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Last night, May 24, Roundabout Theatre Company opened Simon Gray’s The Common Pursuit, directed by Moisés Kaufman at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre / Laura Pels Theatre. The Common Pursuit features Kristen Bush as “Marigold,” Kieran Campion as “Peter,” Josh Cooke as “Stuart,” Jacob Fishel as “Martin,” Tim McGeever as “Humphry,” Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as “Nick.” The production will play a limited engagement through July 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening and brings you interviews with the cast and creative team below! (more...)

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Last night, May 24, Roundabout Theatre Company opened Simon Gray’s The Common Pursuit, directed by Moisés Kaufman at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre / Laura Pels Theatre. The Common Pursuit features Kristen Bush as “Marigold,” Kieran Campion as “Peter,” Josh Cooke as “Stuart,” Jacob Fishel as “Martin,” Tim McGeever as “Humphry,” Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as “Nick.” The production will play a limited engagement through July 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening and brings you photo coverage below! (more...)

Tonight is the official opening of Roundabout Theatre Company’s new production of Simon Gray’s The Common Pursuit, directed by Moisés Kaufman. The Common Pursuit features Kristen Bush as “Marigold,” Kieran Campion as “Peter,” Josh Cooke as “Stuart,” Jacob Fishel as “Martin,” Tim McGeever as “Humphry,” Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as “Nick.” (more...)

Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Common Pursuit, by Simon Gray, directed by Moisés Kaufman is currently in previews. The cast features Kristen Bush as “Marigold,” Kieran Campion as “Peter,” Josh Cooke as “Stuart,” Jacob Fishel as “Martin,” Tim McGeever as “Humphry,” Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as “Nick.” The Common Pursuit will open officially tomorrow, May 24, 2012 at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre / Laura Pels Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through July 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the show below! (more...)

Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Common Pursuit, by Simon Gray, directed by Moisés Kaufman is currently in previews. The cast features Kristen Bush as “Marigold,” Kieran Campion as “Peter,” Josh Cooke as “Stuart,” Jacob Fishel as “Martin,” Tim McGeever as “Humphry,” Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as “Nick.” The Common Pursuit will open officially on May 24, 2012 at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre / Laura Pels Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through July 29, 2012. (more...)

Awards season is in full swing and to celebrate all of the 2011-2012 nominees, we've dug deep into our archives to bring you vintage photos of all of the talent during special moments in their careers. Check out the 2011-2012 Tony-nominated men below! (more...)

HERO Theatre announced today that the cast of the “King Lear” benefit staged reading starring Olympia Dukakis and directed by Austin Pendleton will include Louis Cancelmi (Sarah Kane’s “Blasted” at Soho Rep), Lynn Cohen (“Sex and the City,” Tina Howe’s “Chasing Manet’), Dashiell Eaves (“Becky Shaw”, “A Behanding In Spokane”), Paul Lazar (Classic Stage Company’s “Three Sisters”, “Silence of the Lambs”) and George Morfogen (“Freud’s Last Session”, CSC’s “Three Sisters”, and HBO’s “OZ”). The cast also includes Elisa Bocanegra, Seth Duerr, Korey Jackson, Albert Jones, Thomas Kopache, James Martinez, Desirée Matthews, Anya Migdal, Liam Mitchell and Bobby Plasencia. (more...)

Preview performances begin tonight for Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Common Pursuit, by Simon Gray, directed by Moisés Kaufman. The cast features Kristen Bush as “Marigold,” Kieran Campion as “Peter,” Josh Cooke as “Stuart,” Jacob Fishel as “Martin,” Tim McGeever as “Humphry,” Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as “Nick.” (more...)

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced a new Broadway production of Clifford Odets’ The Big Knife, starring Emmy® Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Bobby Cannavale, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes. (more...)

Happy Medium Theatre, Inc. (HMT) will present The American Plan, written by Richard Greenberg and directed by Melanie Garber from June 8th – 16th, 2012 at the Factory Theatre, 791 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02118. (more...)

A Hollywood action star tries to prove himself in a serious Broadway play by Kafka, and he comes up against a new understudy with a chip on his shoulder and a tangled romantic past, in San Jose Rep’s production of The Understudy, scheduled to run from May 10 through June 3. Press Opening Night is May 16, 2012, at 7:30 pm. (more...)

Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for the Alley Theatre’s new production of Theresa Rebeck’s WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST, part of the Alley Theatre’s New Play Initiative. WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST runs on the Alley Theatre’s Neuhaus Stage May 11 through June 12, 2012. (more...)

The Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the world premiere production of Bad Jews by Joshua Elias Harmon and directed by Daniel Aukin for the fall season. Bad Jews will begin preview performances on October 5, 2012 and will open officially on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. This is a limited engagement through December 16, 2012. All tickets for Roundabout Underground productions are $20. (more...)

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that movie star Jake Gyllenhaal will be making his American stage debut in If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet, a comedic drama by Nick Payne at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre this fall. The play will be directed by Michael Longhurst, with three additional actors and the design team to be announced shortly. (more...)

Paul Gross, one of Canada’s acclaimed actors, will lead the cast of Are You There, McPhee? a world premiere by John Guare at McCarter Theatre Center. Directed by Sam Buntrock, the production will run from May 4 through June 3, 2012. (Opening Night: Friday, May 11.) (more...)

This July, 40 of the nation’s most prominent and promising writers, directors, and composers will be in residence at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in a new laboratory for collaboration. Today, the renowned nonprofit announced 13 selections for the inaugural summer lab at The Ground Floor, Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work. During an intense four-week period, dozens of artists will live, dine, create, and collaborate at the Theatre’s new campus in West Berkeley. (more...)

HERO Theatre will present a benefit staged reading of William Shakespeare’s KING LEAR on Monday, May 21st at 7:30PM to be held at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre, 111 West 46th Street. Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis will play the title role and director Austin Pendleton will direct a cast featuring special guest artists performing alongside HERO Theatre company members. (more...)

Meet the cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway production of Simon Gray’s comedy-drama The Common Pursuit, directed by Moisés Kaufman. The Common Pursuit will feature Kristen Bush as “Marigold,” Kieran Campion as “Peter,” Josh Cooke as “Stuart,” Jacob Fishel as “Martin,” Tim McGeever as “Humphry,” Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as “Nick.” Check out the photos below! (more...)

The cast of Off-Broadway Roundabout Theatre Company production The Common Pursuit, written by Simon Gray and directed by Moisés Kaufman, met the press Friday, April 6 at the company's rehearsal studio. The Common Pursuit will feature Kristen Bush as “Marigold,” Kieran Campion as “Peter,” Josh Cooke as “Stuart,” Jacob Fishel as “Martin,” Tim McGeever as “Humphry,” Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as “Nick.” (more...)