Mary Birdsong News

Fifty-six Broadway stars, running the gamut from Jude Law to Julie Harris, have created one-of-a-kind Lend-a-Hand artworks that are now being auctioned on eBay in the Bid 2 Beat AIDS auction, benefiting LIFEbeat.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presented the 21st Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION over a two day event yesterday, December 7 and today, December 8 at the Palace Theatre on Broadway. The proceeds from the event benefit BC/EFA. This year's event raised more than $4,639,000 dollars. And the winners are in!

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Michele Lee (Tale of the Allergist's Wife), Tony Award-winner Debra Monk (Curtains), Tracee Ellis Ross ('Girlfriends') and Casey Wilson ('Saturday Night Live') will join the rotating cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore. They join the show January 6 through January 31, 2009, alongside the returning Katie Finneran. Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, directed by Karen Carpenter and based on the bestselling book by Ilene Beckerman, opened October 1, 2009 to rave reviews at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43 Street, NYC) and has been extended through March 2010.

Producer Daryl Roth welcomed Mary Birdsong, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Mary Louise Wilson to the rotating company of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, and directed by Karen Carpenter, on Wednesday, October 21st. The actresses join current company member Tyne Daly.

Producer Daryl Roth is pleased to welcome Mary Birdsong, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Mary Louise Wilson to the rotating company of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, and directed by Karen Carpenter, beginning Wednesday, October 21st. The actresses join current company member Tyne Daly.

Producer Daryl Roth is pleased to welcome Mary Birdsong, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Mary Louise Wilson to the rotating company of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, and directed by Karen Carpenter, beginning Wednesday, October 21st. The actresses join current company member Tyne Daly.

Mary Birdsong will appear in a stage reading of NYMF's Live! Nude! Girl! on Oct. 15. The show, about a 1950s housewife who undergoes a dramatic make-over, is written by composer Wayne Barker and lyricist-librettist Donna Kaz. Live! Nude! Girl had a Manhattan reading in January 2008 and will premiere a revised script and score in two NYMF presentations.

Live! Nude! Girl! is an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's developmental reading series and will receive two AEA readings on October 15th at the festival's 45th Street Theatre venue.

Nora and Delia Ephron took the stage at More Magazine's Reinvention Convention yesterday to discuss their new play 'Love, Loss and What I Wore.' They also dished about Nora's worst wedding dress (for her third marriage); taxes; divorce and of course - men.

Nora and Delia Ephron took the stage at More Magazine's Reinvention Convention yesterday to discuss their new play 'Love, Loss and What I Wore.' They also dished about Nora's worst wedding dress (for her third marriage); taxes; divorce and of course - men.

Mary Birdsong will appear in a stage reading of NYMF's Live! Nude! Girl! on Oct. 15. The show, about a 1950s housewife who undergoes a dramatic make-over, is written by composer Wayne Barker and lyricist-librettist Donna Kaz. Live! Nude! Girl had a Manhattan reading in January 2008 and will premiere a revised script and score in two NYMF presentations.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, is making its world premiere at New York's Westside Theatre. The play celebrated its official Opening Night yesterday evening, Thursday, October 1st. The producers of the play have extended its limited engagement into 2010.

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, is making its world premiere for a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre. The play celebrated its official Opening Night yesterday evening, Thursday, October 1st.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

Last night, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's new play LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories, premiered at New York's Westside Theatre with a star-studded cast including Rita Wilson, Mary Birdsong and Rosie O'Donnell. Today, O'Donnell took to her blog to reflect on a memory inspired by the production.

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, has its world premiere tonight for a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre. Opening night set for October 1.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Natasha Lyonne will join the rotating cast of the upcoming World Premiere production of Love, Loss and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, playing a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). Preview performances will begin on September 21, 2009, with the opening night set for October 1.