Joseph Chaikin News

Theater for the New City presents 'Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep,' written and directed by Raymond J. Barry.

Theater for the New City presents American premiere of rollicking farce, 'Winter Wedding' by Hanoch Levin, translated by Laurel Hessing and David Willinger, directed by David Willinger.

Theater for the New City presents 'Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep,' written and directed by Raymond J. Barry.

Theater for the New City presents 'Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep,' written and directed by Raymond J. Barry.

This spring Arizona Theatre Company journeys to the New York boroughs and into Neil Simon's masterwork, LOST IN YONKERS, the fourth installment of ATC's AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories series. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, LOST IN YONKERS is as funny as it is poignant and is certain to leave you spellbound with laughter and tears. Featuring Tony Award-winner and Arizona favorite Judy Kaye, and directed by Samantha K. Wyer, LOST IN YONKERS plays in Tucson at the Temple of Music and Art from February 26 through March 19, 2011. It continues its run in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center from March 24 through April 10, 2011. LOST IN YONKERS is sponsored in part by JP Morgan Chase, Shirley Estes, and The Stonewall Foundation. AMERICA PLAYS! is sponsored by The Johnson Family Foundation, and Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Foundation. The Tucson media sponsors for the 2010-2011 season are KGUN9, MIX-FM and Tucson Lifestyle. Arizona Theatre Company's season sponsors are I. Michael and Beth Kasser.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by Shana Cooper, at the University Theatre (222 York Street) March 11-April 2, 2011.

The Thom Fogarty directed EURYDICE, by Sarah Ruhl, will close February 6, 2011. This intimate 'black box' Showcase production of Sarah Ruhl's brilliant retelling of the Orpheus myth has a cast of seven: Quincy Ellis, Lulu Fogarty*, Caitlin Rose McMahon, Aidan O'Shea, Adam Patterson, Patrick Ellison Shea*, and Joe Tannenbaum.

This spring Arizona Theatre Company journeys to the New York boroughs and into Neil Simon's masterwork, LOST IN YONKERS, the fourth installment of ATC's AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories series. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, LOST IN YONKERS is as funny as it is poignant and is certain to leave you spellbound with laughter and tears. Featuring Tony Award-winner and Arizona favorite Judy Kaye, and directed by Samantha K. Wyer, LOST IN YONKERS plays in Tucson at the Temple of Music and Art from February 26 through March 19, 2011. It continues its run in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center from March 24 through April 10, 2011. LOST IN YONKERS is sponsored in part by JP Morgan Chase, Shirley Estes, and The Stonewall Foundation. AMERICA PLAYS! is sponsored by The Johnson Family Foundation, and Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Foundation. The Tucson media sponsors for the 2010-2011 season are KGUN9, MIX-FM and Tucson Lifestyle. Arizona Theatre Company's season sponsors are I. Michael and Beth Kasser.

Thom Fogarty will direct EURYDICE, by SARAH RUHL, which will be presented January 27 through February 6, 2011 by Other Side Productions and Thom Fogarty.

Thom Fogarty will direct EURYDICE, by SARAH RUHL, which will be presented January 27 through February 6, 2011 by Other Side Productions and Thom Fogarty.

The Theater Hall of Fame has announced its 2010 inductees. They include Michael Blakemore, Paul Gemignani, Caryl Churchill, Linda Lavin, Brian Dennehy, Fritz Weaver, James Lapine and, posthumously, director/writer Joseph Chaikin.

THE WALK ACROSS AMERICA FOR MOTHER EARTH - the newest work from Taylor Mac whose epic THE LILY'S REVENGE was a smash hit Off-Broadway last year - will be given its world-premiere in a production presented by La MaMa ETC in association with the renowned, Obie Award-winning theatre company The Talking Band, with previews beginning January 15, 2011 prior to its official opening night on Thursday, January 20 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.) in Manhattan. The January 15th and 16th preview performances are part of the Under the Radar Festival, with a special ticket price of $20.

