Bill Irwin News

Billy and the Donmar pick up major awards, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf transfers, Dawn French joins Kathy Burke for Smaller and two shows post closing notices

The Broadway cast of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is headed to London.

On Sunday, November 20th, the Roundabout Theatre Company hosted the New York premiere of Noah Haidle's comedy Mr. Marmalade.

The Trip to Bountiful, for which tickets are $15, will open on December 4 after beginning previews on November 15th

Seven original solo shows will be featured in Double Helix Theatre Company's One Festival from November 16th through 20th

Cherry Jones will host the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre today, October 25

The Arden Theatre Company's production of Sweeney Todd received the most Barrymore Awards, with Elegies: A Song Cycle, Take Me Out, Chasing Nicolette, The Lives of Bosie and more as other winners of the Philadelphia-area awards

On Sunday evening, September 25 at 8:30 PM, the New York theatrical community will take the stage at the Gershwin Theatre for Broadway's Celebrity Benefit for Hurricane Relief.

Eden Espinosa,Bernadette Peters, Ricky Ian Gordon, Adam Guettel, Cheyenne Jackson, Judy Kuhn, Terrence Mann, Phyllis Newman, Elizabeth Parkinson, Phylicia Rashad, Keith Roberts, Jai Rodriguez, Brooke Shields, Daniel Sunjata and the casts of Avenue Q and Rent have joined the line-up.

The event will star Ben Vereen & Liza Minnelli and feature Bryan Batt, Shoshana Bean, Victoria Clark, Charlotte D'Amboise, Jill Eikenberry, Raul Esparza, Shuler Hensley, Megan Hilty, Bill Irwin, Brian d'Arcy James, Isabelle Keating, Adriane Lenox, Terrence Mann, Rue McClanahan, Michael McElroy, Julia Murney, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O'Hara, Denis O'Hare, David Hyde Pierce, Carole Shelley, Christopher Sieber, Michael Tucker, Frederick Weller and The Broadway Inspirational Voices, plus the casts of The Light in the Piazza, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, All Shook Up, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Wicked.

Today (Monday, August 29th) the City Center Box Office opens for Rolex presents 'THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!' Celebrating Career Transition For Dancers', 20th Anniversary Jubilee - hosted by Liza Minnelli on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 7:00 pm at City Center.

The Arden Theatre Company's staging of Sweeney Todd earned the most Barrymore nominations this season; Bill Irwin and Bronson Pinchot are also nominees

Rolex presents 'THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!' Celebrating Career Transition For Dancers', 20th Anniversary Jubilee - hosted by Liza Minnelli on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 7:00 pm at City Center.

The well-reviewed but ill-attended revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will end its run on September 4th

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the seventh annual BROADWAY BARKS! along with many Broadway stars.

Rolex presents 'THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!' Celebrating Career Transition For Dancers', 20th Anniversary Jubilee - on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 7:00 pm at City Center, 131 West 55 Street (bet. 7 & 6 Ave) NYC.

The revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will run under a reduced-performance schedule beginning on July 4th

THEATER TALK airs weekly on Fridays at 12:30 AM and repeats Mondays at 5 AM on Thirteen

A last weeks notice has been posted in the New York Times for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, although a specific closing date has not yet been set

Here's a list of links for BroadwayWorld.com's entire 2005 Tony Award coverage