Billy Crudup News

Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre has announced the artistic team behind the upcoming world premiere of the musical comedy And the Curtain Rises (formerly known as Wheatley's Folly), which begins performances on Thursday, March 17, 2011. And the Curtain Rises marks the third production presented as part of Signature's groundbreaking American Musical Voices Project, the largest commissioning program for new musicals in the country, following Michael John LaChiusa's Giant in 2009 and Ricky Ian Gordon's Sycamore Trees last year.

ARCADIA is set in April 1809 in a stately home in Derbyshire. Thomasina, a gifted pupil, proposes a startling theory, beyond her comprehension. All around her, the adults, including her tutor Septimus, are preoccupied with secret desires, illicit passions and professional rivalries. Two hundred years later, academic adversaries Hannah and Bernard are piecing together puzzling clues, curiously recalling those events of 1809, in their quest for an increasingly elusive truth.

Steppenwolf is pleased to announce ensemble member and three-time Tony® and Emmy® nominee Martha Plimpton will be the guest of honor at the 2nd annual Steppenwolf Salutes WOMEN IN THE ARTS fundraising luncheon on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm at The W Chicago - City Center, 172 West Adams St. Ms.

Tickets to tomorrow's TimesTalk featuring ARCADIA playwright Tom Stoppard is completely sold out. To watch streaming video of the discussion, moderated by the Times' Patrick Healy, visit http://www.facebook.com/timestalks. The discussion will take place tomorrow, March 15 from 6-7:15 PM.

Preview performances of Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA, directed by David Leveaux, began on February 26 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) on Broadway. The official opening is Thursday, March 17. Tickets for this limited engagement are on sale through Sunday, June 19, 2011. Tickets are on sale now online at Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. Broadway World brings you a first look at the cast - which includes Margaret Colin, Billy Crudup, Raúl Esparza, Glenn Fleshler, Grace Gummer, Edward James Hyland, Byron Jennings, Bel Powley, Tom Riley, Noah Robbins, David Turner and Lia Williams - in performance, below!

The American Theatre Wing (Theodore S. Chapin, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Howard Sherman, Executive Director) is now accepting applications for the 2011 SpringboardNYC summer program, being held June 6 - 17 in New York City.

Steppenwolf ensemble member and three-time Tony® and Emmy® nominee Martha Plimpton will be the guest of honor at the 2nd annual Steppenwolf Salutes WOMEN IN THE ARTS fundraising luncheon on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm at The W Chicago - City Center, 172 West Adams St.

ARCADIA which begins previews tonight at 8 PM at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) announces its general rush and student rush policies. Both policies are detailed below:

BroadwayWorld has learned that the upcoming Broadway production of ARCADIA has delayed the start of performances by one day, now set to begin on February 26. The delay is due to more rehearsal time needed, given weather complications and delays in visa processing for the British cast members.

Tom Stoppard's "dazzling masterpiece" (The Daily Telegraph) ARCADIA, directed by David Leveaux, begins previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) on Saturday evening, February 26, 2011 with an opening night set for Thursday, March 17, 2011.

BroadwayWorld presents the cast of the Broadway revival of ARCADIA! Today we feature Lia Williams, who stars as Hannah Jarvis. Learn all about her here...

Preview performances of Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA, directed by David Leveaux, will begin on Saturday, February 26 at 8PM at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) on Broadway. Broadway World brings you a first look at the cast - which includes Margaret Colin, Billy Crudup, Raúl Esparza, Glenn Fleshler, Grace Gummer, Edward James Hyland, Byron Jennings, Bel Powley, Tom Riley, Noah Robbins, David Turner and Lia Williams - below!

BroadwayWorld presents the cast of the Broadway revival of ARCADIA! Today we feature David Turner, who stars as Ezra Chater. Learn all about him here...

BroadwayWorld presents the cast of the Broadway revival of ARCADIA! Today we feature Noah Robbins, who stars as Gus Coverly/Augustus Coverly. Learn all about him here...

BroadwayWorld presents the cast of the Broadway revival of ARCADIA! Today we feature Tom Riley, who stars as Septimus Hodge. Learn all about him here...

BroadwayWorld presents the cast of the Broadway revival of ARCADIA! Today we feature Bel Powley, who stars as Thomasina Coverly. Learn all about her here...

BroadwayWorld presents the cast of the Broadway revival of ARCADIA! Today we feature Byron Jennings, who stars as Richard Noakes. Learn all about him here...

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater continues its 16th season with the world premiere of The Hallway Trilogy, three full length plays set fifty years apart (1953, 2003, 2053) by Adam Rapp.

BroadwayWorld presents the cast of the Broadway revival of ARCADIA! Today we feature Edward James Hyland, who stars as Jellaby. Learn all about him here...

BroadwayWorld presents the cast of the Broadway revival of ARCADIA! Today we feature Grace Gummer, who stars as Chloë Coverly. Learn all about her here...