Lois Smith News

The 51st Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, Off Broadway's highest honor, were handed out last tonight at the Skirball Center on the campus of New York University in a ceremony hosted by Lili Taylor and Eric Bogosian presented by S. Epatha Merkerson, Christine Ebersole, Edward Hibbert, Douglas Carter Beane, Phylicia Rashad and Oskar Eustis.

Jersey Boys took home Best Musical, and The History Boys and The Drowsy Chaperone lead the pack with 4 wins each.

The renowned Stella Adler Studio of Acting was packed to the rafters last night for the opening night of the Inaugural Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts, featuring Zoe Caldwell, Elaine Stritch and others

The 72nd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon took place on Friday, May 5 at noon at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square and BroadwayWorld was there!

The 21st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Oustanding Achievement Off-Broawday were presented on Monday, May 1st at New World Stages (formerly Dodger Stages, 340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM.

THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES AND PRODUCERS has announced that THE 21st ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY were presented on Monday, May 1st at New World Stages (formerly Dodger Stages, 340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM. A celebration followed at Ruth's Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street).

The radiant Marian Seldes will star as the brilliant wit of the famed Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker in Ellen M.Violett's Dorothy Parker gets the Last Word.

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

'The Pajama Game' Heads the List with 8 Nominations followed by 'Grey Gardens' with 7 Nominations and 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Jersey Boys' with 6 Nominations

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting's first-ever Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts will launch of May 4th will a performance of Ronald Rand's show Let It Be Art! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Roger T. Danforth and Gabriel Shanks, Co-Managing Directors) proudly announces nominations for the 2005-06 Drama League Awards, to be awarded at the 72nd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 5, 2006 (Noon) at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square.

Michael John LaChiusa, Adam Rapp, Carol Kane, Diane West and many others attend the Lucille Lortel Awards nominees' Cocktail Party at Therapy in New York City April 17, 2006.

Joan Allen, Alec Baldwin, Lois Smith and Harris Yulin will be among the celebrities taking part in the opening day ceremonies of Symphony Space's Upper West Fest on Friday, April 28th; the festival will run through Sunday, May 14th

Nominees for the 2006 Lucille Lortel Awards have been announced

Elaine Stritch, Zoe Caldwell, Marian Seldes, Edward Albee and John Guare will be among those taking part in the first annual Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts from May 5th through 8th

Signature Theatre Company honored Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote at the company's annual gala on March 13th

Some of the biggest names in film and theatre will turn out to pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote at Signature Theatre Company's annual gala, which will be held on Monday, March 13th

The hit Horton Foote play The Trip to Bountiful has been extended at Signature Theatre Company for a second and final time; it will close on March 11th

BroadwayWorld's Michael Dale takes a personal look at some moments that may not have made other top ten lists

Signature Theatre Company's acclaimed production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful will be extended for six weeks through February 29th, 2006