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Review - Something You Did & Two Men Talking
by Michael Dale - Apr 7, 2008


I suppose the main difference between a violent protest and an act of terrorism is whether you're on the side of the person who set off the bomb or the person who was killed by it.  In Primary Stages' premiere production of Willy Holtzman's drama, Something You Did, the person responsible for the bomb going off is played by the charismatic and understatedly graceful and eloquent Joanna Gleason, making the evening's morality conflict hardly a fair fight.

MCC Theater Announces New Readings For Spring 09 Playlab Lineup
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 30, 2009


MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced the line-up for their spring 2009 PlayLab play readings of new plays by members of the company's Playwrights' Coalition.

Women's History Month Spotlight on Manhattan Theatre Club
by Adrienne Onofri - Mar 30, 2009


Our series on 'women who run the show' concludes with MTC's artistic director, Lynne Meadow, and associate AD, Mandy Greenfield.

Craig Wright's THE UNSEEN to Make NY Premiere at Cherry Lane March 5
by BWW News Desk - Mar 5, 2009


The American Actor's Company (The Traveling Lady) is proud to present the Off-Broadway premiere of The Unseen by Craig Wright. Performances of this limited Off-Broadway engagement will be at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St) beginning previews March 5th, Opening March 8th and closing March 28th. Performances run Tuesdays ? Sundays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM, Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200 or by going to www.telecharge.com. For more information please visit www.unseentheplay.com.

Craig Wright's THE UNSEEN to Make NY Premiere at Cherry Lane March 5
by Robert Diamond - Feb 2, 2009


The American Actor's Company (The Traveling Lady) is proud to present the Off-Broadway premiere of The Unseen by Craig Wright. Performances of this limited Off-Broadway engagement will be at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St) beginning previews March 5th, Opening March 8th and closing March 28th. Performances run Tuesdays ? Sundays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM, Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200 or by going to www.telecharge.com. For more information please visit www.unseentheplay.com.

Photo Coverage: Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala Honoring Lewis Black
by Peter James Zielinski - Nov 19, 2008


The Williamstown Theatre Festival honored award-winning performer Lewis Black at its 2008 Festival Gala. The annual gala took place on Monday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Cipriani 23rd Street in New York City.

Williamstown Theatre Festival to Honor Lewis Black at Annual Gala 11/17
by BWW News Desk - Nov 17, 2008


The Williamstown Theatre Festival will honor award-winning performer Lewis Black at its 2008 Festival Gala, it was announced today. The annual gala will take place on Monday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Cipriani 23rd Street in New York City.

Photo Coverage: ROMANTIC POETRY Celebrates Opening Night
by Pablo Pimienta - Oct 30, 2008


The limited engagement of ROMANTIC POETRY celebrated opening night on Tuesday, October 28. Performances began September 30th 2008 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

Ethan Hawke Joins Cast of LAByrinth's BARN SERIES
by Faetra Petillo - Oct 25, 2008


LAByrinth Theater Company (John Ortiz, Artistic Director; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Co-Artistic Director; John Gould Rubin, Co-Artistic & Executive Director) opens its fall season with the first of two annual festivals of free staged readings, the Barn Series (October 23 - November 15, 2008). Ethan Hawke joins the previously announced roster of performers that includes LAB members Eric Bogosian, Elizabeth Canavan, Max Casella, John Doman, Kevin Geer, Didi O'Connell, John Ortiz, Portia, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Michael Stuhlbarg, Yul Vazquez, and David Zayas, among others.

Williamstown Theatre Festival to Honor Lewis Black at Annual Gala 11/17
by Faetra Petillo - Oct 13, 2008


The Williamstown Theatre Festival will honor award-winning performer Lewis Black at its 2008 Festival Gala, it was announced today. The annual gala will take place on Monday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Cipriani 23rd Street in New York City.

Electric Pear Productions Kicks off Season 'The Parent Teacher Conference Plays' Starting Tonight, 9/24
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 24, 2008


school with The Parent Teacher Conference Plays. Three of the brightest lights in American drama - Ann Marie Healy (Have You Seen Steve Steven), Clay McLeod Chapman (rest area, Hostage Song) and Zayd Dohrn (Haymarket)-will take audience members inside actual classrooms for a trip down memory lane... to a time when backpacks, hall passes, and spelling tests ruled the world.

Electric Pear Productions Announces New Season and Wild Project Residency
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 8, 2008


Electric Pear Productions (Melanie Sylvan and Ashlin Halfnight, Co-Executive Producers) announces its 2008/2009 series and residency at The Wild Project (195 East Third Street, between Avenues A & B), New York City's first and only eco-consciously designed theater

Corddry and Harris Star in 'Not Waving' at Williamstown
by BWW News Desk - Jul 16, 2008


The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced full casting for its production of Not Waving by Ellen Melaver.

Marshall-Green and Perabo Join Cast of 'Shape' Reading
by BWW News Desk - Jun 23, 2008


MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) announced that Logan Marshall-Green and Piper Perabo (current star of MCC's production of reasons to be pretty) will join the cast of tonight's special reading of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street).

Photo Coverage: MCC Theater Neil LaBute Reading of FAT PIG
by Walter McBride - Jun 10, 2008


MCC's special reading of 'Fat Pig.'

Bobby Cannavale to Join MCC's 'Fat Pig' Reading 6/9
by BWW News Desk - Jun 9, 2008


MCC THEATER today announced that Tony Award-nominee Bobby Cannavale will join the cast of the special one-night-only-reading of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig this Monday, June 9, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

Bobby Cannavale to Join MCC's 'Fat Pig' Reading 6/9
by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2008


MCC THEATER today announced that Tony Award-nominee Bobby Cannavale will join the cast of the special one-night-only-reading of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig this Monday, June 9, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

MCC To Host Two Nights of LaBute, 6/9, 6/23
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2008


MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that it will host two one-night-only readings of plays by Neil LaBute exploring America's obsession with physical beauty.

'In a Dark Dark House' by Profiles Theatre Extends Run
by Chicago News Desk - Apr 24, 2008


Profiles Theatre announces the extension of 'In a Dark Dark House', the final play of the 2007-2008 Season devoted to the works of acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute.

Photo Coverage: Something You Did Opening Night
by Walter McBride - Apr 2, 2008


Primary Stages officially opened 'Something You Did' on April 1st, 2008. The five-member cast features Tony Award-winner Joanna Gleason (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Into the Woods) as Alison, a sixties radical, with Jordan Charney (Hearts) as Arthur, Alison's attorney, Tony Award-winner Adriane Lenox (Doubt) as Lenora, Portia (McReele) as Uneeq and Victor Slezak (Sabina) as Gene.

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