McAnuff Announces Cast of Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention
by BWW News Desk - Jan 16, 2007
La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director Des McAnuff has announced the cast of his upcoming Page To Stage Workshop Production of The Farnsworth Invention, written by Aaron Sorkin. Headlining the cast are Jimmi Simpson as Philo T. Farnsworth and Stephen Lang as David Sarnoff.
Photo Flash: Doubt National Tour
by BWW News Desk - Dec 21, 2006
Tony Award-winners Cherry Jones and Adriane Lenox, from the original cast of Doubt, star with Chris McGarry and Lisa Joyce in the hit national tour of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play
Best Plays of '04-'05 Book Includes Mamet, Wilson, Etc.
by BWW News Desk - Jul 19, 2006
Plays by Caryl Churchill, Michael Frayn, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Paula Vogel, August Wilson and other playwrights of note are celebrated in the 86th edition of The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2004-2005, which will be released on July 19th by Limelight Edition
Doubt Plays Final Broadway Week; Tour Starts in September
by BWW News Desk - Jun 27, 2006
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.
Color Purple's Felicia Fields and The Wedding Singer Join MCC's MISCAST March 13
by BWW News Desk - Mar 9, 2006
MCC THEATER announced today that FELICIA FIELDS (The Color Purple), along with a special performance by members of Broadway's THE WEDDING SINGER will join the celebrity cast of 'MISCAST,' a star-studded musical revue featuring some of Broadway's biggest names singing show tunes in roles they would never, ever perform.
MTC's Shining City Begins Previews April 20 and Opens May 9 at the Biltmore
by BWW News Desk - Mar 1, 2006
Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) have announced that the American premiere of Conor McPherson's Shining City at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) will open Tuesday, May 9 at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Previews for Shining City will begin Thursday, April 20.
BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY Announces Full Casting
by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2006
Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the upcoming the world premiere production of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY. Directed by Michael Bush, the production begins previews on March 23 and opens on April 11 at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street).
John Patrick Shanley's DEFIANCE Announces Full Cast
by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2006
The cast will feature (in alphabetical order): Chris Bauer (Chaplin White), Stephen Lang (Colonel Littlefield), Trevor Long (Gunney), Margaret Colin (Margaret Littlefield), Jeremy Strong (Private Evan Davis), and Chris Chalk (Captain Lee King).
DOUBT Breaks House Record For 8th Time
by BWW News Desk - Jan 3, 2006
DOUBT has broken the house record at the Walter Kerr Theatre for the eighth time, grossing $603,566 for nine performances for the week of December 26-January 1. DOUBT had previously set a record of $550,109 for the week of July 11-17, 2005.
Martin Platt to Direct European Premiere of DOUBT in Vienna
by BWW News Desk - Dec 21, 2005
Martin Platt, Co-director of the Perry Street Theatre Company, has been tapped to direct the European Premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Tony Award Winning Drama, DOUBT to begin performances at Vienna's English Theatre at January 30 - March 11, 2006.
Jena Malone Makes Broadway Debut In DOUBT
by BWW News Desk - Dec 6, 2005
Jena Malone will make her Broadway debut as Sister James in DOUBT, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Doug Hughes.