John Simon News

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the new hit play by Mark St. Germain, is currently in its final three weeks at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West).

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) announced today that Artistic Director Diane Paulus, Pulitzer prize-winning writer Suzan-Lori Parks, and two-time Obie winner Diedre Murray have been chosen by the Gershwin Trusts and the Heyward Trust to re-imagine the Gershwins' seminal American opera Porgy and Bess.

Based on Pedro Almodóvar's internationally acclaimed 1988 film, WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN is set in late 20th-century Madrid and tells the story of the intertwining lives of a group of women whose relationships with men lead to a tumultuous 48 hours of love, confusion and passion and now it's come to Broadway!

Apple Core Theater Company is proud to announce their fall production, William M. Hoffman's As Is. One of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America, As Is returns to midtown for a limited, 16 performance engagement. Walter J. Hoffman (Associate Artistic Director, Apple Core) directs As Is at The Studio Theatre at Theatre Row, opening Thursday, October 14th.

Featuring an array of photographs taken in New York spanning from the 1940s to the 1970s, David Vestal: Once Upon a Time in New York offers the opportunity to consider this under-appreciated master in greater detail. Learning the idiom of photography through the Photo League, where he was a member and befriended Sid Grossman, Vestal developed a distinctive approach outside the general doctrine associated with that group, generally eschewing the photographic essay in favor of single images that could stand on their aesthetic qualities alone. With an outstanding flare for the atmospheric, Vestal's photographs from this era place him in dialogue with luminaries such as Robert Frank, Aaron Siskind, and Berenice Abbott.

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley continues her successful Song Interpretation Workshop with a new round of six classes open to new participants in late October 2010.

It's an opportunity to see acting legends James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave together on stage when they star in one of the most beloved and celebrated American stories of the late twentieth century, Driving Miss Daisy, which will have its Broadway premiere this fall. Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play (later adapted into an Oscar-winning film) is a timeless, searing, funny, and ultimately hopeful meditation on race relations in America, told through the complex relationship between Daisy Werthan (Redgrave) and her driver Hoke Colburn (Jones), two of popular culture's most enduring characters.

Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota presents Urban Bush Women on Sun, Oct 24, 7:00 pm at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Zollar: Uncensored is an evocative retrospective collection of feminist works from the 80's and 90's that were not seen during that era of artistic repression in arts presenters nationwide. Many public events are also happening around Urban Bush Woman, including artist interviews, book club discussion, public lectures, and related dance performances. See details of all events and company information below.

Featuring an array of photographs taken in New York spanning from the 1940s to the 1970s, David Vestal: Once Upon a Time in New York offers the opportunity to consider this under-appreciated master in greater detail. Learning the idiom of photography through the Photo League, where he was a member and befriended Sid Grossman, Vestal developed a distinctive approach outside the general doctrine associated with that group, generally eschewing the photographic essay in favor of single images that could stand on their aesthetic qualities alone. With an outstanding flare for the atmospheric, Vestal's photographs from this era place him in dialogue with luminaries such as Robert Frank, Aaron Siskind, and Berenice Abbott.

Ever since Carly discovered the voice of Freddie Mercury, she has been in love with his theatrical, rocker glam persona. Freddie Mercury could sing anything...in any style, and that alone is an art to celebrate. After covering and loving his music for years, Ms. Ozard and musical director Joe Wicht are creating 'Somebody To Love: My Musical Tribute to Freddie Mercury.' Carly will be Queen for a day, paying homage to her idol, and sharing historic and interesting facts about Mercury's public and intimate lifestyle. Carly relates to Mercury's flair for theatrical and dramatic performing, incorporating his work into a night of fabulous cabaret.

LOMBARDI, a new American play from Academy Award-winning playwright Eric Simonson, is based on the best-selling Vince Lombardi biography 'When Pride Still Mattered', by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss. LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened Thursday October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, (50th, west of Broadway).

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley continues her successful Song Interpretation Workshop with a new round of six classes open to new participants in late October 2010.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the new hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 100th performance this Tuesday, October 19th.

'An intelligently funny and satirically relevant uptown comedy.'

In BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, rising star BENJAMIN WALKER reprises his role as America's first political maverick. A.J. kicked British butt, shafted the Indians and smacked down the Spaniards all in the name of these United States-who cares if he didn't have permission? An exhilarating and white-knuckled look at one of our nation's founding rock stars, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON recreates and reinvents the life of 'Old Hickory,' from his humble beginnings on the Tennessee frontier to his days as our seventh Commander-in-Chief. It also asks the question, is wanting to have a beer with someone reason enough to elect him? What if he's really, really hot?

Apple Core Theater Company is proud to announce their fall production, William M. Hoffman's As Is. One of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America, As Is returns to midtown for a limited, 16 performance engagement.

Apple Core Theater Company is proud to announce their fall production, William M. Hoffman's As Is. One of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America, As Is returns to midtown for a limited, 16 performance engagement. Walter J. Hoffman (Associate Artistic Director, Apple Core) directs As Is at The Studio Theatre at Theatre Row, opening Thursday, October 14th.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the new hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 100th performance this Tuesday, October 19th.

In a world increasingly dominated by texts and tweets, a timely new opera will offer a digital-age take on the time-honored tragic heroine. 'The Empty Hours' (Las Horas Vacias) by acclaimed Spanish composer Ricardo Llorca will have its staged world premiere at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on November 19th. The tale of a lonely woman whose obsession with the internet fuels an extraordinary fantasy world, 'The Empty Hours' will be presented by the New York Opera Society in a special, one-night only performance.

'An intelligently funny and satirically relevant uptown comedy.'