The Westport Country Playhouse News

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Festival Stage of Winston-Salem concludes its second season of resident professional theatre with the new office-based farce Hatchetman, which runs tonight, May 11 through May 27 at Hanesbrands Theatre (209 N. Spruce Street, Winston-Salem).

After premiering in a sold out, critically acclaimed run in Los Angeles, I AM A TREE, written and performed by Dulcy Rogers and directed by Allan Miller, arrives in NY, produced by United Pies, Inc, in association with The Elephant Theatre (Los Angeles).

Festival Stage of Winston-Salem will conclude its second season of resident professional theatre with the new office-based farce Hatchetman, which runs May 11-27 at Hanesbrands Theatre (209 N. Spruce Street, Winston-Salem).

Another Sondheim musical at Center Stage is a huge success

Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell was the featured performer at 'An Evening With Brian Stokes Mitchell,' a fundraising gala for Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County (NS), a non-profit arts education program and summer camp for inner city children and those with special needs.

Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays, currently playing on Broadway in The Best Man, will head the cast of the inventive comedy/thriller, Stage Struck, by Simon Gray, a Script in Hand playreading at Westport Country Playhouse, on Monday, March 12, 7 p.m. The cast includes Jayne Atkinson, Michel Gill and Doug Stender. Part of Winter at the Playhouse, the reading will be directed by Anne Keefe, Playhouse artistic advisor. Tickets to the one-night-only event are $15.

At an open house event held on February 16, Bucks County Playhouse (BCP), the legendary and beloved theater in New Hope, Pennsylvania, revealed exciting and sweeping renovation plans to its storied facilities. The long-term vision is centered on how to make the Playhouse more functional, self-sustaining, and enjoyable for all who visit, and these renovations will be executed in phases.

Westport Country Playhouse will present two Script in Hand play readings this autumn with the classic whodunit, 'Dial ‘M' for Murder,' by Frederick Knott, on Monday, November 14, 7 p.m., and the delightfully touching comedy 'Holiday,' by Philip Barry, on Monday, December 12, 7 p.m. Tickets to the one-night-only events are $15.

Unconventional by design and by accident, but it works (mostly).

Unconventional by design and by accident, but it works (mostly).

Westport Country Playhouse will present two Script in Hand play readings this autumn with the classic whodunit, 'Dial ‘M' for Murder,' by Frederick Knott, on Monday, November 14, 7 p.m., and the delightfully touching comedy 'Holiday,' by Philip Barry, on Monday, December 12, 7 p.m. Tickets to the one-night-only events are $15.

The Westport Country Playhouse has added A RAISIN IN THE SUN, THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING and a world premiere by Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin to its 2012 season.

Does Terrence McNally's play on AIDS still hold up after 20 years? It's a bit weak, but the beach house is stunning!

Does Terrence McNally's play on AIDS still hold up after 20 years? It's a bit weak, but the beach house is stunning!

Political scandals are hardly new. But this Circle takes a different turn.

Durang's merciless satire on psychiatrists is still strong after 30 years.

FRIENDS UNITED DEVELOPING GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT aka The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc. Founder, President & Artistic Director, Joe DeMita proudly presents THE SECOND ANNUAL 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL MAY 4 at The Arsenal Center for the Arts

FRIENDS UNITED DEVELOPING GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT aka The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc. Founder, President & Artistic Director, Joe DeMita proudly presents THE SECOND ANNUAL 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL MAY 4 at The Arsenal Center for the Arts

Casting has been announced for The Laguna Playhouse's production of Noël Coward's celebrated comedy, Private Lives that runs March 15 - April 10, 2011. Directed by Andrew Barnicle, the cast for Private Lives features Julie Granata as Amanda, Joseph Fuqua as Elyot, Winslow Corbett as Sybil, and Matthew Floyd Miller as Victor.