American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced today that Laurie Metcalf will be performing the role of Jeannette for the full run of its production of The Quality of Life, written and directed by Jane Anderson. Caroline Lagerfelt has stepped down from the previously announced alternate arrangement for the role when Metcalf became available after her television commitment was put on hiatus.
Original award-winning cast members Dennis Boutsikaris, Laurie Metcalf, JoBeth Williams will join Steven Culp and Caroline Lagerfelt Moving in Jane Anderson's The Quality of Life, inspired by the events of the Mt. Vision Fire of 1995 at A.C.T.
On September 22nd, the 2008 Ovation Award Nominees were announced. Now in its 19th year, the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards will celebrate the 168 theatre companies, 390 registered productions, and over 2,000 individual artists who participated in the September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008 season
Award-winning producers, Michael & Barbara Ross, will present the 2008 Back Stage Bistro Award Winning GREG PURNHAGEN in BABALU-CY - the art of Desi Arnaz, Off-Broadway, at the Actors Temple Theater, beginning August 23rd.
Award-winning producers, Michael & Barbara Ross, will present the 2008 Back Stage Bistro Award Winning GREG PURNHAGEN in BABALU-CY - the art of Desi Arnaz, Off-Broadway, at the Actors Temple Theater, beginning August 23rd.
The first Geffen-commissioned and produced play, The Quality of Life by Jane Anderson, is being picked up by San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) as part of its 2008/2009 season.
American Conservatory Theater today announced the lineup of the company's 42nd subscription season. Running from September 2008 to July 2009, the season brings new plays, the nation's finest writers, fresh directors, and renowned performers to San Francisco, while presenting a carefully calibrated range of decades, aesthetics, and perspectives, ranging from dark comedy to serious drama, from movement-theater fusion to music-filled celebration.
The 39th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards will be handed out on March 17 at North Hollywood's El Portal Theatre. The awards, recognizing excellence in Southern California theatre, including Los Angeles and Orange County, will be hosted by Jason Graae.
Quality of Life remains highly relevant leading up to next years presidential elections, and the enormously talented cast treats the work with utmost sincerity. Metcalf and Williams have the most dynamic characters to develop, as both come to terms with the others choices and their roller coaster emotional journeys drive the heart of Anderson's work...
The Geffen Playhouse has announced the cast lineup for their first produced play in the theater's new commission program, The Quality of Life, which will star Laurie Metcalf, Scott Bakula, Dennis Boutsikaris and JoBeth Williams...
The Manhattan Theatre Club production of A PICASSO, the New York premiere of a new play by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by John Tillinger, will open Tuesday, April 19th at Stage II at NY City Center (131 West 55th Street). Previews begin Thursday, March 31st.
THE ARTISTS SHOWCASE SERIES is pleased to present MUSIC AND LYRICS BY, an evening of new and emerging composers and lyricists, at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 30, at Makor, 35 West 67th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Tickets are $15 and can be ordered online under 'Theatre' at www.makor.org or by calling (212) 601-1000. The Artists Showcase Series' portion of proceeds from the event will be donated to DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL'S TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT (www.directrelief.org).
The Artist Showcase Series, produced by Geoffrey Soffer presented Jeff Whitty, playwright for Broadway's Avenue Q, new play 'Suicide Weather' at MAKOR on Sunday, May 2, 2004 at 7:30.
