Jess Goldstein News

Broadway's smash hit Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, performs at The 5th Avenue Theatre December 5, 2007 - January 12, 2008.

The Lincoln Center Theater production of William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, directed by Mark Lamos and featuring Jonathan Cake, Michael Cerveris, John Cullum, John Pankow, Martha Plimpton and Phylicia Rashad, is currently in previews and will open on Sunday, December 2 at 6:30PM at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Michael Longoria, currently covering the role of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, will assume the lead role full-time beginning November 27; succeeding Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young.

Casting has been announced for the special holiday encore engagement of Jersey Boys, set to play San Francisco's Curran Theatre from November 20-December 30, 2007. The cast of Jersey Boys will be lead by Rick Faugno (Frankie Valli), San Franciscan Jeff Leibow (Nick Massi), Bryan McElroy (Tommy DeVito) and Andrew Rannells (Bob Gaudio) as The Four Seasons with Jonathan Hadley and Ken Krugman.

The 40th Anniversary revival of Harold Pinter's Tony Award-winning masterpiece The Homecoming launches its website today at www.TheHomecomingOnBroadway.com.

William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, directed by Mark Lamos and featuring Jonathan Cake, Michael Cerveris, John Cullum, John Pankow, Martha Plimpton and Phylicia Rashad, began previews Thursday, November 1 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Opening night for this Lincoln Center Theater production is Sunday, December 2 at 6:30PM.

The Guthrie is proud to present its 33rd annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Adapted by Barbara Field and again under the direction of Gary Gisselman, A Christmas Carol will feature actor Raye Birk, who returns to play Ebenezer Scrooge for the third consecutive year. A Christmas Carol begins previews November 20, opens November 23 and plays through December 29, 2007. Tickets are priced from $29 to $64 and are on sale through the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224, toll-free 877.44.STAGE and online at www.guthrietheater.org.

'Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons' - by Broadway Books released October 16, 2007; Hardcover ($40)

Beginning at 10 a.m. on the day of every performance of JERSEY BOYS, ten (10) front row seats and as many as forty (40) additional seats subject to availability at select performances will be available for just $25 each at the LaSalle Bank Theatre Box Office (18 W. Monroe). This special rush ticket offer begins Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

The Tempe engagement of Jersey Boys broke the weekly gross house record at the Gammage Auditorium for the week ending October 7. The box office took in a total of $1,300,683.51 for the 9 performance week.

Following an extended, 44-week, record-breaking run at San Francisco's Curran Theatre, Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, will return to delight Bay Area audiences for a special holiday encore engagement from November 20-December 30, 2007.

Complete casting has been announced for Lincoln Center Theater's production of William Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline.'

Gareth Saxe who made his Broadway debut in the recent revival of Heartbreak House joins the cast of the 40th Anniversary revival of Harold Pinter's Award-winning masterwork The Homecoming.

Tony Award-nominee Eve Best (A Moon for the Misbegotten) joins the cast of the 40th Anniversary revival of Harold Pinter's Tony Award-winning masterpiece The Homecoming. The production begins performances on Friday, November 23. It will open Sunday, December 9 at the Cort Theatre.

The Los Angeles engagement of Jersey Boys broke the weekly gross house record at the Ahmanson Theatre for the fifth time. The box office took in a total of $1,384,317

Tickets go on sale Sunday, August 26 for the Las Vegas production of the Tony Award-winning hit musical, Jersey Boys, slated to open at the Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino on the Las Vegas Strip

Lincoln Center Theater will present William Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline,' directed by Mark Lamos. Performances begin November 1, opening December 2 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.

The 40th Anniversary revival of Harold Pinter's Tony Award-winning masterpiece The Homecoming, starring Golden Globe Award-winner Ian McShane, two-time Tony-nominee Raul Esparza, and Academy Award-nominee Michael McKean - under the direction of Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan - will now begin performances on Friday, November 23rd

Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional creative team members for the World Premiere of the new musical Saved, which will be the sixth and final production of its upcoming 2007/2008 Season.