David Brown News

This evening David Browne discusses his definitive look at underground music icons Sonic Youth, Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth.

Living In A Musical Plays March 4 to 21 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (at E. 10th Street). The show is presented by Theater for the New City and runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 3:00 pm $10.

Yesterday, February 1, the entertainment community bid farewell to one of its most influential members, Academy Award-winning producer of stage and screen David Brown. He died at his Manhattan home of kidney failure at age 93.

The internationally acclaimed Elisa Monte Dance will present another exhilarating season of dance featuring the World premieres of 'Continuum,' 'By Your Side' and 'Pockettangle' as well as revival performances of 'Dreamtime' and 'Absolute Rule,' 'Shattered,' Treading,' & 'Hardwood' when the company bounds into New York City's The Ailey Citigroup Theatre (at the Joan Weill Center for Dance/405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue) on Thursday, February 25th (8PM) with two programs of performances slated through March 7th.

The New York Times is reporting that Producer Ken Davenport (Oleanna, 13, Altar Boyz, Awesome 80s Prom) is behind a new stage revival of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. He, alongside director David Esbjornson (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?) are in the process of seeking out a lead to star as Lt. Daniel Kaffee in the production in a 2010-2011 revival on Broadway. This production will be the first revival since 1991, when it played the Music Box Theatre. Tom Hulce originated the role on stage in 1989. Tom Cruise famously took the role to the silver screen in 1991.

Edward Albee has been selected to receive the Writers Guild of America, East's (WGAE) Evelyn F. Burkey Award. Albee will receive the award at a ceremony on February 20 at New York City's Hudson Theatre.

The internationally acclaimed Elisa Monte Dance will present another exhilarating season of dance featuring the World premieres of 'Continuum,' 'By Your Side' and 'Pockettangle' as well as revival performances of 'Dreamtime' and 'Absolute Rule,' 'Shattered,' Treading,' & 'Hardwood' when the company bounds into New York City's The Ailey Citigroup Theatre (at the Joan Weill Center for Dance/405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue) on Thursday, February 25th (8PM) with two programs of performances slated through March 7th.

Renowned for concocting wildly imaginative adventures, playwright Kira Obolensky and visual artist Irve Dell of Minneapolis join forces with Gas & Electric Arts, bringing fierce physicality and object theater together for a multi-sensory ride through the magical mesh of fiction and reality that reside in family stories.

Renowned for concocting wildly imaginative adventures, playwright Kira Obolensky and visual artist Irve Dell of Minneapolis join forces with Gas & Electric Arts, bringing fierce physicality and object theater together for a multi-sensory ride through the magical mesh of fiction and reality that reside in family stories.

Renowned for concocting wildly imaginative adventures, playwright Kira Obolensky and visual artist Irve Dell of Minneapolis join forces with Gas & Electric Arts, bringing fierce physicality and object theater together for a multi-sensory ride through the magical mesh of fiction and reality that reside in family stories.

Humour Breaks the Ice Queensland Theatre Company presents an education performance of David Brown's Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed- a modern Australian comedy which follows Macca, Dayne and Doug, a trio of misfits who are all trying to escape the town of Mayoonderie and follow their dreams.

The New Victory Theater presents Pigs, Bears and Billy Goats Gruff, by Australia's award-winning Patch Theatre Company to run from March 28 through April 6.

Connecticut's Westport Country Playhouse is presenting the highly anticipated new Kander and Ebb musical, All About Us, April 10 through April 28.

Westport Country will present the new Kander and Ebb musical, All About Us, opening the Playhouse 2007 season and running April 10 through April 28!

Oldies 1150 Presents Hamilton Theatre Inc.'s A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum From November 3 to 18, 2006

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS will play its final performance at Broadway's Imperial Theatre on Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 3:00 pm. The show began previews on Monday, January 31, 2005, and played 36 preview performances. It will have played 666 regular performances since its opening night Thursday, March 3, 2005.

The Fourth Annual Fresh Fruit Festival, a celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) arts and culture will take over New York from Tribeca to Soho, from Chelsea to Midtown, July 10th- July 23rd

The Devil's Disciple, a little known play by George Bernard Shaw has been brought to the stage at Theatre Three in Dallas.

The Dirty Rotten Producers are proud to announce that the National Touring Company of the Broadway smash hit will premiere Sunday, August 6th, 2006 at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. The Seattle run will continue through August 12th, followed by engagements across the country (to-be-announced).