Arthur Miller News

Due to overwhelming demand, Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) is pleased to announce a second extension for the first New York revival of Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, directed by Michael Greif. The production, originally slated to run through December 19, 2010 and extended once through January 30, 2011, will now play an additional three weeks through Sunday, February 20, 2011.

When eight of Nashville's best-known theater visionaries are lauded for their inspiration, commitment and leadership during the 2010 First Night Nashville Theatre Honors, eleven of the region's brightest young actors also will be recognized for their own theatrical achievements and the promise of much more to come.

Check out this clip of Katie olmes on The Late Show with David Letterman, where she tells a story of Vick's Vaporub gone wrong from one of her performances in Broadway's ALL MY SONS.

Kathleen Turner, Matthew Rhys, Ron Rifkin, Steven Weber, Billy Crudup, Jane Kaczmarek, David Selby, Julian Sands, Tate Donovan and Dulé Hill are just some of the stars lined up to perform in an exciting lineup of 10 plays for L.A. Theatre Works' 2010-11 Season.

Renowned Italian director Enrico Maria Lamanna to helm New York premiere of David Caudle's award-winning comedy 'The Sunken Living Room' at Theatre 80

Eclipse Theatre Company (www.eclipsetheatre.com) concludes its One Playwright-One Season mission with the third of three plays by one of America's most prolific writers. Arthur Miller's personal drama A MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS directed by Ensemble Member Steven Fedoruk, will be the final production of the Arthur Miller season.

Esta mañana se ha presentado el nuevo proyecto de la Tercera Nave del Español en Matadero Madrid. Mario Gas, director artístico del Teatro Español, Alberto Ruíz Gallardón, alcalde de Madrid, la delegada del Gobierno en Madrid, Amparo Valcarce, y la delegada de las artes en Madrid, Alicia Moreno, han asistido a la presentación.

The Vagabond Players, America's Oldest Little Theatre, announced the lineup for its 95th season. The shows are certainly not to miss and the theatre is one rich with history. Some of the shows include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Death of a Salesman, and Six Degrees of Separation.

Eclipse Theatre Company (www.eclipsetheatre.com) concludes its One Playwright-One Season mission with the third of three plays by one of America's most prolific writers. Arthur Miller's personal drama A MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS directed by Ensemble Member Steven Fedoruk, will be the final production of the Arthur Miller season.

Multi-faceted comedian and actor Eddie Izzard and multiple award-winning actress Frances Conroy will guest star on the SHOWTIME series UNITED STATES OF TARA. Izzard will appear in eight episodes and Conroy in one episode of the third season opposite Toni Collette, last year's Emmy(R) Award winner and this year's Emmy(R) nominee for her role as Tara Gregson, a wife and mother who struggles with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Izzard will play Tara's brilliant psychology professor who is at first a DID skeptic, but becomes fascinated with Tara as a subject, leading him to further explore the condition. Conroy will star as Max Gregson's (John Corbett) mother, a recluse with a compulsive hoarding problem. Production on season three begins mid-September in Los Angeles for a 2011 premiere.

Tennessee Repertory Theatre has announced John Patrick Shanley as the recipient of its Ingram New Works Fellowship.

Theatre Downtown will present Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE, September 17 - October 9. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays, September 19 and October 3 at 2:30 p.m.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage the newly revised adaptation of the timeless classic, 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' helmed by award-winning director Gerald Freedman, September 28 through October 30, as part of its 80th Anniversary Season.

The Weston Playhouse of Weston, Vermont has announced its summer 2010 season. The season will include four mainstage productions--THE 39 STEPS, AVENUE Q, DAMN YANKEES, and DEATH OF A SALESMAN-- as well as other productions.

Stephen Sondheim's upcoming book 'Finishing the Hat', will compile his lyrics from the past 50 years and give readers a look into his personal life as well as his remarkable productions. Though the book is not set to hit stores until October 26, the cover has recently been revealed to the public.

The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company proudly presents Death of a Salesman, a Tony award and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that is perhaps the greatest of all American plays, on its MainStage from August 26 through September 11.

Eclipse Theatre Company (www.eclipsetheatre.com) concludes its One Playwright-One Season mission with the third of three plays by one of America's most prolific writers. Arthur Miller's personal drama A MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS directed by Ensemble Member Steven Fedoruk, will be the final production of the Arthur Miller season.

Mit „Fegefeuer in Ingolstadt' von Marieluise Fleisser eröffnet Barbara Frey am 16. September im Pfauen ihre zweite Spielzeit als Künstlerische Direktorin am Schauspielhaus Zürich. „Fegefeuer in Ingolstadt', ein Stück über zwei jugendliche Aussenseiter im 'Fegefeuer' einer bigotten provinziellen Kleinstadt, begründete Marieluise Fleissers Ruhm. Eine ganze Generation von Autoren sah in ihr ein literarisches Vorbild, Elfriede Jelinek nennt sie „ die „grösste Dramatikerin des 20. Jahrhunderts'. Mit „Fegefeuer in Ingolstadt' wird erstmals ein Stück von Marieluise Fleisser am Schauspielhaus Zürich gezeigt.

Emily Bruni (Harriet), Lucy Cohu (Sylvia Gellburg), Nigel Lindsay (Dr Harry Hyman), Madeleine Potter (Margaret Hyman) and Brian Protheroe (Stanton Case) join previously announced Antony Sher (Philip Gellburg) in Arthur Miller's Laurence Olivier Award winning play Broken Glass, directed at the Tricycle Theatre by Iqbal Khan.

Emily Bruni (Harriet), Lucy Cohu (Sylvia Gellburg), Nigel Lindsay (Dr Harry Hyman), Madeleine Potter (Margaret Hyman) and Brian Protheroe (Stanton Case) join previously announced Antony Sher (Philip Gellburg) in Arthur Miller's Laurence Olivier Award winning play Broken Glass, directed at the Tricycle Theatre by Iqbal Khan. Broken Glass, designed by Mike Britton with lighting by Matthew Eagland, sound by Tom Lishman and music by Grant Olding runs from 30 September - 27 November, with press night on 6 October 2010.