Bruce Altman News

'THE ACCIDENTAL PERVERT' Andrew Goffman's shocking and hilarious tour-de-force-of-honesty will open Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street - btwn: West 3rd Street & Minetta Lane) on Saturday, January 23rd.

'THE ACCIDENTAL PERVERT' Andrew Goffman's shocking and hilarious tour-de-force-of-honesty will open Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street - btwn: West 3rd Street & Minetta Lane) on Saturday, January 23rd.

'THE ACCIDENTAL PERVERT' Andrew Goffman's shocking and hilarious tour-de-force-of-honesty will open Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street - btwn: West 3rd Street & Minetta Lane) on Saturday, January 23rd.

'THE ACCIDENTAL PERVERT' Andrew Goffman's shocking and hilarious tour-de-force-of-honesty will open Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street - btwn: West 3rd Street & Minetta Lane) on Saturday, January 23rd.

Focus CEO James Schamus announced today that Academy Award winner George Clooney will star in the title role of The American for director Anton Corbijn (Control). Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the suspense thriller, which begins production this week on location in Italy.

Playwright Charles Messina returns for this Spring's Shortened Attention Span Baseball Festival with his semi-autobiographical one-act, Klepto, to open a limited run as part of the Festival and runs opening week, March 6-9. Show times Thursday through Saturday at 8PM; Sunday at 3PM. The Players Theatre is located at 115 MacDougal Street

Former 'Sopranos' star Jason Cerbone will appear in Charles Messina's new play Merging that will debut at The Players Theatre in Manhattan in October as part of the theatre's Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival.

The world premiere of Surface to Air, a new play by David Epstein, directed by Tony Award-winner James Naughton, at Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Broadway at 95th Street has cancelled their 7 pm Sunday evening performances for the reminder of the run

The world premiere of David Epstein's Surface to Air, directed by Tony Award-winner James Naughton (City of Angels, Chicago, 'Ally McBeal'), runs July 11 - August 5, 2007 at Symphony Space

The world premiere of David Epstein's Surface to Air, directed by Tony Award-winner James Naughton, runs July 11 - August 5, 2007 at Symphony Space

Casting has been announced for the world premiere of David Epstein's Surface to Air, directed by Tony Award-winner James Naughton, July 11 - August 5, 2007 at Symphony Space

Robert Klein, Michael Cumpsty and more joined acclaimed photographer Howard Schatz in a discussion of his craft on October 3rd at the Kaufmann Concert Hall

Due to popular response, the previously announced reading of Charles Grodin's new play The Prosecution of Brandon Hein has been moved to the larger Barrow Street Theatre, where it will be presented on June 5th

The Culture Project will present a reading of Charles Grodin's new play The Prosecution of Brandon Hein, which will take place on June 5th; it will feature Carey Lowell, Johanna Day, Grodin and more