RUINED Playwright Lynn Nottage To Be Honored By New York City Leaders Following 8/11 Performance
by Charlie Piane - Aug 10, 2009
Pulitzer Prize winner and Brooklyn native Lynn Nottage will be honored by Speaker of the New York City Council The Honorable Christine C. Quinn, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and New York City Council Member Letitia James following the Tuesday, August 11 performance of RUINED at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).
Goodman Theater Announces Children's Auditions For A CHRISTMAS CAROL Held 8/31
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 7, 2009
Goodman Theatre welcomes children of all ethnicities to audition for this year's production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol adapted by Tom Creamer and directed by William Brown. Performers aged 5 to 17 are needed for several roles-including the role of Tiny Tim and the Cratchit children.
Tickets For The Public Theater's OTHELLO, Starring Hoffman And Ortiz, Go On Sale August 3rd
by Charlie Piane - Jul 31, 2009
The Public launches its 2009/10 Season with a bold, contemporary interpretation of Shakespeare's most passionate and spiritually charged creation, Othello. Tickets for the production go on sale Monday, August 3rd at 9am. OTHELLO will play a limited engagement of 23 performances only! The production runs September 12 to October 4 at NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South).
Charles, Chastin & More Join Hoffman And Ortiz For Public Theater's OTHELLO Beginning 9/12 At Skirball Center
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 30, 2009
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced complete casting today for the first production of the 2009-2010 Season, OTHELLO, directed by Peter Sellars. This highly-anticipated contemporary production, featuring the previously announced John Ortiz as Othello and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Iago, will play for 23 performances only, beginning on Saturday, September 12 at NYU Skirball Center. Single tickets go on-sale on Monday, August 3.
Alicia Silverstone Joins The Cast Of MTC's New York Premiere Of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL
by Eddie Varley - Jul 21, 2009
Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced today that Golden Globe nominee Alicia Silverstone will join the previously announced Laura Linney in the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming New York premiere of TIME STANDS STILL by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies with direction by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan.
Ana Gasteyer Joins The Cast Of MTC's THE ROYAL FAMILY On Broadway, Previews Begin 9/15
by Eddie Varley - Jul 19, 2009
Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that noted stage and television actress Ana Gasteyer will return to Manahattan Theatre Club to appear as 'Kitty Dean' in the upcoming Broadway production of THE ROYAL FAMILY by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber featuring direction by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Maritius, Doubt).
The Ruckus Announces 2009-10 Season Of World Premieres Presented At The Side Project Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 15, 2009
Chicago is officially one theater company richer after The Ruckus Theater recently karate-chopped and high-fived its way into the Central Time Zone. Made up of an industrious group of Michigan ex-pats, The Ruckus is composed of actors, directors, playwrights, musicians, casting directors, publicity managers, grant writers, baristas, grad students, poets, computer fixers, appointment-makers and census-takers who aim to create a new kind of company-a casteless theater that blends the lines between playwright and actor, audience and company member.
Nikki Blonsky To Host The 24 Hour Plays Off Broadway 7/13 At The Atlantic Theater
by BWW News Desk - Jul 13, 2009
Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray, High School Musical) will be the host and musical guest of the upcoming The 24 Hour Plays Off Broadway on July 13 at the Atlantic Theater. Laura Breckenridge ('Gossip Girl'), Joey Slotnick ('Nip/Tuck'), Julie Halston (Hairspray, 'Sex and the City'), Patrick Heusinger (Next Fall, 'Gossip Girl'), Max Casella ('The Sopranos'), and Russell Jones (Ruined) will join the At Play ensemble in this exciting Off Broadway theatrical event.
