Jennifer Ikeda News

Manhattan Theatre Club is pleased to announce guests and dates for After Words, the popular discussion series at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Manhattan Theatre Club's eagerly anticipated production of Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS begins performances tonight, April 15 at MTC's Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). This limited engagement will open Wednesday, May 7.

Second Generation, the nation's preeminent Asian American theater company devoted to developing the next generation of APA theater artists, presents SIX, a series of world premiere one-act plays by Asian American playwrights.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer; Daniel Sullivan, Acting Artistic Director 2007-2008 Season) is pleased to announce that three-time Tony Awardâ nominee Mary Beth Hurt will complete the cast of the upcoming Broadway premiere of Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS at MTC's Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Jennifer Ikeda and Ana Reeder join the cast of the MTC upcoming Broadway production of Caryl Churchill's 'Top Girls'

Affinity Company Theater in association with The Poetry Society of America will present two dramatic performances of the masterful poem, W. H. Auden's, For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio in honor of the poet's centenary on December 9 at 7:30PM.

This fall, Red Bull Theater returns with 'Revelation Readings,' an Obie Award-Winning reading series exploring new and classic plays of heightened language. Leading off was a benefit reading of Paula Vogel's Desdemona, featuring Jessica Hecht, performed at the Playwrights Horizons Mainstage at 7PM on October 1.

Red Bull Theater announces their fall season with the return of Revelation Readings, an Obie Award-Winning reading series exploring new and classic plays of heightened language, a major new revival of Christopher Marlowe's Edward the Second, a new play workshop called In The Raw, and a second full production to be announced later this season.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre ends its 2006/07 Season with a dark and delightful new adaptation of Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' staged by one of Britain's most innovative theatre artists, beginning previews in the Roda Theatre on May 11, opens May 16, and closes June 24.

The most difficult aspect of dramatizing a well-known and well-loved work of literature is finding the correct balance between maintaining the integrity of the original work and adding elements to justify the adaptation. The recent Broadway revival of A Chorus Line was criticized for being a carbon copy of the original production, while the short-lived, musicalized version of The Wedding Singer film was criticized for changing key plot points. How, then, can an adaptation to the stage do justice to the original work as well as bring the material to life in a new and innovative way? Neil Bartlett seems to know the secret. In his adaptation of 'Oliver Twist,' the classic novel by Charles Dickens, Bartlett captures the dark, dank world of the young orphan in a way that Lionel Bart's musical Oliver! fails to do. There are no upbeat songs about 'Oom-Pah-Pah!' or considering yourself part of the family; Bartlett's Oliver Twist is no musical comedy.

The Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) is currently presenting French playwright Pierre Marivaux's 18th century romantic comedy The Dispute, directed by Jean Randich -- performed by an all Asian-American cast.

The Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), will present French playwright Pierre Marivaux's 18th Century romantic comedy The Dispute, directed by Jean Randich -- performed by an all Asian-American cast -- with previews beginning August 4 prior to an official press opening of August 8 at the Abingdon Theatre

The Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), will present French playwright Pierre Marivaux's 18th century romantic comedy The Dispute, directed by Jean Randich -- performed by an all Asian-American cast -- with previews beginning August 4 prior to an official press opening of August 8

Rain may have kept the cast from rehearsing as planned in the Park yesterday, but not from posing for BroadwayWorld.com!

Productions of As You Like It and The Two Gentlemen of Verona will comprise the Public Theatre's summer season

The Public Theater announces that Brian Bedford, Lynn Collins, Jennifer Ikeda, Richard Thomas, and James Waterston have joined the cast of As You Like It for Shakespeare in the Park. As You Like It is the first production scheduled in The Public's year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration, with performances beginning Tuesday, June 25th and continuing through Sunday, July 17th.