Fabian Obispo News

A world premiere play based on a true story about a college professor who stood up in defense of the freedom of speech and the price he paid for his courage will be staged at Westport Country Playhouse

American Conservatory Theater ends its seminal 40th anniversary season with Constance Congdon's world premiere adaptation of Moliere's 'The Imaginary Invalid' to play June 7 - July 8.

Westport Country Playhouse presents an award-winning love story with unexpected twists, 'Mary's Wedding,' directed by Tazewell Thompson. The play, written by Stephen Massicotte, runs June 21 through July 7.

Federico Garcia Lorca's classic play The House of Bernarda Alba, about a household of women repressed by a domineering mother, and William Finn's modern classic musical Falsettoland, about a gay/straight/divorced/married extended family of New Yorkers preparing for a son's bar mitzvah, will be presented by the Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) in June 2007 in NYC.

The Romance of Magno Rubio -- Ma-Yi Theater Company's acclaimed, OBIE Award-winning production based on a short-story by the McCarthy-era blacklisted novelist Carlos Bulosan -- will be presented for a limited Off-Broadway engagement with previews to begin May 19, prior to an official press opening May 27 at The Culture Project

Arena Stage will present a major revival of the award-winning contemporary comedy The Heidi Chronicles in loving tribute to the late Wendy Wasserstein.

The 2006 Barrymore Awards, celebrating achievement in Philadelphia-area theatre, were announced on October 23rd at the Merriam Theatre

The world premiere of Julia Cho's Durango, a new drama about family and the American Dream, directed by Chay Yew, will begin previews at the Public Theater on November 7th

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals was held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St. between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, Old Wicked Songs by Jon Marans, will be staged at Westport Country Playhouse, October 19 through November 5

Casting and directors have been announced for The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will be held at New World Stages on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9, 2006

Christopher Durang, Frank Wildhorn, Lauren Kennedy and Jarrod Emick were among those who scored Barrymore Award nominations

The American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has nominated 57 theater artists for recognition of their outstanding work in 39 productions presented during the 2005-2006 New York theater season

Due to the illness of The Right Kind of People's lead actor, playwright Charles Grodin will step in for tonight's and tomorrow's performances. The show will play its last performance on Sunday, March 5th at 3 PM

Charles Grodin's play The Right Kind of People will end its limited run on March 5th

Off-Broadway¹s Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer - Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director ­ Elliot Fox, Managing Director) and Bloomingdale¹s have formed a corporate partnership in celebration of the New York Premiere of Charles Grodin¹s new play, The Right Kind of People, which begins performances at Primary Stages, the resident company at 59E59 Theaters, Tuesday, January 24, 2006, and is slated to run until Sunday, March 5, 2006.

Primary Stages in association with Julian Schlossberg presents the New York premiere of the new play The Right Kind of People by Charles Grodin at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59 Street between Park & Madison Avenues).

Sixty-nine theatre artists representing 51 shows have been nominated for 2005 Henry Hewes Design Awards

Turn-of-the-century figures inspired recent works at Merrimack and Seacoast Reps