Howard Korder News

Atlantic Theater Company's (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) 2008 Annual Spring gala, entitled 'Why Can't It Be a Musical? An Evening of Unexpected Musical Adaptations,' will be hosted by Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham and Atlantic ensemble member and Emmy Award winner Kristen Johnston on Monday, April 28th, 2008 at the fabled Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th floor).

Manhattan Theatre Club Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove announced that Jerry Patch will be joining MTC's artistic team as the company's new Director of Artistic Development.

South Coast Repertory Artistic Directors David Emmes and Martin Benson have been named the recipients of the 2007-08 Margo Jones Medal. The prestigious award honors those who have demonstrated a significant impact, understanding and affirmation of the craft of playwriting, with a lifetime commitment to the encouragement of the living theater everywhere. The venerable duo has guided South Coast Repertory from a small touring company into one of the country's leading professional theaters, now approaching its 45th season and known world-wide for its development of new work for the stage. The Ohio State University Libraries and College of the Arts will present the award to Emmes and Benson on May 1 at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, kicking off the theater's nationally-renowned Pacific Playwrights Festival.

Don't Say Miami and Joshua P. Weiss will present the New York premiere of Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich's play ...Double Vision, directed by Ari Laura Kreith

The Old Globe Theatre has announced a complete 10-production winter season with the new musical A Catered Affair, a stage adaptation of the classic film musical The Band Wagon and the West Coast premiere of a new Richard Greenberg play among the highlights.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute may soon be directing a new movie.

Click in for reviews of Avenue Q: The Book, The Audrey Hepburn Treasures, Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You?, The Alchemy of Theatre, We Bombed in New London, Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins, Stop The Show, In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights, Fantasia: Life is Not a Fairy Tale and The Entertainment Sourcebook 2007.

Plays by John Guare, David Mamet, Craig Lucas, Tina Howe and more will be featured in the Atlantic Theater Company's Ten by Twenty, featuring stars such as Kristen Johnston and Jan Maxwell, and running from June 14th through July 1st

The 3rd Annual Summer Play Festival (SPF) has announced the directors who will be staging the 15 plays to be showcased at this year's festival, as well as the on sale date (June 5th)

On September 18th, the Broken Watch Theatre Company will rename their resident space, the Sande Shurin Theatre, after playwright Michael Weller

The Atlantic Theater Company's 2005 Spring Gala celebrates the company's 20th Anniversary with a 'no-holds barred' tribute to founders David Mamet and William H. Macy on Monday, May 2nd, 2005 at the legendary Rainbow Room.

ROMANCE will officially open on Tuesday, March 1. The limited engagement concludes on Sunday, April 17, 2005.