John Osborne News

The New Players Theatre, located underneath the arches at London's Charing Cross Station, is reinventing itself as a major Off-West End venue offering an eclectic year-round programme of work.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Beast, written by Michael Weller and directed by Jo Bonney, will begin performances Friday, August 29 at 8pm, at NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. Opening night is scheduled for Monday, September 15 at 7pm. The production will run through Sunday, October 12.

Controversial former Blue boyband member Lee Ryan will make his stage debut in 'The Pretender Agenda', a new play which will run at the New Players Theatre for five weeks from 28 August to 27 September 2008.

2,000 Feet Away, starring Joseph Fiennes, has been extended by a week at west London's Bush Theatre.

Kristin Scott Thomas will star on Broadway in her Olivier Award-winning role of Arkadina in the critically acclaimed Royal Court Theatre production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL.

Orfeo Group, a professional, Boston-based theatre company, is offering free admission to John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger'.

Orfeo Group presents free production of 'Look Back in Anger.'

A benefit for London's Old Vic Theatre was held at Planet Hollywood in Times Square on April 19, 2007 in New York City.

On Friday at 12:30 AM on Thirteen, 'Theater Talk' will welcome critic John Heilpern, who will discuss his celebrated biography, 'John Osborne: The Many Lives of an Angry Young Man.'

Olivier Award winner Eve Best, Academy Award and Tony Award winner Kevin Spacey and Golden Globe nominee Colm Meaney will reprise their acclaimed performances in The Old Vic Theatre Company production of Eugene O'Neill's A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th St) for 84 performances only.

Edward Albee and Tom Stoppard will be among the theatre luminaries taking part in a week-long celebration for London's Royal Court Theatre

London's Old Vic has announced its 2006-2007 season, with a number of Shakespearean plays, a pantomime-inspired adaptation of Cinderella by Stephen Frye and a production of John Osborne's The Entertainer starring Robert Lindsay among the highlights

David Ayers and Angela Gaylor will star in the New York Musical Theatre Festival bawdy period musical Tom Jones, which will run from September 26th through October 2nd

A musical version of Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones will run from September 26th through October 2nd as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Link series

The production will play a pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco's Curran Theatre September 13th to October 9th.

The production, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and directed by Edward Berkeley, will be performed March 17-19 and 22, 2005.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone & Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; John G. Schultz, Executive Director) will re-team with NEIL LaBUTE for the world premiere of his latest work, FAT PIG starring in alphabetical order: ASHLIE ATKINSON (Theresa on F/X's 'Rescue Me'); ANDREW McCARTHY (Broadway: Side Man; feature films: Less Than Zero; Pretty in Pink; St. Elmo's Fire); JEREMY PIVEN (Ari Jacobs on HBO's 'Entourage') and KERI RUSSELL (Golden Globe winner for WB's 'Felicity'). Jo Bonney (Living Out; Fifth of July) directs.