Lanford Wilson News

New York?s Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director; Brittany O?Neill, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for its World Premiere production of Geoffrey Nauffts? new play Next Fall (formerly titled TheGospel According To Adam), directed by Sheryl Kaller. The cast will feature Patrick Breen, Maddie Corman, Sean Dugan, Patrick Heusinger, Connie Ray, andCotter Smith.

Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, The T. Schreiber Studio Company, headed by Artistic Director Terry Schreiber, will present Lanford Wilson's moving and often humorous play, Fifth of July, from May 14th through June 21st, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. The play will be open to the press beginning on Friday May 22nd. The play will be presented in The Gloria Maddox Theatre at T. Schreiber Studio at 151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor.

Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, The T. Schreiber Studio Company, headed by Artistic Director Terry Schreiber, will present Lanford Wilson's moving and often humorous play, Fifth of July, from May 14th through June 21st, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. The play will be open to the press beginning on Friday May 22nd.

Following a critically acclaimed season which included the Pulitzer Prize finalist Becky Shaw and the Broadway transfer of its musical hit Next to Normal, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) has announced three of the four plays scheduled for its upcoming 31st Season.

A new play written and directed by Paul Weitz and the rain-check run of the latest Douglas Carter Beane play are set for the 2009-10 season at Off Broadway's Second Stage Theater according to a report in Variety.

The Ward Acting Studio, known for its intensive acting programs based on the Meisner technique, its intimate and innovative productions, and a strong ensemble cast that is the product of the studio's rigorous training - is currently performing Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead at its West 28th Street theater in New York.

RUSKIN GROUP THEATRE will continue to run BURN THIS by Landford Wilson through April 25, 2009. Lanford Wilson's 38th play first opened in Los Angeles in January 1987 and put John Malkovich on the 'international' road to stardom shortly afterwards. Garnering multiple awards in several categories, and written with a ?pas de quatre' style in mind, this contemporary and romantic story begins shortly after a funeral brings four self-distancing and comical characters together.

Florida Repertory Theatre announces general auditions for Equity Performers and Local Professionals for roles in its 12th season. Auditions will be held at the Arcade Theatre on Monday, May 11 (2pm-7pm) and Tuesday, May 12 (10am-3pm).

Now in its 62nd year, Saint Michael's Playhouse launches its summer 2009 season with two musicals and two comedies, directed, performed and designed by stellar talent from Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theaters nationwide, 'right here in our own backyard!'

Since 1922, Theatre Tulsa has been a part of the culture of Tulsa. Theatre Tulsa has entertained the community for 86 years thanks to patrons and sponsors like you. It is our supporters who saw us through the Depression, World War II and the disaster of two fires - making Theatre Tulsa the longest continuously running community theatre west of the Mississippi River!

Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, The T. Schreiber Studio Company, headed by Artistic Director Terry Schreiber, will present Lanford Wilson's moving and often humorous play, Fifth of July, from May 14th through June 21st, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. The play will be open to the press beginning on Friday May 22nd.

Now in its 62nd year, Saint Michael's Playhouse launches its summer 2009 season with two musicals and two comedies, directed, performed and designed by stellar talent from Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theaters nationwide, 'right here in our own backyard!'

New York?s Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director; Brittany O?Neill, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for its World Premiere production of Geoffrey Nauffts? new play Next Fall (formerly titled TheGospel According To Adam), directed by Sheryl Kaller. The cast will feature Patrick Breen, Maddie Corman, Sean Dugan, Patrick Heusinger, Connie Ray, andCotter Smith.

For this one-night-only event, Broadway performers will join the 2ST Board of Trustees to perform 'The Quest for Fame,' featuring the Great White Way's best show-stopping numbers in this spring gala benefit for the acclaimed off-Broadway theatre company.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will conclude its 30th Anniversary mainstage season with the New York premiere of VANITIES, a new musical written by Jack Heifner, featuring music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, directed by Judith Ivey.

Spring has sprung and Bay Street Theatre is proud to announce its' star-filled summer line-up, with celebrities and productions to suit a variety of tastes. From New York City witches to a dinner party from hell, from Dames at Sea to the musical talents of Michael Feinstein and Betty Buckley on shore-the Bay Street stage promises to be aglow in summer fun.

Dick Enberg's play, McGuire, about legendary Marquette basketball coach Al McGuire will be presented on the historic El Portal Theatre's Mainstage in North Hollywood, April 9-12, 2009. McGuire stars award-winning Broadway and television actor Cotter Smith. Heidi Mueller-Smith directs. McGuire at the El Portal Theatre is positioned to immediately follow the NCAA Final Four weekend in Detroit. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of McGuire's triumphant NCAA championship in Atlanta as head coach at Marquette. The show debuted on the Marquette campus in Milwaukee, Wis. in 2005 to sell-out audiences. It also has played at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Hofstra University, and North Coast Rep in Solana Beach, California.

Broadway favorite Sherie Rene Scott is not the 'Sherie Rene Scott' diva character appearing in EVERYDAY RAPTURE, but that doesn't mean everyone knows that yet.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will launch its 31st season this fall with the New York premiere of Anna Deavere Smith's LET ME DOWN EASY. Conceived, written, and performed by Ms. Smith and directed by Leonard Foglia, LET ME DOWN EASY will begin preview performances on Tuesday, September 15 and will officially open in early October.

For this one-night-only event, Broadway performers will join the 2ST Board of Trustees to perform 'The Quest for Fame,' featuring the Great White Way's best show-stopping numbers in this spring gala benefit for the acclaimed off-Broadway theatre company.