George S. Kaufman News
Date Of Birth:
November 16, 1889
Date Of Death:
June 02, 1961 (71)
Birth Place:
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Gender:
Male
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Hal Brooks to Mentor New School Acting and Directing Students in STAGE DOOR
by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2008
New School Drama is partnering with the Drama League to have talented directors in its prestigious fellow program participate in its fall series of workshop productions of classic and contemporary works. It has been announced that famed director Hal Brooks is currently working with acting and directing students to prepare for a production of Stage Door (November 5-8). (more...)
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Seattle Rep Cancels Broadway Bound 'Waiting for Godot' With Irwin
by BWW News Desk - Oct 14, 2008
Seattle Repertory Theatre has cancelled their production of the Broadway bound Waiting for Godot due to the loss of a financial backer. Actor Bill Irwin was set to star in production, scheduled to open on January 15th and run through February 14th. The theater has replaced the production with Athol Fugard's Road to Mecca, directed by Leigh Silverman. (more...)
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New School for Drama Announces 'First Look' Performance Series
by BWW News Desk - Sep 24, 2008
The New School for Drama is pleased to present FIRST LOOK, a performance series featuring workshop presentations of classical and contemporary works. This year's FIRST LOOK performances will be directed by 3 Drama League Directing Fellows and include The Pillars of Society (October 15-18), written by Henrik Ibsen, Stage Door (November 5-8), written by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman and All's Well that End's Well (December 10-13) written by William Shakespeare. All are free and open to the public. (more...)
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Stanton and Jenkins to Star in Primary Stages' NY Premiere of 'Love Child'
by BWW News Desk - Sep 16, 2008
Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director), in association with Martin Hummel, present the New York premiere of the new comedy, Love Child, written and performed by Daniel Jenkins (Mary Poppins, Big River) and Robert Stanton (The Coast of Utopia, All in the Timing), as an added event of the 2008-2009 season. Under the direction of Carl Forsman, performances are set to begin Sunday evening, October 12, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. and will run in repertory with A Body of Water by Lee Blessing for a limited engagement through November 19, 2008. Opening night is October 26, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. (more...)
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Peter Bartlett Joins Pittu In Atlantic's 'What's That Smell' Starting 9/2
by BWW News Desk - Sep 02, 2008
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that Peter Bartlett (The New Century, The Drowsy Chaperone) will star opposite two-time Tony AwardŽ nominee David Pittu (Is He Dead?, LoveMusik), in the world premiere production of WHAT'S THAT SMELL: THE MUSIC OF JACOB STERLING, featuring original music by Randy Redd. (more...)
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Peter Bartlett Joins Pittu In Atlantic's 'What's That Smell' Starting 9/2
by BWW News Desk - Aug 18, 2008
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that Peter Bartlett (The New Century, The Drowsy Chaperone) will star opposite two-time Tony AwardŽ nominee David Pittu (Is He Dead?, LoveMusik), in the world premiere production of WHAT'S THAT SMELL: THE MUSIC OF JACOB STERLING, featuring original music by Randy Redd. (more...)
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McAnuff To Direct 'Guys and Dolls' On Broadway In Spring '09
by BWW News Desk - Jul 29, 2008
Today it was announced that GUYS AND DOLLS will open on Broadway for the first time in 17 years in the spring of 2009 at a Nederlander Theatre to be announced. With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, this production is the first joint Broadway project by director Des McAnuff and Sergio Trujillo since Jersey Boys.
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Seattle Rep Announces 08-09 Season With Possible Broadway Bound Godot
by BWW News Desk - Jul 11, 2008
Artistic Director David Esbjornson announces today the finalized list of titles for Seattle Repertory Theatre's upcoming 2008-09 season - a mix of classics and new works delving into subjects as diverse as war, immigration, apocalypse, Craigslist and body image. According to Esbjornson, 'Our goal is to provide the most eclectic, imaginative and provocative programming for this community - plays that reflect the entire spectrum of what defines our amazing city' (more...)
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Sondheim's 'Merrily' Aims For Broadway In 2009/10
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2008
During an exclusive live online chat with legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, Roundabout's Artistic Director Todd Haimes announced plans to bring 'Merrily We Roll Along' to Broadway sometime in 2009/2010.
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York Presents Musical 'Of Mice and Men' Reading, 7/30
by BWW News Desk - Jul 30, 2007
The York Theatre Company will present the musical drama version of Of Mice and Men, based on the book by John Steinbeck as part of the Developmental Reading Series on Monday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre at St. Peter's (more...)
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Xanadu: The Gods Must Be Crazy
by Michael Dale - Jul 19, 2007
This flat out hilarious show is for people who love Broadway musicals but who hate Broadway musicals that are based on movies, have jukebox scores, sell on-stage seating, make the actors wear those mouthpiece microphones, wink at the audience with smarmy self-reference, are cheaply produced, are packed with jokes only gay men understand, really belong Off-Broadway and put the actors on roller skates. (more...)
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Neil Patrick Harris Makes Theatre Directing Debut in L.A.
by James Sims - Jun 21, 2007
Actor Neil Patrick Harris will make his theatrical directorial debut helming the private premiere staged reading of an original comedic script, I Am Grock, written by Amanda Rogers, on July 17 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood... (more...)
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