Margo Jefferson News

Long Wharf Theatre's Education Department will be staging a production of original pieces created by residents of New Haven's Tower One/Tower East, on Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II on Monday, August 24 at 7 p.m.

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.?s Willy Nilly, a Musical Exploitation of the Most Far Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.'s WILLY NILLY: A Musical Exploitation of the Most Far-Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival

Sam Waterston, star of TV's 'Law and Order' and countless film and stage appearances, returns to the Long Wharf Theatre stage in the 2009-10 world premiere of Athol Fugard's play Have You Seen Us?, directed by Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with Long Wharf Theatre presents Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie, directed by Gordon Edelstein with Patch Darragh (Tom Wingfield), two-time Tony® Award winner Judith Ivey (Amanda Wingfield), Keira Keeley (Laura Wingfield).

AESCLEPIUS -- the first known play to tell the story of the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing -- featuring an international cast from the acclaimed Great Jones Repertory Company, presented by La MaMa E.T.C., at the La MaMa E.T.C. Annex (66 East 4th Street) in Manhattan.

La MaMa E.T.C. presents Ellen Stewart's world-premiere play AESCULAPIUS -- the first known play to tell the story of the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing -- featuring an international cast from the acclaimed Great Jones Repertory Company at La MaMa E.T.C. Annex (66 East 4th Street) in Manhattan, with previews beginning May 28, prior to an official press opening Sunday, May 31. Conceived, written, and directed by the legendary Ellen Stewart, AESCULAPIUS tells how the son of sun god Apollo and mortal maiden Coronis transcends to his rightful place in the heavens because of his great work in medicine. It is believed that Aesculapius' story has never before been told on stage.

AESCLEPIUS -- the first known play to tell the story of the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing -- featuring an international cast from the acclaimed Great Jones Repertory Company, presented by La MaMa E.T.C., at the La MaMa E.T.C. Annex (66 East 4th Street) in Manhattan.

La MaMa E.T.C. presents Ellen Stewart's world-premiere play AESCULAPIUS -- the first known play to tell the story of the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing -- featuring an international cast from the acclaimed Great Jones Repertory Company at La MaMa E.T.C. Annex (66 East 4th Street) in Manhattan, with previews beginning May 28, prior to an official press opening Sunday, May 31. Conceived, written, and directed by the legendary Ellen Stewart, AESCULAPIUS tells how the son of sun god Apollo and mortal maiden Coronis transcends to his rightful place in the heavens because of his great work in medicine. It is believed that Aesculapius' story has never before been told on stage.

Due to tremendous audience interest, the critically acclaimed Goodman Theatre production of Hughie, starring Brian Dennehy and Joe Grifasi and directed by Robert Falls, will be extended for a week with the run now concluding on Nov. 16.

Due to tremendous audience interest, the critically acclaimed Goodman Theatre production of Hughie, starring Brian Dennehy and Joe Grifasi and directed by Robert Falls, will be extended for a week with the run now concluding on Nov. 16.

Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joan Channick, is pleased to announce the addition of the Athol Fugard one-act play Valley Song to the 2008-09 season.

La MaMa E.T.C. presents Ellen Stewart's new adaptation of THE RAVEN, an American-premiere musical based on the rarely seen play by 18th-century Italian writer Carlo Gozzi (TURANDOT, THE GREEN BIRD), featuring an international cast from the acclaimed Great Jones Repertory Company at La MaMa E.T.C. Annex (66 East 4th Street) in Manhattan, with previews beginning June 12, prior to an official press opening Sunday, June 15.

Blue Heron Theatre is currently presenting the world premiere of Judi Komaki's If Truth Be Known, directed by Christine Simpson. The play, a sensitive drama that speaks to issues of race, gender, and class will host Komaki and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Margo Jefferson in a post-performance talk-back following the regular performance on Friday, June 15 at 8:00 p.m.

Conceptual pop artist Francesca Harper, currently on stage in The Color Purple, blended original music, choreography, dance, and film into a contemporary pop variety show, 'Modo Fusion Lounge,' which was performed at the 92nd Street Y's Makor/Steinhardt Center on October 9th

Francesca Harper, currently on stage in The Color Purple, will blend original music, choreography, dance, and film into a contemporary pop variety show, 'Modo Fusion Lounge,' which will be performed at the 92nd Street Y's Makor/Steinhardt Center on October 9th at 7:30 PM

The Cherry Lane Theatre, New York's longest running Off-Broadway theatre, is undergoing extensive renovation

John Lithgow and Cynthia Nixon will join luminaries from other arts fields in The Book That Changed My Life, an October 22nd 12-hour marathon at Symphony Space

Playwright Deb Margolin -- author of the plays 'Three Seconds in the Key,' 'Bringing the Fisherman Home' and 'Rock Scissors Paper' -- is the recipient of the $15,000 '2005 Kesselring Prize' for playwriting, it has been announced by O. Aldon James, president of The National Arts Club, which presents the Kesselring each year to an emerging American playwright. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Kesselring Prize.

Red Bull Theater, Artistic Director Jesse Berger, the company that brought us the critical smash hit of Shakespeare's Pericles in 2003, announces their fall season with the return of Revelation Readings, a popular reading series exploring new plays of heightened language and neglected Jacobean plays.