Allen Moyer News

The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced casting for its productions of Three Sisters and Broke-ology

Nominated for the 2008 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, 'From Up Here' premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club this spring with a flurry of praise for a great cast, engaging story and an impressive new playwright... Liz Flahive!

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) critically acclaimed national touring production of their Broadway smash hit TWELVE ANGRY MEN will celebrate its 200th performance tonight in Fort Lauderdale.

Manhattan Theatre Club's production of the world premiere of FROM UP HERE, a new American play by Liz Flahive, will open tonight, April 16 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). The limited engagement began previews Thursday, March 27.

Currently in previews, THE NEW CENTURY, plays by Paul Rudnick, directed by Nicholas Martin, opens on Monday, April 14 at 6:45 PM at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 150 West 65 Street. THE NEW CENTURY is a series of four short plays, which feature everyone from a concerned Long Island mother of at least three gay children (Linda Lavin), to an accomplished Midwestern craftswoman (Jayne Houdyshell), to one of Mr. Rudnick's favorites, Mr. Charles, a flamboyant resident of Palm Beach (Peter Barlett). Ultimately, all of these delicious and distraught people collide under surprising and comic circumstances, and we discover just where our new century might be heading. The cast of five also features Mike Doyle and Christy Pusz. The production has sets by Allen Moyer, costumes by William Ivey Long, lighting by Kenneth Posner and original music and sound design by Mark Bennett. THE NEW CENTURY is performed Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturdays at 2pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets priced at $70 and $75, are available at the Lincoln Center Theater Box Office, at Tele-charge.com (212-239-6200) or by visiting www.lct.org.

Currently in previews, THE NEW CENTURY, plays by Paul Rudnick, directed by Nicholas Martin, opens on Monday, April 14 at 6:45 PM at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 150 West 65 Street.

Manhattan Theatre Club presents the world premiere of Liz Flahive's From Up Here. The cast includes Julie White, Jenni Barber, Arija Bareikis, Brian Hutchison, Will Rogers, Tobias Segal and Joel Van Liew.

Roundabout Theatre Company's is pleased to announce a two week extension of their acclaimed national touring production of Twelve Angry Men, through Sunday, June 15, 2008.

Manhattan Theatre Club is pleased to announce full casting for their upcoming world premiere production of Liz Flahive's From Up Here.

Ha'Penny Bridge, a new Irish musical makes its U.S. Premiere in San Francisco this summer, on its way to Broadway. This brand new show portrays a rich, moving, but troubled love story, set against a backdrop of political unrest and divided loyalties. Ha'Penny Bridge plays the Golden Gate Theatre (1 Taylor Street) beginning Sunday, July 6 through Sunday, August 10

Tony Award-winning actress Julie White (The Little Dog Laughed) will star in the upcoming world premiere production of Liz Flahive's From Up Here, directed by Leigh Silverman (Yellow Face, Well). The cast will also feature Aya Cash, Will Rogers and Joel Van Liew.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced initial casting for its upcoming production of The New Century, plays by Paul Rudnick, to be directed by Nicholas Martin. Performances begin Thursday, March 20, 2008 in the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Opening night is Monday, April 14, 2008. The cast of five will include Peter Bartlett, Jayne Houdyshell and Linda Lavin.

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced casting for the second season of its critically acclaimed national touring production of their Broadway smash hit, Twelve Angry Men.

Goodman Theatre launches its 2007/2008 season with Passion Play: a cycle in three parts by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl. British director, actor and teacher Mark Wing-Davey helms this triptych that addresses the thorny relationship between politics and religion, lust and dogma, and perception and reality, over 425 years and three controversial, politically-charged eras. Passion Play runs September 15 - October 21.

The new book, Grey Gardens: The Complete Book and Lyrics, is available now from Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.

Westport Country Playhouse will bring the legendary talents of Stephen Sondheim to its stage with Being Alive, a world premiere musical revue, August 24 through September 9. Sondheim served as an apprentice at the Playhouse in 1950.

Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, CT will present Being a Live, a world premiere musical revue with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived and directed by Billy Porter

Producers of the acclaimed Broadway musical Grey Gardens announced today that the show's composer, Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel, will conduct the Wednesday evening, July 18 performance at 8PM at The Walter Kerr Theatre

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Grey Gardens will play its final performance on Sunday, July 29, 2007

Producers of the hit musical Grey Gardens announced today that the opportunity for theater-goers to see the two most acclaimed performances of the 2006-2007 Broadway season - those of Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson, who both won Tony Awards for their work in the musical - will be through Sunday, July 29th only. On that date, Wilson will give her final performance as 'Edith Bouvier Beale' in the acclaimed musical at The Walter Kerr Theatre