Christopher Hampton News

The Guthrie Theater will kick off its 50th anniversary season with a three-play celebration of prolific British playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton, whose adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning comedy God of Carnage is playing on the Theater's McGuire Proscenium Stage through August 7, 2011. A Guthrie commission of Appomattox, a new play based on his original 2007 opera collaboration with composer Philip Glass, will be presented in the fall of 2012 alongside two of Hampton's other works, the titles of which will be announced at a later date.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 7/03 for Tokyo

Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross will star on Broadway this autumn in Noël Coward's Private Lives directed by Richard Eyre at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). Previews will begin on Sunday November 6; opening night is Thursday November 17. The limited engagement runs through February 5 2012.

Today Virginia Stage Company (VSC) released updates to its previously announced Season 33 lineup, including the addition of two new Tony Award-winning shows: God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza and translation by Christopher Hampton and RED by John Logan, plus The Fantasticks, America's longest-running musical.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 6/26 for Tokyo

First reported exclusively by BroadwayWorld.com on Tuesday, the producers of the new musical BONNIE & CLYDE have announced that the show as the first new musical to open this fall on Broadway. It will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street), beginning previews on Friday, November 4th and opening on Thursday, December 1st. BONNIE & CLYDE has direction by JEFF CALHOUN, music by FRANK WILDHORN, lyrics by DON BLACK, book by IVAN MENCHELL and music supervision/orchestrations/arrangements by JOHN McDANIEL.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 6/19 for Tokyo

Amongst highlights of the upcoming theatre season shown to audiences at today's Tony dress rehearsal was a preview for REBECCA, with a promise of it coming to Broadway in the Spring of 2012.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 6/12 for Tokyo

Upcoming MTI Shows - 6/05 for Tokyo

GOD OF CARNAGE has broken every box office record ever set for a play at Center Theatre Group, it was announced today by CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.

'God of Carnage' has broken every box office record ever set for a play at Center Theatre Group, it was announced today by CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 5/29 for Tokyo

GOD OF CARNAGE at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre will close on May 29, 2011. The production features the original Broadway cast of Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden.