Harley Granville-Barker News

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company today announced the cast for their third play of the 2009-2010 season, a rare revival of Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine, Jules Romains' prescient 1923 satire.

The Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company is pleased to announce a new lineup of EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions throughout the Mint's upcoming rare revival of Jules Romains' Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine. All of the EnrichMINT Events are free and open to the public.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company today announced the cast for their third play of the 2009-2010 season, a rare revival of Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine, Jules Romains' prescient 1923 satire.

The Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company is pleased to announce a new lineup of EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions throughout the Mint's upcoming rare revival of Jules Romains' Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine. All of the EnrichMINT Events are free and open to the public.

Bernie Madoff's got nothing on the Voyseys! In David Mamet's award-winning adaptation of Harley Granville-Barker's gripping drama, Edward Voysey not only inherits his family business but the malpractice of cheating clients to keep the business solvent. The production at 2nd Story Theatre will end its run on April 11th.

Bernie Madoff's got nothing on the Voyseys! In David Mamet's award-winning adaptation of Harley Granville-Barker's gripping drama, Edward Voysey not only inherits his family business but the malpractice of cheating clients to keep the business solvent.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company today announced the cast for their third play of the 2009-2010 season, a rare revival of Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine, Jules Romains' prescient 1923 satire. Gus Kaikkonen, who helmed Mint's acclaimed production The Madras House (2007), will direct, using his own translation and featuring a cast that includes Scott Barrow (33 Variations, Embraceable Me), Thomas M. Hammond (The Madras House, Hamlet (TFANA), The Receptionist], Jennifer Harmon (Dividing the Estate, Barefoot in the Park, Seascape), Patrick Husted (Dr. Bob in Bill W. and Dr. Bob, Wit), Patti Perkins (The Full Monty), and Chris Mixon (eight seasons with Alabama Shakespeare and four seasons for Utah Shakespearean Festival).

Bernie Madoff's got nothing on the Voyseys! In David Mamet's award-winning adaptation of Harley Granville-Barker's gripping drama, Edward Voysey not only inherits his family business but the malpractice of cheating clients to keep the business solvent.

Six writers, six directors and 27 actors will risk their reputations by creating an evening of theater in only 24 Hours.

Six writers, six directors and 27 actors will risk their reputations by creating an evening of theater in only 24 Hours.

The Denver Center Theatre Company opens the 2009 2010 Season with two classic dramas - one with special relevancy to the nation's current economic crisis in David Mamet's adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker and one celebrating the bruised but undaunted search for the American dream in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) continues the 2008-2009 season with The Widowing Of Mrs. Holroyd by D.H. Lawrence beginning February 4th. In conjunction with that, they will present a series of play readings, speakers and discussions to add to the experience, all under the banner 'EnrichMINT events.' READINGS - $35 each or $95 for all three (save $10) January 19th, 2009 at 7:30 PM The Marrying Of Ann Leete by Harley Granville Barker, directed by Gus Kaikkonen with Mary Bacon, Ross Bickel, Chet Carlin, Paul Coffey, Jack Davidson, Kurt Everhart, Jonathan Hogan, Allison McLemore, Chris Mixon, Thomas M. Hammond, Laurie Kennedy, Lee Moore, Patti Perkins, Saxon Palmer, Sandra Struthers-Clerc, Marc LaVasseur, and Kyle Yackoski

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) continues the 2008-2009 season with The Widowing Of Mrs. Holroyd by D.H. Lawrence beginning February 4th. In conjunction with that, they will present a series of play readings, speakers and discussions to add to the experience, all under the banner 'EnrichMINT events.' READINGS - $35 each or $95 for all three (save $10) January 19th, 2009 at 7:30 PM The Marrying Of Ann Leete by Harley Granville Barker, directed by Gus Kaikkonen with Mary Bacon, Ross Bickel, Chet Carlin, Paul Coffey, Jack Davidson, Kurt Everhart, Jonathan Hogan, Allison McLemore, Chris Mixon, Thomas M. Hammond, Laurie Kennedy, Lee Moore, Patti Perkins, Saxon Palmer, Sandra Struthers-Clerc, Marc LaVasseur, and Kyle Yackoski Written in 1899 when Granville Barker was 22, Ann Leete was the first play that Barker wrote without a collaborator. The Stage Society presented the play in 1901 but it was not seen again until the Royal Shakespeare Company produced it in 1975 with Mia Farrow in the title role. 'Its absence from the stage for more than two generations was unfortunate for English drama:' writes Dennis Kennedy in Granville Barker and the Dream of Theater, 'It is an extraordinary piece...' The play has never been produced in the U.S.

The American Theatre Wing's 'Working in the Theatre' will feature '99 and Under' on CUNY TV on Sunday, December 7 at 5 p.m. The segment will repeat on Friday, December 12 at 9 a.m., 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, December 13 at 11 a.m. The program becomes available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org beginning Wednesday, December 10.

The American Theatre Wing's 'Working in the Theatre' will feature '99 and Under' on CUNY TV on Sunday, December 7 at 5 p.m. The segment will repeat on Friday, December 12 at 9 a.m., 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, December 13 at 11 a.m. The program becomes available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org beginning Wednesday, December 10.

Voysey was originally written in 1905 yet it still resonates in today's world thanks to America's great history and love of MONEY. David Mamet's refreshing update of Harley Granville-Barker's play proves that's nothing has changed over the past 100 years. This insightful comedy intertwines the wit and passionate dialogue of George Bernard Shaw with the ethical conflicts of Arthur Miller.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere of David Mamet's sleek adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker, running Sept. 18 through Nov. 2 in the Upstairs Mainstage of the Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Preview performances begin Thursday, Sept. 18 with opening night Sunday, Sept. 21 at 7:00 pm. The Voysey Inheritance is directed by Remy Bumppo Artistic Director James Bohnen, and features Artistic Associate David Darlow and guest artist Raymond Fox.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced Jean Racine's passionate play Phedre as one of its productions for the 2009-10 season in a first-time coproduction with Canada's prestigious Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Bartlett Sher, who has received great acclaim as well as a Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award as Best Director of A Musical for the current Lincoln Center Theater production of South Pacific, will direct the new musical BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE WEST, to be produced on Broadway by Elephant Eye Theatrical. Joining Sher are Tony nominees David Yazbek (The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) composing the music and writing the lyrics and David Henry Hwang (M Butterfly, Yellow Face) penning the book.

Two-time Academy Award nominee Miranda Richardson will present playwright and actor Wallace Shawn with the Samuel H. Scripps Award at Theatre for a New Audience's Gala Celebrating Shakespeare's 444th Birthday. The celebration, Monday, May 12, will be held at The Powerhouse at the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street.