Jan Maxwell News

WABC-TV (Channel 7) will air 'Broadway Backstage: Spring Preview' on Saturday, March 24 at 7:30pm.

Full casting has been announced for the Broadway company of CORAM BOY, the National Theatre of Great Britain's American premiere production of the play adapted by Helen Edmundson from the award-winning novel by Jamila Gavin, with direction by Melly Still. CORAM BOY will begin preview performances on Monday, April 16 and will open on Wednesday, May 2 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre (249 West 45 Street).

Tickets for the American premiere of CORAM BOY, the National Theatre of Great Britain's hit production of the play adapted by Helen Edmundson from the award-winning novel by Jamila Gavin, with direction by Melly Still, go on sale this Sunday, February 18th.

This week we have an interview with Kevin Cahoon where he discusses his new CD, 'The Wedding Singer', 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' and more about his life and varied career.

Jan Maxwell will star on Broadway in Coram Boy, opening in May

Broadway's top performers will tell the stories and sing the songs that made them famous in 'Gimme a Break,' A Benefit Evening for The Transport Group (The Audience, First Lady Suite) honoring Gilbert Parker

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas--the latest star-studded Actors' Fund Benefit concert--took place on October 16th at the August Wilson Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Christine Baranski, Jeff Daniels, George Grizzard, Mark Linn-Baker and Sian Phillips will be among the stars who will appear in Manhattan Theatre Club's 2006-2007 season

Atlantic Theater Company has announced the grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration of the brand new 99-seat, state-of-the-art Atlantic Stage 2 theater at 330 West 16th Street on Wednesday, June 14th at 10:00 a.m

Plays by John Guare, David Mamet, Craig Lucas, Tina Howe and more will be featured in the Atlantic Theater Company's Ten by Twenty, featuring stars such as Kristen Johnston and Jan Maxwell, and running from June 14th through July 1st

Michele Pawk, Jan Maxwell, Adam Arkin, Matthew Arkin and Scott Cohen have been cast in MTC's Losing Louie, which opens this fall at the Biltmore Theatre

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, and BroadwayWorld was there for the starry arrivals!

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.

On May 22nd, Judy Kaye, Roger Rees, Kate Burton, Jan Maxwell and more will star in the benefit A Swell Night for Romance

Broadway Barks 8!, the latest celebrity-filled installment in the series of fundraising for New York City animal shelters, will take place in Shubert Alley on July 8th

A cocktail reception was held on Tuesday night, May 2, 2006 to honor those who had been nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award and BroadwayWorld.com was there!

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

The New York Post's Michael Riedel is reporting the departure of Tony Award-nominee Jan Maxwell from the Off-Broadway production of Entertaining Mr. Sloane due to a feud with co-star Alec Baldwin

'The Pajama Game' Heads the List with 8 Nominations followed by 'Grey Gardens' with 7 Nominations and 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Jersey Boys' with 6 Nominations

Joe Orton's 1964 black comedy has returned to shock and amuse, with Alec Baldwin and Jan Maxwell in the leads.