Woodrow Wilson News

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents a Concert for Peace in honor of President Barack Obama, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Produced by Great Music for a Great City, the Concert for Peace will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC. Admission is FREE.

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents a Concert for Peace in honor of President Barack Obama, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Produced by Great Music for a Great City, the Concert for Peace will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC. Admission is FREE.

The NYC400 is the first-ever list of New York City's ultimate movers and shakers since the City's founding?from politics, the arts, business, sports, science, and entertainment.

Working side-by-side rubbing elbows with pros in a professional theater plunges college students headfirst into just what it means to build and stage a professional theater production in two weeks time.

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) presents The Fourth Annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays, May 8 to 17 at the New Theater, 1156 Chapel Street, New Haven. The Festival is comprised of three fully-produced plays by graduating playwrights performed in repertory with twelve performances over 10 days.

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) presents The Fourth Annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays, May 8 to 17 at the New Theater, 1156 Chapel Street, New Haven. The Festival is comprised of three fully-produced plays by graduating playwrights performed in repertory with twelve performances over 10 days.

Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma's premiere professional theatre company, will present the American Premiere of Woody Sez, the words, music, & spirit of Woody Guthrie as part of the 2009 'Lyric at the Plaza' season.

Press notes announced 'Look out America, Gilligan's Island The Musical is docking at a desert island near you and the hilarity found in America's most cherished sitcom is in full effect in this larger than life stage musical. Bringing back all those well known and beloved characters from one of the most popular television shows of all time, this lovable musical comedy is sure to please the generations of audiences that the television show first inspired'. The first stop for the tour is the Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts in Sugar Loaf, NY on February 21st and 22nd.

Olympia Dukakis will appear at PlayFest on January 30 & 31 as Prospera in two readings of Another Side of the Island, her new adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.What is PlayFest? PlayFest - The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays is a ten-day theater event packed with dynamic new plays and new play programming for anyone who loves great theater!

Olympia Dukakis will appear at PlayFest on January 30 & 31 as Prospera in two readings of Another Side of the Island, her new adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.What is PlayFest? PlayFest - The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays is a ten-day theater event packed with dynamic new plays and new play programming for anyone who loves great theater!

Andrew Lloyd Webber is to be presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service for his many years of distinguished service to the arts through music.

The Willows Theatre Company presents 'Sunrise at Campobello' about FDR beginning May 5.

A world premiere play based on a true story about a college professor who stood up in defense of the freedom of speech and the price he paid for his courage will be staged at Westport Country Playhouse

Jerome Walden's BULLY, a play based on the life of Theodore Roosevelt, produced by Double W Productions, will open on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at the Irish Arts Center (553 West 51st St.) Previews begin patriotically, on July 4th.

Anthony Rapp, Will Chase, Raul Esparza and Michael Stuhlbarg will be among the stars taking part in the 2006 Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory, which will take place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from July 10-30

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced that The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's acclaimed educational touring company, Shakespeare Live!, has been selected, for the third consecutive year, to participate in their acclaimed initiative Shakespeare in American Communities: Shakespeare For a New Generation

HERE Arts Center is proud to present the premiere of James Scruggs's African-American odyssey Disposable Men, directed by HERE's co-founder and Executive Director Kristin Marting, beginning Friday, February 4 and running through Saturday, February 12.