Tom Fontana News

Studio Dante proudly presents the world premiere of The Joke, a new play by Sam Marks directed by Sam Gold in its limited Off-Broadway engagement from Wednesday, October 17 - Saturday, November 10 at Studio Dante (257 West 29th Street). Opening Night is set for Saturday, October 20 at 8 PM.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Melissa Errico has been cast in 'MONY' (Mayor of New York), Spike Lee's new TV pilot on NBC.

Over a dozen Broadway, television and film stars will be featured in the annual 'Stockings with Care Celebrity Bartending Fundraiser' at Frank's (410 West 16th Street, between 9th and 10 th Avenues) on Monday, November 13 from 7pm - 11pm

Four-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury headlined 'This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker,' a staged reading adapted by Tom Fontana to benefit The Acting Company, which took place on Sunday, November 5 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

Juliet Taylor will be honored at the Artios Awards, which will feature Bob Martin, Julie White, Mary Stuart Masterson and more

Zoe Caldwell, Roseanne Cash, Megan Dodds, John Doyle, Tom Fontana, Dana Ivey, Thomas Kean, Audra McDonald, Phyllis Newman, Alan Rickman, Laila Robins, David Schramm, Marian Seldes and Francesca Zambello will ateend the Acting Company's October 23rd Masquerade, in which Angela Lansbury will present an award to Patti LuPone

Angela Lansbury will toast fellow Lovett Patti LuPone, who will be presented with the John Houseman Award

Four-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury makes a return to the Broadway stage heading the cast of This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a staged reading adapted by Tom Fontana to benefit The Acting Company on Sunday, November 5, 7pm at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street. Boyd Gaines, Harriet Harris, Lisa Banes and Lynn Collins complete the cast.

Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Harriet Harris, Frances Conroy and Lisa Banes will headline This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a benefit for The Acting Company held in LA on December 5th

On November 9th, Matthew Morrison, Anthony Mackie and a number of TV stars will take place in the annual Stockings with Care Celebrity Bartending Fundraiser

Performances begin this Saturday for the Epic Theatre Center / United States Premiere of Einstein's Gift, a new play by Vern Thiessen, at the Acorn Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Frances Conroy and others will headline a staged reading of This is Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker in LA on October 10th; the reading will benefit The Acting Company

Emmy and Peabody Award winner Tom Fontana (writer/producer Oz, Homocide) directs Michael Hayden (Henry IV, Enchanted April, Judgement at Nuremburg), Anthony Arkin (I'm Not Rappaport), and Samantha Soule (White Chocolate, Dinner at Eight) in Phillip Barry's Paris Bound, Monday, December 13th to benefit The Acting Company.

Broadway's MICHAEL CERVERIS, MARGO MARTINDALE, MATTHEW MORRISON and KATE SHINDLE will join stars of primetime and daytime TV to tend bar at the annual STOCKINGS WITH CARE CELEBRITY BARTENDING FUNDRAISER at FREIGHT (410 West 16th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues) on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 from 7 to 11 p.m.

Naked Angels, in collaboration with The Culture Project will offer The DEMOCRACY Project - a collage of short plays, music and theatrical presentations written and performed by some of the country's leading playwrights and artists.