Jerry Zaks News

Two performances have been added to the August 20 to 24 Honda Center engagement of the spectacular theatrical arena show, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Live Experience, based on the award-winning BBC Television Series.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) is celebrating a milestone - this spring marked their 30th Marathon of One-Act Plays - and the occasion was be celebrated with a gala Benefit Dinner in honor of distinguished E.S.T. member Jerry Zaks and outstanding corporate leader Jerry Saviola. The Benefit Dinner was held Tuesday, June 24th at the Players Club (16 Gramercy Park).

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE is celebrating a milestone - this spring marks their 30th Marathon of One-Act Plays - and the occasion will be celebrated with a gala Benefit Dinner in honor of distinguished E.S.T. member Jerry Zaks and outstanding corporate leader Jerry Saviola. The Benefit Dinner will be held Tuesday, June 24th at the Players Club.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE is celebrating a milestone - this spring marks their 30th Marathon of One-Act Plays - and the occasion will be celebrated with a gala Benefit Dinner in honor of distinguished E.S.T. member Jerry Zaks and outstanding corporate leader Jerry Saviola. The Benefit Dinner will be held Tuesday, June 24th at the Players Club.

According to recent reports, Chazz Palminteri's one-man play A Bronx Tale will be playing from September 9-21st in Los Angeles at the Wadsworth Theatre. Palminteri will star and Jerry Zaks will direct.

Dinosaurs return to the earth in a live theatrical arena show, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Live Experience, based on the award-winning BBC Television Series. WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Live Experience is now on tour in North America for two years and will perform 12 performances MADISON SQUARE GARDEN in New York City.

One of this decade's most acclaimed plays makes its Berkshire-area debut when Barrington Stage Company presents Doug Wright's 'I Am My Own Wife', May 21 through June 8.

Dinosaurs return to the earth in a live theatrical arena show, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Live Experience, based on the award-winning BBC Television Series. WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Live Experience is now on tour in North America for two years and will perform 12 performances MADISON SQUARE GARDEN in New York City. Over 1,000,000 Americans have already seen the production since it opened in July 2007. The show originated in Australia where it played several sold-out months.

Pittsburgh CLO's Summer Season 2008 will feature an outstanding array of Broadway stars and musical theater's most respected directors and choreographers.

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, in partnership with THE VIERTEL/FRANKEL/BARUCH/ROUTH GROUP and Leap (Learning through an Expanded Arts Program), announced today that Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson ('Law & Order', Come Back, Little Sheba), two-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominated actor Charles S. 'Roc' Dutton, Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber (Talk Radio, Henry V) and Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow ('Third Rock from the Sun', Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) headline an impressive roster of Broadway luminaries lending time and support for Fidelity FutureStage, a comprehensive arts education initiative designed to bring professional theater into the classrooms of participating New York City schools.

Before heading to Broadway, Mark Nadler will bring his one-man comedy-in-music adventure, Russian on the Side, to the Royal George Theatre Mainstage, 1641 North Halsted Street in Chicago, for a limited eight-week engagement, April 30 - June 15, 2008. (Previews begin April 22). The official press opening is scheduled for Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m.

The limited engagement of A Bronx Tale starring Chazz Palminteri at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre, closed Sunday, February 24 on a high note, recouping its capitalization. A national tour will take place later this year.

A Bronx Tale starring Chazz Palminteri, ends its limited run this Sunday February 24 following the 3 PM matinee. The show will have played 19 previews and 108 performances.

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28). Lane will appear as the special guest on Friday, February 22 at 6 p.m. The show will repeat on Saturday, February 23 at noon, Sunday, February 24 at 7 p.m., and Wednesday, February 27 at midnight. The program becomes available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org beginning Monday afternoon, February 25.

On Wednesday, February 13, Academy Award nominated actor Chazz Palminteri (Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale) welcomed 100 Fidelity Futurestage students from the Bronx (Stevenson High School, School for Community Research and Learning & Millennium Art Academy) to a performance of A Bronx Tale, which he wrote and is currently starring in, and a post-show talk back at the Walter Kerr Theatr

The Public Theater continues its spring season with the U.S. premiere of Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, a new play by Caryl Churchill presented in association with the Royal Court Theatre. This two-character play, directed by James Macdonald and featuring Scott Cohen and Samuel West, comes to The Public after an acclaimed run at the Royal Court in London last year. Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? will begin previews on Wednesday, March 5 and run through Sunday, April 6 with an official press opening on Sunday, March 16 at 7PM.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's 'One-on-One Conversation Series' will feature Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell with moderator Hal Luftig (producer, Legally Blonde) on Monday, March 3 at 6:30 PM at Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, June Havoc Mainstage (312 W. 36th Street).

Chazz Palminteri, star and writer of Broadway's A Bronx Tale will appear on 'Theater Talk' tonight (Saturday morning) January 26 at 1AM. 'Theater Talk' airs locally on Thirteen/WNET and CUNY-TV.

Chazz Palminteri, star and writer of Broadway's A Bronx Tale will appear on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' tonight Thursday, January 17th. 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' airs on Channel 4 - WNBC in the tri-state area between 12:30 - 1:30 AM.