Drama Dept. News

Beginning March 8 (when performances begin at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati), Julia Murney will assume the role of Elphaba, Alma Cuervo will become Madame Morrible, P.J. Benjamin will step into the role of the Wizard, Sebastian Arcelus will be Fiyero, and Jennifer Waldman will be Nessarose. Beginning March 28 (when the show will be playing at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia), K. Todd Freeman assumes the role of Dr. Dillamond.

Douglas Carter Beane's The Little Dog Laughed will now end its run on February 26th after extending for four more weeks

On December 23rd, the off-Broadway performance of Rope will play its final performance

A special holiday offer through December 23rd will include a pre fixe dinner at Camino Sur and premium tickets to the Drama Dept. production of Rope

Teenagers can see the Drama Dept.'s production of Rope for $5 as part of the High Five program

Rope, presented by the Drama Dept. and starring Sam Trammell and Chandler Williams, is in previews at the Zipper

Rope, an underproduced 1929 play by Patrick Hamilton that inspired an Alfred Hitchcock film, will be presented at The Zipper from November 21st through January 15th, 2006

From November 4th through 12th, Sue Costello will perform in her one-woman show The Evolution of a Sexy Mutha FuKah!! at the Zipper Theatre

Drama Dept. (Douglas Carter Beane, Artistic Director and Michael S. Rosenberg, Executive Director) and The Zipper are pleased to announce the first of three co-productions: a revival of Patrick Hamilton's 1929 thriller, ROPE.

Michael Arden, Kate Baldwin, Will Chase, Amanda Watkins and Rebecca Luker will perform at Joe's Pub in Songs by Sam: The Music of Sam Davis on October 23rd

30 Days of NYMF on BroadwayWorld continues with the scoop on The Big Time, with Douglas Carter Beane and Douglas J. Cohen's The Big Time.

Geva Theatre Center (Mark Cuddy, Artistic Director) and Five Course Love Company LLC will present the lip-smacking new musical comedy Five Course Love with Book, Music & Lyrics by Gregg Coffin at the Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane (between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street).

Performances of THE PAJAMA GAME will begin Friday, January 27th on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre with the official opening set for Thursday, March 2nd. The limited engagement is scheduled to run 20 weeks through June 18th, 2006.

The production will play a pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco's Curran Theatre September 13th to October 9th.

The 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), currently entering its sophomore year, has announced a series of invited productions and events to round out this year's slate along with the previously announced titles for the 'Next Link Project.'

Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) opens this year's Nikos Stage season with Create Fate on July 13 at 8:00 p.m.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Kate Burton as 'Constance Middleton', Michael Cumpsty as 'John Middleton', John Dossett as 'Bernard Kersal' and Lynn Redgrave as 'Mrs. Culver' in the new Broadway production of W. Somerset Maugham social comedy The Constant Wife, directed by Mark Brokaw at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street).

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announces Lynn Redgrave will return to Broadway as 'Mrs. Culver,' with Kate Burton as 'Constance Middleton' in the new Broadway production of W. Somerset Maugham social comedy The Constant Wife.