Ben Gazzara News

A weekly column on theater in the Baltimore/Washington area.

Screen star Mark Ruffalo will join Lauren Ambrose, Ben Gazzara, Jonathan Hadary and Zoe Wanamaker in the starry upcoming revival of Odets' Awake and Sing!

Arena Stage's production of Odets' Awake and Sing!, starring Robert Prosky and Jana Robbins, will run from January 20th through March 5th

Michael Vale, who played Fred the Baker in the popular Dunkin' Donuts commericals and who originated the role of Xanthias in The Frogs, has passed away at the age of 83

Lauren Ambrose, Ben Gazzara, Jonathan Hadary, Zoe Wanamaker and others will headline the Lincoln Center revival of Awake and Sing! on Broadway in spring of 2006

Lifetime Achievement Award recepient Edward Albee's long list of credits contain some of the theater's greatest plays...

The American National Theatre, Inc. (Sean Cullen, Founder and President of ANT) will host its first Founders' Celebration on Monday, May 9th, 2005 at the Dodger Stages (World Wide Plaza, 50th & 8th Ave.)

RCA Victor is pleased to present the DVD release of Broadway: The Golden Age, By The Legends Who Were There. The DVD of the award-winning film by Rick McKay, featuring 88 minutes of bonus material, is available in stores now.

'Broadway: The Golden Age' OPENS TODAY in Denver, Santa Barbara, Hartford, Allentown, Saginaw, Worcester & Dennis, MA, Allentown, PA and HELD OVER at the Laemmle Monica in Santa Monica & Fleischmann's, NY!