Laura Linney News

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James will join the cast of the New York premiere of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Laura Linney and Alicia Silverstone, currently appearing in Manhattan Theatre Club's production of TIME STANDS STILL, will appear on tomorrow's episode of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.'

Laura Linney and Alicia Silverstone, currently appearing in Manhattan Theatre Club's production of TIME STANDS STILL, will appear on tomorrow's episode of 'The View.

Laura Linney, currently appearing in Manhattan Theatre Club's production of TIME STANDS STILL, was featured in Sunday's New York Times.

This Saturday, January 23, 2010, Tony Award Nominee Constantine Maroulis, James Carpinello and Emily Padgett from the hit Broadway show ROCK OF AGES will perform at The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL, directed by Daniel Sullivan, opens at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) on Thursday, January 28.

This Saturday, January 23, 2010, Tony Award Nominee Constantine Maroulis, James Carpinello and Emily Padgett from the hit Broadway show ROCK OF AGES will perform at The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Viva la Joan! Good news for the city that never sleeps! The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 6pm, Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 7pm, and Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:30pm.

Viva la Joan! Good news for the city that never sleeps! The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 6pm, Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 7pm, and Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:30pm.

Broadway veteran Allen Fitzpatrick ('Les Miserables', 'Sweet Smell of Success', 'Damn Yankees', 'Passion', 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', '42nd Street') will star as Gus. Broadway, Off-Broadway and television actress Elizabeth Hess ('M Butterfly', 'Beggars in the House of Plenty' and television's 'Law and Order' and 'Clarissa Explains it All') will portray Honor, the central character of this drama. Jessica Rothert, who will appear as Sophie and Heidi-Marie Ferren, who portrays Claudia, will round out the cast.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that stage and screen star Oliver Platt is set to co-star opposite Laura Linney in the Bill Condon-helmed dark comedy series 'The C Word' for Showtime.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL, directed by Daniel Sullivan, begins previews tonight at 7 PM at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) in preparation for a Thursday, January 28 opening night.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL, directed by Daniel Sullivan, begins previews tomorrow at 7 PM at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) in preparation for a Thursday, January 28 opening night.

Following critical acclaim and popular demand, Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced a three-week extension for the World Premiere of THIS, the new play by Obie Award winner Melissa James Gibson (Suitcase, [sic]). Directed by Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin ([sic], eight seasons as Artistic Director of Soho Rep), the production opened Wednesday, December 2. Originally set to run through Sunday, December 13, the limited engagement will now play through Sunday, January 3, 2010 at the theater company's Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street). This date represents the latest extension possible for the show.

Viva la Joan! Good news for the city that never sleeps! The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 6pm, Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 7pm, and Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:30pm.

The Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award-winning Theatre for the New City (TNC) will hold its 7th Annual LOVE 'N' COURAGE Gala on Monday, February 22nd at the National Arts Club, this year honoring the beloved acting couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, as well as Martha Coigney, director of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) in the U.S. for over 35 years, it has been announced by Crystal Field, co-founder and artistic director of Theater for the City. The LOVE 'N' COURAGE celebration will begin with cocktails at 6:30pm, Dinner at 7:00pm, and performances at 8:00pm.

Manhattan Theatre Club is pleased to announce guests and dates for the upcoming sessions of After Words, the popular discussion panels held after selected Saturday matinees at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Following critical acclaim and popular demand, Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced a three-week extension for the World Premiere of THIS, the new play by Obie Award winner Melissa James Gibson (Suitcase, [sic]). Directed by Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin ([sic], eight seasons as Artistic Director of Soho Rep), the production opened Wednesday, December 2. Originally set to run through Sunday, December 13, the limited engagement will now play through Sunday, January 3, 2010 at the theater company's Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street). This date represents the latest extension possible for the show.

Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Matt Weaver & Scott Prisand, two of ROCK OF AGES' lead producers and co-owners of the LA-based Corner Store Entertainment, have two films in the top dramatic category at Sundance Film Festival. The films, which star a host of stage stars, are SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS (Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, Orlando Bloom and Juliette Lewis) and HESHER (Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon Levitt).