Edward Albee News

There's a strong essence of familiarity to be whiffed at Edward Albee's latest, Me, Myself & I, especially if you have fond memories of his far superior absurdist effort, The Play About The Baby.  Once again there's a bickering couple bearing a strong resemblance to an older version of ...Virginia Woolf?'s George and Martha, especially in their dominating relationship to a younger couple and the matter of a child who may or may not exist.  This isn't necessarily a flaw in the piece, but when farce isn't funny, when wordplay lacks crackle and when a play about identity can't seem to claim its own, the mind tends to wander to sunnier days.

THE 2010 GIELGUD AWARD GALA A Salute to F. Murray Abraham held MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - Reception 6:30, Dinner 7:15, Program 8:30 p.m.

Rehearsals are now underway for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) New York premiere of Edward Albee's ME, MYSELF & I, a new play by the three-time Pulitzer Prize and three-time Tony Award winner (A Delicate Balance; Seascape; Three Tall Women; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?). The production opens the theater company's 40th Anniversary Season, in which Mr. Albee will be making his Playwrights Horizons debut. The play is Mr. Albee's 30th.

Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), kicks off its 18th season with Giles Havergal's adaptation of Graham Greene's 'Travels With My Aunt.'

Producer Daryl Roth announces that following a sold out developmental run last spring, THE DIVINE SISTER, the new comedy written by and starring Charles Busch, directed by Carl Andress, will transfer to the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) featuring the entire original company: Alison Fraser, Amy Rutberg, Jennifer Van Dyck, Jonathan Walker, and Julie Halston.

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.

After a long summer of playing matchmaker for New York singles, host of THE FIX-UP SHOW J. Keith van Straaten (host of Comedy Central's 'Beat The Geeks,' 'What's My Line? - Live On Stage') deserves a vacation! But before he sets off jetting around the country, he has one more match to make at the finale of THE FIX-UP SHOW at the Triad on Saturday, September 11 at a special time, 9pm. In this travel themed finale, our host will help a single flight attendant find his match with the help of other airline industry types as well as celebrity panelist and Emmy-award winning comedienne Judy Gold Gold (HBO, Comedy Central, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother). There will be an exciting opportunity to mingle with the participants and other jet-setting singles at a special going-away party following the last chance to see THE FIX-UP SHOW at the Triad.

Cesear's Forum will present Samuel Beckett's ALL THAT FALL at Kennedy's Down Under, PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland, Ohio, in a limited September/October engagement. Mr. Beckett, an Irish 'minimalist' playwright, novelist, poet and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote in both French and English.

The Firehouse Theatre Project proudly announces the first show of its 2010-11 season, Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?', running Sept. 9-Oct. 2.

The Firehouse Theatre Project proudly announces the first show of its 2010-11 season, Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?', running Sept. 9-Oct. 2.

Playwrights Horizons presents the New York premiere production of Edward Albee's ME, MYSELF & I with a cast lead by Elizabeth Ashley & Brian Murray and directed by Emily Mann

Due to overwhelming demand, Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) is pleased to announce a second extension for the first New York revival of Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, directed by Michael Greif. The production, originally slated to run through December 19, 2010 and extended once through January 30, 2011, will now play an additional three weeks through Sunday, February 20, 2011.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2010-2011 season with Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by Pam MacKinnon.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the selection of the individuals who will receive the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors. Recipients to be honored at the 33rd annual national celebration of the arts are: singer and songwriter Merle Haggard; composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; songwriter and musician Paul McCartney; and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey.

Renowned Italian director Enrico Maria Lamanna to helm New York premiere of David Caudle's award-winning comedy 'The Sunken Living Room' at Theatre 80

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, and Ari Graynor will co-star in the world premiere comedy TRUST, written by Paul Weitz, directed by Peter DuBois. Mr. Weitz returns to Second Stage Theatre, where his plays Privilege and Show People premiered in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Directed by Peter DuBois, who staged Second Stage's acclaimed production of Becky Shaw, TRUST will begin previews on Friday, July 23 at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43rd street) and officially open on Thursday, August 12. The production runs through September 5.

On Friday, September 17, TheatreWorks New Milford will present the classic absurdist comedy of death, EXIT THE KING, by Eugene Ionesco. The show is scheduled for a four-week run.

A Delicate Balance, by Edward Albee, opens on Saturday, September 25, at 3pm. the production is directed by Steve Scott, Artistic Associate, Goodman Theatre. The show features company members Brian Parry, Jacqueline Grandt, and Jan Ellen Graves with guest artists Millicent Hurley, Chuck Spencer, and Cece Klinger.

BroadwayWorld.com is pleased to present illustrator Ken Fallin, who brings you original illustrations of everyone's favorite theatrical stars each week. This week's feature: Zachary Booth, Preston Sadleir, Elizabeth Ashley and Brian Murray in Edward Albee's ME, MYSELF AND I.

After a long summer of playing matchmaker for New York singles, host of THE FIX-UP SHOW J. Keith van Straaten (host of Comedy Central's 'Beat The Geeks,' 'What's My Line? - Live On Stage') deserves a vacation! But before he sets off jetting around the country, he has one more match to make at the finale of THE FIX-UP SHOW at the Triad on Saturday, September 11 at a special time, 9pm. In this travel themed finale, our host will help a single flight attendant find his match with the help of other airline industry types as well as celebrity panelist and Emmy-award winning comedienne Judy Gold Gold (HBO, Comedy Central, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother). There will be an exciting opportunity to mingle with the participants and other jet-setting singles at a special going-away party following the last chance to see THE FIX-UP SHOW at the Triad.