Marsha Norman News

An eBay auction is offering theatre fans the opportunity to see the Joe's Pub concert Flopz from backstage on August 7th

The marquee for The Color Purple, which will begin previews on October 25th and open on December 1st, has been put up at the Broadway Theatre

On December 5th, 2005, to commemorate World AIDS Day, the same team that brought last year's acclaimed PIPPIN Concert, will present a concert presentation of Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's The Secret Garden.

The Associated Press reports that the musical will open later this year at the Broadway Theatre. Casting is currently underway.

Guare, Mamet and Foote are among the represented playwrights in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Marathon 2005 27th Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays, which runs from May 25th through June 26th

The musical adaptation of The Color Purple, which is aiming for a fall Broadway slot, will workshop in New York this summer

The Guild Hall Academy of the Arts honors composer/lyricist Sheldon Harnick with a Lifetime Achievement Awards for Performing Arts.

The newly founded Invictus Theatre Company (Co-Artistic Directors John Stanisci, Thomas Ryan and Laurie Ann Bulman) is proud to present, as its inaugural Off-Broadway production, the New York premiere of Dan Gordon's gripping legal drama MURDER IN THE FIRST.

MCC THEATER presents its 2005 Spring Gala benefit, MISCAST, a star-studded musical revue featuring some of Broadway's biggest names singing show tunes from roles they would never, ever perform, on Monday, March 14 at Roseland 239 West 52nd Street. The evening, which honors Gerald Schoenfeld, chairman of The Shubert Organization, will feature performances by Ana Gasteyer, Jackie Hoffman, Andrea Martin, Steven Pasquale, Bruce Vilanch and Tom Wopat. Scott Wittman (co-creator of Hairspray) will direct.

On the Leesh Productions (Alicia Arinella, Producing Director) to present Sin, 8 sinful one-acts about the 7 deadly sins.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director, John G. Schultz, Executive Director), is proud to announce its third production of the 2004-2005 season: WHAT OF THE NIGHT, an American premiere based on the writings of Djuna Barnes, created for the stage by Jane Alexander, Noreen Tomassi, Birgitta Trommler, directed and choreographed by Ms. Trommler, and starring Ms. Alexander (The Great White Hope; Kramer vs. Kramer; Testament; The Sisters Rosenzweig). The production marks Trommler's New York directorial debut.

Guild Hall of East Hampton, the premier cultural institution of its kind in the area, has announced the honorees for its 20th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards Gala to be held on Monday, March 14, 2005 at the Rainbow Room, New York City. The distinguished honorees for the year 2004, selected by the 200 member Guild Hall Academy of the Arts, are composer/lyricist Sheldon Harnick for Performing Arts, novelist Louis Begley for Literary Arts, photographer/artist Cindy Sherman for Visual Arts and real estate developer and philanthropist Marshall Rose for Lifelong Patron of the Arts.

We spoke to your favorites to find out what they thought was the most romantic Broadway love song.

Producer Betty Ann Besch Solinger presents the World Premiere of 'the seminal school year of 1968 and the students who were making a difference' in LEARNING CURVE by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Michael Sexton. This limited engagement begins Thursday, February 10th and ends Sunday, February 27th.

The Color Purple, headed to Broadway in 2005 has launched a new web site for the production.

MCC THEATER will present 'ESCAPE: 6 WAYS TO GET AWAY,' a star-studded benefit reading of new, one-act plays written by some of the leading voices in American theater today.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) proudly announces complete casting for the upcoming production of MOONLIGHT & MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson, directed by Lynne Meadow.

'NIGHT, MOTHER, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Marsha Norman, directed by Michael Mayer, and starring Edie Falco and Brenda Blethyn will play its final performance at the Royale Theatre on Sunday, January 9th at 3pm. The production will have played 26 previews and 91 regular performances.

It was announced this morning that Edie Falco, one of the stars of Broadway's 'NIGHT, MOTHER, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama for her role as Carmela Soprano on HBO's acclaimed show 'The Sopranos.'