Mark Rydell News

Oscar-nominated actress Bette Midler and director Mark Rydell will participate in an onstage discussion following the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 30th anniversary screening of 'The Rose' on Friday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The world-renowned Imagination Workshop was founded 40 years ago by Margaret Ladd, the award-winning actress and Founding Artistic Director, and her husband Lyle Kessler, the critically-acclaimed playwright, and Co-Founder of the organization. Today, the Imagination Workshop, a unique theatre company comprised of professional theatre artists collaborating with patients recovering from mood disorders and other mental illnesses, is one of the longest running Arts and Social Institutions in the country.

The world-renowned Imagination Workshop was founded 40 years ago by Margaret Ladd, the award-winning actress and Founding Artistic Director, and her husband Lyle Kessler, the critically-acclaimed playwright, and Co-Founder of the organization. Today, the Imagination Workshop, a unique theatre company comprised of professional theatre artists collaborating with patients recovering from mood disorders and other mental illnesses, is one of the longest running Arts and Social Institutions in the country.

Four time Academy Award nominee and Broadway actress talks about new acting program being offered at Wesleyan College in Connecticut

Oscar winning director and producer, Sydney Pollack passed away on Memorial Day, 2008 from cancer.

Hal Ackerman takes a frank look at his own mortality in his play Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me. The playwright also takes center stage in his autobiographical work, joined by supporting cast members Dennis Lee Kelly and Lisa Robins. Michael Arabian directs a four-week run at The Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica April 18 through May 10.

Wynn Handman, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre was toasted by a gathering of theater and film luminaries at a reception in his honor

The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.

Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Marlo Thomas, headlines the world premiere of Elaine May's 'Moving Right Along,' at San Francisco's Magic Theatre Oct. 21 through Nov. 18.

Emmy Award-winner Marlo Thomas, a theatre veteran well-known for her work on the series 'That Girl,' will headline the cast of Moving Right Along, which will be presented in its world premiere from October 21st through November 19th at San Francisco's Magic Theatre