John Cullum News

The Goodman Theatre's staging of the musical Purlie has extended its run through October 30th

John Cullum, Rosemary Harris and Gene Farber will star in Ariel Dorfman's new play The Other Side, which will be presented by MTC; it opens on December 6th

The Drama League and Manhattan Theatre Club are pleased to announce their collaboration on an important new program for young theatre directors, the Assistant Directors Program.

Over two dozen new performers have signed on to appear in the Actors' Fund On the Twentieth Century benefit concert, which will star Marin Mazzie, Doug Sills, Brad Oscar, Kathleen Turner and others

Two-time Tony Award winner John Cullum will star opposite Tony Award-winner Rosemary Harris in the theatre's American premiere production of The Other Side.

Marin Mazzie and Douglas Sills have been cast as the bickering leads of On the Twentieth Century in an Actors' Fund of America benefit concert that will be held at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Sept. 26

Kristen Johnston and Cynthia Nixon host the New Group's 10 Years Off-Broadway benefit, which will also feature performances from John Cullum, Nellie McKay and the casts of Avenue Q and Hurlyburly

The Theatre World honors are awarded to performers for making their first major New York stage appearance.

The 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony took place on Sunday, May 22. The big winners of the night were Doubt and The Light in the Piazza, each of whom received 5 awards. Outstanding Musical however, went to Spamalot.

Spamalot leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Light in the Piazza with 11, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with 10. Click in to see all the nominees.

In a first-time co-production, The New Group and The Play Company are pleased to present the American premiere of Terrorism. Written by the Presnyakov Brothers and directed by Will Frears, Terrorism will play a limited Off-Broadway engagement Monday, May 9th through Sunday, June 26th at The Clurman Theater/Theatre Row.

Written by David Rabe, Hurlyburly depicts the addled lives of four Los Angeles men caught in love-hate relationships with Hollywood women.

What do you do when an older show's anti-racist satire can seem racist to modern audiences?

The New York City Center Encores! production of PURLIE runs March 31 - April 3.

A prequel to Urinetown, part of an announced trilogy, is likely to see summer workshop

Show runs 3/31-4/3, also stars John Cullum, and Doug E. Doug.

The New Group will present the first New York revival of Hurlyburly by David Rabe as the second show of its 2004-2005 mainstage season. This limited Off-Broadway engagement will run Tuesday, January 11th through Saturday, March 5th at The New Group @ Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). Official Opening set for Thursday, January 27th @ 6:30 PM.

The New Group will present the first New York revival of Hurlyburly by David Rabe as the second show of its 2004-2005 mainstage season.

With those words and one last musical flourish, the final performance at Henry Miller's Theatre came to an end

I had a few minutes to chat with Melissa Errico about her role on Miss Match, her concerts and more.