Will Power News

La MaMa, the world-renowned downtown theatre founded by the late Ellen Stewart, will celebrate is 50th anniversary season in 2011-12 -- entitled 'Homecomings' - with a two day celebration on October 16th and 17th 2011: The La MaMa 50 World Block Party and The La MaMa 50 Gala. The festivities kick off with the La MaMa 50 World Block Party on Sunday, October 16 from 2 to 6pm on the block of East 4th Street (between the Bowery and Second Avenue in Manhattan) that is home to La MaMa's three performance spaces, and where Ms. Stewart herself resided for many years before her death in January 2011.

ARTFARM reboots SHAKESPEARE'S ARGUMENT for the company's 10th Anniversary.

According to the Boston Globe, Tony nominee Lily Rabe will star in the New Group premiere of her father, David Rabe's new play- An Early History of Fire. The off-Broadway production will be directed by Jo Bonney and will run in thir 2011-12 season.

ARTFARM reboots SHAKESPEARE'S ARGUMENT for the company's 10th Anniversary.

La Jolla Playhouse presents a new adaptation of Sleeping Beauty Wakes, book by Tony Award-winning librettist Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), with a score by composer Brendan Milburn and lyricist Valerie Vigoda, both of the acclaimed trio GrooveLily (Striking 12, Long Story Short), and directed by Rebecca Taichman, who will also direct the Playhouse's 2011/12 world premiere of Milk Like Sugar.

Albuquerque Theatre Guild announces August 2011 performance calendar- More theatrical performances take place every weekend here in Albuquerque than in any other U.S. city of its size.

Dallas Theater Center is pleased to announce it is commissioning two new works from playwright Kristoffer Diaz in collaboration with The Public Theater.

Producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson have announced that Caroline Aaron, Bill Army, Lisa Emery, Ari Graynor, Steve Guttenberg, Danny Hoch, Julie Kavner, Fred Melamed, Grant Shaud and Marlo Thomas will star in the ensemble cast of the world premiere production of RELATIVELY SPEAKING, three one-act comedies by the prolific writing trio of Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, and directed by John Turturro.

Off-Broadway's The New Group proudly announces the productions slated for its 2011-2012 season.

Albuquerque Theatre Guild July 2011 Performance Calendar- More theatrical performances take place every weekend here in Albuquerque than in any other U.S. city of its size.

Twenty teenagers from Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, Bloomfield, Mystic, Newington, New Britain, and East Haddam will present a free performance of Project: Transform on Sunday, June 5 at 3:00 p.m. at the Hartford Public Library Downtown Branch.

Twenty teenagers from Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, Bloomfield, Mystic, Newington, New Britain, and East Haddam will present a free performance of Project: Transform on Sunday, June 5 at 3:00 p.m. at the Hartford Public Library Downtown Branch.

La Jolla Playhouse presents a new adaptation of Sleeping Beauty Wakes, book by Tony Award-winning librettist Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), with a score by composer Brendan Milburn and lyricist Valerie Vigoda, both of the acclaimed trio GrooveLily (Striking 12, Long Story Short), and directed by Rebecca Taichman, who will also direct the Playhouse's 2011/12 world premiere of Milk Like Sugar.

The Vortex Theatre prepares for a summer of 'Will' power with ROMEO AND JULIET, followed by COMEDY OF ERRORS, AND MERCHANT OF VENICE, June 3 through August 7.

Canadian Stage shares programming details for the Festival of Ideas & Creation, the company's annual festival supporting the development of artists and new works, taking place at the Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley Street) from May 9 to 21, 2011.

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) continues the celebration of its 25th anniversary by holding its 21st Simply Shakespeare reading of "The Merry Wives of Windsor."

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) continues the celebration of its 25th anniversary by holding its 21st Simply Shakespeare reading of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.' The participants for this rhinestone-studded cast in a down-home evenin' that will be more colorful than a clown at a rodeo include Christina Applegate, Kenneth Branagh, Faith Hill, Eric idle, Arte Johnson, Eugene Levy, Tim McGraw, William Shatner, Martin Short, Tracey Ullman and the co-chairs of the event Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, all of whom will be reading one of Shakespeare's best known and beloved comedies.

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) continues the celebration of its 25th anniversary by holding its 21st Simply Shakespeare reading of "The Merry Wives of Windsor." The participants for this rhinestone-studded cast in a down-home evenin' that will be more colorful than a clown at a rodeo include Christina Applegate, Kenneth Branagh, Faith Hill, Eric idle, Arte Johnson, Eugene Levy, Tim McGraw, William Shatner, Martin Short, Tracey Ullman and the co-chairs of the event Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, all of whom will be reading one of Shakespeare's best known and beloved comedies. The special musical guests are Reba McEntire, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, and Chris Wilson.