Edward Albee News

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will make its Off-Broadway premiere beginning Friday, July 9th at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West).

Perkins 28 Productions presents 'Veritas' by Stan Richardson at HERE Arts Center Mainstage Theater, 145 6th Avenue (enter on Dominick, 1 blk south of Spring) Inspired by true events, 'Veritas' is the story of a group of young men at Harvard in 1920 whose promising futures fell prey to Harvard's 'Secret Court': a gay witch-hunt conducted by school administration to purge Harvard of all homosexuality.

Celebrity gossip columnist Michael Musto and Scott Adsit, co-star of the hit NBC series '30 Rock' will join THE FIX-UP SHOW as celebrity guests helping New York singles find love in this new weekly match-making comedy show at the Triad (158 West 72nd Street - 2nd Floor, 1/2 block East of Broadway).

Santa Rosa's 6th Street Playhouse announces its 2010-2011 'All-American' season featuring four musicals and eight plays. The twelve-show season offers a wide variety of theater productions, from Aug. 13, 2010 through June 26, 2011, including family musicals, comedies, American classics and two world premieres.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will conclude its record-breaking run at Barrington Stage Company (MA) on July 3rd prior to its Off-Broadway transfer.

To kick-off its run of A PARALLELOGRAM, Steppenwolf is holding a contest. Answer the following question in 200 words or less: 'If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be, and why?' The prize is two tickets to Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, starring ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton, plus a $100 gift certificate to local restaurant Vinci. The winner will also be displayed in the lobby of our theatre and online. The deadline to enter the contest is Friday, July 10th, 2010 at midnight.

Celebrity gossip columnist Michael Musto and Scott Adsit, co-star of the hit NBC series '30 Rock' will join THE FIX-UP SHOW as celebrity guests helping New York singles find love in this new weekly match-making comedy show at the Triad (158 West 72nd Street - 2nd Floor, 1/2 block East of Broadway).

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will conclude its record-breaking run at Barrington Stage Company (MA) on July 3rd prior to its Off-Broadway transfer.

Golden Globe nominee Linus Roache (widely known for his role as Asst D.A. Michael Cutler on LAW & ORDER) and Heather Burns (most recently on stage in THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO as well as the films MISS CONGENIALITY and TWO WEEKS NOTICE opposite Sandra Bullock) will star in the World-Premiere of Will Eno's play MIDDLETOWN, which begins previews at Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street) on October 6th, it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director for the Vineyard Theatre.

Producers Jed Bernstein and Adam Zotovich announced today that Tony Award-winners James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave will return to the New York stage this Fall to star opposite one another in the Broadway Premiere of Alfred Uhry‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy. Directed by David Esbjornson (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?), Driving Miss Daisy will begin performances on October 7, 2010, at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), with an official opening on Monday, October 25, 2010.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting for its 2010/2011 40th Anniversary Season.

Yesterday, June 27, Lincoln Center Theater opened A. R. Gurney's new play, THE GRAND MANNER, directed by Mark Lamos, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street). Kate Burton, Boyd Gaines, Bobby Steggert and Brenda Wehle comprise the four character cast of this world premiere production. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening night celebration.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will offer $20 Student Rush tickets when it makes its Off-Broadway premiere at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West).

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on playwright Samuel Beckett with Deirdre Bair, recipient of the National Book Award for 'Samuel Beckett: A Biography,' and Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, following the Sunday, July 11, 3 p.m. matinee performance of Beckett's 'Happy Days,' directed by Lamos.

The Lincoln Center Theater production of A. R. Gurney's new play, THE GRAND MANNER., directed by Mark Lamos, at the Mitzi E. will play at the Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street). Kate Burton, Boyd Gaines, Bobby Steggert and Brenda Wehle comprise the four character cast of its world premiere production which will open on Sunday, June 27.

Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), closes its 17th season with Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee's 'The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?' 'The Goat...' is a dark comedy about Martin, a married architect coming to terms with middle age, his son's sexual identity, and his own recent adulterous relationship with an unlikely partner.

The Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower (21 South Eutaw Street) presents Joe Dennison's KARKOVICE from June 23rd to the 26th. The one-act play will be in Studio 21 at the Tower at 8 pm during the run. Tickets are $15 and can be purchase on-line at brownpapertickets.com.

The Berkshire Theatre Festival has announced casting for its production of Edward Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE. The production will begin previews on August 17 and will open officially on August 21; it will then run until September 4.

The New York Times reports today that Hartford Stage Artistic Director Michale Wilson will be stepping down from his poast after 12 years in the position. Wilson is departing in the hopes, he tells the New York Times, of being 'more fully in the rehearsal hall.'

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom), will have its Off-Broadway premiere at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West).