John McMartin News

Opening the 22nd season at Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) is the world premiere of the new play Indian Blood by A.R. Gurney.

Grey Gardens, the hit Playwrights Horizons musical about two eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, is set to be planted at the Walter Kerr Theatre for an opening on November 2nd; it will begin previews on October 3rd

On June 12th, The York Theatre Company presented some of Broadway's brightest stars singing the songs of emerging composers and lyricists in 'NEO2,' and BroadwayWorld was there for the event!

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.

On May 18th, Chita Rivera will be presented with the New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award at a luncheon featuring dozens of stars

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced casting for the first production of its 2006-2007 season: the world premiere of Indian Blood by A.R. Gurney.

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

Grey Gardens will blossom with a third and final extension at Playwrights Horizons, running through April 30th; a cast recording will also be released by PS Classics

Grey Gardens composer Scott Frankel and leading lady Christine Ebersole--who recently wowed critics with her portrayal of the unconventional Edie Bouvier--will perform two songs from the Playwrights Horizons musical on the National Public Radio program 'Studio 360' this weekend

The hit Playwrights Horizons musical Grey Gardens, starring Christine Ebersole, has been extended for a second time through April 23rd

Christine Ebersole is sublime in the most perfectly matched starring role of her career

Due to a sold-out run, Playwrights Horizons has extended the run of the musical Grey Gardens through April 9th

Joining the current musical version of the cult documentary Grey Gardens will be an upcoming feature film starring Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore

Grey Gardens: A New Musical, starring Christine Ebersole, Sara Gettelfinger, Mary Louise Wilson and others, will open at Playwrights Horizons on March 7th

Marc Kudisch, Doug Sills, Rebecca Luker, George S. Irving and Max Von Essen will be among the stars taking part in the Shaw Project's Fanny's First Play on February 27th

A special benefit screening of the documentary film upon which the new Playwrights Horizons musical Grey Gardens was based will be presented on February 27th, followed by a preview performance and reception the next evening

Marc Kudisch, George S. Irving, Malcolm Gets, Nancy Anderson and Alison Fraser will be among the stars of the Shaw Project's Arms and the Man, opening January 23rd

Sara Gettelfinger is taking a leave of absence from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels from January 17th through March 26th in order to co-star in Grey Gardens: A New Musical; Matt Cavenaugh, Michael Potts and John McMartin were also recently announced for the new musical

Jerry Hall will step out of the current London production of High Society due to glandular fever

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story will extend its run at the York Theatre Company for 2 weeks, with composer/lyricist/bookwriter Stephen Dolginoff taking over the role of Nathan Leopold