Tom Stoppard News

If you're an AR Gurney fan, you have a chance to see him on both sides of the Hudson over the next few weeks. In addition to the world premier of Office Hours, which opens at the Flea Theatre in New York, 4th Wall Theatre, a non union professional theatre in Bloomfield, NJ opens its 2010-2011 season with two one -act comedies, Gurney's The Fourth Wall and Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound.

The Lark Play Development Center is pleased to host Belarus Free Theatre for a public reading of Charonville by Nikolai Khalezin, directed by Lisa Rothe, with original translation by Yuriy Koliada and Rory Mullarky and dramaturgical and translation assistance by Erik Ehn. The reading takes place at 7pm on Wednesday, September 22 at the Lark Studio.

If you're an AR Gurney fan, you have a chance to see him on both sides of the Hudson over the next few weeks. In addition to the world premier of Office Hours, which opens at the Flea Theatre in New York, 4th Wall Theatre, a non union professional theatre in Bloomfield, NJ opens its 2010-2011 season with two one -act comedies, Gurney's The Fourth Wall and Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound.

Theatre503 presents The Charming Man, a political satire by Gabriel Bisset-Smith, directed by Paul Robinson. The Charming Man will run from October 19 to November 13, 2010. Press Night is Friday, October 22 at 7:45 p.m.

On Sunday, October 17 at 2:30 p.m., the Epic Theatre Ensemble will present a staged reading of a new version of Ari Roth's acclaimed Born Guilty Cycle at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Blanka Zizka will direct the monumental three and one-half hour reading which will feature Rick Foucheux. Following the performance, Roth, Peter Sichrovsky, and other special guests will take part in a Q&A.

TheatreWorks New Milford presents EXIT THE KING. From September 17 thru October 9.

Signal Ensemble Theatre presents the first show of its eighth season, Tom Stoppard's comedy 'The Real Inspector Hound,' the ensemble's inaugural presentation in their permanent theater space at 1802 W. Berenice Ave., a 50-seat venue in Chicago's North Center neighborhood. Theatre critics Moon and Birdboot attend the premiere of a new murder mystery and are swept into the whodunit they are viewing. As Moon laments his status as a second-string reviewer, and Birdboot considers adultery with one of the shows actresses, they soon find themselves inside the play-within-a-play, implicated in the lethal activities of an escaped madman. In a hilarious send-up of Agatha Christie-style melodrama, Stoppard's 1968 work is just as rooted in absurdism as it is in satire. Kicking off Signal's 'Season of Comedy,' this play set in the theater will appropriately open Signal's new performance space. The show will run about 65 minutes with no intermission.

On Friday, September 17, TheatreWorks New Milford will present the classic absurdist comedy of death, EXIT THE KING, by Eugene Ionesco. The show is scheduled for a four-week run.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, FOX's hit show 'House' will feature guest appearances from Dylan Baker, Matthew Lillard and Amy Irving in its seventh season. The show's executive producer, Katie Jacobs confirmed the news last Monday, adding that Jennifer Grey is also scheduled to appear on the show.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Billy Crudup will be returning to Broadway in Arcadia, a show in which he made his Broadway debut back in 1995. The show is set to launch in February.

William Shakespeare's comedy All's Well That Ends Well kicks-off the fall portion of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 2010 Season beginning with performances on September 15 and continuing through October 10 at the F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre.

Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) opens its 59th season as the oldest theatre inMinneapolis with Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead in weekendperformances September 10 through October 3.

Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) opens its 59th season as the oldest theatre in Minneapolis with Tom Stoppard's 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead' in weekend performances September 10 through October 3.

Lindsay Posner will direct Richard Bean's new stage version of David Mamet's film, House of Games previewing from 9 September and running until 6 November, with press night on 16 September. Designs are by Peter McKintosh with lighting by Paul Pyant and music by Django Bates. House of Games is sponsored by Aspen.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season with the MidwestPremiere of Kathleen Akerley's critically acclaimed Theories of the Sun. Part mystery and part sciencefiction, this 'lyrical, melancholy new drama' (Washington Post) has twists and turns that will keepaudiences guessing until the very end.

The Lark Play Development Center is pleased to host Belarus Free Theatre for a public reading of Charonville by Nikolai Khalezin, directed by Lisa Rothe, with original translation by Yuriy Koliada and Rory Mullarky and dramaturgical and translation assistance by Erik Ehn. The reading takes place at 7pm on Wednesday, September 22 at the Lark Studio.

Today, The Moscow Times profiles what they deem a very exciting season for Russian Theatre. They write: 'A quick glance at shows opening in the coming months reveals a strong presence of contemporary writers. Pavel Pryazhko, Yury Klavdiyev, Ivan Vyrypayev and the Presnyakov brothers are all set with new productions of plays. There will also be plenty to choose from for those interested in the work of Russia's best directors. Valery Fokin, Yury Butusov, Genrietta Yanovskaya, Sergei Zhenovach and Robert Sturua are all on the verge of opening new productions.'

Avatar Star Makes NY Theater Debut in THE AWESOME DANCE. Previews begins September 2 at The Cherry Pit

On Friday, September 17, TheatreWorks New Milford will present the classic absurdist comedy of death, EXIT THE KING, by Eugene Ionesco. The show is scheduled for a four-week run.

Publick Theatre Boston (http://www.publicktheatre.com), a resident company of the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), will present Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound September 2 - 25, 2010 (Previews are September 2 - 5) at the BCA Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont Street, South End Boston.