Martha Plimpton News

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio will present an interview with Martha Plimpton on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway on June 30th

Billy Crudup, Jennifer Ehle, Richard Easton and more have signed on to the cast of Tom Stoppard's three-part The Coast of Utopia, which will run at Lincoln Center from October of 2006 to March of 2007

Conor McPherson, whose play Shining City was up for a Best Play Tony Award, will direct his new play The Seafarer for the National Theatre in London beginning this September

Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th. We've got complete coverage of all the Tony action including the red carpet and the winners room!

Tyne Daly hosted Manhattan Theatre Club's Spring Gala on May 15th; the evening featured performances by the casts of The Drowsy Chaperone, The Wedding Singer, The Color Purple and Jersey Boys

Conor McPherson's Shining City, in its American premiere, opened at the Biltmore Theatre on May 9th, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Conor McPherson's Shining City, starring Brian F. O'Bryne, will open on Broadway May 9th

Martha Plimpton, Chris Sarandon, Jackie Hoffman and others appeared in Addictions, three new one-act plays by Tricia Walsh-Smith, at a one-night-only benefit performance on April 3rd

Martha Plimpton is set to appear in the presentation of Addictions, three new one-act plays by Tricia Walsh-Smith, on Monday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street).

WABC 7 will present 'Broadway Backstage: Spring Preview,' co-hosted by Kelli O'Hara, on Saturday, March 25th; the half-hour special will feature Broadway's hottest shows including The Threepenny Opera, Tarzan, The Pajama Game, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ring Of Fire, Jersey Boys, Well, Shining City and The History Boys

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) have announced that the American premiere of Conor McPherson's Shining City at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) will open Tuesday, May 9 at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Previews for Shining City will begin Thursday, April 20.

Martha Plimpton will join Brian F. O'Byrne and Oliver Platt in the cast of Conor McPherson's Shining City, which begins Broadway previews on April 13th

Rebecca Pidgeon, Alicia Silverstone and Mary Steenburgen will headline David Mamet's Boston Marriage, which will run from February 8th through March 12th at L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse.

Cherry Lane Theatre will launch its Mentor Project 2006 on Monday, December 5, with the announcement of its three finalists

Edie Falco, Martha Plimpton and others will perform in an evenign of short plays written by nine young playwrights, aged 9 to 11, from December 9th through 11th

Ann Hampton Callaway will perform on June 28th at Cafe Deville to benefit off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company

The Roundabout's production of The Paris Letter runs through August 7, 2005. BroadwayWorld was there to cover all the celebrity red carpet arrivals!

Hurlyburly is the premiere production of the 37 Arts complex; Martha Plimpton will soon take over for Parker Posey in the play

Celebrities from the worlds of TV and film as well as of theatre have been flocking to see Steel Magnolias, currently running at the Lyceum Theatre

Martha Plimpton will succeed Parker Posey in David Rabe's Hurlyburly beginning on June 14th