Woody Allen News

Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water will run April 29 - May 8, 2011. The production is directed by Jane Polo and is held at the Kent County Theatre Guild located at 140 E. Roosevelt Ave in Dover, DE 19903 Tickets are $16 for adults or $14 for seniors, military and students. For more information, please visit the official website or call (302) 674-3568.

The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street), Times Square's landmark concert venue, is pleased to welcome back the Romulo Larrea Tango Ensemble for the world premiere of TANGOS FROM GARDEL TO PIAZZOLLA on Friday, April 29th at 8:00PM.

Celebrity Autobiography held Thursday, May 5, 8 p.m. at Bomhard Theater

Christopher Weekes, whose Jim Henson biopic spec screenplay Muppet Man topped 2009's Black List, has been tapped by producers Jean Doumanian (August: Osage County, All The Real Girls) and Michael Shulman and Craig Saavedra, (principals of Starry Night Entertainment - Sherman's Way, White People) to adapt Mitchell Zuckoff's acclaimed biography Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend for the big screen.

The Lucille Lortel Awards announced today the details for the 26th Annual Lortel Awards Reception & Ceremony. The Awards Ceremony will be held on May 1, 2011 at 7 p.m. EST at NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, at Washington Square. Members of the industry may purchase tickets through the Off-Broadway League, while public tickets are $75.00 and are available via phone (212.352.3101), online (http://skirballcenter.nyu.edu) or in person at the Skirball Center's Shagan Box Office (566 LaGuardia Place, Tuesday-Sunday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.).

Leading Russian director/producer Andrei Konchalovsky's production of the Moscow State Mossovet Theatre presentation of Anton Chekov's UNCLE VANYA will be presented, in its only U.S. engagement, at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center for three performances only on Saturday, May 14 at 7pm, and Sunday, May 15 at 2 & 7pm. UNCLE VANYA will be performed in Russian with English translation.

The Town Hall (123 West 43 Street), Times Square's landmark concert venue, will present 'Easy To Love: Andrea Marcovicci and Jeff Harnar Sing Cole Porter' on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.

Shakespeare on the Sound, Connecticut's premier outdoor summer Shakespeare theater company, today announced complete casting for their upcoming production of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing, under the direction of Joanna Settle.

Shakespeare on the Sound, Connecticut's premier outdoor summer Shakespeare theater company, today announced complete casting for their upcoming production of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing, under the direction of Joanna Settle.

The Town Hall (123 West 43 Street), New York's landmark concert venue will present Peter Yarrow and Friends, a family concert, on Sunday, May 15th at noon.

The full company is announced for the final season of The Bridge Project featuring Kevin Spacey, artistic director of The Old Vic, in the title role of Richard III. The Bridge Project will open at The Old Vic in London on June 29, 2011 and then embark on an international tour including the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Spain's Centro Niemeyer, Hong Kong Arts Festival, and Singapore Repertory Theatre, arriving at BAM's Harvey Theater in New York in January 2012. Further international tour dates to be announced shortly.

On April 11, 2011, Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre honored esteemed stage and screen actress Bernadette Peters with the company's second Stephen Sondheim Award. The award, established in 2009 in honor of America's most influential contemporary musical theater writer and composer, was presented at a black-tie Gala Benefit at the Embassy of Italy. The 2011 Sondheim Award Gala was chaired by Ted and Mary Jo Shen; Honorary Hosts include Stephen Sondheim, Helen Henderson, His Excellency Gary Doer and Ms. Ginny Devine, The Honorable James Moran, His Excellency Giulio Terzi and Ms. Antonella Cinque, and The Honorable Jim Webb and Mrs. Webb. The Sondheim Award Gala helped to benefit Signature Theatre's numerous artistic, education, and community programs. Last year's recipient was stage, screen, and television icon Angela Lansbury. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you official photo coverage of the event. Click here for BroadwayWorld's own recap of the event.

Celebrity sightings continue to rise at FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Off-Broadway's runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain.

Leading Russian director/producer Andrei Konchalovsky's production of the Moscow State Mossovet Theatre presentation of Anton Chekov's UNCLE VANYA will be presented, in its only U.S. engagement, at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center for three performances only on Saturday, May 14 at 7pm, and Sunday, May 15 at 2 & 7pm. UNCLE VANYA will be performed in Russian with English translation.

Katori Hall's The Mountaintop will hit Broadway this fall, however, with only one of it's previously announced stars. Samuel L. Jackson will open the play as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his Broadway debut, however the team is in search of a new Camae, as Halle Berry has departed the piece due to child custody issues.'

On Saturday, May 7, 2011, the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County will host a Gala Fundraiser, to kick off the premiere exhibit, Marilyn Michaels - paintings & memories - A Multimedia Exhibit, featuring the art & memorabilia of singer/actress/comedienne, Marilyn Michaels.

According to published reports, Woody Allen will get his own 'American Masters' documentary on PBS. The two-part program will air this fall.

NBC announced that 'The Paul Reiser Show,' a new comedy series starring Reiser ('Mad About You,' 'Aliens'), will premiere on Thursday, April 14 (8:30-9 p.m. ET).

NBC announced that 'The Paul Reiser Show,' a new comedy series starring Reiser ('Mad About You,' 'Aliens'), will premiere on Thursday, April 14 (8:30-9 p.m. ET).

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that Academy Award® nominee Chris Sarandon, Jason Butler Harner and Ben Rosenfield will join Academy Award® and Golden Globe Award® nominee Carey Mulligan in the U.S. premiere of the play THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, based on the Academy Award® winning Ingmar Bergman film adapted for the stage by Jenny Worton.