Mrs. Patrick Campbell News

Blue Gatorade, Greek mythology and sex work converge in the World Premiere production of Invulnerable Nothings' new play GALATEA 2.0 written by Sophie Dushko.

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with David Staller, who discusses starring in the Irish Repertory Theatre's Dear Liar, as part of The Letter Series.

Irish Repertory Theatre will present The Letters Series, featuring Dear Liar by Jerome Kilty & George Bernard Shaw, directed by Charlotte Moore. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets!

All three shows will be presented during the month of November on separate weekends. Learn more about the productions here!

A dramatic reading of letters Shaw exchanged with the actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell reveals the strong-willed woman who captured Shaw’s heart and inspired the playwright’s iconic Eliza Doolittle.

The Washington Stage Guild continues our series of online presentations with a play perfectly suited to an online format.  To follow our well-received streamed performances of George Bernard Shaw’s Don Juan in Hell, The Devil’s Disciple and How He Lied to Her Husband, we offer a play that explores the private life of our “house playwright,”  George Bernard Shaw - Jerome Kilty’s 1957 epistolary play, Dear Liar, streaming free of charge from September 29th at 8 PM through October 3rd at 8 PM. 

Bucks County Playhouse announced today that a special benefit reading of Jerome Kilty's play, 'Dear Liar' starring 4-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason and Emmy winner Brian Cox and directed by Broadway's Mark Brokaw ('How I Learned to Drive'), will make its streaming debut on Tuesday, September 1 at 7:00 PM EST.

Red Bull Theater today announced the cast for the next REVELATION READING, the New York Premiere of The Shadow of a Doubt by Edith Wharton, directed by Eleanor Holdridge: Emily Brown, Michael Cerveris, Kimberly Chatterjee, Samantha Blaire Cutler, Sanjit De Silva, Adam Harrington, Kathryn Meisle, Amanda Quaid and Brian Wile.  This will take place on Monday January 28th at 7:30 PM at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Hudson Streets).

City Stage New West presents an evening of Shaw Shorts!, with How He Lied to Her Husband by George Bernard Shaw, and Love Letters to Mrs. Patrick Campbell, edited and arranged from historical correspondence between Shaw and Campbell by Renee Bucciarelli.

Kicking off its 50th anniversary festivities, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will present a one-night-only reading of Jerome Kilty's Dear Liar on Sunday, October 2 at 7 p.m. at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater. Starring Academy Award nominee and M.F.A. graduate Annette Bening and A.C.T. favorite Mark Harelik, this special event will be directed by fellow A.C.T. alum Nancy Carlin, whose mother Joy Carlin was A.C.T.'s associate artistic director in 1986.

Quebec stage legends Louise Marleau and Albert Millaire star in stage adaptation of Cher menteur (Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters). A Toronto premiere in French!

George Bernard Shaw's pointed and charming classic Arms and the Man will begin the 2011-2012 season for Fort Worth's Stage West on Thursday, October 20.

George Bernard Shaw's pointed and charming classic Arms and the Man will begin the 2011-2012 season for Fort Worth's Stage West on Thursday, October 20.

Silver Spring Stage presents George Bernard Shaw's classic comedy PYGMALION, directed by Pauline Griller-Mtichell and produced by Richard Ley, when fussy English professor Henry Higgins wagers that he can transform a guttersnipe cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady of breeding, voice, and manners. Pygmalion will perform weekends June 4 to June 27.

Silver Spring Stage presents George Bernard Shaw's classic comedy PYGMALION, directed by Pauline Griller-Mtichell and produced by Richard Ley, when fussy English professor Henry Higgins wagers that he can transform a guttersnipe cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady of breeding, voice, and manners. Pygmalion will perform weekends June 4 to June 27.

Silver Spring Stage presents George Bernard Shaw's classic comedy PYGMALION, directed by Pauline Griller-Mtichell and produced by Richard Ley, when fussy English professor Henry Higgins wagers that he can transform a guttersnipe cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady of breeding, voice, and manners. Pygmalion will perform weekends June 4 to June 27.

If a recent casting notice is any indication, Emmy Award winner Valerie Harper may be headed back to Broadway as aging actress Tallulah Bankhead in LOOPED this spring.

Rolex presents 'AMERICA DANCES! Celebrating Our Sparkling Heritage - Broadway, TV & Film'- Career Transition For Dancers' 24th Anniversary Jubilee on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:00 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (bet. 7 & 6 Aves) NYC.

Rolex presents 'AMERICA DANCES! Celebrating Our Sparkling Heritage - Broadway, TV & Film'- Career Transition For Dancers' 24th Anniversary Jubilee on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:00 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (bet. 7 & 6 Aves) NYC.

As playwright Matthew Lombardo continues to develop the upcoming Arena Stage production of Looped starring four-time Emmy Award-winning Valerie Harper (Rhoda on The Mary Tyler Moore Show) as Tallulah Bankhead, a casting change has taken place. Jay Goede, known for his work on Broadway in Angels in America, A Year with Frog and Toad and Sex and Longing, will now play opposite Harper in the pre-Broadway staging, directed by Rob Ruggiero at Arena Stage at the Lincoln Theatre May 29 through June 28, 2009. Full release to follow at a later date.