Laurence Fishburne News

Laurence Fishburne returns to Broadway, set to star in George Stevens Jr.'s new one-man play Thurgood, beginning a limited engagement at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th St) beginning previews April 12; officially opening on Sunday, April 30 with performances through July 20, 2008.

The Hayworth Theater will present August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, directed by the award winning Claude Purdy, opening November 2. Earning Wilson his second Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critic's Circle Award for Best New Play, The Piano Lesson is produced by Stagewalkers in associations with A 444 Production and stars Russell Andrews and Vanessa Bell Calloway.

The 2007 LA Stage Alliance Ovation nominees have been announced. Celebrating excellence in Los Angeles Theatre, the awards will be presented on November 12 at 7:30PM at The Orpheum Theatre (842 S. Broadway, Downtown LA).

A chat with Colm Meaney, currently starring on Broadway in Moon For The Misbegotten

Cherry Jones (Doubt), Laurence Fishburne (Fences), and Lynn Redgrave (Nightingale) were among the best-known names honored at the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the world premiere of LoveMusik, a new musical featuring the songs of Kurt Weill, starring Tony Awardâ winners Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy.

Rodney Chaise Williams won the Best Actor Award at Monday's NAACP Theatre Awards, which took place at the Directors Guild of America

Laurence Fishburne, Valarie Pettiford, Usher Raymond and director George C. Wolfe are among the winners of the 17th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards.

Frank Gehry will design the new Carrie Hamilton Theatre for the Pasadena Playhouse

The Pasadena Playhouse has announced that Sister Act the Musical's tickets sales have set a theatre record, surpassing their last record set by August Wilson's Fences, which starred Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett...

Casting has been announced for Two Trains Running, which will be presented by Signature Theatre Company as the second entry of its current August Wilson tribute season

The Pasadena Playhouse production of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences, featuring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne, opened on September 1st

Orlando Jones and more have joined the cast of the upcoming Pasadena Playhouse production of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences, featuring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne

Fences, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson, will be presented at the Pasadena Playhouse from August 25th through October 1st in a production starring Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett

The Center Theatre Group has announced the casting of film star Laurence Fishburne in Without Walls, a new play by Alfred Uhry running at the Mark Taper Forum from June 1st through July 16th at the Los Angeles Theatre

On November 14th, Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson will lead a discussion on Shakespeare on Film: Othello

From November 4th through 12th, Sue Costello will perform in her one-woman show The Evolution of a Sexy Mutha FuKah!! at the Zipper Theatre

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

LESTAT stars Hugh Panaro in the title role, Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle, Jack Noseworthy as Armand, Jim Stanek as Louis, Roderick Hill as Nicolas, Michael Genet as Marius and Allison Fischer as Claudia.

Michael Riedel, Michael Musto, Robert Simonson and others will opine on Tony winners on Theatre Talk this Friday