first anniversary on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

David Hyde Pierce, star of the new musical comedy Curtains, will appear on ABC-TV's 'The View' on Tuesday, April 10. 'The View' airs locally on WABC-TV, Channel 7 from 11:00 AM - 12 noon

David Hyde Pierce, star of the new musical comedy Curtains, will appear on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Monday, March 12th. 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' airs on Channel 4 - WNBC in the tri-state area between 12:30 - 1:30 AM.