Second Stage Theatre News

Second Stage Theatre's already announced production of Richard Nelson's comedy, SOME AMERICANS ABROAD, directed by Gordon Edelstein, will officially open on Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30pm at Second Stage Theatre (307 West 43rd Street, just west of Eighth Avenue.

The week before its scheduled opening, Second Stage Theatre Uptown's production of Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper has extended one week, through Sunday, August 24.

The week before its scheduled opening, Second Stage Theatre Uptown's production of Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper has extended one week, through Sunday, August 24.

Working Theater presents the world premiere of KING OF SHADOWS, a new Off-Broadway play by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, author of GOOD BOYS AND TRUE, BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY and DARK MATTERS, set to begin previews September 2, prior to its official press opening September 7 at Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue) in Manhattan.

Today Berkeley Repertory Theatre, which in the last 40 years has earned a reputation for developing provocative new plays, received a prestigious grant to fund its 50th world premiere: the Edgerton Foundation presented this Tony Award-winning theatre with its coveted New American Play Award to support the latest work from the team that made Eurydice a national hit. The $54,000 grant will provide extra rehearsal time for In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), an elegant comedy that Berkeley Rep has commissioned from MacArthur fellow Sarah Ruhl.

Due to an abbreviated rehearsal period with the show's full company, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will move the opening night of Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad to Thursday, July 24, to allow for a longer preview period.

Get out your dictionaries! The Tony® Award winning musical comedy, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - one of Broadway's most buzzed about hits - is in attendance at North Shore Music Theatre's (NSMT) intimate theater in the round from August 12 - 31, 2008; Press Night is scheduled for August 14th at 7:30 pm. THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is sponsored by The Boston Globe.

Sh-K-Boom Records has announced that on September 9th they will be releasing the World Premiere Recording of Michael John LaChiusa's Little Fish, featuring Alice Ripley, Greg Jbara, Chad Kimball, Brooke Tansley and Robert Torti.

Second Stage will continue to lease and operate their original theaters on the city's Upper West Side and in Midtown Manhattan.

Second Stage Theatre's production of Richard Nelson's comedy, SOME AMERICANS ABROAD, directed by Gordon Edelstein, held its opening on Tuesday, July 15 at Second Stage Theatre.

Second Stage Theatre's production of Richard Nelson's comedy, SOME AMERICANS ABROAD, directed by Gordon Edelstein, held its opening on Tuesday, July 15 at Second Stage Theatre.

Second Stage Theatre's already announced production of Richard Nelson's comedy, SOME AMERICANS ABROAD, directed by Gordon Edelstein, will officially open on Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30pm at Second Stage Theatre (307 West 43rd Street, just west of Eighth Avenue.

Due to an abbreviated rehearsal period with the show's full company, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will move the opening night of Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad to Thursday, July 24, to allow for a longer preview period.

Arena Stage will once again make history with ARENA RESTAGED, a massive, two-year festival celebrating the rich mosaic of our nation's voices.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will conclude its current mainstage season with Richard Nelson's comedy, SOME AMERICANS ABROAD, directed by Gordon Edelstein.

Second Stage Theatre has announced that Tony-nominated director MICHAEL GREIF, who recently staged the company's musical Next to Normal, will direct this fall's 20th Anniversary production of Howard Korder's comedy BOYS' LIFE.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will continue this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper, directed by Giovanna Sardelli. Beginning previews Monday, July 14 at Second Stage Theatre's uptown home, the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on Broadway at 76th Street, Animals Out of Paper will feature Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kellie Overbey, and Jeremy Shamos.

Second Stage Theatre has announced initial casting for its 'New Works Festival' on Friday, June 13

The world premiere of 'The Mysteries of Harris Burdick', a new musical by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, inspired by Chris Van Allsburg's (Jumanji and The Polar Express) illustrative book, opens the third season of Barrington Stage Company's acclaimed Musical Theatre Lab, under the mentorship of William Finn.

Second Stage Theatre's already announced production of Richard Nelson's comedy, SOME AMERICANS ABROAD, directed by Gordon Edelstein, will officially open on Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30pm at Second Stage Theatre (307 West 43rd Street, just west of Eighth Avenue.