THE WALK ACROSS AMERICA FOR MOTHER EARTH - the newest work from Taylor Mac whose epic THE LILY'S REVENGE was a smash hit Off-Broadway last year - will be given its world-premiere in a production presented by La MaMa ETC in association with the renowned, Obie Award-winning theatre company The Talking Band, with previews beginning January 15, 2011 prior to its official opening night on Thursday, January 20 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.) in Manhattan. The January 15th and 16th preview performances are part of the Under the Radar Festival, with a special ticket price of $20.

The Syzygy Theatre Group (Martin Bedoian, Artistic Director and Katherine Bedoian, Managing Director) announced today that they are presenting the West Coast Premiere of SMUDGE by Emmy Award-winning writer Rachel Axler (NBC's Parks and Recreation and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). Darin Anthony (Syzygy's My Thing of Love and Furious Theatre Company's U.S. Drag), resident director and literary manager of the Syzygy Theatre Group, directs this dark comedy about the complicated nature of love, what it means to truly be a parent, and the resilience of the human spirit. SMUDGE opens on January 14, 2011 at GTC Burbank (1111-B West Olive Avenue).

The Syzygy Theatre Group (Martin Bedoian, Artistic Director and Katherine Bedoian, Managing Director) announced today that they are presenting the West Coast Premiere of SMUDGE by Emmy Award-winning writer Rachel Axler (NBC's Parks and Recreation and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). Darin Anthony (Syzygy's My Thing of Love and Furious Theatre Company's U.S. Drag), resident director and literary manager of the Syzygy Theatre Group, directs this dark comedy about the complicated nature of love, what it means to truly be a parent, and the resilience of the human spirit. SMUDGE opens on January 14, 2011 at GTC Burbank (1111-B West Olive Avenue).

Thom Fogarty will direct EURYDICE, by SARAH RUHL, which will be presented January 27 through February 6, 2011 by Other Side Productions and Thom Fogarty.

Atlantic Theater Company Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director is proud to announce that Patricia Conolly, Michael Countryman, Francesca Faridany, Mikaela Feely-Lehmann, Rick Holmes, John Keating, Peter Maloney, Jaime Ray Newman, Patricia O'Connell, Jeremy Shamos, Joey Slotnick and Tom Patrick Stephens will star in the world premiere adaptation of THE NEW YORK IDEA by Tony Award® winner David Auburn from the original play by Langdon Mitchell and directed by Mark Brokaw.

THE WALK ACROSS AMERICA FOR MOTHER EARTH - the newest work from Taylor Mac whose epic THE LILY'S REVENGE was a smash hit Off-Broadway last year - will be given its world-premiere in a production presented by La MaMa ETC in association with the renowned, Obie Award-winning theatre company The Talking Band, with previews beginning January 15, 2011 prior to its official opening night on Thursday, January 20 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.) in Manhattan. The January 15th and 16th preview performances are part of the Under the Radar Festival, with a special ticket price of $20.

According to the NY Times, Cherry Lane Theatre's Angelina Fiordellisi, will resign as Artistic Director sometime between March and June of 2011. Additionally, Fiordellisi plans to sell the building, which has been a Greenwich Village staple since 1924, due to ongoing financial struggles.

The Syzygy Theatre Group (Martin Bedoian, Artistic Director and Katherine Bedoian, Managing Director) announced today that they are presenting the West Coast Premiere of SMUDGE by Emmy Award-winning writer Rachel Axler (NBC's Parks and Recreation and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). Darin Anthony (Syzygy's My Thing of Love and Furious Theatre Company's U.S. Drag), resident director and literary manager of the Syzygy Theatre Group, directs this dark comedy about the complicated nature of love, what it means to truly be a parent, and the resilience of the human spirit. SMUDGE opens on January 14, 2011 at GTC Burbank (1111-B West Olive Avenue).