Jeremy Strong News

Unless the painters have been around the past few days, a bit of graffiti on the Classic Stage Company's men's room wall reads, 'Good Theatre + Great Coffee + Clean Bathroom = CSC.'  While the lobby's Everyman Espresso Café and (I would assume) some eager young intern are keeping the latter two parts of that equation accurate, director Walter Bobbie's premiere production of David Ives' New Jerusalem is indeed providing some good theatre.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will open its 2008-09 season with Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin starring in William Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, to be directed by Kulick. Performances begin Wednesday, September 3. The official press opening is Thursday, September 18.

THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES AND PRODUCERS today announced the nominations for THE 23rd ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY, which will be presented on Monday, May 5th at the Union Square Theatre (100 East 17th Street).

Wide critical acclaim and brisk ticket sales have prompted Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, by special arrangement with Bob Boyett, to extend the run of David Ives' New Jerusalem, directed by Tony Award-winner Walter Bobbie, by an additional week through Sunday, February 10 at CSC (136 East 13th Street).

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will continue its 40th anniversary season with two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest and Tony Award winner Alan Cumming starring in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, beginning performances Wednesday, February 20 at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13th Street).

Classic Stage Company will present Tony Award-winning actor Richard Easton and Jeremy Strong in the world premiere of New Jerusalem, a new play by David Ives, directed by Tony Award-winner Walter Bobbie, for a limited engagement from Friday, December 28 through Sunday, February 3 at Classic Stage Company; Opening January 13 with Fyvush Finkel, David Garrison, Jenn Harris, Michael Izquierdo and Natalia Payne.

Richard Nelson's drama about Frank Lloyd Wright's family life is lacking, but Peter Weller dazzles in the title role

Richard Nelson's new play Frank's Home, which began previews at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater on January 13th, 2007, will open on January 30th and run through February 18th.

Cast to feature Peter Weller as Frank Lloyd Wright, Harris Yulin as Louis Sullivan, Chris Henry Coffey, Holley Fain, Mary Beth Fisher, Maggie Siff, Jeremy Strong and Jay Whittaker

The Chicago cast of Frank's Home will reprise their roles in Playwrights Horizons' production of Richard Nelson's play, which is set to begin previews at the company's Mainstage Theater on January 13th, 2007, open on January 30th and run through February 18th

Casting is set for the world premiere of Richard Nelson's Frank's Home, which will begin performances at the Goodman Theatre on November 25th toward a December 5th opening

The Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere production of John Patrick Shanley's Defiance begins its final weekend of performances tonight at New York City Center - Stage I

DOUBT and DEFIANCE playwright John Patrick Shanley will be this year's inductee into the Lucille Lortel Theatre's Playwrights' Sidewalk.

John Patrick Shanley's play Defiance has been extended at MTC for a third time through June 4th

John Patrick Shanley's play Defiance has been extended for a second time through May 7th

BroadwayWorld was there for the opening night party of Defiance, the new John Patrick Shanley drama that opened on February 28th

John Patrick Shanley's play Defiance will open tonight, February 28th

Defiance, the newest play by John Patrick Shanley, has been extended at Manhattan Theatre Club through April 30th

Manhattan Theatre Club's production of John Patrick Shanley's DEFIANCE will begin performances tonight, February 9 at New York City Center - Stage I in preparation for a Tuesday, February 28 opening night.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order): Chris Bauer (Chaplin White), Stephen Lang (Colonel Littlefield), Trevor Long (Gunney), Margaret Colin (Margaret Littlefield), Jeremy Strong (Private Evan Davis), and Chris Chalk (Captain Lee King).