Donald Margulies News

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit, an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring some of the biggest stars of musical theatre on Monday, January 24, 2011 at The Plaza (58th Street & Fifth Avenue).

TIME STANDS STILL, Broadway's best reviewed new play at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street), continues its talkback series Tuesday, January 18 following the 7 PM performance with an edition sponsored by The Associated Press.

Stage and screen star Laura Linney has won a Golden Globe Award for 'Best Actress in a Television Musical or Comedy' for her performance in THE BIG C.

TIME STANDS STILL, Broadway's best reviewed new play at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street), continues its talkback series Tuesday, January 18 following the 7 PM performance with an edition sponsored by The Associated Press.

According to People.com, Broadway veteran Alicia Silverstone is pregnant with her first child. The 34 year old actress and her husband, Christopher Jarecki have been married since June of 2005.

Executive Artistic Director Carson Kievman has announced that SoBe Institute of the Arts (SoBe Arts) will present staged readings of promising new plays, beginning with Acapulco by New York writer Jacquelyn Reingold (HBO's In Treatment, Law and Order, and produced off-Broadway) and featuring L.A.-based Evan Handler ('Sex and the City,' 'Californication,' and films by Ron Howard and Oliver Stone) in addition to local artists.

Palm Beach Dramaworks, announced its critically acclaimed production of Mark St. Germain's play, 'Freud's Last Session' will play an additional week of performances, slated through Sunday, February 13th at their intimate downtown theatre (322 Banyan Boulevard). The extended playing week's performance schedule will be as follows: Wednesday through Saturday at 8PM; with Matinee performances on Wednesday at 3PM Saturday &Sunday at 2PM.

The Wilma Theater will continue its 2010 - 2011 Season with The Understudy, the latest comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck, directed by David Kennedy.

Westport Community Theatre's staged-readings series, ETC (Experimental Theatre Company), presents Donald Margulies' Collected Stories Friday, December 17, at 8:00 PM. Directed by R.A. Baumgartner. With Jessica Denes and Mary Jane Schaefer.

West Palm Beach's longest residing professional theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks, continues its 11th anniversary season with the Southeast premiere of Mark St. Germain's play, 'Freud's Last Session' on Friday, December 17th (8PM) at their intimate downtown theatre (322 Banyan Boulevard). Special priced preview performances are slated for December 15th & 16th (8PM) and the production will play through February 6th.

Teachers dream of nurturing students who will one day go beyond them, become greater than they--at least, that's what teachers claim they dream of. But sometimes such success is more bitter than sweet. Such a relationship between teacher and prize student is the subject of Donald Margulies' COLLECTED STORIES Collected Stories, to be performed as a staged reading in Westport Community Theatre's ETC staged-readings series on December 17 at 8:00 PM

New York Theatre Intensives/New Play Summer Conservatory in association with the artists of the Ensemble Studio Theatre is offering its second summer conservatory in New York City. The six-week play development program is an intensive and immersive process for student actors, writers and directors which was offered for the first time last year. This year the Conservatory will include a three-week intensive for student lighting designers.

Teachers dream of nurturing students who will one day go beyond them, become greater than they--at least, that's what teachers claim they dream of. But sometimes such success is more bitter than sweet. Such a relationship between teacher and prize student is the subject of Donald Margulies' COLLECTED STORIES Collected Stories, to be performed as a staged reading in Westport Community Theatre's ETC staged-readings series on December 17 at 8:00 PM

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit, an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring some of the biggest stars of musical theatre on Monday, January 24, 2011 at The Plaza (58th Street & Fifth Avenue).

New York Stage and Film (Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director; Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, Leslie Urdang, Producing Directors) will honor Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actress Laura Linney and Jujamcyn Theaters President, Jordan Roth.

The original "LOST" show comes to Ambler, as Act II Playhouse presents William Shakespeare's shipwrecked island play, The Tempest.

TIME STANDS STILL, Broadway's best reviewed new play, will end its acclaimed run when stars Laura Linney, Brian d'Arcy James, Eric Bogosian, and Christina Ricci depart the production, as scheduled, on Sunday, January 30 at the Cort Theatre (137 West 48th Street).

TIME STANDS STILL, Broadway's best reviewed new play, will end its acclaimed run when stars Laura Linney, Brian d'Arcy James, Eric Bogosian, and Christina Ricci depart the production, as scheduled, on Sunday, January 30 at the Cort Theatre (137 West 48th Street). The play, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, recently announced the lauded cast had extended their run at the Cort, through January 30. When it closes on that date, the production will have played 16 preview performances and 126 regular performances.

TIME STANDS STILL, the Tony nominated hit play at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street), continues its talk back series Tuesday, December 7 following the 7 PM performance with an edition sponsored by the Associated Press.

Producers for TIME STANDS STILL, the hit play by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan announce stars Laura Linney, Brian d'Arcy James, Eric Bogosian, and Christina Ricci have extended their run at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). The current cast will now end their run at the Cort on Sunday, January 30.