Jonathan Demme News

According to Deadline.com, two time Tony winner Jennifer Ehle is set to join Patrick Wilson in a still untitled CBS pilot. The series is the brainchild of Susannah Grant, who is perhaps best known for her Oscar-nominated screenplay for the 2001 film Erin Brokovich. Deadline.com reports that Wilson will play a very competitive surgeon whose live is altered when his ex-wife dies.

I Was Drunk That Day is an exploratory (staged) reading of several early crime and suspense stories by Anton Chekhov including 'Conversation of a Drunken Man with a Sober Devil', 'Evildoer', and 'The Wallet'. Assembled, adapted and directed by Darrell Larson, most of the featured stories translated into English for the first time - just last year.

Patrick Wilson, the stage and screen star who received back-to-back Tony nominations in 2001's THE FULL MONTY followed by 2002's revival of OKLAHOMA, may soon be seen regularly on the small screen: the 37-year-old has been tapped to appear in an untitled series pilot for CBS.

McCarter Theatre (Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director) is pleased to announce that Academy Award, Tony and Obie Award winner Mercedes Ruehl will star in the two-character world premiere of Sarah Treem's The How and The Why. Directed by Emily Mann, the cast will also feature New Jersey native Bess Rous. The production runs through February 13.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy. This one-woman production, which is conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith (Nurse Jackie, Fires in the Mirror) and directed by Leonard Foglia (Broadway's Thurgood) and was named one of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 of 2009, is 'a continually engaging and engrossing collection of testimonials' (The New York Times) that explores the fragility of the body and the resilience of the spirit. Let Me Down Easy closes February 13, 2011 in the Kreeger Theater.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will presented the debut of television and stage star Linda Purl on January 26, and performances will continue through Thursday January 27. Noted critic Rex Reed called her show 'an hour of seamless enchantment. She has an impressive range, perfect intonation and awesome phrasing.' In her diverse stage show, Ms. Purl performs timeless standards 'Out Of This World,' 'Come Rain or Come Shine', popular theater songs 'Wouldn't It Be Loverly,' 'Whistle a Happy Tune', as well as Country Western classics with her own jazz feel. She is joined by Music Director Tedd Firth and special guest vocalist Tom Wopat. Both performances will be at 8:30 PM at the Regency Hotel 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine, and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will present the debut of television and stage star LINDA PURL on January 26 and 27, 2011.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine, and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will present the debut of television and stage star LINDA PURL on January 26 and 27, 2011.

EXIT 10,a haunting work of classic Americana by actor-poet-singer-songwriter-inveterate road warrior Daniel Dean Darst (AKA Danny Darst), longtime collaborator and confidant of legendary director Robert Altman, will close on January 23 at Theater 68 in Hollywood. Michael Altman, eldest son of the late film icon, makes his theatrical directing debut. A poignant tale of romance between a man born to heed the call of a freight train and the woman who loves him, EXIT 10 arrives with a nod to mentor, father and friend and continues the legacy of the Altman name. EXIT 10 includes 8 original songs written and performed by Danny Darst.

Laurie Anderson, one of America's most renowned and daring creative pioneers, returns to the Harris on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm for the Chicago premiere of Delusion, her latest full scale work of performance art.

McCarter Theatre (Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director) is pleased to announce that Academy Award, Tony and Obie Award winner Mercedes Ruehl will star in the two-character world premiere of Sarah Treem's The How and The Why. Directed by Emily Mann, the cast will also feature New Jersey native Bess Rous.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance will kick off the New Year with an eclectic and exciting series of performances in January 2011.

Atmosphere at the opening night reception of Bernardo Bertolucci at The Museum of Modern Art on December 15, 2010 in New York City.

McCarter Theatre (Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director) is pleased to announce that Academy Award, Tony and Obie Award winner Mercedes Ruehl will star in the two-character world premiere of Sarah Treem's The How and The Why. Directed by Emily Mann, the cast will also feature New Jersey native Bess Rous.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine, and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will present the debut of television and stage star LINDA PURL on January 26 and 27, 2011.

The World Premiere of EXIT 10 launches a haunting work of classic Americana by actor-poet-singer-songwriter-inveterate road warrior Daniel Dean Darst (AKA Danny Darst), longtime collaborator and confidant of legendary director Robert Altman.

The World Premiere of EXIT 10 launches a haunting work of classic Americana by singer/songwriter/poet/actor Daniel Dean Darst and directed by Michael Altman in his theatrical directing debut.

The World Premiere of EXIT 10 launches a haunting work of classic Americana by actor-poet-singer-songwriter-inveterate road warrior Daniel Dean Darst (AKA Danny Darst), longtime collaborator and confidant of legendary director Robert Altman.