Edward Albee News

Blythe Danner, Ted Danson, Parker Posey, Peter Dinklage, Lili Taylor, Michael Stuhlbarg and more to perform at the Soho Rep SPRING GALA 2011 honoring Marian Seldes.

A new exhibit at SMU's DeGolyer Library offers an insightful look at a beloved writer's life.

Casting has been announced for The Laguna Playhouse's production of Noël Coward's celebrated comedy, Private Lives that runs March 15 - April 10, 2011. Directed by Andrew Barnicle, the cast for Private Lives features Julie Granata as Amanda, Joseph Fuqua as Elyot, Winslow Corbett as Sybil, and Matthew Floyd Miller as Victor.

Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw, directed by William Brown. The production runs April 19- June 26, 2011 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) will conclude its 32nd season with the World Premiere of ALL NEW PEOPLE, a new comedy written by Zach Braff.

MTWorks continues its acclaimed fifth season with the magical world premiere of THE FAMILY SHAKESPEARE, written by award-winning playwright and Artistic Director David Stallings and directed by founding member Antonio Miniño.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2010-11 season with a revival of Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter's most provocative play, The Homecoming, directed by A.C.T. Artistic Director and longtime Pinter collaborator Carey Perloff.

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will hold its annual Spring Gala Benefit on Monday evening, May 2nd at 583 Park Avenue. The company is currently celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season.

Zeitgeist Stage Company presents New England premiere of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's 70th play. Lead by 10-year old Hyacinth Tauriac (alternating with Alanna Logan) in a star turn, talented ensemble portrays adults behaving badly, as seen through the eyes of a child who puts it all down in her homework essay called 'My Wonderful Day.'

Mark Blum, Michael Stahl-David, Donna Hanover, Tom Lipinski and Liz Stauber will comprise the cast of Christopher Shinn's play PICKED -- being given its world-premiere production by the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.), with previews starting April 6 prior to its official opening night on April 20 -- it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, the Vineyard's artistic director. Michael Wilson will direct.

SAG Foundation Hosts Celebrity Conversations Q&A Cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore share hit play, career knowledge with Union actors

American Stage Theatre Company continues its 2010-11 season in the Raymond James Theatre with three time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee's, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, running Mar. 8 thru Apr. 23.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Wayne Kelton, Executive Director) today announced the cast for the 25th Anniversary production of Benefactors. Carl Forsman will direct a cast that includes Vivienne Benesch (appeared opposite Maggie Smith in the London revival of Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque; OBIE winner for Lee Blessing's Going to St. Ives), Daniel Jenkins (Love Child, Mary Poppins, Tony nominee for Big River), Deanne Lorette (La Bete), and Stephen Barker Turner (Rinne Groff's Compulsion opposite Mandy Patinkin).

American Stage Theatre Company's recently closed production of MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM has become the most attended main stage production in the theatre's 32 year history, selling a total of 5,728 tickets through its five week run.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/06 for Washington, DC

Four-time Emmy award-winning actress Michael Learned and veteran actor Granville Van Dusen find unexpected love in Kathleen Clark's perceptively witty and poignant play, Southern Comforts, directed by Jules Aaron. The four-week run opens March 18 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Low-priced previews take place on March 15, 16 and 17.

SAG Foundation Hosts Celebrity Conversations Q&A Cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore share hit play, career knowledge with Union actors

Stage and screen star Neil Patrick Harris recently stopped by Craig Ferguson and chatted about how he got to see Broadway's BEAUTY ANDTHE BEAST while it was still in rehearsal. Check out the video below!

Hartford Stage will celebrate the artistic partnership among director Michael Wilson, set designer Jeff Cowie, and sound designer John Gromada in Working with Michael, a multi-media exhibit in 'room,' Hartford Stage's new function space. At the same time, the theatre will unveil Part II of Capturing the Moment, a season-long retrospective of the work of company photographer T. Charles Ericson, commemorating his 25 years with Hartford Stage. The Ericson installation will be in the theatre's upper lobby. The exhibits coincide with the run of Divine Rivalry, a world premiere play by noted political journalist Michael Kramer, which is the last MainStage production Wilson will be directing as Hartford Stage Artistic Director. Cowie designed the sets for the production, and Gromada the sound and original music. Official opening of both exhibits is Wednesday, March 2 at 6:00 p.m., directly before the 7:30 performance of Divine Rivalry.

Theater TAS presents the American premiere of The Last Story, written and directed by celebrated playwright Ka?a ?elan. In this award-winning drama about the 'last' Adam and Eve, ?elan illustrates the never-ending and unavailing quest for paradisiacal harmony between a man and a woman. The Last Story will be presented Wednesday-Saturday, March 2-5 and March 9-12, 2011, 7:00pm at HERE, located at 145 Sixth Avenue, (one block south of Spring Street), NYC. Press is invited to the opening Wednesday, March 2, 7:00pm and after. For tickets visit here.org or call 212.352.3101.