John Houseman News

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

'JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS,' the landmark musical, is indeed alive and well and will be revived at The Zipper Theatre (336 West 37th Street).

Dennis Moench, the versatile young actor who plays Abraham in Altar Boyz, finds his character a 'Jewish star' who definitely finds his own way of fitting in

In February of 2007, a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, starring Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald and directed by John Doyle, will open

PS Classics released the original cast recording of last season's acclaimed production of Lone STAR LOVE on Tuesday, January 10, 2006.

Michael Kahn will step down from his job as director of the Drama Division at Juilliard in order to dedicate himself to his Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. while continuing to teach at Juilliard

Patti LuPone's latest solo CD, The Lady with the Torch, will be released by Ghostlight Records in April

Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Harriet Harris, Frances Conroy and Lisa Banes will headline This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a benefit for The Acting Company held in LA on December 5th

Director Doug Hughes and choreographer Christopher Gattelli were presented with Callaway Awards on November 14th

Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald will star in the L.A. Opera's production of Weill and Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in 2007

Patti LuPone has been confirmed as Rose in the Ravinia Festival's production of Gypsy, which will run from August 11th through 13th in 2006

On November 7th, Kevin Kline will be featured in The Readiness is All: A Shakespearean Actor's Process on November 7th in a benefit for Classic Stage Company

PS Classics will release a cast recording of the off-Broadway musical Lone Star Love on January 10th, 2006

IT CAME FROM BEYOND is set in the 1950s and tells the story of a group of high school kids who go mad for a new comic book called IT CAME FROM BEYOND.

Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Frances Conroy and others will headline a staged reading of This is Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker in LA on October 10th; the reading will benefit The Acting Company

The Chicago Sun-Times has reported that director Lonny Price is mulling over the prospect of a Ravinia Festival production of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone

Sixty-nine theatre artists representing 51 shows have been nominated for 2005 Henry Hewes Design Awards