Ally Sheedy News

WET (Women's Expressive Theater, Inc.) launches its 8th season with the World Premiere of Brooke Berman's A PERFECT COUPLE. Produced on an Off-Broadway contract, this limited engagement production is directed by Maria Mileaf (THE ARGUMENT at The Vineyard). Previews begin June 7th at the DR2 (103 East 15th Street) where WET became the first theater company in residence last year.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard,Executive Director) has announced the two plays to be presented as part of the company's sixth Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series this summer: Carly Mensch's Len, Asleep in Vinyl, directed by Jackson Gay, and Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper, directed by Giovanna Sardelli.

Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) has announced the schedule for its upcoming 2008 WOMEN CENTER STAGE festival (WCS), the annual multi-disciplinary event featuring women artists whose work calls attention to human struggles globally - April 8 - April 27, 2008.

Culture Project has announced further casting for their production of Rebel Voices, a stage adaptation by Rob Urbinati and Howard Zinn of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's acclaimed book 'Voices of a People's History of the United States'

Culture Project has announced that it will produce Rebel Voices, a stage adaptation by Rob Urbinati of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's acclaimed book 'Voices of a People's History of the United States' (Seven Stories Press). Performances begin on November 10 with an official opening night set for Sunday, November 18 with special guest Howard Zinn.

Hairspray star Nikki Blonsky, who has won acclaim for her exuberant turn as Tracy Turnblad in the film version of the Broadway smash, has found another film role.

Stage and screen legend Celeste Holm recently visited five-time Billboard award-winning 106.7 Lite FM host Valerie Smaldone at the latter's midday radio show.

Award-winning radio personality Valerie Smaldone is now guest-starring in Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell from May 8 - 13 at the Minetta Lane Theatre

Valerie Smaldone, host and co-producer of the special portrait unveilings of The Wall of Fame at Tony's diNapoli Restaurant in Times Square, will be joining the cast of Naked Angels' acclaimed off-Broadway production, Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, for one week only.

The non-profit production company, WET continues its third season of the Risk Takers Films Series on March 17th with special guest Olympia Dukakis

Working Playground, in association with Moxie Pictures and Gran Centenario Tequila, presents a 24 Hour Company Production of THE 6TH ANNUAL 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY on Monday, October 23rd at the American Airlines Theatre. To date, participating actors include Emmy Award winner Jennifer Aniston, Elizabeth Berkley (Hurly Burly) 'Saturday Night Live's Rachel Dratch, Oscar nominee Rosie Perez (Frankie & Johnny), and two-time Tony Award nominee Patrick Wilson (Oklahoma!, The Full Monty).

Michael Cerveris, Lisa Kron, Olympia Dukakis, as well as Anna Deveare Smith herself, will read from Smith's Letters to a Young Artist on September 25th

As a 10th Anniversary celebration of both 'The 24 Hour Plays' and FringeNYC, the 24 Hour Company is remounting 24 classic shows for the first time ever; the cast will include Rachel Dratch, Elizabeth Berkley, Matthew Lillard and more

Shawn Northrip's punk musical 'Lunch,' currently playing the inaugural Capital Fringe Festival in DC, has attitude and vitality, but also an unfocused book and overindulgence in stereotype

Amy Coleman and the Flamin' Amy Band will perform at The Cutting Room on Wednesday, May 31st

Singer/actress/playwright Amy Coleman will inaugurate the new series at Tony's Downtown

On April 1st and 2nd, The Vagina Monologues will return in a new uptown production starring Ally Sheedy and Kathryn Erbe

Love, a one-night only benefit performance that will feature readings of short plays about love by some of today's hottest young women playwrights, will be presented on February 13th

On the coldest night of the year; in the hottest restaurant in New York City...all hell is about to break loose. Enter the world of THE CHAOS THEORIES, the critically-acclaimed urban comedy written by 2X Drama Desk nominee Alexander Dinelaris.

John Cameron Mitchell will appear at midnight screenings of Hedwig and the Angry Inch on December 2nd and 3rd