Ethan Coen News

Manhattan Theatre Club announced casting for two of its upcoming productions: ROMANTIC POETRY, the world premiere musical by John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger, and RUINED, a world premiere play by Lynn Nottage.

The 20th Anniversary revival of DAVID MAMET's Speed-The-Plow announces its final cast member.

The 20th Anniversary revival of DAVID MAMET's Speed-The-Plow will begin performances on Friday, October 3, 2008 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) under the direction of NEIL PEPE (David Mamet's Romance, Ethan Coen's Almost an Evening).

Atlantic Theater Company has just announced its exciting 2008-2009 season. The main stage season at the Linda Gross Theater will mark premieres from Academy Award® winning filmmakers Ethan Coen and Martin McDonagh, who return to the Atlantic stage, and the debut of young playwright and screenwriter Beau Willimon.

On Wednesday, June 3rd the Atlantic Theater Company opened Annie Baker's BODY AWARENESS directed by Karen Kohlhaas and featuring Jonathan Clem, Peter Friedman, Mary McCann and JoBeth Williams.

ALMOST AN EVENING, Academy Award® winning film maker Ethan Coen's trio of comic plays directed by Neil Pepe, will welcome Kate Blumberg and Peter Maloney to the cast of the hit Off-Broadway production on Tuesday, May 13, 2008.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the world premiere production of Annie Baker's play BODY AWARENESS, directed by Karen Kohlhaas and featuring Jonathan Clem, Peter Friedman, Mary McCann and JoBeth Williams.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) is proud to announce an extension of the New York premiere production of Olivier Award® winning playwright Conor McPherson's play PORT AUTHORITY, directed by Henry Wishcamper and featuring Tony Award® nominee Brian d'Arcy James (Sweet Smell of Success), Tony Award® winner John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening) and Olivier Award® winner Jim Norton (The Seafarer).

Currently running at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street, Ethan Coen's 'Almost an Evening' sold out before performances began in its first home at the Atlantic Theater Company. Here, actor Del Pentecost sits down with BWW and talks about his experiences working with Ethan Coen, doing his first nude scene, and his favorite parts of the show.

Production begins in Connecticut this week on an untitled contemporary comedy directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The film is being produced and co-financed by Big Beach, with Focus Features co-financing and distributing worldwide.

Currently running at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street, Ethan Coen's 'Almost an Evening' sold out before performances began in its first home at the Atlantic Theater Company. Here, actor Joey Slotnick sits down with BWW and talks about the success of the show, his career in theater, and what it was like working with such a talented cast and crew.

Atlantic Theater Company's (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) 2008 Annual Spring gala, entitled 'Why Can't It Be a Musical? An Evening of Unexpected Musical Adaptations,' will be hosted by Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham and Atlantic ensemble member and Emmy Award winner Kristen Johnston on Monday, April 28th, 2008 at the fabled Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th floor).

Actor Tim Hopper sits down with BroadwayWorld.com and talks about his career and experiences working on 'Almost an Evening'--three one act plays written by Ethan Coen and directed by Neil Pepe currently running at the The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street.

On April 2nd, 2008 'Almost an Evening' opened on Bleecker Street. Ethan Coen's series of three one act plays unsuccessfully tackle important questions: Waiting - Someone waits somewhere for quite some time. Four Benches - His voyage to self-discovery takes a British intelligence agent to steam baths in New York and Texas, and to park benches in the U.S. And U.K. Debate - Cosmic questions are taken up. Not much is learned.

Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus), now starring in Atlantic Theater Company's hit world premiere production of Academy Award winning film maker Ethan Coen's ALMOST AN EVENING, will appear live on 'CW 11 Morning News' on Monday, March 31st, and on Bloomberg Television's 'Night Talk with Mike Schneider' on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008.

Two celebrated figures in the theatre, actress Lisa Kron and playwright Deb Margolin, will be reunited for the first time in twenty years when Six Figures Theatre Company and Purple Man Theater present Ms. Kron in the world premiere of Ms. Margolin's newest work, TIME IS THE MERCY OF ETERNITY -- four short plays about the effects of love, violence, and obsession on the body and soul -- with previews set to begin April 21 prior to its official press opening April 22 at West End Theatre (263 West 86th Street) in Manhattan.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the New York premiere production of Olivier Award® winning playwright Conor McPherson's play PORT AUTHORITY, directed by Henry Wishcamper and featuring Tony Award® nominee Brian d'Arcy James (Sweet Smell of Success), Tony Award® winner Jonathan Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening) and Olivier Award® winner Jim Norton (The Seafarer).

Tonight, March 20th, 2008 Almost An Evening will begin previews at the Bleecker Street Theatre. Direct from its sold-out run at the Atlantic Theater Company, Ethan Coen's series of three one act plays unsuccessfully tackle important questions Almost An Evening, directed by Atlantic artistic director Neil Pepe, sold out before previews began on January 9, opened on January 22, and played a limited engagement through February 10, 2008 Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16th Street). The Off-Broadway transfer of Almost An Evening will be produced by Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) and Art Meets Commerce (Chip Meyrelles, Executive Director; Ken Greiner, Producing Director). The Atlantic Stage 2 engagement of Almost An Evening featured Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, Jonathan Cake, J.R. Horne, Jordan Lage, Mark Linn-Baker, Elizabeth Marvel, Mary McCann, Del Pentecost and Joey Slotnick.

Catch this special video feature of 'Almost An Evening' in rehearsals!

Tony Award® nominee Johanna Day and Steppenwolf Theatre Company member Tim Hopper join the cast of Atlantic Theater Company's acclaimed world premiere production of Academy Award®-winning film maker Ethan Coen's Almost An Evening.