Jeff Talbott News

The Broadway community mourns the loss of Arthur Laurents, who passed away Thursday night at age 93.

The Broadway community mourns the loss of Arthur Laurents, who passed away Thursday night at age 93. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in his memory tonight, May 6th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.

The Trustees of The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation, Inc. are pleased to announce that THE SUBMISSION by JEFF TALBOTT has been selected for the 2011 LAURENTS / HATCHER FOUNDATION AWARD.

According to the NY Times, Broadway's Arthur Laurents and partner, Tom Hatcher have awarded playwright Jeff Talbott their first Laurents-Hatcher Award. Talbott, an actor who's play THE SUBMISSION will make its off- Broadway debut at MCC Theatre this year, will receive a $150,000 prize.

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed company "dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit," will present a one-night only concert reading of The Triangle Factory Fire Project, its critically-acclaimed 2004 Off Broadway production.

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed company "dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit," will present a one-night only concert reading of The Triangle Factory Fire Project, its critically-acclaimed 2004 Off Broadway production.

Tony Award winner Rondi Reed is set to participate in a reading of Making God Laugh, written by Sean Grennan on March 25. The private presentation will take place at 3 PM in the Irish Repertory Theatre's Studio Theatre at 132 W. 22nd Street.

Tony Award winner Rondi Reed is set to participate in a reading of Making God Laugh, written by Sean Grennan on March 25. The private presentation will take place at 3 PM in the Irish Repertory Theatre's Studio Theatre at 132 W. 22nd Street.

Due to extraordinary demand, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) has added an additional performance of A Christmas Story on Sunday, December 20 at 7 pm. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is presenting the classic tale from December 2 through December 27.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is presenting A Christmas Story from December 2 through December 27.

Due to extraordinary demand, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) has added an additional performance of A Christmas Story on Sunday, December 20 at 7 pm. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is presenting the classic tale from December 2 through December 27.

I distinctly recall the very first time I saw the film version of A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983). I sat alone in a nearly empty theatre as it unspooled, all the while thinking it deserving of a much better fate. So you can imagine my surprise when it became a cult hit, and then a full-fledged holiday tradition with 24 hour screenings on cable TV. Over the years, Jean Shepherd's personal recollections of his favorite Christmas have actually become an essential component in our festive rites, and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has crafted a wonderfully charming adaptation that's required viewing for the yuletide season.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is presenting A Christmas Story from December 2 through December 27.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is presenting A Christmas Story from December 2 through December 27.

A New York return after 22 years! The Alloy Theater Company presents 'Tell Me On A Sunday' with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Richard Maltby, Jr. and stars 2007 MAC award nominee Maxine Linehan. The show will run on Sundays from now through May 18th at The Laurie Beechman Theater @The West Bank Café 407 W42nd Street.

Capsule reviews of Such Good Friends, Love Sucks and JC2K

The NYMF presents the world premiere of Such Good Friends, featuring Tony Award-nominees Liz Larsen and Brad Oscar, a musical comedy with book, music and lyrics by Noel Katz, beginning September 28 at the Julia Miles Theatre.

On March 27th, the Mint Theater Company will present a one-night-only reading of Margaret Ayer Barnes' dramatization of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence

Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Diary of Anne Frank opened on Sunday night, January 22, 2006 and BroadwayWorld was there!

The Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Diary of Anne Frank, starring Isabel Keating and Michael Rupert, will begin performances on January 18th