Aidan Quinn News

The 20th Anniversary revival of DAVID MAMET's Speed-The-Plow announces its final cast member.

The 20th Anniversary revival of DAVID MAMET's Speed-The-Plow will begin performances on Friday, October 3, 2008 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) under the direction of NEIL PEPE (David Mamet's Romance, Ethan Coen's Almost an Evening).

RAÚL ESPARZA, who electrified Broadway last season with his Tony-nominated performance in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, has graduated to DAVID MAMET.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) will begin previews for Richard Nelson's new history play Conversations in Tusculum on Tuesday, February 19. Directed by Nelson, Conversations in Tusculum will run through Sunday, March 23 with an official press opening on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 PM.

Aidan Quinn will complete the cast of Richard Nelson's new history play Conversations in Tusculum at the Public Theater. Directed by Nelson, Quinn will play Brutus alongside the previously announced Brian Dennehy as Cicero, Joe Grifasi as Syrus, Gloria Reuben as Porcia, David Strathairn as Cassius, and Maria Tucci as Servilia.

The Fire Dept will present an expanded and updated version of its acclaimed At War: American Playwrights Respond to Iraq, an evening of alternately moving, haunting, and funny material by noted and emerging American playwrights, woven together to present a kaleidoscope of views on the war.

Professionalism. It is a word that is bandied about with frequency in theater circles. When it is applied to a gaggle of pint-sized vagabonds who are rehearsing a middle school production of Oliver!, it becomes laughable. However, when its observed first-hand on one of New York's stages, it is truly appreciated. Such is the case at The Player's Theater on MacDougal Street. It is there that television actor John Driscoll has taken over two key roles in Matt Morillo's comedy Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues.

Elaine Stritch won Emmy Award as an Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Colleen Donaghy in the NBC sitcom '30 Rock.'

Dozens of theatre stars are among the nominees of the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be broacast live from L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, September 16th at 8 PM on FOX.

On Tuesday, May 15th, Obie Award-winner and original Rent star Anthony Rapp, as well as 'Nip/Tuck' star Dylan Walsh, joined the cast of the acclaimed Naked Angels production of Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell

'First Readings: A Benefit for Studio Dante,' featuring a number of film and TV stars, took place on March 26th at the New York Historical Society

'First Readings: A Benefit for Studio Dante,' featuring a number of film and TV stars, will take place on March 26th at the New York Historical Society.

On Monday, March 12th, the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction (NFFR) presented 'Broadway for Medicine,' a gala concert at New York City Center featuring the best of Broadway!

New Theatre Company Opening in NYC In October

Joel Grey, Olympia Dukakis and more will take part in the Spalding Gray memorial celebration Leftover Stories to Tell, which will run from May 31st through June 4th at P.S. 122

Marian Seldes, Kathleen Chalfant and Christian Campbell are among the theatre veterans who will be seen on the controversial new NBC show 'Book of Daniel'

The Edinburgh Fringe gets underway with Sunny Jacobs playing herself in The Exonerated, plus the West End sees a surge of plays for the Autumn/Winter season.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone & Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; John G. Schultz, Executive Director) will re-team with NEIL LaBUTE for the world premiere of his latest work, FAT PIG starring in alphabetical order: ASHLIE ATKINSON (Theresa on F/X's 'Rescue Me'); ANDREW McCARTHY (Broadway: Side Man; feature films: Less Than Zero; Pretty in Pink; St. Elmo's Fire); JEREMY PIVEN (Ari Jacobs on HBO's 'Entourage') and KERI RUSSELL (Golden Globe winner for WB's 'Felicity'). Jo Bonney (Living Out; Fifth of July) directs.