Tony Randall News

The Mint Theater Company, has been granted the $100,000 Tony Randall Grant, to support it's upcoming production of Tolstoy's 'The Power of Darkness.'

The previously announced Broadway revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee's classic Inherit the Wind, starring Tony Award-winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, is now slated to begin March 19th at the Lyceum Theatre and to open on April 12th

Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy will star in a revival of Inherit the Wind, which will begin a limited run at the Lyceum Theatre in March

Applications for the 2007 Tony Randall Grant are now being accepted. The Tony Randall Grant is a $100,000 award given annually to a Tri-State area, non-profit Equity theatre company for the production of a classic play, an adaptation of a classic play, or a work inspired by the classics.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the American premiere of Simon Mendes da Costa's LOSING LOUIE at the Biltmore Theatre. Previews for LOSING LOUIE begin Thursday, September 21 for a Thursday, October 12 opening.

Actor Matthew Arkin made his Broadway debut as Lucas in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor. He recently completed shooting a role in the new untitled Noah Baumbach project with Nicole Kidman, Jack Black and Jennifer Jason Leigh. In addition, Arkin also finished a guest spot on the 'Law and Order: SVU,' which is scheduled to air this fall.

A revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's classic play Inherit the Wind, starring Christopher Plummer, will soon be blowing into Broadway

'Broadway Under the Stars,' the star-studded salute to the musicals of legendary director and producer Hal Prince that was performed in Central Park on June 26th, will be broadcast of CBS 2 on July 15th

For Martha Clarke's upcoming production of Pirandello Project, the inaugural Tony Randall Grant was presented to the New York Theatre Workshop on June 21st at Sardi's

NYC & Company and The League of American Theatres and Producers today announced the full cast for Broadway Under the Stars, a free public concert presented by Target on Monday, June 26th at 8pm at Central Park's Great Lawn. A fireworks finale will follow the performance.

At an event held at Sardi's Restaurant in New York on Wednesday, June 21st, Heather Randall and Jack Klugman, along with the Board of Directors of the Tony Randall Theatrical Fund, and the Grant Selection Committee announced the beneficiary of the inaugural Tony Randall Grant.

'Broadway Under the Stars' will kick-off the outdoor concert season with a free evening of all-star entertainment featuring songs from the productions of legendary director and producer Harold Prince on June 26th; Jeff Calhoun is set to direct and choreograph

Broadway Under the Stars will shine a spotlight on Central Park's Great Lawn on June 26th

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly announces the 2006 cast.

The Actors' Fund of America will celebrate Shakespeare's 442nd birthday at noon on Monday, April 17, with a birthday party and groundbreaking ceremony at The Lillian Booth Actors' Home, the New Jersey residence for retired entertainment professionals; James Earl Jones and Brian Stokes Mitchell will take part in the festivities

The Theatre Outlet presents the world-premiere of MEN OF CLAY, a comedy written and directed by Jeff Cohen (founder of the award-winning Worth Street Theater Company). Matthew Arkin and Obie Award winner Steve Ratazzzi join the previously announced Danton Stone in a cast that also includes Daniel Ahearn, Victor Barbella and Gabrielle Maisels.

Two of Broadway's most illustrious stars, the legendary CHITA RIVERA (who begins previews at the Schoenfeld Theatre on November 23 in Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life) and the debonair DAVID HYDE PIERCE (currently starring in the smash musical, Monty Python's Spamalot, Broadway's Tony Award-winning 'Best Musical'), will be joined by cast and company members from virtually every Broadway and Off Broadway show to celebrate and share in the joy of the holiday season when they flip the switch to light the 2005 BROADWAY HOLIDAY TREE.

The AP reports that Lane, who slammed his finger in a door requiring 14 stitches, will perform in the show, without bandages.