Bill Irwin News

On Monday, May 21, 2007, The American Place Theatre hosted a once-in-a-lifetime benefit event: 'Wynn, Place & Show: A Celebration of Wynn Handman's 85th Birthday and the 45th Anniversary of The American Place Theatre.'

On May 17th, New Dramatists presented their 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award to three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee at the group's 58th Annual Benefit Luncheon, and BroadwayWorld was there for the star-studded gala event!

Tony award winner, Karen Ziemba talks to BroadwayBullet backstage at Curtains, her new musical with David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk. She also discusses the show 'Contact' which brought her award and much more!

Variety.com reports that Oscar-winner Kathy Bates (Misery, Titanic, Off Broadway's Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune) will return to the stage in Terrence McNally's (Off Broadway and PTC's Some Men, Rialto's Deuce) new show, Unusual Acts of Devotion.

The New School for Drama has announced that Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, The Apple Tree, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown) has joined the roster of visiting artists to its Summer Music Theater Immersion Experience. During the three-week program, which runs June 11-27, The New School for Drama gathers Broadway talent to give a group of aspiring music theater artists the inside track from leading stars, choreographers, and casting agents.

The New Conservatory Theatre Center presents 'A Conversation with Bill Irwin,' a discussion with the Tony-Award winning actor moderated by SF Chronicle theatre critic Robert Hurwitt at NCTC Monday, April 23 at 7PM.

Wynn Handman, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre was toasted by a gathering of theater and film luminaries at a reception in his honor

The ACT Ruby Jubilee: Celebrating 40 Magical Seasons of ACT, a fundraiser for ACT's conservatory programs will be held Sunday, April 22 beginning at 5:30PM at The Four Seasons Hotel. Stage, film, and television star Eric McCormack will headline.

The national tour of the award-winning Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' hits San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre April 11 (opening April 13) with performances through May 12.

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Kathryn M. Lipuma, Executive Director) announced today that it would extend August Wilson's KING HEDLEY II one additional week since the originally scheduled run has been sold-out for weeks.

Edward Albee's beloved classic WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin will appear in Chicago for a limited engagement as part of its five-city, five-month national tour. The award-winning and critically acclaimed production will play the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) from March 27 through April 8, 2007.

New Dramatists will present their 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award to three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee at the group's 58th Annual Benefit Luncheon, which will be held at the Marriot Marquis Hotel on Thursday, May 17th.

Signature Theatre Company announced today that Erika Mallin has been named the company's new Executive Director

Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf,' starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin, will play April 11 - May 12 at the Golden Gate Theatre as a part of the 2006-2007 Best of Broadway season. Opening night is April 13. Tickets go on sale February 25.

Yasmina Reza's A Spanish Play, in its English language premiere, opened on February 1st after beginning previews on January 10th. The show is set to play an extended run through March 4th.

On the heels of its successful opening run, The New School for Drama has announced that applications are now being accepted for its Summer Music Theater Immersion Experience.

The eagerly anticipated national tour of Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? -- starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin -- begins performances tonight, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 at the Eisenhower Theater, part of The Kennedy Center Theater Series.

Just off of a history-making concert run in Las Vegas, Liza Minnelli will play Mohegan Sun's Arena on December 10, 2006

Nominations for London's Evening Standard Theatre Awards have been announced

The complete casting and U.S. touring schedule for the eagerly anticipated national tour of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin -- has been announced by the play's producers