Atlantic Theatre Company News

JERUSALEM has extended its limited engagement on Broadway for an additional four weeks. The critically acclaimed, award-winning production will now run through August 21 at the Music Box Theatre (230 West 45th Street).

Teatro La Tea and Core Creative Productions are proud to present the world premiere of Dia de los Muertos, a searing new play by Anthony P. Pennino, co-directed by Pennino and Alberto Bonilla.

Created by Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell and Jeff Bowen, the show will be given a Developmental Lab Production by the Vineyard Theatre from 4 to 19 June 2011.

Winners of the 2010-11 Drama League Awards, presented at the 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 20, 2011 (1 p.m.) at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square..

GLEE star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison is very busy this spring, with his debut solo album that dropped May 10 and a national concert tour starting soon after. His CD debuted at number 24 on the Billboard chart, the LA Times reports. The recording, which precedes a summer tour launching from Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre on June 18, marks Morrison's solo debut.

The Drama League has announced the rosters of stars who will appear as presenters at The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 20, 2011 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway at 46th Street). The ceremony will be hosted by Kathleen Turner (High).

GLEE star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison just dropped his debut solo album on May 10, and yesterday he visited 'Good Morning America' to promote it's release. Click below to check out the interview!

Tonight's edition of 'Theater Talk' will feature JERUSALEM's Tony-nominated star Mark Rylance and Tony-nominated playwright Jez Butterworth. 'Theater Talk' airs tonight at 12:30 AM on WNET-TV, Channel 13 and on CUNY TV on Saturday, May 14 at 8:30 PM, Sunday, May 15 at 12:30 PM and Monday, May 16 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM.

GLEE star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison visited AOL Sessions to perform 'Still Got Tonight,' written by American Idol Kris Allen, Andrew Frampton and Stephen Allen Kipner.

People's Light & Theatre presents the Philadelphia premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate. It runs May 11 - June 5, 2011 on the Main Stage. Artistic Director Abigail Adams directs. People's Light & T

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BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON star Benjamin Walker is the title character in 20th Century Fox's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The New York Times has a first look at the film, including photos; click here to view them!

The Drama League has announced the rosters of stars who will appear as presenters at The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 20, 2011 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway at 46th Street). The ceremony will be hosted by Kathleen Turner (High).

GLEE star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison drops he debut solo album on May 10, and according to the Hollywood Reporter, GLEE's two-part season finale will feature a single from it. Morrison told THR, 'It was going to be just a big dance piece with me doing this big dance number, but they said, ‘We want you to sing it and make it a big moment.' '

GLEE star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison drops he debut solo album on May 10, and fans who purchase it on Amazon.com will be treated to an extended version, which features a bonis track- 'Arms of a Lover.'

According to published reports, Matthew Morrison's upcoming debut album will feature a song written by 'American Idol' winner Kris Allen entitled, 'Still Got Tonight.' The album will be released on May 10.

This morning, Norbert Leo Butz and Kathleen Chalfant announced the nominations for The 77th Annual Drama League Awards in the categories of Distinguished Production of Play, Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Revival of a Musical and the Distinguished Performance Award. Both actors are previous winners of The Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award. BroadwayWorld brought you the live stream of the nomination reception at SD26 Restaurant and now we bring you the list of honorees!

JERUSALEM, the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning play by Jez Butterworth and starring Tony and Olivier Award-winner Mark Rylance (Boeing-Boeing, La Bête), began previews on April 2, at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). The production, directed by Ian Rickson, opens tonight, April 21 and will play a limited 16-week engagement.

As I watched Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, some painful recollections surfaced from my childhood about Ireland and its people. My mother was second generation Irish, her parents Irish immigrants who declared quite emphatically that they were happy in America and never wanted to return to their homeland, even for a visit. My mother relayed this information to me with tears in her eyes as she recalled how her mother, my maternal grandmother, would never care to endure again her harsh existence in turn of the century Ireland. The characters in McDonagh's play, circa 1934, are desperately lonely creatures, forced to take it out on those closest to them for want and need of a better way of life. Now at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. the Druid and Atlantic Theatre Company return to LA on tour in their rightfully acclaimed production of ...Inishmaan.

GLEE star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison is very busy this spring, with his debut solo album dropping May 10 and a national concert tour starting soon after. In the following video, he chats with the Associated Press about preparing his album. Click below to check it out.