Martin McDonagh News

Portland adds another jewel to its glittering collection of nationally relevant world premieres with this new production of Stephen Drukman's The Bullet Round, presented by The David Mamet School for Boys at the Arena Stage of Theater!Theatre! (3430 SE Belmont).

Two classic American plays by iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights, two audacious plays by contemporary mavericks, a world premiere musical by one of America's greatest living singer/songwriters and the bonus option of a delicious spoof of a 1935 movie are set for Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum's 2010 season at the Los Angeles Music Center, it was announced today by Michael Ritchie, CTG's Artistic Director.

Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce the appointment of Stuart Carden as the company's Associate Artistic Director.

The website for THE NEIL SIMON PLAYS, the Broadway revivals of BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and BROADWAY BOUND, is now live at www.TheNeilSimonPlays.com.

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ACT - A Contemporary Theatre announces its 2010 Mainstage season, comprised of five plays, plus a one-time only, add on Charter Membership option for Subscribing Members, giving them access to year-round Central Heating Lab programs for only $50.

Lesley Sharp, Marc Warren and Diana Vickers to star in the first major West End revival of Jim Cartwright's multi-award-winning play, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the New York and world premieres of a double bill of one-act plays from Atlantic's founder. TWO UNRELATED PLAYS BY DAVID MAMET: KEEP YOUR PANTHEON AND SCHOOL, directed by Neil Pepe, will feature the ensemble cast of Jeffrey Addiss, Michael Cassidy, Steven Hawley, J.J. Johnston, Jordan Lage, Brian Murray, Rod McLachlan, John Pankow, Jonathan Rossetti, Jack Wallace and Todd Weeks.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the first production of its 2009-2010 season, the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's play OOHRAH!, directed by Evan Cabnet. The production will feature Cassie Beck, Sami Gayle, Darren Goldstein, J.R. Horne, Jennifer Mudge, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Maximilian Osinski.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce Tony Award winner Garry Hynes will direct the upcoming production of EQUIVOCATION which is a part of Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming 2009-2010 Off-Broadway season at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

Live performance has always been a multidisciplinary event, its three great streams - theater, music and dance - forever shifting and combining in new and unpredictable ways. For its 2009-10 season, the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present a handful of works that together highlight both the boundless possibility and the transformational power of the stage.

The world premiere of A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, by Academy Award®- winning playwright Martin McDonagh will open on Broadway on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at a theatre to be announced (the date of the first preview will be announced soon). Directed by John Crowley (A Steady Rain), A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE will be McDonagh's first play to originate on Broadway.

According to the Atlantic Theater Company season announcement, Robert Fox will be producing Martin McDonagh's new play, A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, on Broadway this coming winter.

Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1920, when Burns Mantle founded the annual Best Plays Theater Yearbook, the Best Plays of 2008-2009 were announced today by editor Jeffrey Eric Jenkins.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James will join the cast of the New York premiere of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Portland adds another jewel to its glittering collection of nationally relevant world premieres with this new production of Stephen Drukman's The Bullet Round, presented by The David Mamet School for Boys at the Arena Stage of Theater!Theatre! (3430 SE Belmont).

Portland adds another jewel to its glittering collection of nationally relevant world premieres with this new production of Stephen Drukman's The Bullet Round, presented by The David Mamet School for Boys at the Arena Stage of Theater!Theatre! (3430 SE Belmont).

Portland adds another jewel to its glittering collection of nationally relevant world premieres with this new production of Stephen Drukman's The Bullet Round, presented by The David Mamet School for Boys at the Arena Stage of Theater!Theatre! (3430 SE Belmont).

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the first production of its 2009-2010 season, the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's play OOHRAH!, directed by Evan Cabnet. The production will feature Cassie Beck, Sami Gayle, Darren Goldstein, J.R. Horne, Jennifer Mudge, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Maximilian Osinski.

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2009-2010 Season. Throughout its 80+ year history, the school has provided Chicago audiences with affordable and meaningful theatrical experiences.