Edward Albee News

Producer Daryl Roth announces that following a sold out developmental run last spring, THE DIVINE SISTER, the new comedy written by and starring Charles Busch, directed by Carl Andress, will transfer to the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) featuring the entire original company: Alison Fraser, Amy Rutberg, Jennifer Van Dyck, Jonathan Walker, and Julie Halston.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today the full August and September casts of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

Cesear's Forum will present Samuel Beckett's ALL THAT FALL at Kennedy's Down Under, PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland, Ohio, in a limited September/October engagement. Mr. Beckett, an Irish 'minimalist' playwright, novelist, poet and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote in both French and English.

Artistic Director Dennis Zacek and Executive Director Jan Kallish announce the final selection for the 2010-2011 Victory Gardens season.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on playwright Samuel Beckett with Deirdre Bair, recipient of the National Book Award for 'Samuel Beckett: A Biography,' and Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, following the Sunday, July 11, 3 p.m. matinee performance of Beckett's 'Happy Days,' directed by Lamos.

To kick-off its run of A PARALLELOGRAM, Steppenwolf is holding a contest. Answer the following question in 200 words or less: 'If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be, and why?' The prize is two tickets to Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, starring ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton, plus a $100 gift certificate to local restaurant Vinci. The winner will also be displayed in the lobby of our theatre and online. The deadline to enter the contest is Friday, July 10th, 2010 at midnight.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will make its Off-Broadway premiere beginning Friday, July 9th at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West).

BLUEBARN Theatre holds auditions for Eric Bogosian's Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama, TALK RADIO, on Sunday, July 18th at 5:30pm and Monday, July 19th at 6:30pm. Auditions will be held at the Downtown Space, 614 S. 11th St. The producation runs from September 30th to October 16th with performances on Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. Please call (402) 345-1576 for more information. The complete 22nd season is also announced.

Celebrity gossip columnist Michael Musto and Scott Adsit, co-star of the hit NBC series '30 Rock' will join THE FIX-UP SHOW as celebrity guests helping New York singles find love in this new weekly match-making comedy show at the Triad (158 West 72nd Street - 2nd Floor, 1/2 block East of Broadway).

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will make its Off-Broadway premiere beginning Friday, July 9th at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West).

Perkins 28 Productions presents 'Veritas' by Stan Richardson at HERE Arts Center Mainstage Theater, 145 6th Avenue (enter on Dominick, 1 blk south of Spring) Inspired by true events, 'Veritas' is the story of a group of young men at Harvard in 1920 whose promising futures fell prey to Harvard's 'Secret Court': a gay witch-hunt conducted by school administration to purge Harvard of all homosexuality.

Celebrity gossip columnist Michael Musto and Scott Adsit, co-star of the hit NBC series '30 Rock' will join THE FIX-UP SHOW as celebrity guests helping New York singles find love in this new weekly match-making comedy show at the Triad (158 West 72nd Street - 2nd Floor, 1/2 block East of Broadway).

Santa Rosa's 6th Street Playhouse announces its 2010-2011 'All-American' season featuring four musicals and eight plays. The twelve-show season offers a wide variety of theater productions, from Aug. 13, 2010 through June 26, 2011, including family musicals, comedies, American classics and two world premieres.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will conclude its record-breaking run at Barrington Stage Company (MA) on July 3rd prior to its Off-Broadway transfer.

To kick-off its run of A PARALLELOGRAM, Steppenwolf is holding a contest. Answer the following question in 200 words or less: 'If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be, and why?' The prize is two tickets to Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, starring ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton, plus a $100 gift certificate to local restaurant Vinci. The winner will also be displayed in the lobby of our theatre and online. The deadline to enter the contest is Friday, July 10th, 2010 at midnight.

Celebrity gossip columnist Michael Musto and Scott Adsit, co-star of the hit NBC series '30 Rock' will join THE FIX-UP SHOW as celebrity guests helping New York singles find love in this new weekly match-making comedy show at the Triad (158 West 72nd Street - 2nd Floor, 1/2 block East of Broadway).

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will conclude its record-breaking run at Barrington Stage Company (MA) on July 3rd prior to its Off-Broadway transfer.

Golden Globe nominee Linus Roache (widely known for his role as Asst D.A. Michael Cutler on LAW & ORDER) and Heather Burns (most recently on stage in THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO as well as the films MISS CONGENIALITY and TWO WEEKS NOTICE opposite Sandra Bullock) will star in the World-Premiere of Will Eno's play MIDDLETOWN, which begins previews at Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street) on October 6th, it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director for the Vineyard Theatre.

Producers Jed Bernstein and Adam Zotovich announced today that Tony Award-winners James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave will return to the New York stage this Fall to star opposite one another in the Broadway Premiere of Alfred Uhry‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy. Directed by David Esbjornson (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?), Driving Miss Daisy will begin performances on October 7, 2010, at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), with an official opening on Monday, October 25, 2010.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting for its 2010/2011 40th Anniversary Season.