John Lahr News

INTERVIEW: David Bosley-Reynolds, the BWW 2007 Actor of the Year, talks about his career, Toby's Dinner Theatres and, of course, The Wizard of Oz.

The 2008 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to Judith Thompson for her critically acclaimed play Palace of the End, marking the first time a Canadian writer has received the prestigious playwriting award's highest honor. Thompson received $20,000 and a signed and numbered print by artist Willem de Kooning at a special 30th Anniversary ceremony on Monday, March 10th at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas where Ms. Blackburn first became involved in theatre.

The Carlyle Hotel announces the return of its resident leading lady Elaine Stritch in 'Elaine Stritch At Liberty…At The Carlyle.' For a limited three-week engagement (January 1 through January 19, 2008)

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS presented renowned actor Corin Redgrave in Tynan, based on the diaries of the influential and often controversial English theatre critic and writer Kenneth Tynan, for one performance only on Monday, October 22 at The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street at Astor Place). The performance benefited Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS and The Actors' Fund.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS is proud to present renowned actor Corin Redgrave in Tynan, based on the diaries of the influential and often controversial English theatre critic and writer Kenneth Tynan, for one performance only on Monday, October 22 at 8 PM at The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street at Astor Place). The performance will benefit Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS and The Actors' Fund.

On September 24 at 8PM, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama will speak on Broadway at the beautifully refurbished New Amsterdam Theater

The Carlyle Hotel has announced the return of its resident leading lady Elaine Stritch in Elaine Stritch At Liberty…At The Carlyle

'ShowBusiness' follows four hotly discussed musicals during the 2003-2004 Broadway season, 'Wicked,' 'Avenue Q,' 'Caroline, or Change' and 'Taboo,' as they develop from a fledgling workshop production into Tony Award contender...

On Friday, June 30 at 12:30 AM (Saturday morning) on Thirteen, 'Theater Talk' will welcome critics Clive Barnes of The New York Post, Charles Isherwood of The New York Times and Linda Winer of Newsday, who will review productions including: The History Boys, Julia Roberts in Three Days of Rain and The Faith Healer with Ralph Fiennes and Cherry Jones

John Epperson, John Lahr, and Gerald Schoenfeld will be among those joining the Theatre Library Association on Friday, June 2nd to present at the 38th Annual Theatre Library Association Book Awards

Author Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner will be interviewed tonight, Tuesday May 9, about their collaboration on The History Boys on 'The Charlie Rose Show,' which airs locally on WNET Channel 13 from 11:00 PM - midnight

Honky-Tonk Parade, New Yorker critic John Lahr's book of theatre and entertainment profiles, will be released in stores on November 1st

Tony Award winning actress ELAINE STRITCH is the latest theatre woman of achievement profiled by the Oral History Program of the League of Professional Theatre Women, on Thursday, December 2, 2004, at 6pm at the Bruno Walter Auditorium in the Library of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.