Laura Linney News

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that James Lipton, executive producer, writer, and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, has died at age 93.

Fane and The National Theatre are delighted to announce that Elizabeth Day will interview critically acclaimed actor, writer and producer Mark Gatiss and that actor and activist Sir Ian McKellen will interview Armistead Maupin, alongside the already announced event which will see Sir Michael Parkinson interviewed by his son Mike, as part of Authors on Stage at the Lyttelton Theatre.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the American premiere of the London Theatre Company's My Name is Lucy Barton starring Laura Linney concludes its Broadway run today at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, following 10 previews and 48 regular performances.

After a sell-out Australian premiere season in 2017, the critically-acclaimed production of Joanna Murray-Smith's American Song comes to Glen Street Theatre at Belrose on Sydney's Northern Beaches from 26 a?" 28 March.

On Monday, February 10th The League of Professional Theatre Women (Shellen Lubin and Catherine Porter, Co-Presidents), an organization which has been championing women in the professional theatre for over three decades, hosted an Oral History Project event with renowned Broadway publicist Irene Gandy in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (111 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street). For the second installment of the Oral History Project's 2019-2020 season, publicist, producer, and PR maven Irene Gandy discussed her life and ground breaking career with producer Voza Rivers, Artistic Director of the New Heritage Theatre Group.

The National Theatre and Fane announce three events in March as celebrated authors Sir Michael Parkinson, Elizabeth Day and Armistead Maupin take to the Lyttelton stage.

MCC Theater (Bob LuPone, Bernie Telsey, and Will Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced the all-star lineup of performers set for the 20th Annual Miscast Gala.

After the sell-out Australian premiere season of Joanna Murray-Smith's American Song at Red Stitch in 2017, the critically acclaimed production returns for a limited season, followed by a national tour in partnership with Critical Stages Touring.

Laura Linney, who currently stars on Broadway in My Name is Lucy Barton, is an acclaimed actress of the stage. Linney has also been a staple of the television and film industry for the last 30 years and BroadwayWorld is flashing back to some of Linney's best moments on the screen!

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest illustration, featuring Laura Linney in MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON on Broadway.

My Name is Lucy Barton opened just last night, Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Check out photos from the star-studded red carpet!

My Name is Lucy Barton opened just last night, Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Four-time Emmy Award winner, two-time Golden Globe Award winner, three-time Academy Award and four-time Tony Award nominee Laura Linney returns to Broadway in a haunting new solo play adapted by Rona Munro from the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.

Today's top stories: read the reviews for My Name is Lucy Barton, and more!

My Name is Lucy Barton starring Laura Linney opens tonight at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Tune in at 6:30pm to watch live as the best of Broadway walks the red carpet at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre!

My Name is Lucy Barton opens tonight, Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Laura Linney is back on Broadway in the new one-woman play, My Name is Lucy Barton! Linney has won many awards throughout her successful stage and screen career, including 2 Golden Globes, 3 Primetime Emmys, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Webby Award, and a Muse Award. In addition, she has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards and 4 Tony Awards. Check out a roundup of some of her acceptance speeches!

Good drama needn't call attention to itself and certainly a subtle, introspective theatre piece can provide an enormous impact, but if there's anything of intrigue lying beneath the surface of Rona Munroe's stage adaptation of novelist Elizabeth Strout's 2016 best-seller My Name is Lucy Barton (Strout is granted authorship credit), it wasn't apparent to this reviewer.

Today's top stories: My Name is Lucy Barton officially opens tonight, and more!

Four-time Tony Award nominee Laura Linney returns to Broadway in My Name Is Lucy Barton, a haunting new solo play adapted by Rona Munro from the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.