David Lindsay-Abaire News

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce four productions for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming 2010-2011 theatrical season.

NEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, proudly announces that two-time Tony Award winner Julie Taymor will be honored with their 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 61st Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held Tuesday, May 18th at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Producers DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are thrilled to announce casting for SHREK THE MUSICAL. Native Chicagoan, Eric Petersen will lead the First National Tour cast as Shrek. The Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning SHREK THE MUSICAL will launch its national tour in Chicago beginning July 13 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.). Tickets are currently on sale.

The Town and Country Players present their first comedy of the season, David Lindsay-Abaire's hilarious Wonder of the World, directed by Alana Caraccio, opening on May 21 and running for 3 weekends through June 5 at their venue in Buckingham.

Silver Spring Stage presents Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Chris Curtis and produced by Bridget Muehlberger. A life-shattering accident turns a suburban family's world upside down and leaves a couple trying to chart their pathway from darkness into light in a heartfelt story of grief and hope. Rabbit Hole will perform weekends April 16 to May 9.

They're funny, they're Southern, they're dysfunctional-and they're bound for the South Coast Repertory stage this spring.

Witness Relocation, 'a dance theater anarchist's Utopia' (Performing Arts Journal), returns to La MaMa from May 6 to 23 with the English language premiere of 'Five Days in March,' an award-winning play by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada.

A pair of plucky orphans fall into the clutches of a greedy couple in the final installment of SCR's 2009-2010 Theatre for Young Audiences season. Ben and the Magic Paintbrush, adapted by Bathsheba Doran from a Chinese folk tale, has its world premiere May 21 through June 6 on the Julianne Argyros stage.

In May, The St. Thomas Players will hold auditions for both RABBIT HOLE and ART.

New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director), the OBIE Award-winning downtown theater company founded in 1992, and New Feet Productions will present the world premiere of Emily DeVoti's thought-provoking new play 'MILK,' directed by Jessica Bauman.

South Coast Repertory has lined up a slate of talented actors and directors to bring to life the five staged readings in this year's 13th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF), which takes place April 23-25.

South Coast Repertory's 13th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF) will shine the spotlight on seven new plays written by America's finest writers, including five who will be familiar to SCR audiences and two who are making their SCR debuts. This year's festival, which takes place April 23-25, will feature fully-produced world premieres by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Julia Cho and staged readings of brand-new works by Amy Freed, Itamar Moses, Bathsheba Doran, Sofia Alvarez and David West Read.

Saturday, May 22, 2010 has been set as the date for SEAGLASS THEATRE'S second annual fundraising event, it was announced today by Kimberly Van Luin, the company's Artistic Director who founded Chicago's prestigious Griffin Theatre, now in its 22nd year of producing.

They're funny, they're Southern, they're dysfunctional-and they're bound for the South Coast Repertory stage this spring.

Tremont's resident theatre company, convergence-continuum, opens its 2010 season at the Liminis theatre with KIMBERLY AKIMBO, a wacky and warmhearted dark comedy by David Linsay-Abaire.

They're funny, they're Southern, they're dysfunctional-and they're bound for the South Coast Repertory stage this spring.

Silver Spring Stage presents Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Chris Curtis and produced by Bridget Muehlberger. A life-shattering accident turns a suburban family's world upside down and leaves a couple trying to chart their pathway from darkness into light in a heartfelt story of grief and hope. Rabbit Hole will perform weekends April 16 to May 9.

Goblins, ghouls and ghosts of the 1980s haunt SCR's latest world premiere, Doctor Cerberus, which makes its debut April 11 - May 2 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

The Albuquerque Theatre guild is an umbrella organization of live theatre companies, theater practitioners, and theater lovers dedicated to making the Albuquerque area's rich live-theatre scene better known to both residents and visitors alike. We are happy to act as your usher and guide to the wonderful wealth of entertainment possibilities that greater Albuquerque offers every weekend!

According to Variety, Peter Mills and Barry Wyner will be awarded the 2010 Kleban Prize in Musical Theater on June 21. Each will receive a prize of $100,000 at the ceremny which will be held at ASCAP.