American Repertory Theater News

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced principal casting for the Globe's 2010 Shakespeare Festival performed in repertory.

A world premiere adaptation of Jane Austen's romantic comedy Emma by Artistic Director Michael Bloom takes the stage at The Cleveland Play House.

As HAIR readies for its Broadway makeover and London premiere, rumors are beginning to swirl as to which current cast members will be settling in across the pond and which new faces will be gracing the Broadway production. The newest reports out suggest that American Idol alumni Ace Young (season 5's seventh runner up) and Diana DeGarmo (season 3 runner up) are among the new picks for the Broadway replacement cast. No official announcement has been made by the production, although it is expected that casting announcements for London and New York are imminent, as the new Broadway performers go into rehearsal in the coming weeks.

The Huntington Theatre Company will play the final show of ALL MY SONS on February 7, 2010.

The final performance for Colombia Stages' 'Black Snow' will be held on February 6, 2010.

The American Repertory Theater/MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training's production of Stairs to the Roof by Tennessee Williams, directed by Mike Donahue, will close on February 6, 2010.

The American Repertory Theater/MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training presents its third production of the 2009-10 season - Stairs to the Roof by Tennessee Williams, directed by Mike Donahue, and performed by the Institute Class of 2010

The American Repertory Theate, Punchdrunk and the cast of its sold-out production of Sleep No More at the Old Lincoln School in Brookline, are organizing a benefit performance of the smash hit Sleep No More on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 7:30PM. Proceeds will benefit Partners In Health's relief efforts in Haiti.

Opera Boston presents the company's first commissioned work- the world premiere of Madame White Snake, an opera by composer Zhou Long and librettist Cerise Lim Jacobs, based on a beloved ancient Chinese legend.

The American Repertory Theate, Punchdrunk and the cast of its sold-out production of Sleep No More at the Old Lincoln School in Brookline, are organizing a benefit performance of the smash hit Sleep No More on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 7:30PM. Proceeds will benefit Partners In Health's relief efforts in Haiti.

LaMaMa, E.T.C. presents Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA, at La MaMa's newly renamed Ellen Stewart Theatre. Performances for CALIGULA MAXIMUS at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, 74A E. 4th St. begin on March 11 and run through April 4.

LaMaMa e.t.c. presents Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA, at La MaMa's newly renamed Ellen Stewart Theatre in March 2010.

'For the Love of...' plays Sunday, February 21, 2010; 7:30pm - $14, Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 7:30pm - $14, Sunday, February 28, 2010; 7:30pm - $14 at The Tank at 354 W. 45th Street, New York, NY 10036

Gotham Chamber Opera, in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History and in association with American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), presents Il mondo della luna (The World on the Moon) by Joseph Haydn, in a new production staged by Diane Paulus, director of Hair, which received the 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

Local playwright Masha Obolensky electrifies with Not Enough Air, the riveting story of two women: one on trial for murder, the other a writer determined to tell hre story. Presented by The Nora Theatre Company Not Enough Air plays at Central Square Theater from Thursday, February 11 through Sunday, March 14.

'For the Love of...' plays Sunday, February 21, 2010; 7:30pm - $14, Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 7:30pm - $14, Sunday, February 28, 2010; 7:30pm - $14 at The Tank at 354 W. 45th Street, New York, NY 10036

Local playwright Masha Obolensky electrifies with Not Enough Air, the riveting story of two women: one on trial for murder, the other a writer determined to tell hre story. Presented by The Nora Theatre Company Not Enough Air plays at Central Square Theater from Thursday, February 11 through Sunday, March 14. The press performance is set for Sunday, February 14 at 2 PM.

'For the Love of...' plays Sunday, February 21, 2010; 7:30pm - $14, Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 7:30pm - $14, Sunday, February 28, 2010; 7:30pm - $14 at The Tank at 354 W. 45th Street, New York, NY 10036

Gotham Chamber Opera, in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History and in association with American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), presents Il mondo della luna (The World on the Moon) by Joseph Haydn, in a new production staged by Diane Paulus, director of Hair, which received the 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

The American Repertory Theater/MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training presents its third production of the 2009-10 season - Stairs to the Roof by Tennessee Williams, directed by Mike Donahue, and performed by the Institute Class of 2010