Jan Maxwell News

Tickets for the Kennedy Center production of FOLLIES will go on sale to the general public at Noon on Sun., Jan. 30.

Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director) announces that The Witch of Edmonton, directed by Mr. Berger, which begins a limited engagement January 25th at Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues) will have its Gala Benefit Performance on Sunday January 30th.

Today, I want to introduce you to an organization I've known about for years but didn't fully understand until I learned about it through -- what else -- Twitter. It's simultaneously one of the most visible theatrical organizations, and yet one whose scope is seldom fully grasped. I'm talking about the American Theatre Wing, best known as the creator and managing organization of the Tony Awards. But you may not know how much else they do for the theatrical arts, in New York and beyond.

Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director) announces that The Witch of Edmonton, directed by Mr. Berger, which begins a limited engagement January 25th at Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues) will have its Gala Benefit Performance on Sunday January 30th.

Michael Dale names ten memorable theatre moments from some of New York's lesser known 2010 productions.

The American Theatre Wing's (Theodore S. Chapin, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Howard Sherman, Executive Director) original interview series, "Downstage Center," reaches a milestone today with the release of the program's 300th interview.

Monday November 29th, 7:30pm GERTRUDE - THE CRY by HOWARD BARKER with F. MURRAY ABRAHAM • DAVID BARLOW, STEPHANIE JANSSEN • BRENT LANGDON, ROBERT EMMET LUNNEY • JAN MAXWELL AND MORE

Monday November 29th, 7:30pm GERTRUDE - THE CRY by HOWARD BARKER with F. MURRAY ABRAHAM • DAVID BARLOW, STEPHANIE JANSSEN • BRENT LANGDON, ROBERT EMMET LUNNEY • JAN MAXWELL AND MORE

Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, who is currently appearing in Stephen Sondheim's critically acclaimed Broadway musical revival, A Little Night Music, returned to the Feinstein's stage for a special one night only engagement titled 'I Still Happen to Like New York' at NYC's premiere night club, FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY on Monday, November 15th at 8:30 PM.

Follies will feature Danny Burstein as Buddy Plummer and Ron Raines as Benjamin Stone, joining previously announced Terrence Currier as Theodore Whitman, Rosalind Elias as Heidi Schiller, Florence Lacey as Sandra Crane, Linda Lavin as Hattie Walker, Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion, Bernadette Peters as Sally Durant Plummer, Régine as Solange LaFitte, David Sabin as Dimitri Weismann, Susan Watson as Emily Whitman, and Terri White as Stella Deems.

HUNTER RYAN HERDLICKA, who is currently appearing in Stephen Sondheim's critically acclaimed Broadway musical revival, A Little Night Music, will return to the Feinstein's stage for a special one night only engagement titled "I (Still) Happen to Like New York" at NYC's premiere night club, FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY on Monday, November 15th at 8:30 PM.

HUNTER RYAN HERDLICKA, who is currently appearing in Stephen Sondheim's critically acclaimed Broadway musical revival, A Little Night Music, will return to the Feinstein's stage for a special one night only engagement titled "I (Still) Happen to Like New York" at NYC's premiere night club, FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY on Monday, November 15th at 8:30 PM.

Second Stage Theatre will present the New York premiere of Rajiv Joseph's (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) Gruesome Playground Injuries featuring Pablo Schreiber and Jennifer Carpenter in 2011, the New York Times reveals today. Scott Ellis will direct. Preview will begin on January 5, 2011, with an opening night scheduled for January 31, 2011.

A rep for A Little Night Music star Bernadette Peters has revealed to the New York Times that Bernadette Peters and Trevor Nunn are hoping to continue their collaboration, possibly in the form of a Follies revival on Broadway. Nunn is possibly going to bring a revival of the Sondheim classic to the West End in 2011, a production which could transfer to Broadway thereafter.

Perhaps not content with merely being the best comic actress on the New York stage, Jan Maxwell follows her hilarious turns in last season's revivals of The Royal Family and Lend Me A Tenor by refreshing her dramatic chops a with a riveting, edge of your seat performance in John Doyle's senses-tingling production of Arthur Kopit's 1978 drama, Wings.

Follies will feature Terrence Currier as Theodore Whitman, Rosalind Elias as Heidi Schiller, Florence Lacey as Sandra Crane, Linda Lavin as Hattie Walker, Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion, Régine as Solange LaFitte, David Sabin as Dimitri Weismann, Susan Watson as Emily Whitman, and Terri White as Stella Deems joining previously announced Bernadette Peters as Sally Durant Plummer. The production has also been extended two weeks and will now run May 7 to June 19, 2011.

HUNTER RYAN HERDLICKA, who is currently appearing in Stephen Sondheim's critically acclaimed Broadway musical revival, A Little Night Music, will return to the Feinstein's stage for a special one night only engagement titled "I (Still) Happen to Like New York" at NYC's premiere night club, FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY on Monday, November 15th at 8:30 PM.

Directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, Company), WINGS began previews at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43rd street) on Tuesday, October 5. The production officially opened on Sunday, October 24.

ADAM HELLER has joined the cast of Second Stage Theatre's production of Arthur Kopit's acclaimed play WINGS. Directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, Company), WINGS will begin previews at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43rd street) on Tuesday, October 5. The production will officially open on Sunday, October 24.

HUNTER RYAN HERDLICKA, who is currently appearing in Stephen Sondheim's critically acclaimed Broadway musical revival, A Little Night Music, will return to the Feinstein's stage for a special one night only engagement titled "I (Still) Happen to Like New York" at NYC's premiere night club, FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY on Monday, November 15th at 8:30 PM.