David Ives News

Second Annual Random Acts! One-Act Play Festival at The School For Drama Feb. 15th through April 28th.

Curt Dempster, Founding Artistic Director of Ensemble Studio Theatre, was found dead at his home in New York City today (January 19, 2007). The cause remains undetermined at this time.

Click in for reviews of Avenue Q: The Book, The Audrey Hepburn Treasures, Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You?, The Alchemy of Theatre, We Bombed in New London, Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins, Stop The Show, In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights, Fantasia: Life is Not a Fairy Tale and The Entertainment Sourcebook 2007.

Due to popular demand, Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Brian Kulick, Artistic Director and Jessica R. Jenen, Executive Director, has extended the run of the American premiere of Yasmina Reza's A SPANISH PLAY by an additional two weeks through Sunday, March 4.

Tony Kushner, David Ives and more will be part of Makor's January line-up

White Christmas, the holiday musical featuring the classic songs of Irving Berlin, is playing the Ordway Center in St. Paul from November 28th through January 7th, 2007

Classic Stage Company will present four-time Tony Award-winner Zoe Caldwell in her return to the New York stage in the American and English language premiere of Tony Award winner Yasmina Reza's A Spanish Play, beginning January 10 for a limited engagement through February 18 only

The winners of Chicago's Jefferson Awards were announced in a ceremony at the DePaul Merle Reskin Theatre (60 Balbo Drive) in Chicago on November 6th

Casting has been announced for the casts of the two upcoming Midwestern stage productions of Irving Berlin's White Christmas

Ghostlight Records will release the cast recording of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which has been a regional hit in several parts of the country, today, October 17th

Ghostlight Records will release the cast album of White Christmas on October 17th

Stephen Flaherty, Frank Galati, Gary Griffin, Mary Zimmerman, David Ives and James Lapine, as well as performers Tyler Hanes, Rondi Reed, Mary Beth Peil, Hollis Resnik, Anthony Crivello and E. Faye Butler are among the nominees for the 2006 Joseph Jefferson Awards, which recognize achievement in Chicago-area Equity theatre

Tony Award-nominee Stephen Bogardus and Sarah Uriarte Berry will headline the cast of the St. Louis Muny's White Christmas, the stage version of the Irving Berlin film classic that has fast become a regional favorite; it will run from July 24th through July 30th

Ghostlight Records will release a cast recording of White Christmas--featuring Brian D'Arcy James, Anastasia Barzee, Jeffry Denman and Meredith Patterson--in fall of 2006

Encores!'s latest production helps prove this classic and wholly original musical deserves a higher place in the standard American theatre repertory

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (Curt Dempster, Founder/Artistic Director) will present MARATHON 2006, E.S.T.'s 28th annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 23rd and continue through Sunday, June 25th.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced casting for the first production of its 2006-2007 season: the world premiere of Indian Blood by A.R. Gurney.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents John Ellison Conlee, Katie Finneran, Logan Marshall-Green and Denis O'Hare in the co-world premiere (in collaboration with the Old Globe, San Diego, CA) of Greg Kotis's new comedy Pig Farm, directed by John Rando.

Tonight, April 26th, PBS will air a presentation of the Carnegie Hall South Pacific concert starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Rebe McIntire

A cast recording of the sold-out South Pacific concert that was presented at Carnegie Hall last summer will be released on April 18th