Christopher Hampton Celebrates Simultaneous Openings in LA 4/13

Acclaimed British playwright, screenwriter, translator and director Christopher Hampton will be in Los Angeles next week to celebrate simultaneous openings. Hampton's translation of Chekhov's The Three Sisters, starring Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt, Tessa Thompson, Sarah Zimmerman and Reid Scott in a radio theater production for L.A. Theatre Works, and the West Coast premiere of his translation of Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning God of Carnage, starring Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden at the Ahmanson Theatre, both open on Wednesday, April 13.

Performances of The Three Sisters take place Wednesday, April 13 through Sunday, April 17 at the Skirball Cultural Center For tickets and information, call L.A. Theatre Works at (310) 827-0889 or go to www.latw.org.

Performances of God of Carnage continue through May 29 at the Ahmanson Theatre. For tickets and information, call the Center Theatre Group at (213) 972-4400 or go to www.CenterTheatreGroup.org.