Jenn Thompson News

There's little drama to be had in first-time playwright George Stevens, Jr's solo play, Thurgood, a textbook review of the career of civil rights attorney and eventual U.S. Supreme Court JustIce Thurgood Marshall. Set at the Howard University Law School Auditorium with The Playgoers serving as the title character's audience, the ninety minute piece offers a chronological telling of his personal history without much happening in the immediate present. It's a bit like watching a historical documentary of a familiar story with none of that great archival footage.

River Rep Theatre Company, the New York City-based professional Equity troupe that brought live, award-winning productions to the lower Connecticut River region for almost 20 years, will no longer be producing there.

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale by Tennessee Williams, directed by Jenn Thompson, Opened on May 5th to glowing reviews. The production is now officially sold out through the end of its limited run on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre.

New Yorkers are getting a 'Southern Treat' as the work of famed playwright Tennessee Williams is available on various stages around the city. The most recent offering being The Actors Company Theatre's long-awaited production of Tennessee Williams' The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. In honor of this production TACT will host several post-show discussions exploring the life, love and work of Williams. These discussions will take place directly after the performances at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row on West 42nd Street and are free with a purchase of a ticket to the performance. The Eccentricities of a Nightingale is directed by Jenn Thompson and opens May 5th, 2008.

New York: Barnes & Noble and The Actors Company Theatre to celebrate Tennessee Williams as he continues takes over New York. This event is free to the public and will take place on Tuesday, April 15 at 7PM AT Barnes & Noble (2289 Broadway @ 82nd - 212-362-8835).

Project Shaw continues it's four-year program of tackling every play Shaw ever wrote. This month, In Good King Charles' Day on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 7PM at the Players Club

The Actors Company Theatre will present The Eccentricities of a Nightingale by Tennessee Williams, marking the play's first New York production in over thirty years. Previews begin April 27, opening May 5 through - May 24, 2008 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42nd Street). Directed by Jenn Thompson.

BeaconNY Productions is presenting the World-Premiere of Matthew Schneck's new dark comedy, Badge, at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

BeaconNY Productions is presenting the World-Premiere of Matthew Schneck's new dark comedy, Badge, at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

BeaconNY Productions is presenting the World-Premiere of Matthew Schneck's (12 Lb. Discourse, Attic) new dark comedy, Badge, at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (224 Waverly Place).

The American Musicals Project (AMP) Concert Series will present 'The Brilliance of Leonard Bernstein,' an evening of live music and special video clips of Bernstein, presented on February 12th at 7:00 PM at the New-York Historical Society

The American Musicals Project has announced its AMP Concert Series 2007, 'The Art of the Musical,' which will include a performance by Isabella Rossellini as legendary German actress and singer Lotte Lenya