David Lindsay-Abaire News

Tied by faith. Bound by secrets. The City Theatre is gearing up for the start of the 2014 Season next month with The Whipping Man, Matthew Lopez's award-winning drama that has been recognized from coast to coast. Under the direction of guest director Stacey Glazer and starring three veterans of the CTC stage, The Whipping Man runs February 7 - March 2

According to Deadline, MGM and Fox 2000 will release the upcoming remake of the classic 1982 film POLTERGEIST on February 13, 2015.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the former manic mother on MALCOM IN THE MIDDLE has boarded USA's upcoming single-camera comedy PLAYING HOUSE, inspired by the real-life friendship between Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham.

HOMECOMING PLAYERS TO LAUNCH their 2014 season with a staged reading of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, for two performances only, Mon Feb 3 and Tue Feb 4, at 7:30pm, as part of the Kitchen Theatre Company's Kitchen Sink Series (which has support from CFCU), at the Kitchen Theatre, 417 W. State St/MLK Jr. St.

A different kind of love story opens The Echo Theater Company's 2014 season in its new home at Atwater Village Theatre. Chris Fields directs the world premiere of Firemen by Tommy Smith, opening Feb. 8.

Now celebrating its 10th anniversary season, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition continues to spotlight the best emerging playwrights with a full production for the competition winner and staged readings for four competition finalists. IN LOVE AND WARCRAFT, the 10th competition winner, will premiere on the Hertz Stage January 31 - February 23, 2014. Opening night is February 5, 2014. IN LOVE AND WARCRAFT is written by Madhuri Shekar, a recent graduate of the MFA program at the University of South California, and will be directed by Laura Kepley, Artistic Director of the Cleveland Play House.

The Echo Theater Company has found a permanent space for 2014, taking up residency at Atwater Village Theatre for a year-long season of three world premieres and the revival of an acclaimed holiday show.

This retrospective focuses on revivals of classic South African plays and local productions the work of international playwrights.

Tyler Hinton's Picks: 1. RAGTIME at Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley Blair Howell's Picks: 1. GOOD PEOPLE at Salt Lake Acting Company in Salt Lake City

Million Dollar Quartet, now the longest-running Broadway musical production in Chicago's history, is celebrating the holidays by adding performance dates and a special number for a limited time. For the holidays only, the classic 1958 song 'Run, Run, Rudolph' has been added to the finale of the show.

This February Company of Fools (COF) will present the critically acclaimed and award-winning play, Good People, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. As part of The Center's multi-disciplinary project Creativity and Work, COF will present 13 public performances running from February 12 through March 1.

Shrek, The Musical is certainly a fun night at the theatre. The cast at Oakdale's Creative Ministries Performing Arts Center (CM PAC) is hysterical, the costumes are unbelievably creative, and the David Lindsay - Abaire story will tug at your heart and make you smile.

Former SEX AND THE CITY star Sarah Jessica Parker and THE CARRIE DIARIES lead AnnaSophia Robb, both known for playing two versions of fictional Manhattan style icon 'Carrie Bradshaw,' met for hte first time at Cosmopolitan magazine's Cosmo 100 lunch today.

Theatre Lawrence brings Shrek: The Musical, to the stage with performances Dec. 6 through Dec. 22. Inspired by the Oscar winning DreamWorks movie, the stage version has book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, for a show that brings everyone's favorite Ogre to new and hilarious life on the stage.

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara announces its 2013-14 Season in its new home, the New Vic, beginning with the hit Broadway musical A Little Night Music, inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film 'Smiles of a Summer Night. Directed by Ensemble Executive Artistic Director Jonathan Fox, A Little Night Music features one of Stephen Sondheim's best-known songs, 'Send in the Clowns.' A star-studded cast featuring Piper Laurie, Stephanie Zimbalist and Patrick Cassidy will christen the stage at the New Vic.

Million Dollar Quartet, now the longest-running Broadway musical production in Chicago's history, is celebrating the holidays by adding performance dates and a special number for a limited time. For the holidays only, the classic 1958 song "Run, Run, Rudolph" has been added to the finale of the show.

Theatre Lawrence brings Shrek: The Musical, to the stage with performances Dec. 6 through Dec. 22. Inspired by the Oscar winning DreamWorks movie, the stage version has book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, for a show that brings everyone's favorite Ogre to new and hilarious life on the stage.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) has announced four additional performances of Good People extended through December 15 by popular demand. David Lindsay-Abaire's tough, tender and seriously funny play about class divisions and the shrinking American Dream, directed by Rachel Walshe, has been playing to sold-out houses, nightly standing ovations and critical praise since it opened on November 7.

It's Official! Sutton Foster is coming BACK to Broadway, as Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced that it will present two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster in a Broadway production of VIOLET (first seen as part of Encores! Off-Center concert series in 2013), directed by Leigh Silverman. Based on the short story 'The Ugliest Pilgrim' by Doris Betts, VIOLET features music by Jeanine Tesori and book & lyrics by Brian Crawley. VIOLET will be produced in association with Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, David Mirvish, Barry and Fran Weissler, Elizabeth Armstrong, and Mary Jo and Ted Shen.

The Huntington Theatre Company presents a concert version of Jason Robert Brown's powerful contemporary musical The Last Five Years for three performances only this weekend, November 23 and 24.