Lanford Wilson News

That’s how I got started writing plays. I have never taken a playwriting class, I’m about to next semester, and I still don’t quite know what I’m doing. But I know that I love it.

'The A Train Anthology' will serve up in this 90-minute world-premiere production at Brooklyn Art Haus this December. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

Discover new plays at a free staged reading event at Cranford Community Center, presented by The Theater Project and Cranford Library, followed by a playwright-audience discussion. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Fire This Time Festival will present Melda Beaty, Rachel Herron, and Marcus Scott as playwrights for its New Works Lab. Learn more about the Lab and about the playwrights!

I really tried to focus on the fact that these were the last ones I was going to do here at this place. I wanted to enjoy it. I wanted to enjoy every opportunity I had and everything I did.

TheatreWorks will present MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, a holiday play set to run in December. Experience a festive continuation of Jane Austen's beloved characters in this seasonal production. Learn how to purchase tickets.

TOSOS Theater Company announced free readings of 'Queer Spooky Shorts' on October 28 at 7pm, featuring Halloween-themed performances. Join for an evening of unique storytelling and celebration.

Sarah Paulson recently visited The Kelly Clarkson Show and, on the show, shared the personal significance of winning the Tony Award earlier this year for her performance in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate. 

On Tuesday, Sarah Paulson visited The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon to discuss her new thriller film, Hold Your Breath. On the show, she also relayed a story about an incident with the Tony Award she won earlier this year for her performance in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate.

The Purple Rose Theatre Company announced the World Premiere of OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY GRINCH IN FIGHT WITH RUDOLPH POLICE CALLED, written and directed by Jeff Daniels, to open its 34th season.

The Appalachian Center for the Arts has announced its 2024-2025 Vitality New Play Commissions. Five nationally-recognized playwrights are writing new plays for The App's Vitality Touring Theatre Company, which presents plays and musicals on health and wellness topics for elementary school through adult audiences.

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing playwright, Chisa Hutchinson about her career and 'The Bleeding Class' at 59E59 Theaters.

Lauren Gunderson's adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN has been co-commissioned by four theatres, bringing a fresh take on the classic novel to the stage. Learn more about the productions.

New York City’s oldest and longest producing LGBTQIA+ theater company TOSOS has announced the free reading of Burning Leaves written by playwright Tom Rowan. 

Tony Award winner Paulson has been confirmed to appear in the ensemble of a new legal series from Ryan Murphy. She will star alongside Niecy Nash, Teyana Taylor, and Naomi Watts.

Cesear’s Forum will present Lanford Wilson’s LUDLOW FAIR & THE MADNESS OF LADY BRIGHT, two one-act plays in a limited September/October engagement at Kennedy’s Down Under, Playhouse Square.  

Theater for the New City will present its twelfth  Dream Up Festival in August. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

New Mexico Actors Lab has announced its Fall Season of four powerful and provocative plays by award-winning playwrights. Learn more about the season here!

On August 9, the 2024 Essential Theatre Silver Anniversary Play Festival will kick off at 7Stages in Little Five Points with a very special World Premiere: Peter Hardy's The Other Part of the Picture, directed by Ellen McQueen. 

This summer, Matt Morse's Annie Brown's 5th Grade Science Presentation, directed by Abby Davis, will return to SoHo Playhouse as a finalist in their 3rd Annual Lighthouse Series on July 14, 15, and 16.