Elizabeth Meriwether News

Currently celebrating its 5th season, Holland Productions proudly presents the Boston premiere of THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE, a twisted and hilarious story by acclaimed playwright Elizabeth Meriwether, November 26 - December 4 at The Factory Theatre, 791 Tremont St., South End. Press Night is Saturday, November 27th at 8 p.m. For tickets or more information, visit www.hollandproductions.org.

Currently celebrating its 5th season, Holland Productions proudly presents the Boston premiere of THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE, a twisted and hilarious story by acclaimed playwright Elizabeth Meriwether, November 26 - December 4 at The Factory Theatre, 791 Tremont St., South End.

Currently celebrating its 5th season, Holland Productions proudly presents the Boston premiere of THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE, a twisted and hilarious story by acclaimed playwright Elizabeth Meriwether, November 26 - December 4 at The Factory Theatre, 791 Tremont St., South End. Press Night is Saturday, November 27th at 8 p.m. For tickets or more information, visit www.hollandproductions.org.

Currently celebrating its 5th season, Holland Productions proudly presents the Boston premiere of THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE, a twisted and hilarious story by acclaimed playwright Elizabeth Meriwether, November 26 - December 4 at The Factory Theatre, 791 Tremont St., South End.

Five-time Emmy Award winner John Larroquette will make his Broadway debut as J.B. Biggley joining multi award-winning international film and stage actor Daniel Radcliffe as J. Pierrepont Finch in a new production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS (WITHOUT REALLY TRYING). Opening at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 5pm, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS (WITHOUT REALLY TRYING) is directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award-winner Rob Ashford, has music and lyrics by Academy Award and Tony Award winner Frank Loesser, and a book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, based on the book by Shepherd Mead. The 50th Anniversary production of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS (WITHOUT REALLY TRYING) begins previews Saturday, February 26, 2011, at 8pm, and is produced by Broadway Across America (John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams), Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Joseph Smith, Michael McCabe, and Candy Spelling.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season with the MidwestPremiere of Kathleen Akerley's critically acclaimed Theories of the Sun. Part mystery and part sciencefiction, this 'lyrical, melancholy new drama' (Washington Post) has twists and turns that will keepaudiences guessing until the very end.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season with the MidwestPremiere of Kathleen Akerley's critically acclaimed Theories of the Sun. Part mystery and part sciencefiction, this 'lyrical, melancholy new drama' (Washington Post) has twists and turns that will keepaudiences guessing until the very end.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce an expansion of their initiatives currently in place to support theater artists and develop new work.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has announced an expansion of their initiatives currently in place to support theater artists and develop new work.

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) has received a $1 million gift from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of the activities of the Yale Center for New Theatre over the next five years.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season with the MidwestPremiere of Kathleen Akerley's critically acclaimed Theories of the Sun. Part mystery and part sciencefiction, this 'lyrical, melancholy new drama' (Washington Post) has twists and turns that will keepaudiences guessing until the very end.

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) announces a $950,000 gift from the Robina Foundation in support of the Yale Center for New Theatre.

Steppenwolf Theatre has selected Sideshow Theatre Company as one of three innovative Chicagoland storefront theatres to produce a show for Steppenwolf's 2nd Annual GARAGE REP.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce the three Chicago companies selected for its 2nd annual GARAGE REP: Sideshow Theatre Company, The Strange Tree Group and UrbanTheater Company.

Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, today announced the seven directors for plays previously selected for its 46th season.

During my first theater job in New York, I was asked to go to a reading of a play called The Mistakes Madeleine Made, by Elizabeth Meriwether. The play - about a young woman facing family tragedy and a fear of cleanliness -- ended up being produced by Naked Angels, and I've remembered it fondly for years because I enjoyed it so much. It was dark, but funny; deeply disturbed ideas somehow created infectious laughter, and it didn't feel gimmicky for a second. There was something paradoxical about how grounded Meriwether's writing made the zany premise of the story feel - and it worked. I looked forward to seeing her future endeavors.

Five-time Emmy Award-winner John Larroquette will make a stage appearance this spring, joining Johanna Day, Monica Raymund, and Michael Zegen in the cast of Elizabeth Meriwether's new play OLIVER PARKER!, in its world-premiere by the Off-Broadway theatre company the stageFARM, with previews starting May 9 prior to its official opening night May 17 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St.) in Manhattan.

Five-time Emmy Award-winner John Larroquette will make a stage appearance this spring, joining Johanna Day, Monica Raymund, and Michael Zegen in the cast of Elizabeth Meriwether's new play OLIVER!, in its world-premiere by the Off-Broadway theatre company the stageFARM, with previews starting May 9 prior to its official opening night May 17 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St.) in Manhattan.

The Off-Broadway theatre company the stageFARM (Carrie Shaltz, Founder/Executive Director and Alex Kilgore, Artistic Director) will present the world premiere of OLIVER!, a new play by Elizabeth Meriwether ('The Mistakes Madeline Made,' 'Heddatron'), directed by Evan Cabnet.

Directed by Evan Cabnet, OLIVER PARKER! is a jet black comedy about hurting the ones you love, and loving the ones that hurt: Oliver (Michael Zegen) is 17 and Jasper (John Laroquette) is 60. They are best friends. Oliver wants to get laid, and Jasper wants to help. Jasper wants to drink himself to death, and Oliver wants to save him. And they share a secret that could ruin them both... if it hasn't already.