MCC To Host Two Nights of LaBute, 6/9, 6/23
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008
MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that it will host two one-night-only readings of plays by Neil LaBute exploring America's obsession with physical beauty.
Broadway By The Year Presents 1979, 6/16
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008
The Town Hall is pleased to present the final production of its 2007-2008 Broadway by the Year series with Broadway by the Year 1979 on Monday, June 16th at 8PM says Executive and Artistic Director Lawrence Zucker. Broadway By The Year is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, now in it's 8th season.
'Love, Perfect, Change' To Close 7/27
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE is set to close on Sunday, July 27 at the Westside Theatre. The production will have played a total of 5,003 performances and 20 previews, making it the second longest-running musical in Off-Broadway history after 'The Fantasticks.'
Curtin, Gleason and Others Present 'Classical' Readings
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008
Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, and Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) will launch 'The Classical Series,' bringing together professional actors to read works by master playwrights. The series premiere will feature Emmy Award winner Jane Curtin, Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason, Obie Award winner Kristine Nielsen and stage, film and television actor Chris Sarandon.
33rd Annual Sam French Play Festival To Take Place 7/15
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008
A selection of 40 short plays, chosen from over 450 submissions by playwriting workshops, university theatre programs, and professional companies nationwide will be presented at the 33rd Annual Samuel French Inc. Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival on July 15th at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (416 West 42nd Street).
New Georges Announces Add't 'Stretch' Performance 6/28
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008
New Georges has announced that its production of Artistic Director Susan Bernfield's politically charged comedy-drama 'STRETCH (a fantasia),' directed by Emma Griffin, with music by Rachel Peters will extend for one performance at The Living Theater, 21 Clinton Street (between E. Houston and Stanton Streets).
Ricky Jay Comes To The Geffen 7/9 - 8/26
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008
No sleight-of-hand here; the peerless Ricky Jay will be bringing his internationally acclaimed show Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants back to the Geffen Playhouse for a limited run this summer.
Neil Labute's 'The Shape Of Things'
by Beau Higgins - May 22, 2008
Florida Repertory Theatre announces The Shape of Things by Neil Labute as a special addition to its 10th Anniversary Season
Langella Returns To Broadway In Roundabout's 'Man'
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008
Variety reports that Frank Langella, the 2007 Tony Award winner for Best Actor in a Play for his work in Frost/Nixon, will return to the Broadway stage in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of A Man For All Seasons.
'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'
by Beau Higgins - May 22, 2008
The show originally opened in New York in 1996, but it now holds the record for Off-Broadway's longest-running musical. With original lyrics and book written by Joe DiPietro (Over the River and Through the Woods) and a musical score composed by Jimmy Roberts (A...My Name is Still Alice
Cast Set for Los Angeles Premiere of 'Parade'
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2008
Almost a full decade after its initial Broadway production, the powerful award winning musical 'Parade' by Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry will receive its first fully staged professional production in Los Angeles at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
Westport Summer Season to Feature Naughton and Dratch
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2008
Westport Country Playhouse announces its summer roster of shows, featuring Tony Award winner James Naughton directing a Cole Porter musical revue; 'Saturday Night Live's' Rachel Dratch appearing in David Wiltse's 'tour de farce' office comedy; and Playhouse favorite Mark Shanahan ('Sedition,' 'David Copperfield,' 'Journey's End') performing in a thriller.