David Lindsay-Abaire News

Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible: A Play for an Older Actress will have a staged reading March 8 at 7:30 p.m. as part of South Coast Repertory's NewSCRipts series. (Please note that the date has changed since the series was first announced.) Bible is the 111th play to receive a staged reading in SCR's venerable play reading program.

The Landless Theatre Company presents the DC Premiere of High Fidelity - A Musical, based on the Nick Hornby novel. The music is by Tom Kitt, Tony Award winning composer of Next to Normal, with lyrics by Amanda Green and book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Performances take place February 18th - March 14th at the DC Arts Center. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.landlesstheatrecompany.org.

David Lindsay-Abaire's 2007 Puliter Prize Winning play, 'Rabbit Hole,' directed by No Strings Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Ceil Herman, opens Friday, February 26 and runs through Sunday, March 14 at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.

The Landless Theatre Company presents the DC Premiere of High Fidelity - A Musical (based on the Nick Hornby novel). The music is by Tom Kitt (Tony Award winning composer of NEXT TO NORMAL), with lyrics by Amanda Green and book by David Lindsay-Abaire.

The Landless Theatre Company presents the DC Premiere of High Fidelity - A Musical (based on the Nick Hornby novel). The music is by Tom Kitt (Tony Award winning composer of NEXT TO NORMAL), with lyrics by Amanda Green and book by David Lindsay-Abaire.

The Landless Theatre Company presents the DC Premiere of High Fidelity - A Musical (based on the Nick Hornby novel). The music is by Tom Kitt (Tony Award winning composer of NEXT TO NORMAL), with lyrics by Amanda Green and book by David Lindsay-Abaire.

BLUEBARN Theatre is holding auditions for David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Rabbit Hole. Audition date is Saturday, February 20 th at 10am.

An American architect gets a mysterious assignment from a Middle Eastern dignitary in the latest play from Howard Korder, which will have its world premiere March 7-28 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

Broadway In Chicago, along with producers DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd., are pleased to announce that individual tickets to the Broadway production of SHREK THE MUSICAL will go on sale on February 12, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

Silver Spring Stage's production of Death and the Maiden will close on February 7.

South Coast Repertory tackles science fiction in its latest Theatre for Young Audiences production, an original adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's wildly popular young adult novel, A Wrinkle in Time. SCR Associate Artistic Director John Glore adapted this story of siblings Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, who travel through time to save their father from the dark force of It. Directed by Shelley Butler, Wrinkle runs Feb. 5-27 on the Julianne Argyros stage.

The Landless Theatre Company presents the DC Premiere of High Fidelity - A Musical (based on the Nick Hornby novel). The music is by Tom Kitt (Tony Award winning composer of NEXT TO NORMAL), with lyrics by Amanda Green and book by David Lindsay-Abaire.

Award-winning stars are aligning for the annual Gala Benefit supporting the Ojai Playwrights Conference on Saturday, January 30, 2010 in Ojai, California.

Producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman announced the complete Broadway cast of AMERICAN IDIOT today. The production will begin previews on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 and open on Broadway Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44 Street).

Common Ground Theatre (www.cgtheatre.com) is a performance and teaching space located in west Durham, offering performing arts and educational groups a flexible, well-equipped alternative space.

Ordinary Days, Adam Gwon's charming musical ode to New York, will kick off the new year at South Coast Repertory. Fresh from a successful run at the Roundabout Theatre Company, Ordinary Days will close on January 24 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

Convergence-Continuum has announced its upcoming productions for the 2010 season.

Theatre Southwest will present their production of David Lindsey-Abaire's play, WONDER OF THE WORLD, beginning December 31st with a special New Years Gala. The show will run through January 23rd. The cast for the production will include James Reed, Stacy A. Spaeth, Ananka Kohnitz, Cheryl Tanner, Brian Heaton, Jeanette Sebesta, and John Kaiser. The show is directed by David Holloway.

Fences, August Wilson's powerful story of a fractured African-American family in 1950s Pittsburgh, comes to South Coast Repertory's Segerstrom Stage January 22 through February 21.

Million Dollar Quartet has announces its new Chicago cast: Emmy Award-winning actor David Lago (Elvis Presley), accomplished musician/performer Lance Lipinsky (Jerry Lee Lewis), Chicago musician and actor Gabe Bowling (Carl Perkins), and Jeff Award nominee Sean Sullivan (Johnny Cash). The cast also includes Tim Decker ('Father of Rock 'n' Roll' Sam Phillips) and original Chicago cast members Kelly Lamont (Elvis' girlfriend Dyanne), Billy Shaffer (Fluke/Drummer) and Chuck Zayas (Jay Perkins/Bass). The new cast will begin performances on February 3, 2010.