A spokeswoman for Patti LuPone has announced that due to illness, the actress will no longer be able to perform tonight in 'Ladies Who Sing Sondheim'. According to reports Laura Benanti has also pulled out of the event due to illness also, Raul Esparza, Barbara Walsh and Donna McKechnie have jumped aboard as part of the evenings entertainment.
John Doyle will direct and host Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Debra Monk, Pamela Myers and Jenna Russell in 'Ladies Who Sing Sondheim' for a benefit performance on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 7PM in celebration of The Acting Company's 35th Anniversary.
Gerald Schoenfeld, Board Chairman of The Shubert Organization and The Shubert Foundation, will receive the Joan Warburg Humanitarian Award from The Acting Company on Monday, November 12. Legendary producer Edgar Lansbury, will be presented the John Houseman Award honoring his commitment to the development of classical actors and a national audience for the theater.
When the new PBS special 'Character Studies: Living and Dying in 'Our Town' premieres nationally this summer, it will present a unique opportunity to view three aspects of Paul Newman's long and distinguished career.
Maria Aitken, director of London's Olivier-winning Best New Comedy, will bring an all star ensemble of Broadway actors to the stage of the Laura Pels Theatre on Monday, April 9th at 7pm as The Acting Company presents a benefit staged reading of W. Somerset Maugham's For Services Rendered.
Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, which combines the late actor-writer's monologues and stories with unpublished letters and journal entries, officially opens at the Minetta Lane Theatre March 6; previews began Feb. 20. Featuring Frank Wood, Kathleen Chalfant, Hazelle Goodman and Ain Gordon, this limited engagement will play through May 13.
Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque, starring Tony Award-winner Maggie Smith and Catherine McCormack, will begin at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in early March
Zoe Caldwell, Roseanne Cash, Megan Dodds, John Doyle, Tom Fontana, Dana Ivey, Thomas Kean, Audra McDonald, Phyllis Newman, Alan Rickman, Laila Robins, David Schramm, Marian Seldes and Francesca Zambello will ateend the Acting Company's October 23rd Masquerade, in which Angela Lansbury will present an award to Patti LuPone
Tony Award-winner Maggie Smith will headline the cast of Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque, which will begin previews at a London theatre to be announced in February
Due to popular demand, an additional performance of 'Adam Pascal LIVE in concert' has been added on Friday July 28th at the Brentwood Theatre in addition to the previously announced performance on Saturday July 29th.
Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Harriet Harris, Frances Conroy and Lisa Banes will headline This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a benefit for The Acting Company held in LA on December 5th
