Bart DeLorenzo News

BroadwayWorld's own James Sims recently caught up with Joan Rivers before an evening performance, talking to the comedienne about her long-lasting career, including re-inventing television's coverage of red carpet events, her future on the internet with America Online and a possible transfer of A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress to New York.

For anyone wishing to catch a glimpse of a bright star that by all means of logic should have faded decades ago, then Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress is a fantastic showcase of laughs and tears. And a note to any network executives reading this review, neither Ryan Seacrest nor Lisa Rinna can ever come close to the genius that is Joan Rivers on the red carpet...

The Geffen Playhouse hosts the world-premiere of Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress opening in February 2008. Full cast announced.

Growing up in a coastal community, dreams of swashbuckling and great sea adventures floated around throughout my adolescence, and thanks, in part, to Disney recently giving a much needed boost to the pirate adventures series, tales of the high seas are back in vogue. Subsequently, what was once the toast of Victorian England, Louis de Rougemont's wild stories of a life out at sea, has come full circle and once again shines as bright as the North Star at South Coast Repertory...

Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougement (as told by himself), by Donald Margulies and directed by Bart DeLorenzo makes its world premiere at the South Coast Repertory Theatre. Opening is tonight, Thursday September 27 at 7:45PM with performances through October 14 at the Julianne Argyros Stage.

South Coast Repertory will present the world premiere of Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself). Gregory Itzin portrays the title role in this adventure from Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Shipwrecked! will run from September 23 through October 14 on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Low-priced previews are available September 23 to 27. Opening night is September 28.

A new work by Donald Margulies and a production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music will be among the highlights of South Coast Repertory's 2007-2008 season

Center Theatre Group announced the cast for the Los Angeles opening of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks 365 Days/365 Plays...