Ed Vassallo News

LAByrinth Theater Company (John Ortiz, Artistic Director; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Co-Artistic Director; John Gould Rubin, Co- Artistic & Executive Director) opens its alternative festival of free staged readings, Live Nude Plays (November 16-19, 2008).

LAByrinth Theater Company (John Ortiz, Artistic Director; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Co-Artistic Director; John Gould Rubin, Co- Artistic & Executive Director) opens its alternative festival of free staged readings, Live Nude Plays (November 16 ? 19, 2008).

LAByrinth Theater Company (John Ortiz, Artistic Director; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Co-Artistic Director; John Gould Rubin, Co-Artistic & Executive Director) opens its fall season with the first of two annual festivals of free staged readings, the Barn Series (October 23 - November 15, 2008). Ethan Hawke joins the previously announced roster of performers that includes LAB members Eric Bogosian, Elizabeth Canavan, Max Casella, John Doman, Kevin Geer, Didi O'Connell, John Ortiz, Portia, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Michael Stuhlbarg, Yul Vazquez, and David Zayas, among others.

INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director/Alina Troyano, Associate Artistic Director), will present the World Premiere of ALL EYES AND EARS a new play by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Eduardo Machado. ALL EYES AND EARS will begin previews on Wednesday, April 30th, with Opening Night set for Monday, May 5th at the Lion Theater on Theatre Row.

The 52nd Annual Village Voice Obie Awards were presented this evening at a ceremony hosted by Cynthia Nixon and T.R. Knight at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of New York University

LAByrinth Theater Company's Seventh Annual Barn Series Festival has announced casting for its upcoming performances.

Leo Marks will replace John C. Reilly in Heather Woodbury's two-part play Tale of 2Cities at P.S. 122

John C. Reilly has withdrawn from the cast of Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks, Heather Woodbury's two-part epic that will run at P.S. 122 from October 12th through 29th

Joseph Collins will replace Ed Vassallo in Apartment 3A, a comedy by actor Jeff Daniels that will run from January 20th through February 11th