Christopher Durang News

The Des Moines Community Playhouse play reading series continues at 7:00 PM on Apr. 1 with 'Red' by John Logan. The evening is free; beverages will be available for purchase.

The Ensemble Studio Theatre will honor two of Broadway's most distinguished producers, Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, at its 45th Anniversary Gala, Monday evening, May 20, at 6:30pm at SIR Stage 37, 508 West 37th Street. Tickets are $500 and $1,000.

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced the sixth and final production of its 2013/2014 Season.

The shorthand response for why the original production of It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Superman only managed to eke out a three and a half month run on Broadway has traditionally been that the show opened during a newspaper strike.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) have just announced full casting for the upcoming world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's CHOIR BOY, the new play featuring gospel music directed by Trip Cullman.

Seduction and power, desire and sex are themes of David Ives' dark comedy Venus in Fur, receiving its Philadelphia premiere at Philadelphia Theatre Company May 24-June 23 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). Directed by Kip Fagan, the two-person cast features Mark Alhadeff and Jenni Putney.

Lincoln Center Theater presents an LCT3 Special Event of Mr. Joy, a 90-minute one-man show written and performed by Daniel Beaty and directed by Sheryl Kaller. The workshop production will be performed April 8, April 9, April 12-15, and April 17-21 at 7:00 pm at the Claire Tow Theater (150 West 65 Street).

Food For Thought Productions, the award-winning theatre, opens its new season at The Players (16 Gramercy Park South) tonight, March 20th.

Michael Donald Edwards, Asolo Rep Producing Artistic Director, and Greg Leaming, Asolo Rep Associate Artistic Director and Director of The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, today announced their selections for the 2013-2014 season.

City Theatre presents Little Gem, a lively, new comedy by Irish playwright Elaine Murphy. Directed by Kimberly Senior, Little Gem runs from March 30 to May 5, 2013 in City Theatre's Hamburg Studio Theatre, with an Opening Night performance on Friday, April 5 at 8pm.

Dorothy Berwin and Colt Coeur's Play Hotel reading series will present an industry reading of Nikole Beckwith's Everything is Ours tonight, March 18th at 7:15pm at 115 W. 45th Street (11th Floor) in Manhattan. Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Recall, Fish Eye, Seven Minutes in Heaven), the cast includes Katya Campbell (Recall, The Big Knife), W. Tre Davis, Adam Harrington (HIT-LIT), Rachel Resheff (The Big Meal), Kate Roberts (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Philippa Soo (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812), and Joe Tippett (Fish Eye, Seven Minutes in Heaven).

Scroll below for photos of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike's Nicholas Martin, Genevieve Angelson, Billy Magnussen, Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce, in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride below!

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize honors 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, now celebrating its thirty-fifth year.

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the cast and creative team on opening night. Click below to check out what they had to say!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: Edwin Drood gets a Cast Recording, Michelle Williams leads Fela! tour, Liza's celebrates her Birthday in concert, and so much more!

The Broadway Premiere of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which comes on the heels of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, will play a 17-week strictly limited Broadway engagement at Broadway's Golden Theatre. Directed by Nicholas Martin, the Broadway production will feature the entire original company, which includes Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce,Kristine Nielsen, Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, and Billy Magnussen. Opening night was last night, March 14, 2013. BroadwayWorld was there for the opening festivites and you can check out photos from the after party below!

The Broadway Premiere of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which comes on the heels of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, will play a 17-week strictly limited Broadway engagement at Broadway's Golden Theatre. Directed by Nicholas Martin, the Broadway production will feature the entire original company, which includes Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce,Kristine Nielsen, Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, and Billy Magnussen. Opening night was last night, March 14, 2013. BroadwayWorld was there for the opening festivites and you can check out photos from the curtain call below!

Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike opens tonight, March 14, at Broadway's Golden Theatre, on the heels of its sold-out premiere at Lincoln Center. Directed by Nicholas Martin, the Broadway production features the entire original company, which includes Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, and Billy Magnussen. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Due to popular demand, Playwrights Horizons has announced an extension of its critically-acclaimed, sold out World Premiere production of The Flick, a new play by the heralded Obie Award-winning playwright Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation at PH, The Aliens, her recent adaptation of Uncle Vanya). Originally set to play a limited engagement through Sunday, March 31, the production has extended to Sunday, April 7 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

Food For Thought Productions, the award-winning theatre, opens its new season at the Players (16 Gramercy Park South) on March 20th.