Olympia Dukakis News

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain, will host a special post-performance discussion at tomorrowÂ’s matinee, May 23rd led by one of the showÂ’s producers, Jack Thomas, and the productionÂ’s stars, Mark H. Dold (C. S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud). They will also conduct a Q&A session with the audience. (more...)

In celebration of the 100th Chicago performance of the FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION at the Mercury Theater (3745 N. Southport), the producers will host a Sigmund Freud Look-A-Like contest. (more...)

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Carey Perloff announced today that The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s landmark play focusing on the early days of the AIDS crisis in New York City in the 1980s, will open the 2012–13 season this fall, playing Sep 13-Oct 7. (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 700th New York performance tonight, May 18th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)

Stage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain will take on the iconic roles of Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin in playwright John PielmeierÂ’s world premiere of The Exorcist at the Geffen Playhouse. Helmed by acclaimed director John Doyle, who won a Tony Award for his striking reimagining of Sweeney Todd, this stage adaptation of William Peter BlattyÂ’s famous 1971 novel transforms the unsettling battles of good versus evil, faith versus fact and ego versus ethos into a uniquely theatrical experience as sophisticated as it is suspenseful. (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, invited audience members to have their moms photographed on Dr. FreudÂ’s iconic couch after SundayÂ’s MotherÂ’s Day matinee, May 13th. The cast happily posed for photos with mothers from all over the country on stage for nearly an hour! Check out the photos below. (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 700th New York performance this Friday, May 18th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)

HERO Theatre has just announced that William H. Macy, star of Showtime’s Shameless and Academy Award-nominated for Fargo, will star in a benefit reading of Tennessee Williams’ “Small Craft Warnings”, directed by John Levey. The presentation will take place in Los Angeles, Summer 2012. This will mark HERO Theatre’s west coast premiere. (more...)

The Peccadillo Theater Company announced complete casting today for the sold out industry reading of Sherri HellerÂ’s new comedy MY MOTHER, MY SISTER & ME, starring Valerie Harper, this Monday, May 14th at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street). The presentation will be directed by OBIE Award winner, Dan Wackerman. Along with Valerie Harper, the cast will feature Marcelo Pereira, Anthony Reimer, Randy Schein, Barbara Walsh, Zoe Winters and Remy Zaken. (more...)

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Conservatory Director Melissa Smith announced today that honorary master of fine arts degrees will be conferred on acclaimed actress and comedian Mary Birdsong and California Shakespeare Theater Artistic Director Jonathan Moscone. (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, invites audience members to have their moms photographed on Dr. FreudÂ’s iconic couch after the performance on MotherÂ’s Day this Sunday, May 13th. SundayÂ’s performance is at 3 PM at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s hit play by Mark St. Germain, is celebrating Sigmund FreudÂ’s 156th birthday today, May 6th at New World Stages. Producers Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman and Jack Thomas are requesting that audience members not bring any gifts for Dr. Freud however. His Study is already overstuffed with collectibles from around the world. (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...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, is celebrating Sigmund FreudÂ’s 156th birthday this Sunday, May 6th at New World Stages. (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, will host a special post-performance discussion tomorrow, May 4th led by the playwright and the showÂ’s stars, Mark H. Dold (C. S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud). They will also conduct a Q & A session with the audience. (more...)

The original cast of Off-BroadwayÂ’s FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION is returning to the New York production today, May 2nd at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)

Film star Olympia Dukakis (Oscar winner for Moonstruck) and husband Louis Zorich ("Mad About You") attended the Off-Broadway hit FREUD'S LAST SESSION Saturday evening, April 28th at New World Stages. See the photo below! (more...)

The Peccadillo Theater Company will present a special industry reading of Sherri HellerÂ’s new comedy MY MOTHER, MY SISTER & ME starring Valerie Harper on Monday, May 14th at 7 pm at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street). The presentation will be directed by OBIE Award winner, Dan Wackerman. A full cast announcement will be forthcoming. (more...)

Joining the ensemble cast of BOSS as series regulars this season is Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening, "Glee") as Ian Todd, a smart and ambitious young advisor to Kane. (more...)

Montclair Film Festival (MFF) will feature live events including interviews with Oscar- winners Michael Moore and Olympia Dukakis, a conversation with actor Patrick Wilson, Oliver Platt, and a discussion with New Jersey native Michael Uslan, author of The Boy Who Loved Batman, on how he acquired film rights to the caped crusader and labored to bring the character to screen. DonÂ’t miss a special tribute to film icon Kathleen Turner during a wide-ranging conversation. (more...)