Craig Lucas News

Casting is now complete for Sarah Schulman's play Manic Flight Reaction, which will open on October 23rd at Playwrights Horizon and play a limited run through November 6th

Patti Cohenour, who plays Signora Naccarelli and understudies Victoria Clark in The Light in the Piazza, will take over for the vacationing Clark through August 21st

Aaron Lazar and Chris Sarandon will take over as Fabrizio and Signor Naccarelli on September 2nd and 13th respectively

On September 2nd and 13th respectively, Aaron Lazar and Chris Sarandon will take over the roles of Fabrizio and Signor Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza

Casting has been announced for the McCarter Theatre and Playwrights Horizons production of Christopher Durang's new play Miss Witherspoon

The Playright Horizons show begins previews on August 30 and opens on September 25.

Richard Greenberg's THE HOUSE IN TOWN, directed by Doug Hughes, will complete the Newhouse season, beginning performances on Thursday, May 11, opening Thursday, June 8. Richard Greenberg, the Tony Award winning author of Take Me Out, returns to LCT, where his play Everett Beekin was given its New York premiere in 2001. Doug Hughes, who won a 2005 Tony Award for his direction of Doubt, A Parable, will make his Lincoln Center Theater debut directing this production. Performances begin Thursday, May 11. Opening night is Thursday, June 8.

Now in its 21st season, Lincoln Center Theater is currently presenting its award-winning production of the Craig Lucas-Adam Guettel musical The Light in the Piazza, winner of six 2005 Tony Awards including Best Score and Best Actress in a Musical (Victoria Clark), at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, a new musical based upon the play by Federico García Lorca, with a book by Richard Nelson, music by Michael John LaChiusa, lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and Richard Nelson, direction by Graciela Daniele and Richard Nelson, and choreography by Graciela Daniele, will begin performances on Thursday, January 26, and open on Thursday, February 23.

Lincoln Center Theater has extended the run of its Tony Award winning production through Sunday, January 1, 2006

The Best Plays Theatre Yearbook, 2003-2004 will honor both male and female playwrights with more of an emphasis on the women this year

All the speeches from all of last night's big winners!

Click in for the complete list of 2005 Tony Award Winners. By the numbers, the Light in the Piazza led the pack followed by Doubt, and Spamalot (which won Best Musical).

Two new plays and a musical will be part of Playwrights Horizons' exciting 2005-2006 season, of which 3 other plays have already been announced

An interview with the Tony-nominated star of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, Matthew Morrison.

Audiences at the Light in the Piazza at the Beaumont will find CD samplers in their Playbills.

The Playwright's Horizon production of Julia Cho's BFE will begin previews on May 19th before opening at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre on May 19th

Guare, Mamet and Foote are among the represented playwrights in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Marathon 2005 27th Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays, which runs from May 25th through June 26th

The 50th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards were presented on Monday night at Webster Hall.

The Tony nominees gathered together at The Marriott Marquis - The View Restaurant to meet the press and BroadwayWorld was there!