John Collins News

The Ontological-Hysteric Theater announced today that it will cease operations at the theater space at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery at the end of the 2009-2010 season (June 30, 2010). Since taking up a permanent home at St. Mark's Theater in 1992, the Ontological has presented annual theater works by Richard Foreman, whose trademark 'total theater' unites elements of the performing arts, visual art, philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature and, in recent years, film.

The Boston Theater Critics Association has announced its nominees for this year's Elliot Norton Awards, which recognize excellence in Greater Boston theater. The awards will be given at the 28th annual ceremony, to be held at 7 p.m.

Horton Foote's play, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, will begin performances at The Quotidian Theatre on April 16th. The theatre will continue with the production, despite the cancellation of The Tribute to the Life and Work of Horton Foote, which has been postponed until later this year.

The Elliot Norton Awards, which honor theatrical achievement in Boston, have announced nominations for the 2010 season. A ceremony will be held on May 17 at 7PM at the Paramount.

Horton Foote's play, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, will begin performances at The Quotidian Theatre on April 16th. The theatre will continue with the production, despite the cancellation of The Tribute to the Life and Work of Horton Foote, which has been postponed until later this year.

Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is hosting their spring benefit on Monday, May 3rd, 2010. The company is currently finishing the third play in a trilogy of critically acclaimed plays based on great American novels by William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway.

Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is hosting their spring benefit on Monday, May 3rd, 2010. The company is currently finishing the third play in a trilogy of critically acclaimed plays based on great American novels by William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson announced the line-up today for The Public's 55th Anniversary Season beginning in September with the long-awaited New York premiere of Elevator Repair Service's acclaimed GATZ, a literary tour de force where 13 actors and an audience experience every word of The Great Gatsby in a two-part, 6 1/2-hour theatrical event, running September 26-October 31, 2010.

Diane Paulus' landmark inaugural season as Artistic Director of American Repertory Theater (the A.R.T.) will come to a close with the world premiere of Johnny Baseball, The New Red Sox Musical (formerly called Red Sox Nation). The Hair visionary, who has helmed The Donkey Show and Best of Both Worlds for A.R.T. this season, will direct the production, which begins performances May 14, and opens on June 27.

Diane Paulus' landmark inaugural season as Artistic Director of American Repertory Theater (the A.R.T.) continues as GATZ begins performances on Thursday, January 7, 2010.

PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 PRESENTS Sibyl Kempson and Mike Iveson, Jr.'s CRIME OR EMERGENCY OFFICIAL WORLD PREMIERE: FINAL EDITION December 4 - 20

American Repertory Theater (the A.R.T.) Artistic Director Diane Paulus has announced that two shows in its ambitious Shakespeare Exploded! Festival have been extended due to overwhelming critical acclaim and audience response.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming production of GATZ, presented by Elevator Repair Service and directed by John Collins at the American Repertory Theater. The staged reading of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel will include Jim Fletcher as Gatsby, Scott Shepherd as Nick, Victoria Vazquez as Daisy, and Gary Wilmes as Tom. The production will play the A.R.T. from January 7th to February 7th, 2010.

PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 PRESENTS Sibyl Kempson and Mike Iveson, Jr.'s CRIME OR EMERGENCY OFFICIAL WORLD PREMIERE: FINAL EDITION December 4 - 20

PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 PRESENTS Sibyl Kempson and Mike Iveson, Jr.'s CRIME OR EMERGENCY OFFICIAL WORLD PREMIERE: FINAL EDITION December 4 - 20

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has a special offer to beat the holiday rush - $25 tickets will made available during a One Day Sale on Tuesday, November 17, for early performances of three upcoming productions of the current season - Best of Both Worlds (November 21-January 3): Gatz(January 7 - February 7); and Paradise Lost (February 27 - March 20).

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, is pleased to announce its 2009/10 Season, which is also the A.R.T.'s 30th year in Cambridge.

In celebration of Tony® night on Sunday, June 15, FREE BEER will be available to all audience members (21+) at the 7:00 PM performance of HOW THEATER FAILED AMERICA.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) announced that due to critical acclaim and sold-out houses 'The Sound and The Fury (April Seventh, 1928'), will extend its run through Sunday, June 1, at NYTW.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Acting Managing Director Fred Walker have announced that the final event in NYTW's special series of twenty-fifth anniversary public programs will be 'Two-and-a-Half Decades of Serving the Artist (Part II),' a discussion exploring the 'workshop' component of the theatre's activities on Monday, March 12 at 7:30pm - 9:00pm, at NYTW, 79 East 4 Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery.