Joan Didion News

A near record was achieved by performers taking part in The 21st Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, with the second-highest total raised in the event's history.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS presented the first part of the 21st Annual Easter Bonnet Competition on Monday, April 23, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Just as everyone deals with the grief of the loss of a loved one in their own personal way, I imagine individual reactions to this stage adaptation of Joan Didion's memoir recounting her own grieving process after the loss of her husband, will be quite varied and, ultimately, personal.

Laura Bell Bundy, Hugh Dancy, Ashley Brown and many more will co-host BC/EFA's 21st Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

The Year of Magical Thinking will be featured on 'The Today Show' on Friday morning, April 13, between 8:30-9:00AM

The Year of Magical Thinking, starring Vanessa Redgrave and based on the best-selling memoir by Joan Didion, opened at the Booth Theatre on March 29th, and BroadwayWorld was there for the star-studded evening!

The Year of Magical Thinking will enjoys its world premiere March 29, at Broadway's Booth Theatre. The one-woman production, written by acclaimed author Joan Didion and based on her best-selling memoir, stars Vanessa Redgrave (Oscar-winner for Julia) and will run for a limited engagement of 24 weeks. David Hare directs.

WABC-TV (Channel 7) will air 'Broadway Backstage: Spring Preview' on Saturday, March 24 at 7:30pm.

Click in for reviews of The Year of Magical Thinking, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, Will Power: How to Act Shakespeare in 21 Days, Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in The Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters, WALT DISNEY: The Triumph of the American Imagination, George Gershwin: His Life and Work, The Great American Mousical, Notebooks, Elizabeth and Kate: The Woman That Was Hepburn.

BroadwayWorld.com is pleased to bring you this special video featuring the legendary Vanessa Redgrave and author Joan Didion as they discuss the highly anticipated production of 'The Year of Magical Thinking' which begins previews on March 6th at Broadway's Booth Theater.

Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave will be featured on NPR's 'Morning Edition' on Thursday, February 8 discussing The Year of Magical Thinking with host Renee Montagne.

Author Joan Didion and actress Vanessa Redgrave will be featured on WCBS's 'The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend' special airing Saturday, January 27, 7-8PM

Tickets to The Year of Magical Thinking, starring Academy Award- and Tony Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave, are now on sale to holders of American Express cards

Michael Cumpsty, Julianne Moore, David Hare, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave and Martin Short, among others, will join New York Times writers to discuss their careers and crafts as part of the annual New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend, which will take place from January 5th through 7th, 2007

Bipolar disorder, diplomacy, peace in the middle east, a troubled marriage - then stir

A theatre, opening dates and a creative team have been set for the upcoming Broadway production of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, starring the previously-announced Vanessa Redgrave

Tony Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave will star in the Broadway-bound stage adaptation of The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's bestselling memoir of loss, grief and healing

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Larry David, and the women of 'The Sopranos' appeared at the New York Times' Arts & Leisure Weekend's 'Times Talks: Special Editions' on January 7th

The New York Times reports that the bestseller written by Joan Didion is being adapted by the author for stage, and is expected on Broadway in Spring 2007.