Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) has made some revisions in the previously announced 2008 season of productions. Distinguished actor and director Paul Newman will direct the Playhouse's fall production, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; Timothy Busfield, Emmy Award-winning actor from 'The West Wing,' 'Studio 60' and 'thirtysomething,' will star in the dark comedy Vigil, launching its tri-state area premiere on February 26; and Time of My Life, a comedy by Alan Ayckbourn, reuniting author, director and cast members from one of last season's biggest hits, is newly slated for April production.
Award-winning talents Eartha Kitt, Shuler Hensley, Debra Monk, James Naughton, Bebe Neuwirth, David Hyde Pierce, Ben Vereen and Karen Ziemba honored the late Fred Ebb and John Kander, the Tony Award-winning composer/song-writing team of Chicago, Cabaret and Curtains, on Monday, September 24, at Westport Country Playhouse.
Tony Award-winning talents will take the stage of Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, Connecticut to celebrate guest of honor John Kander, the Tony Award-winning composer of Chicago, Cabaret and Curtains, on Monday, September 24.
A world premiere play based on a true story about a college professor who stood up in defense of the freedom of speech and the price he paid for his courage will be staged at Westport Country Playhouse
Westport Country Playhouse, led by artistic director Tazewell Thompson and managing director Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, has received its first-ever grant from The National Endowment for the Arts in the category of Access to Artistic Excellence, for $15,000.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Charles Grodin, Joanna Gleason and Chris Sarandon were among the all-star cast reading classic, contemporary and humorous love poems in 'Come Be My Love….Love Spoken Here,' which took place on Saturday February 10, 8 p.m., at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, CT.
Last Monday, January 22nd, despite the rush hour, snow flurries and freezing temperatures, supporters of playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith headed to the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, CT for The Last Journey
