James Lapine News

Casting is now complete for Sarah Schulman's play Manic Flight Reaction, which will open on October 23rd at Playwrights Horizon and play a limited run through November 6th

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be featured and Bob Balaban will be interviewd on the August 14th episode of A&E's Breakfast with the Arts

Tickets the new James Lapine play Fran's Bed will go on sale on August 9th; the show runs at Playwrights Horizon from September 25th through October 9th

Casting has been announced for the McCarter Theatre and Playwrights Horizons production of Christopher Durang's new play Miss Witherspoon

Rob Nash will star in the satiric 1-person, 6-character comedy Holy Cross Sucks! at Ars Nova from August 31st to October 1st

Composer/lyricist William Finn and the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will turn out at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Square on August 3rd to perform songs from the show and sign CDs

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Kevin Cahoon and his band Ghetto Cowboy will perform at Ars Nova on July 18th

The Playright Horizons show begins previews on August 30 and opens on September 25.

Broadway and film star Craig Bierko will guest star on Creation Nation at Ars Nova on June 23rd

All the speeches from all of last night's big winners!

We've got photos of all the glitzy, red-carpet arrivals for the 2005 Tony Awards.

Click in for the complete list of 2005 Tony Award Winners. By the numbers, the Light in the Piazza led the pack followed by Doubt, and Spamalot (which won Best Musical).

Two new plays and a musical will be part of Playwrights Horizons' exciting 2005-2006 season, of which 3 other plays have already been announced

250 high school students will attend a graduation ceremony on June 2nd for the arts mentoring program

The cast recording of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be released on Ghostlight Records on May 31st

The 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony took place on Sunday, May 22. The big winners of the night were Doubt and The Light in the Piazza, each of whom received 5 awards. Outstanding Musical however, went to Spamalot.