David Lindsay-Abaire News

Television and stage star Jane Kaczmarek and Culture Clash co-founder/actor/writer Herbert Siguenza will host the 2012 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards Ceremony on Monday, November 12, at the historic Los Angeles Theatre in downtown LA. The curtain will rise at 7:30pm.

Providing the Regional Premieres of both the play and playwright, Stark Naked Theatre Company's production of BODY AWARENESS by Annie Baker is an exciting and captivating examination of familial dysfunction and how destructive and liberating the self-objectification and exploitation of the human body can be.

'Good People,' a tough and tender new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, launches the Hampton Theatre Company's 28th season October 25 - November 11. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.

'Good People,' a tough and tender new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, launches the Hampton Theatre Company's 28th season. Get a first look at the production, running now through November 11, 2012, below!

'Good People,' a tough and tender new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, will launch the Hampton Theatre Company's 28th season tonight, October 25.

Tonight, October 24, 2012, Sardi's unveiled a caricature for Manhattan Theatre Club's artistic director Lynn Meadow. BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities, and we bring you photos from the event below!

Rosalind Productions Inc. will present the Off-Broadway premiere of Jennifer Maisel's The Last Seder. This Off-Broadway limited engagement at Theater Three (311 West 43rd Street) begins December 1st and continues through December 20th only. Opening Night is set for Tuesday December 4th (7pm). The show runs 90 minutes without an intermission.

Australian Made Entertainment will present Andrew Bovell's Speaking in Tongues, winner of the Australian Writer's Guild award for Best Play, directed by Bryn Boice. The two-week limited engagement at Theatre 54 (at Shelter Studios, 254 West 54th St. 12th Floor) begins Friday, November 30 and continues through Sunday, December 16. Opening Night is Sunday, December 2 at 2PM.

The annual presentation of the Museum of the City of New York's Louis Auchincloss Prize will be held tonight, October 22nd at 6 pm. This year, the prize will be awarded to Lynne Meadow, artistic director of the Manhattan Theater Club, and the event will feature a performance by Bebe Neuwirth and special appearances by Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker.

EAR TO THE EDGE OF TIME, winner of the prestigious STAGE International Script Competition for the best new play about science and technology, will receive a special staged reading at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin today, October 21st, at 4:00 pm.

Pittsburgh Public Theater's MADE IN AMERICA season continues with the Pittsburgh premiere of Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire's 2011 Tony-nominated play set in contemporary Boston. Directed by Tracy Brigden, Good People runs Nov. 8 - Dec. 9, 2012 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Cynthia Nixon revealed that she is ready to move on from her long-time role as attorney Miranda Hobbes on the HBO series SEX IN THE CITY and the subsequent films which followed.

The annual presentation of the Museum of the City of New York's Louis Auchincloss Prize will be held on Monday, October 22nd at 6 pm. This year, the prize will be awarded to Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director of the Manhattan Theatre Club, and the event will feature a performance by Bebe Neuwirth and special appearances by Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker.

EAR TO THE EDGE OF TIME, winner of the prestigious STAGE International Script Competition for the best new play about science and technology, will receive a special staged reading at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin this Sunday, October 21st, at 4:00 pm.

The annual presentation of the Museum of the City of New York's Louis Auchincloss Prize will be held on Monday, October 22nd at 6 pm. This year, the prize will be awarded to Lynne Meadow, artistic director of the Manhattan Theater Club, and the event will feature a performance by Bebe Neuwirth and special appearances by Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker.

By popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre Company extends the season opener, Good People by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by ensemble member K. Todd Freeman. This "Four Star" (Chicago Tribune), "Highly Recommended" (Chicago-Sun-Times) production continues for five additional performances, through November 17, with the original cast of six intact. Tickets to the additional performances of Good People ($20 - $86) go on sale today, October 17 at 11am through Audience Services (1650 N Halsted), at 312-335-1650 or at steppenwolf.org.

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that David Lindsay-Abaire has confirmed reports that he will write a screenplay for an upcoming remake of POLTERGEIST.

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced that acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming has performed the original song 'Still Dream' on the soundtrack for the upcoming Rise of the Guardians, which also features a score by Four-Time Academy Award nominated and Grammy Award winning composer Alexandre Desplat. Varese Sarabande will release the soundtrack on November 13, preceding the film's nationwide release on November 21.

It's your last chance to catch scintillating Boston area premieres of two recent Broadway hits about hope in the midst of hardscrabble lives - 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat' at SpeakEasy Stage and 'Good People' at the Huntington. Both end this weekend.

Opus, which runs from Nov. 2-18 on Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222. E. Monroe, is the story of a world-class string quartet whose musical genius goes off his medication and becomes completely erratic.