George C. Wolfe News

The complete cast is now set for the upcoming Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park production of Macbeth, starring Liev Schreiber and Jennifer Ehle; it will begin performances at the Delacorte Theare in Central Park on June 13th for a run through July 7th

Clive Roew, Angela M. Caesar, Malinda Parris and Nataylia Roni have been cast in the upcoming London production of Caroline, or Change, with more casting to be announced

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that The Public Theater's 2006 Summer Gala will bring the Public's 50th Anniversary Season to a close by honoring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep, two prominent actors who have made significant artistic contributions to The Public Theater over the last four decades.

Award winning filmmaker Taylor Hackford will make his Broadway debut as director of the new musical, Leap of Faith, to premiere in the 2007-2008 season.

On May 18th, New Dramatists will present Chita Rivera with a Career Achievement Awrd

The Public Theater is taking applications for the 2006 Shakespeare Lab, a thirteen-week acting intensive scheduled to take place May 30th through August 27th; the application deadline is Friday, March 31st

On March 13th, theatre, film and TV stars--as well as the legendary lady herself--came out for a benefit screening of Liza with a 'Z' at the Ziegfeld Theatre

Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Evita and Spamalot join a long list of musical productions opening in 2006..

Streep will take on the title role of Brecht's masterpiece in a summer 2006 production at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre

SPRING AWAKENING will begin previews Thursday, May 18, 2006, officially open Thursday, June 15, 2006 and play a limited engagement through Sunday, July 9, 2006.

Operas by composers such as Michael John LaChiusa and Adam Guettel, as well as opera productions helmed by high-profile directors like Mary Zimmerman, are slated to debut at the Met at the end of this decade and the beginning of next

The world premiere recording of See What I Wanna See is now available for pre-order on Sh-k-boom records. Their web site reports a release date for the album of mid-February.

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Idina Menzel and others took part in The Public Sings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration on January 30th

We Will Rock You closes after four years, Judi Dench's Hay Fever opens with a top price of £60, Evita is officially launched and Caroline or Change plans London run

Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's Caroline, or Change will receive a London production at the National Theatre in mid-October; George C. Wolfe will direct

Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS has put up a number of new theatre-related items for auction on eBay

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the availability of applications for the 2006 Princess Grace Awards in Theater and Playwriting with application and postmark deadlines of March 31, 2006

The Color Purple, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.) on November 1st and opened on Thursday, December 1, 2005. BroadwayWorld was there to capture all the night'e excitement!