David Jones News

Phoenix Theatre presents Curtains, 100 E. McDowell, Phoenix. Runs September 16 - October 11, 2009. Directed by Michael Barnard, Book by Rupert Holmes

Tickets will go on sale for Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire on August 12, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Liv Ullmann, the production will begin performances at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater October 29 to November 21, 2009 and will feature STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, Joel Edgerton as Stanley and Robin McLeavy as Stella.

Tickets will go on sale for Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire on August 12, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Liv Ullmann, the production will begin performances at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater October 29 to November 21, 2009 and will feature STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, Joel Edgerton as Stanley and Robin McLeavy as Stella.

The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center today announces several additions to the creative team for Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure. According to producer Judith Lisi, president and CEO of TBPAC, Marguerite Derricks will choreograph the production and Ron Melrose will serve as music supervisor and provide vocal and dance arrangements as well as incidental music. Susan Hilferty, Neil Patel and Paul Gallo will design the costumes, sets and lights respectively, while Jon Weston will design the sound and Sven Ortel will design video and projections.

The UK Times Online has reported the sad and belated news that John Franklyn-Robbins passed away on March 21, 2009. He was was born on December 14, 1924 and died at 84.

Four hunters, lost in the Canadian woods, begin losing their minds and battling a gigantic, unseen creature in this adaptation of Algernon Blackwood's classic tale of supernatural horror. One of Blackwood's best stories is the magnificent THE WENDIGO, written in 1908. On the surface, this is a classic story of man versus nature but on a spiritual level the story forces us to question our position and purpose in the universe, to wonder if perhaps there are some places, as the narrator says, that 'no human foot was meant to trod.'

Four hunters, lost in the Canadian woods, begin losing their minds and battling a gigantic, unseen creature in this adaptation of Algernon Blackwood's classic tale of supernatural horror. One of Blackwood's best stories is the magnificent THE WENDIGO, written in 1908. On the surface, this is a classic story of man versus nature but on a spiritual level the story forces us to question our position and purpose in the universe, to wonder if perhaps there are some places, as the narrator says, that 'no human foot was meant to trod.'

Additional casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of MARY STUART, Friedrich Schiller's classic play in a new version by Peter Oswald, which opens April 19, 2009 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). The production, starring its acclaimed original London leads Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, begins previews on March 30, 2009 for a limited run of 20 weeks only.

Entertainment tonight is reporting that Catherine Zeta-Jones, who last sang on the big screen (and picked up an Oscar) in CHICAGO is now set to star in the title role of 'Cleo' in the new film. The musical film, set in the 1920s tells the story of Cleopatra, Antony and Ceasar.

Williamstown Theatre Festival ends season with a well-acted but only partially satisfying production of Lillian Hellman's 'The Autumn Garden'

Due to high demand for tickets, the Williamstown Theatre Festival has added an additional performance of Lillian Hellman's The Autumn Garden on Wednesday, August 22 at 3:00

The Festival will premiere The Prophet Muhammad, an original work developed in the leapFROG program.

The 2007 Rising Star Awards Gala Ceremony will take place at Paper Mill Playhouse on Tuesday, June 12, 2007.

Williamstown Theatre Festival announces additional casting and directors for the upcoming season.

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced that Blithe Spirit will be presented on the Main Stage. In addition, Allison Janney, James Naughton, Hunter Foster, William Ivey Long and Kaitlin Hopkins are among the artists at the Festival this season.

Party Come Here, Kate Burton, B.D. Wong and more will all feature as part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival's '07 summer season

This month, Sweet Bird of Youth will be presented at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, as will the popular Late-Night Cabaret series

Gregg Edelman, Kaitlin Hopkins, Carrie Preston and Margaret Colin are among the latest additions to the Williamstown Theatre Festival, running in MA from July 6th through August 27th

Emmy Rossum and Sharon Lawrence will respectively play Juliet and Anything Goes' Reno Sweeney at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, running from July 6th through August 27th

Malcolm Gets, Matt Cavenaugh, Beth Fowler, Kerry Butler, and Kristine Nielsen--as well as Kathleen Turner in her theatrical directing debut--will be among the participating stars of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in MA, running from July 6th through August 27th