Truman Capote News

TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, has announced the line-up for its 2010-2011 season. Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora announced a 41st season that will include three world premieres (bringing the company's total to 56); three regional premieres including the newest play by the author of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, Broadway's quirky hit musical about writers writing a quirky hit musical and a spell-binding mystery about a Japanese-American veteran charged with murder; and two Broadway favorites. The company will once again lead off with an extensive New Works Festival.

Celebrating fifty years since the original publication of this stunning American masterpiece, TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theater of Silicon Valley, presents TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, dramatized by Christopher Sergel and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee.

Despite a few glimmers of hope and the promise of a transformative evening of theatre, the current Circle Players production of To Kill a Mockingbird is a thoroughly passionless and completely uninspired staging of Harper Lee's classic Southern tale and, clearly, is one of the biggest disappointments of the Nashville theatre season.

The family of John Forsythe sadly announces his passing on April 1, 2010. He was 92 years old and, thankfully, he died as he lived his life, with dignity and grace, after a year-long struggle with cancer.

Los Angeles Ovation Award nominee CISSY CONNER stars as Katharine Hepburn in TEA AT FIVE March 26 - May 2, 2010 at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center in North Hollywood, CA, it was announced today by Producer Mary Todhunter of RBI Productions in Los Angeles.

Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, Underground Railway Theater's science theater initiative with MIT, presents the World Premiere of From Orchids To Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story by award-winning playwright Melinda Lopez and commissioned by the National Institutes of Health in order to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of 'On the Origin of Species'. Surprises erupt as a muralist's work is derailed by hallucinations, pregnancy, and dinosaurs in this witty take on how we understand - or do not - the theory of evolution.

Celebrating fifty years since the original publication of this stunning American masterpiece, TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theater of Silicon Valley, presents TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, dramatized by Christopher Sergel and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee.

The Human Race Theatre Company continues its mission to develop new musicals this March 9-16 when the writing team of Larry Grossman, Carol Hall and Duane Poole will be in residence working on their new musical A Christmas Memory - based on the short story by Truman Capote.

NYC DISCOVERY TOURS PUBLIC TOUR Schedule for March through Independence Weekend 2010, including St Patricks and St Josephs Day, Easter Weekend, Mother's Day Weekend, the Birthday of the High Line, the Birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge, Memorial Day, and Fathers Day.

Los Angeles Ovation Award nominee CISSY CONNER stars as Katharine Hepburn in TEA AT FIVE March 26 - May 2, 2010 at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center in North Hollywood, CA, it was announced today by Producer Mary Todhunter of RBI Productions in Los Angeles.

TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, has announced the line-up for its 2010-2011 season. Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora announced a 41st season that will include three world premieres (bringing the company's total to 56); three regional premieres including the newest play by the author of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, Broadway's quirky hit musical about writers writing a quirky hit musical and a spell-binding mystery about a Japanese-American veteran charged with murder; and two Broadway favorites. The company will once again lead off with an extensive New Works Festival.

You can drive from Chicago to Los Angeles in about thirty-one hours - if you stick to the interstates, that is. However, for the road warrior who isn't in a hurry, a cruise along old Route 66 can be an unforgettable journey - one with surprises beyond every curve.

Genevieve Bennett, creator of the 2008 Twin Cities Chekhov Festival and director of its sold-old production of The Seagull, has proved to be one of the Twin Cities most promising young directors.

Mauckingbird Theatre Company delves into the lives of two influential gay writers Truman Capote and James Baldwin - both authors of literary touchstones of the mid-twentieth century.

Blake Edwards's adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella is ideally cast with Audrey Hepburn in the role of Holly Golightly.

Genevieve Bennett, creator of the 2008 Twin Cities Chekhov Festival and director of its sold-old production of The Seagull, has proved to be one of the Twin Cities most promising young directors.

Mauckingbird Theatre Company delves into the lives of two influential gay writers Truman Capote and James Baldwin - both authors of literary touchstones of the mid-twentieth century.

Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs November 19-December 27 Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. Ave., Cambridge

Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs November 19-December 27 Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. Ave., Cambridge

Centre Stage presents Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory, paired each evening with another Capote classic, The Thanksgiving Visitor, as well as carols of the season and complimentary hot apple cider!