David Harrower News

David Harrower's 2007 Olivier Award-winning show Blackbird will begin performances tomorrow, Thursday March 15, at New York City Center, Stage 1.

The winners are currently being announced for the 2007 Laurance Olivier Awards, the UK's most prestigious theatrical awards.

Classic Stage Company will conclude its 2006-07 season with Aquila Theatre Company's new production of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, starring rising young British actor David Oyelowo

Alison Pill, who received a Tony nomination for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, will join Jeff Daniels in the American premiere of David Harrower's drama Blackbird, which will begin previews on March 15th, 2007, and open on April 10th on Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage I

The nominations have been announced for the 2007 Laurance Olivier Awards, the UK's most prestigious theatrical awards. The awards will be presented on February 18, 2007 at the Grosvenor House Hotel.

Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett and her husband, playwright/translator Andrew Upton, will assume artistic leadership of the Sydney Theatre Company at the end of 2007

Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman--both stars of stage and screen--will direct productions for the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia next year

Alison Pill, who received a Tony nomination for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, will join Jeff Daniels (Fifth of July, films such as The Squid and the Whale) in the American premiere of David Harrower's drama Blackbird, which will begin previews on March 15th, 2007, and open on April 10th on MTC's Stage I.

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2006-2007 season, including two shows on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and four productions at MTC's Off-Broadway theatres at Stage I and Stage II at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street). A third Biltmore production will be announced at a later date.

Aeschylus' The Persians, Encores! and MTC shows will be the highlights of City Center's 2006-2007 season

Single tickets for all of ACT's 2006-07 subscription and non-subscription Geary Theater and Zeum Theater productions will be available to the public beginning on August 6 at noon. Tickets, which range in price from $12 to $80.

Christine Baranski, Jeff Daniels, George Grizzard, Mark Linn-Baker and Sian Phillips will be among the stars who will appear in Manhattan Theatre Club's 2006-2007 season

The American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco has announced its 2006-07 season in their 40th Annivesary of award-winning and celebrated theatre in the Bay Area.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello will direct the American premiere of David Harrower's Blackbird at New York City Center - Stage I; the play opens April 10th, 2007

Manhattan Theatre Club's 2006-2007 season will feature plays by Charles Busch, David Harrower, Simon Mendes da Costa, Paul Rudnick and Clifford Odets