George S. Kaufman News

Artistic Director David Esbjornson announces today the finalized list of titles for Seattle Repertory Theatre's upcoming 2008-09 season - a mix of classics and new works delving into subjects as diverse as war, immigration, apocalypse, Craigslist and body image. According to Esbjornson, 'Our goal is to provide the most eclectic, imaginative and provocative programming for this community - plays that reflect the entire spectrum of what defines our amazing city'

By George Productions presents the Los Angeles Premiere of the 1937 Broadway musical comedy hit, 'I'd Rather Be Right', opening at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre

During an exclusive live online chat with legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, Roundabout's Artistic Director Todd Haimes announced plans to bring 'Merrily We Roll Along' to Broadway sometime in 2009/2010.

In tribute to the late Kitty Carlisle Hart, 'Theater Talk' is repeating its 2002 interview with her and Anne Kaufman Schneider, this Friday, August 24, at 12:30 AM on Thirteen.

The York Theatre Company will present the musical drama version of Of Mice and Men, based on the book by John Steinbeck as part of the Developmental Reading Series on Monday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre at St. Peter's

This flat out hilarious show is for people who love Broadway musicals but who hate Broadway musicals that are based on movies, have jukebox scores, sell on-stage seating, make the actors wear those mouthpiece microphones, wink at the audience with smarmy self-reference, are cheaply produced, are packed with jokes only gay men understand, really belong Off-Broadway and put the actors on roller skates.

American Century Theatre presents a fascinating staged reading of Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman's claws-out 1936 comedy Stage Door

Actor Neil Patrick Harris will make his theatrical directorial debut helming the private premiere staged reading of an original comedic script, I Am Grock, written by Amanda Rogers, on July 17 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood...

Arlington, VA's American Century Theater will bring George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's Stage Door to life from June 21st through 24th as part of its 'Rescue Series.'

Rubicon Theatre Company Founders Karyl Lynn Burns and James O'Neil have just announced plans for the company's 10th Anniversary Season, at a press conference at Rubicon's home in Ventura.

Kitty Carlisle Hart, the elegant legend whose seventy-year career encompassed theatre, films, opera, TV game shows and cabaret, has passed away at the age of 96.

TheatreWorks closes its 37th season with a revival of Stephen Sondheim's classic modern musical 'Merrily We Roll Along' playing April 4 - 29 (opening April 7) at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

The Opening Doors Theatre Company's premiere production of their Closing Notice series is the infamous sequel to Bye, Bye, Birdie

On November 16th, on what would have been his 117th birthday, the first official website for America's greatest comic dramatist, George S. Kaufman, was launched.

The classic comedy You Can't Take It With You is in excellent form at Garland Civic Theatre.

John Kenrick, will conclude his 'Red, White & Blue' series of Musical Conversations, jumping off the political theme of Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln, with a discussion on George S. Kaufman.

An upcoming staged reading of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's 1927 classic The Royal Family has drawn a starry cast that includes Marian Seldes and Mercedes Ruehl

A memorial celebration of the life and career of Cy Feuer, legendary Broadway producer, director, composer, musician, and immediate past chairman and longtime president of The League of American Theatres and Producers, will be held on Thursday, September 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Utilizing the political themes of the York Theatre's current production of Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln, now in previews, internationally recognized musical theatre authority John Kenrick will continue his 'Musical Conversations' discussion series at York with four appropriate topics.

The Talk of the Town, the musical featuring the witty banter from the illustrious Round Table luncheons, will play its final performance on Monday, August 7th in the Oak Room of the legendary Algonquin Hotel