Gore Vidal News

Tony Award-winning Grey Gardens star Christine Ebersole will treat fans to a September 18th concert to benefit the Actors' Fund of America

Tony Award-winner Tom Bosley and TV and theatre veteran Michael Learned have been announced as replacements for Richard Chamberlain and Hayley Mills in the upcoming national tour of Ernest Thompson's On Golden Pond

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.

Robert Cuccioli and Ed Dixon will headline the Musicals in Mufti production of Mirette from December 16th through 18th

Tyler Maynard, Nancy Anderson, Seth Rudetsky and others star in a concert production of The Great Big Radio Show at the York Theatre

The York Theatre Company, (James Morgan Producing Artistic Director), will present the American Premiere of The Great Big Radio Show!, a delightful 1930's style musical comedy by Philip Glassborow and Nick McIvor.

Joe Mantegna will play the title role of Trumbo at L.A.'s Falcon Theatre from October 19th through November 13th

Pamela Hunt is no longer the director of the Kinsey musical Dr. Sex, but Ethan McSweeney is lending a hand for the production

Dawn Powell's overlooked 1931 play Walking Down Broadway will be presented at the Mint Theater Company from September 25th through November 6th

Richard Thomas will portray Tennesee Williams in Blanche and Beyond on August 8th at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, MA

Complete casting was announced today for the upcoming Broadway production of LENNON, the world premiere musical based on the life and songs of John Lennon. The cast includes Will Chase, Chuck Cooper, Julie Danao, Mandy Gonzalez, Marcy Harriell, Chad Kimball, Terrence Mann, Julia Murney, and Michael Potts.

Producer Jody Kuh is proud to present the world premiere of the eerie two-fister Shift Change, written by Ben Carlin and directed by Shawn Rozsa at the Producers Club II (616 Ninth Avenue).

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced the casting for its 16th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will be held at the new DODGER STAGES on Sunday, October 3 and Monday, October 4, 2004.

Based on the life and songs of John Lennon, the new tuner is slated for its Broadway debut at the Broadhurst Theatre, Summer 2005.

From a chorus boy in the original cast of 'Oklahoma!' to a one-man show off-Broadway and a Tony Award in between, George S. Irving has been one of Broadway's most endearing and enduring character men