John Simon News

Adam Feldman, president of the New York Drama Critics' Circle (NYDCC), announced today that the Circle will meet at the offices of Time Out New York magazine on Monday, May 7, to select the winners of the 71st annual New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, which will be announced at approximately 7pm, immediately following the meeting.

'Between Taste and Travesty: Costume Designs by William Ivey Long' at the Cameron Art Museum April 29-Oct 14th.

Project Shaw 2007 will continue with a reading that includes Broadway stars Marian Seldes, Barrett Foa, Paxton Whitehead and George S. Irving

Tomorrow night on THEATER TALK, author NEAL GABLER discusses his impressive new biography, WALT DISNEY: THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN IMAGINATION.

Tonight on THEATER TALK at 12:30 AM on Thirteen, critics: Jacques le Sourd of Gannett and WCBS radio, John Simon of Bloomberg News and Linda Winer of Newsday review SPRING AWAKENING, THE VERTICAL HOUR, MARY POPPINS, and more.

A memorial service for Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes will be held on Tuesday, December 12th at 2pm at the Walter Kerr Theatre

A memorial service for Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes will be held on Tuesday, December 12th at 2pm at the Walter Kerr Theatre

A starry cast has been assembled for the Project Shaw reading of Captain Brassbound's Conversion, which will take place at the Players Club on November 20th

The latest star-studded Shaw Project staged reading will feature Sally Ann Howe, Andrea Marcovicci, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Brian Murray and Paxton Whitehead, among others

Marian Seldes, Brian Murray, George S. Irving, Barrett Foa, Charlotte Rae and more will headline The Apple Cart, the latest starry staged reading to be presented as part of Project Shaw

Broadway theatres will dim their lights Wednesday, July 12 in memory of Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes

Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes, 90, died today at 4:45 PM at New York Presbyterian Hospital after a brief illness.

A starry cast--including Marc Kudisch, Barrett Foa, Brian Murray and Kate Baldwin--will star in Project Shaw's John Bull's Other Island on July 17th

The History Boys, by Alan Bennett, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play of the 2005-2006 season. The Best Musical award was given to The Drowsy Chaperone (book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison).

Adam Feldman, president of the New York Drama Critics' Circle (NYDCC), announced today that the Circle will meet at the offices of Time Out New York magazine on Thursday, May 11, to select the winners of the 70th annual New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, which will be announced at approximately 7pm, immediately following the meeting.

Playwright Rinne Groff and theatre artist Basil Twist are among those selected as recipients of 2006 John Simon Memorial Foundation Fellowship

On March 20th, the Shaw Project reading of Shaw's Heartbreak House--starring Michele Pawk, Fritz Weaver and others--will be presented at the Players Club