Lanford Wilson News

Tonight BroadwayWorld hit the red carpet at opening night of the first Broadway revival of Burn This. Get the scoop on the fiery new revival starring Keri Russell and Adam Driver before it opens at the Hudson Theatre tomorrow night below!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! First, we'd like to wish a happy opening to Burn This, which officially opens on Broadway tonight, April 16!

Today, April 15 (3pm EST), Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy will announce the winners of the the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes, including the finalists and winners for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This announcement marks the 103rd year of the Prizes. For more information on this year's and all past years' winners and finalists, please visit http://www.Pulitzer.org.

It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview has officially won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Three-time Emmy Award nominee Adam Driver (Pale) and Golden Globe Award Winner and Emmy Award Nominee Keri Russell (Anna) lead the first revival of Pulitzer Prize Winner Lanford Wilson's Burn This. Directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, Burn This is currently in previews, and is set to open on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at Hudson Theatre.

"Cambodian Rock Band" by Lauren Yee has been named the winner of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2018.

ANNOUNCING-University of Chicago's Committee on Theatre & Performance Studies (TAPS), in collaboration with Court Theatre, is proud to host a discussion with Martyna Majok, UChicago alum and playwright of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winning play, Cost of Living. Moderated by TAPS Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice, Annie Dorsen. This event includes a live reading of an excerpt from Majok's Cost of Living.

Keri Russell stopped by 'Good Morning America' on Monday morning to talk about her transition from television to Broadway. In her interview with Michael Strahan, Russell tells him how starring in 'Burn This' ' was too big of an adventure to pass up.'

Mary B. Robinson, director of SWEAT at Pioneer Theatre Company, says the Pulitzer Prize-winner contains 'nine characters [that] are created with empathy and humanity, demonstrating the 'curiosity not judgment' mantra of Playwright Lynn Nottage.'

Soho Rep. presents the New York Premiere of Obie Award-winning playwright Christopher Chen's Passage (April 23-May 26), a fantasia on colonialism past and present that asks the question: if Country Y occupies Country X, can someone from Country X and someone from Country Y ever form a mutual relationship? Directed by Saheem Ali, Passage is a playful and gripping experiment that isolates power as the sole differentiator between people challenging the arbitrary binaries that define how we live.

You and a guest will receive 2 house seats to Broadway's limited engagement of Burn This, followed by a meet and greet with the show's star, Academy Award-nominated actor Adam Driver.

See the hotly-anticipated and limited production Burn This with a pair of incredible house seats. Stick around after the show for an exclusive set visit with Tony Award-winning scenic designer, Derek McLane.

Three-time Emmy Award nominee Adam Driver (Pale) and Golden Globe Award Winner and Emmy Award Nominee Keri Russell (Anna) will lead the first revival of Pulitzer Prize Winner Lanford Wilson's Burn This. Directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, Burn This is set to begin performances on tonight, March 15, 2019. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!

In honor of the first preview of the Broadway revival of Burn This, the show has announced that exclusive $39 lottery tickets will be available through TodayTix beginning today. Tickets are subject to limited availability.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Happy Friday! End your week right with the latest Broadway news!

The first revival of Pulitzer Prize Winner Lanford Wilson's Burn This, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, will begin performances on Friday, March 15, 2019 and officially opens on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at Broadway's Hudson Theatre. Burn This stars Academy Award Nominee and three-time Emmy Award Nominee Adam Driver (Pale), Golden Globe Award Winner and Emmy Award Nominee Keri Russell (Anna), Tony Award Nominee David Furr (Burton) and Tony Award Nominee Brandon Uranowitz (Larry).

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg / American Theatre Critics Association 2019 New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2018.

University Theatre is pleased to present 'Book of Days', written by Lanford Wilson. This Fresno premiere is directed by J. Daniel Herring and runs March 22 -30, 2019 in the Dennis & Cheryl Woods Theatre in the Speech Arts building on the campus of Fresno State.

To celebrate International Women's Day on Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m., Westport Country Playhouse will host a free-of-charge reading of "The Revolutionists," an irreverent comedy about four women - a spy, an assassin, a writer, and a royal. 

Performances begin tomorrow, Tuesday February 26th, for the New York premiere of  Surely Goodness and Mercy, a truly Keen story about an exceptional boy living a troubled life in Newark, NJ who does a good deed for an often unnoticed person.   Sarita Covington, Jay Mazyck, Brenda Pressley, Courtney Thomas, and Cezar Williams star under Jessi D. Hill's direction.