Atlantic Theater Company News

Honoring the legacy of its founder, the late Frederic B. Vogel, The Commercial Theater Institute will once again offer its annual three-day intensive training program, 'Producing for the Commercial Theater,' from April 28th through 30th.

Casting has been announced for Dread Awakening, a new work of four world premiere horror one-acts that will be headlined by 'The Sopranos' star Robert Funaro

On March 20th, the Drama Desk will present its panel discussion 'Building Future Audiences'

Nominated for his first Academy Award, stage-vet Martin McDonagh won the Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action) on Sunday, March 5, 2006.

Sixty-three U.S. theatres have been announced as recipients of the Actors' Equity Foundation's 2005-2006 Theater Grants

Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which opened on February 27th at the Atlantic Theater Company after beginning previews on February 8th, will transfer to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre, where it will begin performances on April 18th and open on May 3rd

Martin McDonagh's THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE opens tonight: Monday, February 27 at 7pm at The Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director).

SPRING AWAKENING will begin previews Thursday, May 18, 2006, officially open Thursday, June 15, 2006 and play a limited engagement through Sunday, July 9, 2006.

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Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

On February 8th, Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore will begin its off-Broadway run

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Felicity Huffman and S. Epatha Merkerson were among the theatre veterans to bring home SAG Awards

At the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills January 16, 2006, Broadway celebs including Seymour Hoffman, Felicity Huffman, S. Epatha Merkerson, Paul Newman, Sandra Oh, Mary-Louise Parker, and Rachel Weisz took home Golden Globes.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order): Chris Bauer (Chaplin White), Stephen Lang (Colonel Littlefield), Trevor Long (Gunney), Margaret Colin (Margaret Littlefield), Jeremy Strong (Private Evan Davis), and Chris Chalk (Captain Lee King).

Rehearsals for The Lieutenant of Inishmore, presented by Atlantic Theater Company and starring Brian D'Arcy James, will begin January 10th

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Felicity Huffman, Dame Judi Dench and Cynthia Nixon are among the actors nominated for SAG Awards, which will be presented on January 29th

JAY JOHNSON: THE TWO AND ONLY! will have a limited engagement at the Brentwood Theatre January 20 to February 19, 2006, prior to transferring to the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway.

Tony award nominee Jan Maxwell has assumed the role of 'Kath' in Roundabout Theatre Company's 40th Anniversary Season Off-Broadway revival of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane directed by Scott Ellis. Maxwell joins previously announced cast members Alec Baldwin, Chris Carmack and Richard Easton.

Atlantic Theater Company (Artistic Director, Neil Pepe; Managing Director, Andrew Hamingson) is proud to announce a two week extension of its 20th Anniversary Season double bill production of Harold Pinter's Celebration and The Room due to high ticket demand following strong reviews. Originally scheduled through January 8, 2006, Celebration and The Room has now been extended two weeks through Saturday, January 21, 2006.