Imagination Workshop's NATURE TEACHES Gives Free Shows 4/2,3by BWW News Desk - Mar 18, 2009The 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. (more...)
Knight & Hopkins to Offer Performance Master Classesby BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2007Theatre stars Shirley Knight and Kaitlin Hopkins will offer a number of upcoming master classes at Chelsea Studios (more...)
Al Pacino Stars in LA Orphans Workshop in Sept.by BWW News Desk - Jul 22, 2005Film and theatre legend will star in a workshop production of Lyle Kessler's Orphans in Los Angeles in September (more...)
Robin Wagner, Lewis Brown, et al. Win TDF/Irene Sharaff Awardsby BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2011Three-time Tony Award-winning scenic designer ROBIN WAGNER and esteemed costume designer LEWIS BROWN are among the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, April 8 at 6:30pm at the Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street). Mr. Brown was selected to receive the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design, and Tony Award-winning scenic designer Robin Wagner will receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design. Sadly, Mr. Brown passed away in January of 2011. His award will be accepted by his long-time colleague and friend, Albert Wolsky, who was the recipient of the 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award (more...)
Knight Stars in Cycling Past the Matterhorn, Sept. 29by BWW News Desk - Aug 9, 2005Tony Award-winner Shirley Knight will return to New York stages in Cycling Past the Matterhorn, which will open off-Broadway on September 9th (more...)
Orphans, Starring Al Pacino Expected on Broadway in Spring 2006by BWW News Desk - Aug 12, 2005A fall workshop of the play will take place in September, and the NY Post reports it'll arrive in New York this Spring. (more...)
Robin Wagner, Lewis Brown, et al. Win TDF/Irene Sharaff Awardsby BWW News Desk - Apr 8, 2011Three-time Tony Award-winning scenic designer ROBIN WAGNER and esteemed costume designer LEWIS BROWN are among the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, April 8 at 6:30pm at the Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street). Mr. Brown was selected to receive the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design, and Tony Award-winning scenic designer Robin Wagner will receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design. Sadly, Mr. Brown passed away in January of 2011. His award will be accepted by his long-time colleague and friend, Albert Wolsky, who was the recipient of the 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award (more...)
Imagination Workshop's NATURE TEACHES Gives Free Shows 4/2,3by BWW News Desk - Apr 2, 2009The 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. (more...)