Richard East News

Unless the painters have been around the past few days, a bit of graffiti on the Classic Stage Company's men's room wall reads, 'Good Theatre + Great Coffee + Clean Bathroom = CSC.'  While the lobby's Everyman Espresso Café and (I would assume) some eager young intern are keeping the latter two parts of that equation accurate, director Walter Bobbie's premiere production of David Ives' New Jerusalem is indeed providing some good theatre.

The North American tour of Mamma Mia! celebrated its 6th anniversary last night in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the Miller Auditorium, and plays its 2,500th performance tonight!

Nicholas Martin today announced the programming for Williamstown Theatre Festival's (WTF) 54th Season, the first under his aegis as Artistic Director. Collaborators include David Ives, Michael Greif, Scott Ellis, Theresa Rebeck, and Julie White.

Due to popular demand MAMMA MIA!, which was previously scheduled to end in August after more than 2,300 performances, will now play through January 4, 2009.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will continue its 40th anniversary season with two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest and Tony Award winner Alan Cumming starring in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, beginning performances Wednesday, February 20 at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13th Street).

Primary Stages honored Broadway producer Daryl Roth and Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien at Primary Stages' 23rd Anniversary Gala Benefit at a private club in Manhattan on Monday, November 12 at 6:30PM.

Mamma Mia!, the global hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, will premiere in Czech Republic at Sazka Arena in Prague on October 10th, 2007.

The global hit Mamma Mia! will become the longest ever running show at the Prince of Wales Theatre on Saturday, August 18, overtaking the record previously held by Aspects of Love.

Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia has won the Tony Award for Best Play.

The Coast of Utopia's Jack O'Brien has won the Tony Award for Best Director of a Play.

The Coast of Utopia star Jennifer Ehle has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

The Coast of Utopia's Billy Crudup has won the Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

Bob Crowley and Scott Pask have won the Tony for Best Scenic Design of a Play for The Coast of Utopia.

Catherine Zuber has won the Tony for Best Costume Design of a Play for The Coast of Utopia.

Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz have won Best Lighting Design of a Play for The Coast of Utopia.

On Tuesday, February 15th, the cast and crew of the hit musical Mamma Mia! celebrated the show's 4th anniversary in Las Vegas

The International Tour of 'Mamma Mia!' will play in Beijing this August.

Linzi Hateley will join the cast of London's Mamma Mia! as Donna Sheridan on March 5th

Lincoln Center Theater has postponed the first preview of Part Three - Salvage of its current production of the Tom Stoppard trilogy The Coast of Utopia, directed by Jack O'Brien, by one night.

Salvage, the final installment of Tom Stoppard's three-part play, The Coast of Utopia, begins previews on Tuesday, January 30 at 8 pm at the Vivian Beaumont Theater