Atlantic Theater Company News

Performances of THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, Academy Award-winner Martin McDonagh's acclaimed new play, directed by Wilson Milam, begin tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 19 at 8pm at Broadway's Lyceum theatre (149 West 45th Street).

The producers of Martin McDonagh's Olivier Award-winning play, THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, are offering special Student Rush Tickets to the critically acclaimed new comedy that moves to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre.

Nominees for the 2006 Lucille Lortel Awards have been announced

Honoring the legacy of its founder, the late Frederic B. Vogel, The Commercial Theater Institute will once again offer its annual three-day intensive training program, 'Producing for the Commercial Theater,' from April 28th through 30th.

On April 4th, Alison Pill will replace Kerry Condon in the Atlantic Theatre Company's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which will soon be receiving a Broadway transfer

Tickets for the Broadway transfer of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore will go on sale March 26th

The Atlantic Theater Company's limited run of Martin McDonagh's new play The Lieutenant of Inishmore is sold out; the play will continue through Sunday, April 9th before it moves to the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway beginning April 18th (opening night is Wednesday, May 3rd)

Casting has been announced for Dread Awakening, a new work of four world premiere horror one-acts that will be headlined by 'The Sopranos' star Robert Funaro

On March 20th, the Drama Desk will present its panel discussion 'Building Future Audiences'

Nominated for his first Academy Award, stage-vet Martin McDonagh won the Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action) on Sunday, March 5, 2006.

Sixty-three U.S. theatres have been announced as recipients of the Actors' Equity Foundation's 2005-2006 Theater Grants

Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which opened on February 27th at the Atlantic Theater Company after beginning previews on February 8th, will transfer to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre, where it will begin performances on April 18th and open on May 3rd

Martin McDonagh's THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE opens tonight: Monday, February 27 at 7pm at The Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director).

'King Lear' will move Off-Broadway, from Boston, June 15 to July 2, starring Alvin Epstein.

SPRING AWAKENING will begin previews Thursday, May 18, 2006, officially open Thursday, June 15, 2006 and play a limited engagement through Sunday, July 9, 2006.

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Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

On February 8th, Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore will begin its off-Broadway run

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Felicity Huffman and S. Epatha Merkerson were among the theatre veterans to bring home SAG Awards