Alan Bennett News

Tonight, March 18, Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein open their new Broadway collaboration, ALL ABOUT ME, at the new Henry Miller's Theatre. Previews began Friday, February 19.

As previously reported, Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna have decided to collaborate on their upcoming show efforts and will jointly star in All About Me. The New York Times has reported today that All About Me shall run at the Golden Theater. Previews will begin on February 19 with an official opening night of March 18.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and Executive Director Criss Henderson announced today the lineup of productions for the 2010/11 Season.

A U.K. law firm has confirmed that screen star Kate Winslet, and her stage and screen director husband Sam Mendes have amicably separated. The pair had been married for seven years and have a son together (Winslet's daughter is from a previous marriage). According to their lawyers, the separation is 'entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement' and both Winslet and Mendes are 'fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children.'

Beginning Saturday, March 13, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air Fallen Angels by Noel Coward, starring Annette Bening, Harriet Harris, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna, John Rubinstein, and Kristoffer Tabori. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

Following End of the Rainbow, Royal & Derngate's Addicted to You season continues with the stage premiere of a new version of My Zinc Bed created by David Hare especially for the Royal & Derngate, which takes to the Royal stage from Friday 26 February to Saturday 13 and Honest by Northampton playwright DC Moore, which will be performed in the Mailcoach pub, adjacent to the theatre, at 6.30pm, before each evening's performance of My Zinc Bed.

Undermain Theatre presents the fourth and final production of its 26thseason: Samuel Beckett's iconic masterpiece ENDGAME directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr. presented at Undermain Theatre, 3200 Main Street in Dallas. The production begins performances on Saturday, April 10 and runs through Saturday May 8. This is a rare opportunity to see this seminal work.

Trudie Goodwin, perhaps best known as Sergeant June Ackland in The Bill will star as Mrs Reynolds in the world premiere of Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian, a play about modern Britain by Gary Owen, Watford Associate and writer of the 2007 hit, We That Are Left.

A compelling story of forbidden love, loyalty, guilt and the corrupting power of greed, All My Sons stars David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker and will be directed by Howard Davies.

Beginning Saturday, March 13, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air Fallen Angels by Noel Coward, starring Annette Bening, Harriet Harris, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna, John Rubinstein, and Kristoffer Tabori. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

Judith Blazer and Heidi Blickenstaff are set to star in the previously announced INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS at 59E59 Theaters from April 2nd through the 24th.

PREMIERES (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director/Producer), in association with Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced a special 4-week celebration of events including Inner Voices: Solo Musicals, with the premieres of two one-act solo musicals: Mosaic with Book & Lyrics by Cheri Steinkellner and Music & Lyrics by Georgia Stitt, and Whida Peru: Resurrection Tangle with Book & Lyrics by David Simpatico and Music by Josh Schmidt.

Following End of the Rainbow, Royal & Derngate's Addicted to You season continues with the stage premiere of a new version of My Zinc Bed created by David Hare especially for the Royal & Derngate, which takes to the Royal stage from Friday 26 February to Saturday 13 and Honest by Northampton playwright DC Moore, which will be performed in the Mailcoach pub, adjacent to the theatre, at 6.30pm, before each evening's performance of My Zinc Bed.

Noel Coward's Private Lives comes to the West End's Vaudeville Theatre for a ten week season from February 24 2010, following a two week run at the Theatre Royal Bath (February 10 - 20). Starring Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfadyen, and directed by Richard Eyre, Private Lives remains one of Coward's most sophisticated comedy of manners.

Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, will present the world premiere production of 'ALICE IN SLASHERLAND,' written by Qui Nguyen and directed by Robert Ross Parker, with fight choreography by Mr. Nguyen, when it begins performances on March 18 at HERE (www.here.org), 145 Sixth Avenue (between Spring and Broome Streets, enter on Dominick Street).

Two students and one alumna from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music took home top honors from their respective Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) Regional Audition competitions held recently across the country.

Noel Coward's dazzling comic masterpiece comes to the West End's Vaudeville Theatre for a ten week season from 24 February 2010, following a two week run at the Theatre Royal Bath (10 - 20 February).

Noel Coward's dazzling comic masterpiece comes to the West End's Vaudeville Theatre for a ten week season from 24 February 2010, following a two week run at the Theatre Royal Bath (10 - 20 February). Starring Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfadyen, and directed by Richard Eyre, Private Lives remains one of Coward's most sophisticated comedy of manners. BroadwayWorld brings you the first promotion shots!

Following End of the Rainbow, Royal & Derngate's Addicted to You season continues with the stage premiere of a new version of My Zinc Bed created by David Hare especially for the Royal & Derngate, which takes to the Royal stage from Friday 26 February to Saturday 13 and Honest by Northampton playwright DC Moore, which will be performed in the Mailcoach pub, adjacent to the theatre, at 6.30pm, before each evening's performance of My Zinc Bed.

Tony Award winner Judy Kaye will sing the songs of Harold Arlen and other giants of the American songbook in a special cabaret performance in the Globe's new Hattox Hall on Monday, February 8 at 8:00 p.m. David Green directs and Dennis Buck music directs the internationally renowned concert and opera star.