Charles MacArthur News

The Peccadillo Theater Company is pleased to announce the cast for their production Charles MacArthur's classic screwball comedy JOHNNY ON A SPOT.

South Coast Repertory kicks off the 2008-09 Season with the World Premiere of its first commissioned musical: An Italian Straw Hat: A Vaudeville.

he Peccadillo Theater Company is pleased to announce their first production as the resident theater company at Theatre at St. Clement's - Charles MacArthur's classic screwball comedy JOHNNY ON A SPOT.

South Coast Repertory kicks off the 2008-09 Season with the World Premiere of its first commissioned musical: An Italian Straw Hat: A Vaudeville.

The Peccadillo Theater Company is pleased to announce the cast for their production Charles MacArthur's classic screwball comedy JOHNNY ON A SPOT.

he Peccadillo Theater Company is pleased to announce their first production as the resident theater company at Theatre at St. Clement's - Charles MacArthur's classic screwball comedy JOHNNY ON A SPOT.

King Lear will crown South Coast Repertory's 45th season under the direction of Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan.

The recipients of The 24th Annual Helen Hayes Awards were presented tonight, Monday, April 28. Winners include Blickenstaff, Jones, Kudisch, and Irwin.

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Artistic Director Russ Tutterow announced Chicago Dramatists' 30th anniversary season, featuring three productions of world premiere plays, and the fourth annual Many Voices Project. Each year Chicago Dramatists, 'the playwrights' theatre,' produces three of the best new plays from the hundreds developed through its many developmental programs. This year, 'Ten Cent Night' by resident playwright Marisa Wegrzyn, 'How I Became an Interesting Person' by resident playwright Will Dunne, and 'Hope VI' by resident playwright Nambi E. Kelley, will make up its production season.

South Coast Repertory's Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF) will celebrate its 11th annual edition with a lineup composed of seven SCR-commissioned plays from an array of writers. Since its creation in 1998, PPF has grown into one of the most important festivals of new scripts in the United States. This year's Festival will take place during the May 2 through May 4 weekend with a workshop production, four staged readings and two fully-staged World Premieres on South Coast Repertory's two major stages. Tickets to PPF may be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office.

TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, announced its 2008-09 season, including 'Grey Gardens, 'Doubt, 'Radio Golf' and new works by Stephen Schwartz and GrooveLily.

The Peccadillo Theater Company, producers of the long-running hits Room Service, The Talk of the Town, and Counsellor-At-Law are pleased to announce that they have signed to manage Theatre at St. Clement's

Arena kicks off performances in this temporary location, known now as Arena Stage in Crystal City, with the swinging new musical Ella, conceived by Rob Ruggiero and Dyke Garrison with book by Jeffrey Hatcher.

The Front Page, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, opens the Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage on July 4. Set in a Chicago newsroom in the late 1920's, this classic Broadway comedy about the nature of media in society is directed by Ron Daniels.

Williamstown Theatre Festival announces additional casting and directors for the upcoming season.

Actors David Burnham, Johanna Day, Danai Gurira, costume designer Catherine Zuber and director Michael Kahn are among the winners of this year's Helen Hayes Awards,

Richard Greenberg, Donald Margulies, and Jose Rivera are all featured playwrights in South Coast Repertory's 10th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival.

Christine Andreas, Elena Shaddow, David Burnham, Steve Kazee, Judith Ivey and Bill Pullman are among the nominees of the 27th Annual Helen Hayes Awards, celebrating achievement in Washington, D.C.-area theatre.