David Strathairn News

The 78th Annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 5, 2006 and will air on ABC live at 8pm EST.

Nilaja Sun's solo play No Child will run off-Broadway from May 10th through June 4th

Jefferson Mays, Michael Cumpsty and David Strathairn will discuss cross-dressing in Shakespeare in Boys Will Be Girls on February 13th

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Felicity Huffman, Dame Judi Dench and Cynthia Nixon are among the actors nominated for SAG Awards, which will be presented on January 29th

Rosario Dawson, Dame Judi Dench, Felicity Huffman and Kristen Bell were among the many stars with theatre experience to pick up Satellite Award nominations

John Cullum, Rosemary Harris and Gene Farber will star in Ariel Dorfman's new play The Other Side, which will be presented by MTC; it opens on December 6th

Performances begin this Saturday for the Epic Theatre Center / United States Premiere of Einstein's Gift, a new play by Vern Thiessen, at the Acorn Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

Vern Thiessen's play Einstein's Gift will open on October 6th to conicide with the centennial celebration of Einstein's Miracle Year and the 50th anniversary of his death

Casting has been announced for the upcoming off-Broadway production of Vern Thiessen's Einstein's Gift, with Shawn Elliot and Aasif Mandvi to star

Vern Thiessen's play Einstein's Gift will open at the Acorn Theatre on October 6th and will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the scientist's death

Ars Nova and The Underwood Theater present, as part of the FREE Out Loud reading series, YEMAYA'S BELLY by Quiara Hudes and directed by Peter Sampieri. YEMAYA'S BELLY will be read by Stephanie Beatriz, Alexis Camins, Gilbert Cruz, Joaquin Torres, Brigette Viellieu-Davis on Monday, May 16 at 7 PM at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street).

David Strathairn, one of the newest members of the 'Sopranos' cast, returns to the New York stage as controversial German philosopher Martin Heidegger.