Well 2006

While Shakespeare's canon includes many couples whose relationships are of questionable health - Kate and Petruchio, Beatrice and Benedick, Mr. and Mrs. Scottish - few are as discomfortingly mismatched as the lead pair of All's Well That Ends Well.

Some seasons back Peter O'Toole starred in a venture titled Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, where he portrayed the London journalist whose 'Low Life' column in The Spectator chronicled his alcohol-fueled adventures among the town's Bohemians. When the festivities interfered with his ability to meet a deadline, the title phrase would appear in the space normally occupied by his scribblings. Those in the know... well, they knew.

Let me put it this way... If Spring Awakening was the kind of show that made you feel good about the future of the American musical, I'd say there's a fine chance you'll enjoy Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: The Concert Version. On the other hand, if you couldn't for the life of you stand one moment of Spring Awakening, or at the very least was of the humble opinion that it was far from the ground-breaking musical theatre revolution so many proclaimed it to be, I'd say there's a very good chance you will looooooooooooooove Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: The Concert Version.

In today's Michael Riedel column, Harold Prince very nicely sums up his view on the state of the Broadway musical:

'We are not here to tell the life story of Cole Porter,' Mark Nadler advised the Town Hall audience last Monday night. 'There are two excessively mediocre films for that. Indeed, if there was any educational value A Swell Party: RSVP Cole Porter, Nadler and K.T. Sullivan's return engagement of their dynamite Algonquin Oak Room tribute playing a one-nighter on what would be the golden child of Peru, Indiana's 117th birthday, it was in how to find unexpected shadings in songs we've known and loved forever.

The 2006 Tony Award-Nominated comedy Well arrives to the Arena Stage, running September 14 to October 14 in the Fichandler. The press opening performance is Thursday, September 20 at 8PM.

Catch scenes from Dr. Dolittle right now on BroadwayWorld.com!

National Public Radio's feature on Lisa Kron's play Well is now available on NPR's website. The feature originally aired on Saturday, April 1 on NPR's Weekend Addition; site visitors can listen to the feature as well as unaired interview footage with Kron and director Leigh Silverman

BroadwayWorld was at the Hard Rock Cafe on March 30th as Lisa Kron's Well celebrated its opening night at the Longacre Theatre

An all-star crowd attended the opening night of 'Well' at the Longacre Theatre in New York City. March 30, 2006.

WELL, a new comedy, will open on Broadway tonight, March 30.

Rosie O'Donnell visited the cast of Broadway's 'Well' March 29, 2006.

Jayne Houdyshell was awarded a San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Female Supporting Performance earlier today for her work in the American Conservatory Theater's production of WELL.

The box office opened today for Well, the Lisa Kron play opening on Broadway on March 30th

The official website for WELL, a new comedy written by Lisa Kron and directed by Leigh Silverman, is now live at www.WellOnBroadway.com.

Joining the previously announced Lisa Kron and Jayne Houdyshell in WELL on Broadway will be Daniel Breaker, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, John Hoffman and Christina Kirk.

WELL, the critically-acclaimed play written by Lisa Kron and directed by Leigh Silverman, will open on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48 Street) on March 30, 2006.