Vineyard Theatre News

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will continue its popular Shakespeare Salon series on Monday, May 24 at 6 p.m. Shakespeare Initiative Director Barry Edelstein will moderate a discussion on 'Making Shakespeare in the Park: Onstage and Backstage,' featuring a cross-section of cast, crew and creative team members from this summer's repertory productions of The Winter's Tale and The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare in the Park.

Kander & Ebb are the recipients of this year's Drama DEsk Award for Best Lyrics of a Musical for The Scottsboro Boys.

Two River Theater Co. is proud to present Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a hilarious and madcap comedy by Steve Martin, and directed by Hal Brooks.

World Premiere of The Grass Was Never Greener by Jim Blanchette runs May 20 through May 30th at the new Write Act Eastside in residence at The Richmond Shepard Theatre (formerly The Vineyard Theatre), located at 309 East 26th Street. Show time is 8 pm Thursday through Saturdays with a 3 pm matinee on Sundays. Tickets are $15, $10 for seniors, students, unions and groups. For reservations call 212-684-2690. More information is available at http://www.jewelboxla.com/greener.htm

Following a sold out, critically acclaimed and award-winning run Off-Broadway, THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, the exhilarating new Kander & Ebb musical, will open on Broadway on Sunday, October 31 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Previews will begin on Thursday, October 7.

As BroadwayWorld previously speculated, following a sold out, critically acclaimed and award-winning run Off-Broadway, THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, the exhilarating new Kander & Ebb musical, will open on Broadway on Sunday, October 31 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Previews will begin on Thursday, October 7.

The DIARY 21 PROJECT - an Arts-In-Education collaboration of Vineyard Theatre, Young Playwrights Inc., and The Anne Frank Center USA designed to teach students literacy and tolerance through the arts, using Anne Frank's diary and legacy as inspiration - presents the benefit performance ARE WE WRITING LOUD ENOUGH? featuring selections from new plays by students of Washington Irving High School and Lab School for Collaborative Studies and performed by the Vineyard Theatre Student Company, on Monday, May 24 at 7:00pm at Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street) in Manhattan.

On July 24, the Hudson Stage Company of Croton on Hudson, New York, will host its annual gala fundraiser, 'Divas on Hudson.' The event will be hosted on a Hudson River property in Montrose. It will be tented rain or shine and will have seating available, in addition to expansive grounds for picnicking. The evening will feature a sunset concert with Broadway singers, a silent auction, wine and cheese, dessert, coffee and the view. Performers at past events have included Audra McDonald, Ann Hampton Callaway, Lauren Kennedy, Liz Callaway, Barbara Walsh, and Shoshana Bean.

The Tony Award-winning actor Billy Crudup opened the world-premiere of Adam Rapp's play THE METAL CHILDREN, last night, May 19 at the Vineyard Theatre. The show, also directed by Rapp, began previews May 4. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the opening night curtain call and after party.

The Tony Award-winning actor Billy Crudup opened the world-premiere of Adam Rapp's play THE METAL CHILDREN, last night, May 19 at the Vineyard Theatre. The show, also directed by Rapp, began previews May 4. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the opening night arrivals.

Passage Theatre, Trenton's premiere professional theater company, has announced the full cast for Trenton Lights, a new play with music, directed by Adam Immerwahr. The production runs May 20 through June 6 at the Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton. (Press Opening: Saturday, May 22 at 8pm).

Astoria Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce that its production of the Stephen Schwartz musical, Children of Eden, has been extended one-week, after receiving fantastic notices and audience response.

The New York Times is reporting that producer Barry Weissler has said that The Scottsboro Boys will begin performances in October at the Lyceum Theater. No specific schedule has yet been announced however and the Times reports that 'While noting that plans could change, Mr. Weissler said in a phone interview that he and his colleagues believed the Beaux Arts style of the 107-year-old Lyceum -and its relatively intimate size for a musical, with 902 seats - with 'a good fit for a show that takes place in the 1930s and tells a story of rich history.'

What makes a person propose marriage on the third date? Why would anyone say 'yes'? Such is the situation in Monica Bauer's Made For Each Other, a one-man tour de force about sex, love, and the power of memory.

Previews will begin today at Virginia's Signature Theatre for the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees written by Ricky Ian Gordon, the award-winning composer of the opera The Grapes of Wrath and the musicals Dream True and My Life with Albertine. A starry Broadway cast portrays Gordon's own family story - complete with a tough Bronx-born father and former 'Borscht Belt' singer/comedian mother - in a tale of two generations' struggles and triumphs in the decades from World War II through the 1990s.

Circus Theatricals opens its 3010 Season with the West Cost Premiere of 'More Lies About Jerzy' by Davey Holmes, directed by David Trainer. Producing is Jeannine Stehlin. The production stars acclaimed, award-winning actor, Jack Stehlin. The production opens Saturday, May 15 at Circus Theatricals at the Hayworth.

Two River Theater Co. is proud to present Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a hilarious and madcap comedy by Steve Martin, and directed by Hal Brooks.

Signature Theatre, the current recipient of the Tony Award® for Regional Theatre, presents the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees by Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the acclaimed opera The Grapes of Wrath and the OBIE Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice, as well as the musicals My Life with Albertine and Dream True.

Passage Theatre, Trenton's premiere professional theater company, has announced the full cast for Trenton Lights, a new play with music, directed by Adam Immerwahr. The production runs May 20 through June 6 at the Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton. (Press Opening: Saturday, May 22 at 8pm).

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater today announced its roster of plays for 2010-2011, the award-winning company's 16th season. The all world-premiere season will feature provocative new works from Adam Rapp, Heidi Schreck and Florencia Lozano, the first full-length play from award-winning filmmaker Dan Klores, and the debut theatrical outing from the acclaimed singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega.