Walter Kerr News

Grey Gardens, which began previews on Tuesday, October 3, will open on Thursday, November 2 at The Walter Kerr Theatre

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Maureen Moore, the respected performer who has previously gone on for such stars as Bernadette Peters, will serve as the standby for Christine Ebersole in the upcoming Broadway musical Grey Gardens; Dale Soules and Megan Lewis are among the other standbys, as well

Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson--who play the two eccentric Edie Bouvier's in Broadway's upcoming Grey Gardens--will appear on Turner Classic Movie's October 29th (8 PM) presentation of the 1975 documentary that inspired the musical.

On August 28th, Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole and the cast of the upcoming Broadway musical Grey Gardens gathered in the lobby of Playwrights Horizons for a CD signing

Complete casting for the Broadway premiere of the award-winning new musical Grey Gardens has been announced

Christine Ebersole, who walked off with a slew of awards and rave reviews for her performance in Grey Gardens, will perform on Monday, September 18, in a one-night-only concert to benefit The Actors' Fund of America at New World Stages

The original cast recording of Grey Gardens--previously announced as a PS Classics recording--is now set for an August 22nd release date

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio will present an interview with Martha Plimpton on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway on June 30th

Tony Award-winning Grey Gardens star Christine Ebersole will treat fans to a September 18th concert to benefit the Actors' Fund of America

DOUBT, the winner of the 2005 Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize for Best Play, will complete its triumphant Broadway run this Sunday, July 2. DOUBT, which is written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Doug Hughes, will have played 525 performances, and 25 previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street). When it completes its run, DOUBT will be the fifth longest running play of the past 10 years.

Grey Gardens, the hit Playwrights Horizons musical about two eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, is set to be planted at the Walter Kerr Theatre for an opening on November 2nd; it will begin previews on October 3rd

Kevin Carroll, Brenda Pressley and more have been lined up to star in Seven Guitars, presented by Signature Theatre Company as the first entry of their 2006-2006 celebration of the late great August Wilson

Conor McPherson, whose play Shining City was up for a Best Play Tony Award, will direct his new play The Seafarer for the National Theatre in London beginning this September

The 2001 S.T.A.G.E. Benefit; Broadway Musicals of 1949, South Pacific and two Sondheim tracks

Grey Gardens, which recently concluded its sold out World Premiere production at Playwrights Horizons, will open on Broadway this Fall with performances beginning in October at The Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

DOUBT, the winner of the 2005 Tony Award(r) and Pulitzer Prize for Best Play, will complete its triumphant Broadway run on Sunday, July 2.

Catch scenes from the new cast of Doubt right now on BroadwayWorld.com!

DOUBT and DEFIANCE playwright John Patrick Shanley will be this year's inductee into the Lucille Lortel Theatre's Playwrights' Sidewalk.