Jess Goldstein News

The Helen Hayes Awards honor achievement, celebrate, and promote the Washington D.C. professional theatre.

Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, has set a new house record at the August Wilson Theatre, grossing $1,013,616 for the week ending April 16th

David Hare's political drama Stuff Happens will open at the Public Theater on April 13th

David Hare's acclaimed political drama Stuff Happens has been extended at the Public Theater through May 28th

The hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on November 6, 2005, continues to set new weekly box office records at the August Wilson Theatre and has been among the top grossing shows on Broadway ever since.

On March 19th, Jersey Boys co-writer Marshall Brickman will be featured on A&E's 'Breakfast with the Arts'

Two new productions of operas by Rossini and Puccini will be helmed, respectively, by The Light in the Piazza's Bartlett Sher and Dirty Rotten Scoundrel's Jack O'Brien as part of the Metropolitan Opera's 2006-2007 season

A full cast is now in place for the Public Theater's production of Stuff Happens, opening April 13th

Byron Jennings has been cast as British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Public Theater's upcoming production of David Hare's Stuff Happens, while Jay O. Sanders will be seen as George W. Bush

John Lloyd Young, currently starring as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys, will have his caricature unveiled at Sardi's Restaurant on Thursday, February 23th

On February 21st, the four actors who play the title roles in Jersey Boys will appear on 'The Late Show with David Letterman'

When one thinks of influential women of the world, Golda Meir immediately comes to the forefront. Trying to capsulate the life of such a humanitarian in a 90 minuet stage program, while entertaining, barely scratches the surface.

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me will play from July 5th through 16th in Chicago before opening on Broadway on August 10th

Variety reports that 'Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me' will open at a TBA Shubert theatre on August 10, 2006.

On February 1st, Jersey Boys will reach its 100th Broadway performance

On January 22nd, a segment with Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young and Four Seasons legend Frankie Valli will re-air on 'Breakfast with the Arts'

Christian Hoff, who plays Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys, has been cast in the recurring role of 'Marty' on 'All My Children'

PBS' 'TheaterTalk' will feature an exclusive interview with Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, co-writers of the book of the hit Broadway musical, Jersey Boys this Friday, December 23

Jersey Boys' John Lloyd Young and Four Seasons legend Frankie Valli will be featured on ET's 'The Insider' on December 16th