Charles Isherwood News

'Come Fly Away', Twyla Tharp's new artistic creation set to the music of the legendary Frank Sinatra, is at the heart of a 'spar' of sorts between two New York Times critics.

The producers of the hit Broadway musical MEMPHIS announced today that the critically acclaimed production will launch a U. S. national tour in Memphis, TN. Performances will begin in October, 2011 at the Orpheum Theatre (203 South Main Street). Additional cities, dates and casting will be announced at a later date.

Red Bull Theater's presentation of John Webster's THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, will play its final performance on March 28th, at Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues).

Classic Stage Company's critically-acclaimed production of VENUS IN FUR, a new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie, featuring Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley, will play its final performance on March 28 at CSC (136 East 13th Street).

Trinity Rep continues its 46th season with Sarah Ruhl's dark comedy Dead Man's Cell Phone, directed by Beth F. Milles. Trinity Rep resident acting company member Janice Duclos stars as Jean, an unassuming woman who is thrown headlong into an unexpected odyssey when she answers an incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, March 25, 2010.

Carson Kressley joins the cast of the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words on Monday, April 5 at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

Red Bull Theater's (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director) acclaimed presentation of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, directed by Mr. Berger, will play its final performance Sunday, March 28th, at Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues).

New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), recently acclaimed by TimeOut New York for its 'A-list artistry,' will present its 2010 Gala, Let Yourself Go, a celebration of the rich musical legacy of America's foremost composer/lyricist, Irving Berlin, on Monday April 12 at 7 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th Street, New York City.

ROCK OF AGES lead producers Matthew Weaver and Carl Levin have joined with David Mirvish to announce the complete cast of the Toronto company of their rockin' musical hit!

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years, Spring Awakening, is coming to Detroit's Fisher Theatre April 20 - May 9, 2010.

Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director) will extend its presentation of John Webster's THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, directed by Mr. Berger, through March 28th, at Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues).

Dick Cavett and Megan Mullally join the cast of the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words on Monday, March 8 at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

Megan Mullally joins the cast of the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words on Monday, March 8 at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

Manhattan Theatre Club's acclaimed hit production of TIME STANDS STILL by Donald Margulies, directed by Daniel Sullivan will be featured on 'CW11 Morning News' and this weekend on 'Theater Talk.'

Performances now through February 27 at The Living Theatre (21 Clinton Street) Wednesdays AND Thursdays are Pay What You Can

For old-world cabaret, performers still swoon over the stately, romantic elegance of the Oak Room at the Algonquin, but this sleek, two-year-old spot is threatening to encroach on the turf of such established institutions.

Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director) will present John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, directed by Mr. Berger, for a limited engagement beginning Tuesday, February 23rd and continuing through March 14th only, at Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues).

Brooke Shields and New York Post columnist Michael Riedel join the February cast of the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

Trinity Rep continues its 46th season with Sarah Ruhl's dark comedy Dead Man's Cell Phone, directed by Beth F. Milles. Trinity Rep resident acting company member Janice Duclos stars as Jean, an unassuming woman who is thrown headlong into an unexpected odyssey when she answers an incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café.