Brian MacDevitt News

The Vertical Hour, starring four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore and acclaimed British film and stage actor Bill Nighy, will begin previews on November 9th at the Music Box Theatre

On November 5th, LaChanze will bid farewell to The Color Purple, the musical in which she gives a Tony Award-winning performance as Celie

Tickets for The Color Purple in Chicago will go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 20

Laura Benanti will return to The Wedding Singer on October 3rd

Bill Nighy and Andrew Scott will join Oscar-nominee Julianne Moore for the upcoming Broadway production of David Hare's The Vertical Hour

Constantine Maroulis, the 'American Idol' finalist also known for his turn as Roger in a non-Equity tour of Rent, has been confirmed to join The Wedding Singer, beginning September 8th

Constantine Maroulis, the 'American Idol' finalist also known for his turn as Roger in a non-Equity tour of Rent, may be joining The Wedding Singer

Lincoln Center Theater has announced additional casting for its upcoming production of Tom Stoppard's trilogy The Coast of Utopia

The American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has nominated 57 theater artists for recognition of their outstanding work in 39 productions presented during the 2005-2006 New York theater season

Oscar-nominated film and theatre star Amy Irving and theatre veteran Jason Butler Harner have signed onto the cast of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia, which is set to run in three parts at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre from October of 2006 through March of 2007

The Color Purple will begin the casting process in Chicago July 14 - 18 for the National Tour of the Broadway smash hit musical, which will kick off at the Cadillac Palace Theatre April 17, 2007

Billy Crudup, Jennifer Ehle, Richard Easton and more have signed on to the cast of Tom Stoppard's three-part The Coast of Utopia, which will run at Lincoln Center from October of 2006 to March of 2007

The world premiere of Richard Greenberg's new play The House in Town, presented by Lincoln Center Theatre and directed by Doug Hughes, opens at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre on Monday, June 19th at 6:45 PM

Ethan Hawke, and most likely Brian F. O'Byrne too, will be among the stars of The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard's trilogy tracing a 30-year arc of history in nineteenth century Russia

Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were being broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th, and we've got the winners here! The History Boys led the pack with 6 wins, followed by The Drowsy Chaperone with 5, Jersey Boys with 4 and The Pajama Game, Sweeney Todd, and Awake and Sing with 2.

Watch the Tonys this Sunday at 8PM on Channel 13 (Baltimore) or Channel 9 (Washington)! And send us your thoughts at the regular email addresses!

The Wedding Singer will launch its national tour in Minneapolis in September of 2007, while other news has also recently been announced for the hit show

The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard's trilogy tracing a 30-year arc of history in nineteenth century Russia, is now set for its US premiere at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre

Elisabeth Withers-Mendes--who is currently Tony-nominated for her performance in The Color Purple--will release her debut solo CD in late June

David Hare's latest play The Vertical Hour--featuring Oscar-nominated film star Julianne Moore's Broadway debut--will open at the Music Box Theatre in November