Goodman Theatre Honors Leaders On "Walkway of Stars"
by Reynard Loki - Jul 8, 2009
On Monday, June 29, Goodman Theatre Outgoing Board Chairman Shawn M. Donnelley and Artistic Director Robert Falls were honored with stars bearing their names as part of the Goodman's 'Walkway of Stars.' The stars were presented in appreciation and gratitude for their achievements and service to the theater, and commemorated Donnelley's leadership gift of $1 million to Goodman Theatre's endowment. A ribbon cutting and unveiling of the two stars followed brief remarks by Executive Director Roche Schulfer during an afternoon ceremony on the theater's black granite entryway beneath the 73-foot Goodman marquee at 170 North Dearborn Street. Present were members of the Goodman's Board of Trustees as well as friends of the theater, including: Chairman-Elect Patricia Cox; Goodman Resident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez; Academy Award-nominated playwright José Rivera; Goodman Trustees Sherry Barrat of Northern Trust, Ruth Ann Gillis of Exelon Corporation, Vikki Hood of Kirkland & Ellis; Goodman Scenemakers Council members Shannon Kinsella and Cheryl McPhilimy; Premiere Society Donors Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett; and classics scholar Dr. Christopher Kelly, Donnelley's husband.
Sundance Institute Announces 5 Chosen Projects For Theatre Lab Held 7/7-22
by BWW News Desk - Jul 7, 2009
Sundance Institute today announced the five projects chosen for the 2009 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab to be held July 7 -22 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Under the stewardship of Sundance Institute Theatre Program's Artistic Director Philip Himberg, the projects and participants selected for this year's residency are: Diagram of a Paper Airplane (Carlos Murillo); An Iliad (Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson); The Lily's Revenge (Taylor Mac); Ngwino Ubeho (Come and Be Alive) (Odile Gakire Gatire); and Palomino (David Cale).
Nikki Blonsky To Host The 24 Hour Plays Off Broadway 7/13 At The Atlantic Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 2, 2009
Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray, High School Musical) will be the host and musical guest of the upcoming The 24 Hour Plays Off Broadway on July 13 at the Atlantic Theater. Laura Breckenridge ('Gossip Girl'), Joey Slotnick ('Nip/Tuck'), Julie Halston (Hairspray, 'Sex and the City'), Patrick Heusinger (Next Fall, 'Gossip Girl'), Max Casella ('The Sopranos'), and Russell Jones (Ruined) will join the At Play ensemble in this exciting Off Broadway theatrical event.
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS Replaces TALLY'S FOLLY For May 2010 Run At Victoria Theatre
by Ali Leskowitz - Jul 2, 2009
Victoria Theatre Association and The Human Race Theatre Company announced today that Lanford Wilson's Tally's Folly will be replaced on the 2009-2010 Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series, with the humorous and witty Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Huchinson, May 11-23, 2010 in the historic Victoria Theatre.
RUINED Extends For Final Time, Will Close 9/6
by Charlie Piane - Jul 1, 2009
Manhattan Theatre Club announces the final extension for Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize winning play RUINED. The play, currently in performances at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street), must play its final performance on Sunday, September 6.
Sofa Snark: 4 Films for 4th of July
by James Sims - Jul 1, 2009
I?ve put together a list of some great Hollywood films that are either celebrating the holiday, or reminding us of our country's past. So queue up your Netflix, or wander down to the nearest Blockbuster ? should your neighborhood still have one ? and enjoy the show. And try for Blu-Ray whenever possible. DVDs are so last decade...
Laura Linney To Star In MTC's TIME STANDS STILL, Opens 01/28/2010
by Charlie Piane - Jun 30, 2009
Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Laura Linney ('John Adams,' The Savages) will play the lead role in Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming New York premiere of TIME STANDS STILL by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies.
The limited engagement, to be directed by Tony winner Daniel Sullivan (Accent on Youth, Sight Unseen on Broadway, Brooklyn Boy, Dinner with Friends) will begin previews at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in preparation for a Thursday, January 28, 2010 opening night. The production had previously been announced to play MTC's New York City Center - Stage I.
RUINED Holds Special Talkback 6/30 In Honor Of Congolese Independence Day
by BWW News Desk - Jun 30, 2009
RUINED, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Lynn Nottage currently playing an extended engagement at Manhattan Theatre Club, will observe Congolese Independence Day with a special talkback following the performance on Tuesday, June 30 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).