Second Stage News

Transport Group,'s 2011 Gimme A Break! benefit honored playwright Douglas Carter Beane and composer/lyricist Lewis Flinn last night, December 5 at the Asia Society and Museum. Gimme A Break! began with a cocktail reception followed by a performance featuring Broadway stars sharing their 'big break' experiences through stories and songs. Beane and Flinn received the Transporting American Theatre Award for their outstanding contributions to American theatre. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage of the event below!

After a run in Spring 2010 as a co-production between Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and Vineyard Theatre (Artistic Director, Douglas Aibel; Executive Director, Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell), the critically-acclaimed score of THE BURNT PART BOYS has been recorded by Yellow Sound Label, produced by Michael Croiter in conjunction with Playwrights Horizons, to be released in digital and CD formats on December 6, 2011.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) continues its 27th season with the world premiere of the new play, Rx, written by Kate Fodor.

The Araca Group has announced the return of AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings celebrating new work for the theatre.

On December 5th Emily Bergl, star of Broadway, films and 'Desperate Housewives,' will release a live album of her hit Oak Room performance. 'Emily Bergl Live at the Algonquin: Kidding on the Square' will be available on Amazon and iTunes, and commemorated with a special CD release party at the Oak Room. 'Kidding on the Square' was originally recorded during a sold out run, which received raves from audiences and critics. Stephen Holden of the NY Times described Ms. Bergl as 'incandescent...a gust of fresh air that could knock you off your feet,' and Will Friedwald of the Wall Street Journal declared that 'in her major-league nightclub debut, Ms. Bergl has hit a home run.' By popular demand, Ms. Bergl will reprise the show on Monday nights, December 5th though the 19th. A limited number of tickets are available for the official CD Release Show on December 5th.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox will return to MTC this spring in REGRETS, the new play by Matt Charman. This world premiere production will be directed by Carolyn Cantor (After The Revolution, for which she recently received the Callaway award, and Pumpgirl). REGRETS will now begin previews Thursday, March 8, 2012 and open Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I.

Celia Keenan-Bolger and John Ellison Conlee will appear at The Play Group Theatre's 6th Annual Holiday Benefit, honoring Broadway Producer and Chair Emeritus, Barbara Whitman, on Monday December 19that The Play Group Theatre, One North Broadway, White Plains, NY.

Transport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company, has announced that its 2011 Gimme A Break! benefit will honor playwright Douglas Carter Beane and composer/lyricist Lewis Flinn on Monday, December 5 at 6:30pm, at the Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street.

The Denver Center Theatre Company (DCTC) confirms its commitment to new works and solidifies its position as one of the nation's top tier new play festivals with the announcement of the lineup of playwrights and directors for its Sixth Annual Colorado New Play Summit.

On December 5th Emily Bergl, star of Broadway, films and 'Desperate Housewives,' will release a live album of her hit Oak Room performance.

On December 5th Emily Bergl, star of Broadway, films and 'Desperate Housewives,' will release a live album of her hit Oak Room performance. 'Emily Bergl Live at the Algonquin: Kidding on the Square' will be available on Amazon and iTunes, and commemorated with a special CD release party at the Oak Room. 'Kidding on the Square' was originally recorded during a sold out run, which received raves from audiences and critics. Stephen Holden of the NY Times described Ms. Bergl as 'incandescent...a gust of fresh air that could knock you off your feet,' and Will Friedwald of the Wall Street Journal declared that 'in her major-league nightclub debut, Ms. Bergl has hit a home run.' By popular demand, Ms. Bergl will reprise the show on Monday nights, December 5th though the 19th. A limited number of tickets are available for the official CD Release Show on December 5th.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has scheduled two American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performances and one audio described performance of the family production of The Snow Queen and two ASL interpreted performances and two audio described performances of the world premiere production Wild Swans based on the bestselling memoir by Jung Chang.

According to Deadline.com, Zach Braff will bring his new play, ALL NEW PEOPLE, to London's Duke of York Theatre in February 2012. Braff will make his UK stage debut in the production, which ran at Second Stage Theatre this past summer.

The Old Globe presents the World Premiere of Some Lovers, a new musical with book and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award winner Steven Sater and music by Academy and Grammy Award-winning legend Burt Bacharach.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is set to announce its holiday show A WONDERFUL LIFE.