Deborah Warner News

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) presents the musical JELLY'S LAST JAM, book by George C. Wolfe, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson, directed by Patricia McGregor, February 13-18 at the University Theatre (222 York Street, New Haven).

Following rave reviews Too Much Memory, written by Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson, and directed by Ms. Gibson, has sold out its run through its closing on Monday, December 22, at the Fourth Street Theatre, 83 East 4th Street. The Rising Phoenix Repertory and Piece by Piece production opened Tuesday, December 9, to rave reviews as part of New York Theatre Workshop's Jonathan Larson Lab. All performances are sold out. Those wishing to be put on a waiting should arrive at the theatre 45 minutes prior to curtain.

Too Much Memory, written by Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson, and directed by Ms. Gibson, begins performances tonight at 8:30pm at Fourth Street Theatre, 83 East 4th Street. The Rising Phoenix Repertory and Piece by Piece production is set to open Tuesday, December 9, at 8:30pm. Too Much Memory is a project of New York Theatre Workshop's Jonathan Larson Lab.

Too Much Memory, written by Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson, and directed by Ms. Gibson, begins performances tonight at 8:30pm at Fourth Street Theatre, 83 East 4th Street. The Rising Phoenix Repertory and Piece by Piece production is set to open Tuesday, December 9, at 8:30pm. Too Much Memory is a project of New York Theatre Workshop's Jonathan Larson Lab.

Rising Phoenix Repertory has been joined by Piece by Piece Productions to remount the world premiere of Too Much Memory, written by Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson, and directed by Ms. Gibson, beginning Tuesday, December 2, at 8:30pm at Fourth Street Theatre, 83 East 4th Street.

Sean Mathias will direct Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot which is his first production as Artistic Director of the 2009 Theatre Royal Haymarket Company. Waiting for Godot will tour the UK prior to its opening in London in April.

Bated Breath Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A DOLL'S HOUSE, in a bold new version by Helene Kvale, at the Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond St. New York, NY. Previews Begin Friday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. and the official opening will be on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

The 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were held Sunday, May 18, 2008, in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. August: Osage County, Les Liasons, and South Pacific brought home big wins.

Bated Breath Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Henrik Ibsen's 'A Doll's House', in a new version by Helene Kvale, beginning June 6th.

Nominations for the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at the New York Friars Club. 'A Catered Affair' led the way with 12 nominations.

The Woman in Black, adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill, will celebrate its 20th year in the West End with a new cast led by Seah Baker and Ben Porter.

Ralph Fiennes, last seen on Broadway in last season's The Faith Healer, will return to the London stage in The God of Change, a new comedy by Yasmina Reza to premiere at the Gielgud Theatre on March 7, 2008.

Tony Award-winning History Boys director Nicholas Hytner, who is the artistic director of the National Theatre, announced at a press conference that actors Ben Chaplin, Ralph Fiennes and Fiona Shaw, as well as playwright David Hare, would all have a part in the theatre's future productions

Shakespearean icons such as Laurence Olivier and Judi Dench will be among the actors featured in the RSC's new CD set The Essential Shakespeare--Live