James Lapine News

The Actors' Fund of America will hold benefit Special Performances for One-Man Star Wars Trilogy and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on October 17th and 23rd, respectively

Debra Monk will appear in the title role of a November workshop production of James Lapine's Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing at Second Stage

This December, DISNEY LIVE! WINNIE THE POOH will play a special month-long holiday engagement at New York's legendary Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway at West 74th Street), December 8-28, 2005.

Tonight at 12:30 AM on Thirteen, THEATER TALK's guests are composer/lyricist William Finn and director James Lapine discussing their TONY Award-winning hit musical, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has recouped its investment

Chad talks about his life as a cow, surfer, rock icon, entrepreneur and

A special 'for-mature-audiences-only' performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be held on October 2nd

LESTAT stars Hugh Panaro in the title role, Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle, Jack Noseworthy as Armand, Jim Stanek as Louis, Roderick Hill as Nicolas, Michael Genet as Marius and Allison Fischer as Claudia.

Holy Cross Sucks!, billed as a Comedy About the Tragedy of High School, will run from August 31st to October 1st at Ars Nova, with opening night set for Sept. 9

Exclusive backstage video of understudies Todd Buonopane, Kate Wetherhead, Lisa Yuen and Willis White!

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