Kathleen Chalfant News

A star of the 1960's cabaret scene makes a welcome return after far too many years away.

Legendary cabaret singer JOANNE BERETTA, who returned to NYC on February 3rd for her first solo cabaret engagement in 25 years, sold out all three performances before singing a single note.

Cabaret star Joanne Beretta will return to New York from February 3rd through 17th for her first cabaret engagement in 25 years

Marian Seldes, Kathleen Chalfant and Christian Campbell are among the theatre veterans who will be seen on the controversial new NBC show 'Book of Daniel'

Audra McDonald, Denis O'Hare, and Billy Crudup will be among the noted actors taking part in the first annual Congress of Actors and Acting Teachers on January 7th and 8th

The Actors Center proudly announced today that it is to present its first Congress of Actors and Acting Teachers at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts on January 7 and 8, 2006.

On the coldest night of the year; in the hottest restaurant in New York City...all hell is about to break loose. Enter the world of THE CHAOS THEORIES, the critically-acclaimed urban comedy written by 2X Drama Desk nominee Alexander Dinelaris.

Ars Nova and The Underwood Theater present, as part of the FREE Out Loud reading series, YEMAYA'S BELLY by Quiara Hudes and directed by Peter Sampieri. YEMAYA'S BELLY will be read by Stephanie Beatriz, Alexis Camins, Gilbert Cruz, Joaquin Torres, Brigette Viellieu-Davis on Monday, May 16 at 7 PM at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street).

PRESENTED BY: Karen Finley, Holly Hunter, Sarah Jones, Craig Lucas, Rue McClanahan, John C. Reilly, Elaine Stritch, James Urbaniak, Others To Be Announced

The American National Theatre, Inc. (Sean Cullen, Founder and President of ANT) will host its first Founders' Celebration on Monday, May 9th, 2005 at the Dodger Stages (World Wide Plaza, 50th & 8th Ave.)

A coalition of award-winning artists in New York City announces today that the world premiere reading of 'Iraq: Speaking of War', the documentary-style theater piece culled from first-hand stories of the war in Iraq and featuring Kathleen Chalfant, George Barteneiff, Najla Said, Judith Malina and other acclaimed actors, will take place Saturday, March 19th at 8 PM at the CUNY-Graduate Center's Proshanzky Auditorium, at 5th Avenue and 34th Street. Tickets for this performance are $10.00 and can be purchased by calling 212-817-8215.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT, the lunch-time play reading series, under the Artistic Direction of its founder, Susan Charlotte, will celebrate its Fifth Anniversary when it opens its Spring 2005 season on Wednesday, February 23 with the New York premiere of a new Tennessee Williams' work Me, Vashya.

Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant will narrate the New York Festival of Song's evening celebrating Russian poets and composers.

RECKLESS, the Broadway premiere of a play by Craig Lucas, co-produced by Manhattan Theatre Club and Second Stage, ends its limited engagement on Sunday, December 19th with the 2:00 PM matinee.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of FIVE BY TENN opens tomorrow at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street).

An evening of newly discovered 1-act plays by Tennessee Williams, opens Nov. 11.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of FIVE BY TENN, an evening of newly discovered one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, will begin previews tonight at NY City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street). The production will open on Thursday, November 11.

Friday, October 8 at midnight on Thirteen, THEATER TALK welcomes actors KATHLEEN CHALFANT and AASIF MANDVI of the play, GUANTANAMO, HONOR BOUND TO DEFEND FREEDOM, now at The Culture Project.

Lynn Redgrave will star in the October 7 reading of her new one-woman play, Nightingale, based on the life of her maternal grandmother, as part of the FOOD FOR THOUGHT season at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South at 20th Street).