Kate Burton News

The Huntington Theatre Company will open its 29th season with the great American stage comedy, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's You Can't Take It With You, pending the conclusion of negotiations for a transfer to Broadway.

Anna Shapiro will return to Broadway for the first time since winning the 2007 Tony Award for her direction of 'August: Osage County' when she directs Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, previewing November 5, 2010 and opening November 14 at a Broadway theatre (to be determined), it has been announced by the show's producers Elizabeth Ireland McCann and Joey Parnes.

The American Theatre Wing made its first official foray to the west coast in decades with a holiday season party for theatre cognoscenti in Los Angeles on Monday evening, December 28.

This weekend, beginning Saturday, January 9, L.A. Theatre Works will air Part One of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (Part Two will air next Saturday, January 16.) The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

Red Bull Theater's Revelation Readings series will kick-off tonight, December 28th, featuring a reading of Thomas Heywood's WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS. The reading stars Matthew Rauch and Michael Emerson, and is directed by Kay Matschullat.

Red Bull Theater's Revelation Readings series will feature Martha Plimpton, Michael Emerson and more. The series began readings on September 14th and will continue the series through June 14, 2010. The series is meant to rediscover neglected classics, and to develop new plays of heightened language and classical themes.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) announces complete casting and the creative team for the world premiere of POP!, a new musical with book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs, directed by Mark Brokaw. POP! will play for 22 performances only, November 27-December 19. Opening Night is Thursday, December 3.

Calling all fans of Disney and Nickelodeon! This is one special event kids won't want to miss over the Thanksgiving Weekend.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) honored Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala took place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) will honor Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala will take place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.

Julia Cho's The Language Archive, the story of a brilliant linguist who finds himself at a loss for words when he learns his wife is leaving him, will fill the final slot in South Coast Repertory's 2009-10 season.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) will honor Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala will take place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.

Red Bull Theater's Revelation Readings series will feature Eric Bogosian, Michael Emerson and more. The series began readings on September 14th and will continue the series through June 14, 2010. The series is meant to rediscover neglected classics, and to develop new plays of heightened language and classical themes.

The American Repertory Theatre will open its 2009-2019 season with ‘Shakespeare Exploded.' Based on notes from the theatre's website, ' Shakespeare Exploded! is a festival of theatrical events inspired by three classic plays by Shakespeare. Dance to all the 70's hits you know by heart at The Donkey Show, a disco adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream that unfolds around you as a nightclub fantasy. Then experience your own sensory journey as you enter the world of Sleep No More, an immersive 'adventure theater' work inspired by Macbeth and Hitchcock's thrillers. Celebrate the holidays with Best of Both Worlds, an R&B and gospel musical that takes its story from The Winter's Tale. Before you see Best of Both Worlds, make sure to catch the A.R.T. Institute's limited run of the Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale in early October.'

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) announces complete casting and the creative team for the world premiere of POP!, a new musical with book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs, directed by Mark Brokaw. POP! will play for 22 performances only, November 27-December 19. Opening Night is Thursday, December 3.

The American Repertory Theatre will open its 2009-2019 season with ‘Shakespeare Exploded.' Based on notes from the theatre's website, ' Shakespeare Exploded! is a festival of theatrical events inspired by three classic plays by Shakespeare. Dance to all the 70's hits you know by heart at The Donkey Show, a disco adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream that unfolds around you as a nightclub fantasy. Then experience your own sensory journey as you enter the world of Sleep No More, an immersive 'adventure theater' work inspired by Macbeth and Hitchcock's thrillers. Celebrate the holidays with Best of Both Worlds, an R&B and gospel musical that takes its story from The Winter's Tale. Before you see Best of Both Worlds, make sure to catch the A.R.T. Institute's limited run of the Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale in early October.'

A new book of essays titled ‘Hell is Other Parents' by Deborah Copaken Cogan will be presented in a reading at the Westside Theatre on Monday, October 12. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Planned Parenthood of New York City

A new book of essays titled ‘Hell is Other Parents' by Deborah Copaken Cogan will be presented in a reading at the Westside Theatre on Monday, October 12. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Planned Parenthood of New York City

Michael Emerson has won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on LOST.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), in association with Sonia Friedman Productions and Ostar Productions presents Sienna Miller as 'Miss Julie', Jonny Lee Miller as 'John' and Marin Ireland as 'Christine' in the American premiere of playwright Patrick Marber's drama After Miss Julie, a version of Strindberg's Miss Julie, directed by Mark Brokaw.