Lanford Wilson News

Producers Angelo Fraboni and Daryl Roth present the New York premiere of Vigil, written by Morris Panych and directed by Stephen DiMenna, began performances Sunday, September 20, at 3pm at the DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15 Street, east of Union Square. The opening night was celebrated on Tuesday, September 29 at 7pm.

As part of the Out Loud series, Ars Nova presents a free reading of FRATERNITY on October 5. FRATERNITY is written by Samuel Brett Williams and directed by Sam Gold. The cast includes J. Alex Brinson, Adam Driver, Betty Gilpin, Peter Scanavino and Tobias Segal.

What was the Utopian ideal of the Bauhaus School, and how does it apply to contemporary society? This is the subject of a multi-disciplinary theater work now being developed by The Nerve Tank, to debut at The Brooklyn Lyceum October 9 to November 22.

DelanoCelli Productions presents the World Premiere of Down Range, a raw and touching new play by Jeffrey Skinner exposing how returning soldiers survive the war at home. Performances will be held at Theatre 3, 311 West 43rd Street, 3rd Floor, in New York City from October 28th-November 14th.

Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead, directed by Gioia Marchese, is a fast paced, heart stopping New York story! Lanford Wilson's acclaimed first full length play Balm in Gilead will run October 1st to October 11th, 2009 in a limited 2 week run at 303 Bond Street, resident space of Company XIV, between Union & Sackett in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Previews begin Oct 1st for an October 3rd opening.

American Express will sponsor the upcoming Second Stage Theatre production of Let Me Down Easy, conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith.

The following are Green Country Area Theatre updates.

Animal Crackers runs September 18 - October 25, 2009 in the Goodman's Albert Theatre. Tickets are currently available by season subscription - www.ExploreTheGoodman.org or call 312.443.3800. Individual tickets ($25 - $83) are on sale now

The following is BoHo's 2009-2010 season.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), Audience Extras and Back Stage kicks off a new season of industry panels with WHY AM I IN LOVE WITH THIS PLAY? AND SHOULD I REALLY GET INVOLVED? on Tuesday, September 22 at 7:30pm at The Players Theatre Mainstage, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

Famed television performers Debra Mooney, James Sikking and John C. Moskoff will star in the West Coast premiere of EXIT STRATEGY, beginning Oct. 14th at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA.

BLONDE, BRUNETTE runs through October 11th. Weekly performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday night at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm. There are 3pm matinees on Saturday September 26th and October 10th. Tickets are priced at $25 - $41, with discounts available to members, seniors and students.

Producers Angelo Fraboni and Daryl Roth have announced that the New York premiere of Vigil, written by Morris Panych and directed by Stephen DiMenna, will begin performances Sunday, September 20, at 3pm at the DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15 Street, east of Union Square. The opening is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29 at 7pm.

The Falcon Theatre presents the west coast premiere of EXIT STRATEGY, the second production in its 2009-2010 Subscription Season.

'Hooray for Joey Slotnick!' Director Henry Wishcamper has tapped Chicago native Joey Slotnick for the lead role of the African explorer 'Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding'-the heightened vaudevillian persona created by Groucho Marx for the 1929 stage and screen original-in Goodman Theatre's season opening musical Animal Crackers, written by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, the world premiere of a three part theatrical event by the late Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote, has been extended by popular demand for an additional three weeks through Sunday, March 28.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, the world premiere of a three part theatrical event by the late Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote, has been extended by popular demand for an additional three weeks through Sunday, March 28. The production is currently running at Hartford Stage, co-produced by the Signature. Signature opening is March 9.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) will launch its 31st season this fall with the New York premiere of Anna Deavere Smith's LET ME DOWN EASY. Conceived, written, and performed by Ms. Smith and directed by Leonard Foglia, LET ME DOWN EASY will begin preview performances on Tuesday, September 15 and will officially open on Wednesday, October 7 at 6:45pm.

Tickets for THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, the world premiere of a three part theatrical event by the late Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote, are now available at www.signaturetheatre.org.

The Cat's Glass of Wine Productions will present its inaugural production, BURN THIS August 27 through September 13. The production will play at The Flight Theatre at the Complex.