Tennessee Williams News

Berkshire Theatre Festival has announced additional casting for this summer's productions. The new cast members include Tony winners and nominees, multiple veterans of Broadway and Off Broadway as well as many returning BTF alumni. Husband and wife Stephen R. Buntrock and Erin Dilly will be working together on the world premiere of In the Mood. Jenny Powers and Angela Robinson have joined the cast of The Who's Tommy. Rachel Bay Jones of Broadway's Hair will take on the famed title character in Sylvia. Tony Winner Mia Dillon is joining Broadway and BTF alum C.J. Wilson and the previously announced Rebecca Brooksher in Tennessee Williams's serious comedy Period of Adjustment. Film actors Christian Coulson and Amari Cheatom will take on the world premiere two-hander Dutch Masters.

David Shookhoff, Director of Education at Manhattan Theatre Club, will be honored by the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable in a benefit being held on Wednesday, June 22 at the Park Avenue Armory's Veterans Room (643 Park Avenue).

Will David Lindsay-Abaire's next project come in the form of a remake of Poltergeist from MGM? According to New York Magazine, the writer is in talks to reimagine the 1982 horror film.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, called 'a riotously funny and campy variety show' by Next Magazine, and 'a rollicking, wry affair complete with funny political commentary on current events' by Gay City News, will present their second annual Pride benefit for The Ali Forney Center at Joe's Pub on Monday, June 13 at 7:00 PM.

Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason and Drama Desk Award winner and Tony Award nominee Paxton Whitehead will head the cast of Westport Country Playhouse's scintillating comedy of manners, "The Circle," written by W. Somerset Maugham and directed by Nicholas Martin, playing June 7 - 25.

Revolve Productions presents "Elysian Fields" by Chris Phillips at the 15th Anniversary of the New York International Fringe Festival in August.

The Accidental Repertory Theater's (ART) production of ADAMS' APPLES inspired by Chekhov's CHERRY ORCHARD, written and directed by John Strasberg and being presented at the Living Theatre, will close on June 5, 2011. Tickets can be purchased at SmartTix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444. The Living Theatre is located at 21 Clinton Street, between East Houston and Stanton in NYC.

There are numerous iconic roles that actors dream of playing some day, and Tennessee Williams has penned quite a number of these characters in his many treasured American classics.

Musical Theatre West is proud to announce the professional regional premiere of THE WEDDING SINGER at the beautiful 1,070-seat Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. THE WEDDING SINGER previews July 8 and runs July 9 through July 24, 2011.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, called "a riotously funny and campy variety show" by Next Magazine, and 'a rollicking, wry affair complete with funny political commentary on current events' by Gay City News, will present their second annual Pride benefit for The Ali Forney Center at Joe's Pub on Monday, June 13 at 7:00 PM.

From an informative talk by a guest speaker to party nights and an afternoon tea, Westport Country Playhouse will offer a myriad of special events and opportunities surrounding its production of the scintillating comedy of manners, 'The Circle,' written by W. Somerset Maugham and directed by Nicholas Martin, playing June 7 - 25.

The Boiler Room Theatre (BRT), Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, continues its 11th season with Tennessee Williams' most celebrated work A Streetcar Named Desire opening June 24 at the theatre's iconic namesake venue in the historic Factory at Franklin, 230 Franklin Rd., Building Six, in Franklin, Tenn. for a run through July 23.