Stella Adler News

New York's Fiasco Theater's production of William Shakespeare's epic romance debuts on the West Coast at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center on Thursday, December 13th, 2012. Cymbeline runs through December 23rd.

The Guthrie today announced that BEHOLD, its 50th-anniversary one-time gala performance, will be directed by New York-based Peter Flynn, whose extensive credits include directorial work on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theaters. BEHOLD, part of the Guthrie's anniversary weekend celebration, will combine classical text, music, original work, video and dance performed by artists to be announced in the months to come. The event will take place on Saturday, June 22, 2013.

The New York premiere of Tina Packer's WOMEN OF WILL - a groundbreaking exploration of Shakespeare's canon - written by Ms. Packer and directed by Eric Tucker ("Saint Joan") will begin preview performances on January 27 prior to an official press opening of February 3 and running through June 2 Off-Broadway at The Gym at Judson (243 Thompson Street), it has been announced by the show's producer Sarah Hancock and its creator/star Tina Packer.

The Blank Theatre's annual holiday production of "The Santaland Diaries" by David Sedaris, now in its fourth year, again stars Paolo Andino and is directed by Michael Matthews. "Santaland" began preview performances on Friday, November 16, and opening night is set for tonight, November 24 at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.

To celebrate novelist and playwright Dawn Powell's birthday and the first ever NY revival of her play BIG NIGHT, the ReGroup Theatre is offering a special "DRESS REVERSAL" preview performance on Nov 28th- which would be Ms. Powell's 116 birthday.

Looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit? Check out this list of options that will surely put you in a festive frame of mind.

United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, concluded its third annual season with a closing ceremony held on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at Theatre ROW on 42nd Street in New York City. Local and international performers, special guests, and festival team members gathered to celebrate the one hundred solo productions that were offered this fall.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting's Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company is excited to announce the New York City premiere of Michael Milligan's Mercy Killers. Milligan's one-man play is inspired by horror stories of the uninsured, many of whom suffer financial tragedies on top of chronic illnesses.

The Blank Theatre's annual holiday production of "The Santaland Diaries" by David Sedaris, now in its fourth year, will again star Paolo Andino and be directed by Michael Matthews. "Santaland" begins preview performances tonight, November 16, and opening night is set for Saturday, November 24 at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.

The New Group presents the first production in its 2012-2013 season, the world premiere of The Good Mother, a new play by Francine Volpe. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production features Mark Blum, Darren Goldstein, Gretchen Mol, Alfredo Narciso and Eric Nelsen. Previews began October 31 in advance of an Official Opening Night tomorrow, November 15 at 7:00pm. The limited Off-Broadway engagement is slated through December 22 at The New Group @ Theatre Row (The Acorn Theatre / 410 West 42nd Street / Acorn Theatre). Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

The multi-award-winning NoHo Arts Center Ensemble (NoHoAce) presents a world premiere play, ONE NOVEMBER YANKEE, written and directed by Joshua Ravetch and starring four-time Golden Globe nominee Harry Hamlin and two-time Emmy winner Loretta Swit. ONE NOVEMBER YANKEE will preview tonight, November 13 at 8pm; Wednesday, November 14 at 8pm; Thursday, November 15 at 8pm and will open on Friday, November 16 at 8pm and will run for eight weeks through Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd. (at Lankershim) in North Hollywood.

Nobody's Business Trio will warm up the Metropolitan Room on December 15, 2012, at 9:30 pm as they invite you "Home for the Holidays." Cold wintry weather can wait out by the curb while hearts inside alternately melt and dance. Vocalists Alecia Evans, Cadden Jones and Linda Sue Moshier comprise an entrancing unique ensemble that electrifies audiences with its astonishing range of harmonization. The group's unparalleled sound derives from an uncommon blend of an opera singer, a pop singer and a jazz singer.

The ReGroup Theatre Co. follows their hit revival of 1931- last month with the first ever New York revival of Dawn Powell's Big Night. Peter Filichia called 1931-, 'A complete and total triumph! ReGroup once again proves that it's one of the city's most valuable theater companies.' 1931- director Allie Mulholland again directs and joins the cast of Big Night, along with the talents of Carly J. Bauer, Matt Giroveanu, Daniel Hainsworth, Danielle Heaton, Adrienne LaValley, Kelsey Moore, Mateo Prendergast & Shawn Verrier.

8 Million Protagonists, a first of its kind Off-Broadway production, will run at 9th Space Theatre from tonight, November 1 to November 10. The show is a crowdsourced play with its plot driven by the online submissions at newyorkwritesitself.com from everyday New Yorkers, capturing the real, uncensored streets of New York.