Edward Albee News

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).

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will open A. R. Gurney's new play, THE GRAND MANNER starring Kate Burton, Boyd Gaines, Bobby Steggert and Brenda Wehle. The production, directed by Mark Lamos, began previews Tuesday, June 1 and opens on Thursday, June 24 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street).

Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and New York Theatre Workshop (Artistic Director, James C. Nicola; Managing Director, William Russo) have announced that they will co-produce THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, a new musical with book by Joy Gregory; music by Gunnar Madsen; lyrics by Ms. Gregory and Mr. Madsen; and story by Ms. Gregory, Mr. Madsen and John Langs.

This past weekend, Elaine Stritch performed her 'Singin' Sondheim' cabaret in West Hartford, CT. As reported by the Hartford Courant, the A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC-bound star was simultaneously in private rehearsals with director Trevor Nunn. According to the report, Stritch and Peters were in New York working on scenes with Nunn, who then rode to Hartford with Stritch to continue discussions over the two-hour car ride. They continued work at the Roberts Theatre, the same space Stritch performed 'Singin' Sondheim' that evening. Jeremy Cohen, associate artistic director of Hartford Stage, is quoted as saying that watching Stritch and Nunn 'was like [being] a kid in a candy shop ... He's definitely an actor's director and listening them talk about Sondheim was incredible. It's as if they had been working together for decades because they spoke in the common vocabulary of Sondheim.'

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) will host 'Playwrights on Censorship,' an evening with four of America's most celebrated playwrights speaking about their own experiences of censorship and self-censorship. This special event for the NCAC Free Speech Leadership Council will be hosted on Wednesday, June 23, from 6:30 - 8:30PM by Jane Friedman (CEO, Open Road Integrated Media). Playwrights Edward Albee, David Henry Hwang, Terence McNally, and Adam Rapp will

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.

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) is pleased to announce casting for the first New York revival of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning epic work, ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES. The production will be directed by Michael Greif. ANGELS IN AMERICA is the first production of Signature's 20th Anniversary season, celebrating the works of Tony Kushner.

The official website for Off-Broadway's upcoming FREUD'S LAST SESSION is now live at www.FreudsLastSession.com.

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) will host 'Playwrights on Censorship,' an evening with four of America's most celebrated playwrights speaking about their own experiences of censorship and self-censorship. This special event for the NCAC Free Speech Leadership Council will be hosted on Wednesday, June 23, from 6:30 - 8:30PM by Jane Friedman (CEO, Open Road Integrated Media). Playwrights Edward Albee, David Henry Hwang, Terence McNally, and Adam Rapp will

La Jolla Playhouse announces the cast for its upcoming production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, playing in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre July 20 - August 22, 2010 (press opening: July 27 at 7:00 pm).

What was that song they sang at last year's Tony Awards?  Something about letting your freak flag fly?  Something about never hesitating to yell out, 'Hey world, I'm different and here I am?'

Edward Albee's rarely-seen 'Everything in the Garden' will be the first play to be read in The Peccadillo Theater Company's new 'The Plays-You-Should-Know-And-Probably-Don't Reading Series' on Monday, June 21st (3PM) at the Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street.)

The 2010 Summer Gala will honor Lincoln Center Theater Executive Producer and former Public Theater Associate Producer Bernard Gersten and Bank of America. The Gala will be held on Monday, June 21 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park and will include a dinner under the stars, a performance of The Merchant of Venice featuring Al Pacino as Shylock and a party afterward at the Belvedere Castle.

Tony, Grammy & Golden Globe Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony & Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch will return to Broadway in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, directed by Tony Award-winner Trevor Nunn.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce a two week extension of the American premiere production of Olivier Award nominee Moira Buffini's play GABRIEL, which will now play through Sunday, June 20, 2010 Off Broadway at Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street).