Leonardo News

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Pure Projects, Inc, in association with Uncle Frank Productions, with the Off Broadway premiere of THE MARIA PROJECT, written and performed by Marcella Goheen and directed by Larry Moss.

Theatrical Outfit presents the 2010 Tony Award Winner for Best Play, John Logan's Red, February 1 - March 11, 2012 at the Balzer Theater at Herren's (84 Luckie Street Atlanta, GA 30303). Starring Tom Key as Mark Rothko and Jimi Kocina as his young assistant and directed by David De Vries.

According to The New York Times, actor Leonardo Cimino died on March 3rd at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 94 years old. His wife, Sharon Powers, told the newspaper that his death was caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Theatrical Outfit presents the 2010 Tony Award Winner for Best Play, John Logan's Red, February 1 - March 11, 2012 at the Balzer Theater at Herren's (84 Luckie Street Atlanta, GA 30303). Starring Tom Key as Mark Rothko and Jimi Kocina as his young assistant and directed by David De Vries.

Desde el viernes 16 de marzo Todos los viernes a las 22:30 Estará en Mediterránea Café Teatro La niña más malvada de la televisión. Virginia Kaufmann es Nelly Olson en Odiar es un arte De Gastón Cerana.

USA Network will premiere two original series on Friday, March 16 with the sophomore season premiere of FAIRLY LEGAL at 9/8c followed by the final season premiere of IN PLAIN SIGHT at 10/9c. The return to Friday is a homecoming for USA, having successfully launched three of the most popular original series in the network's history that night with MONK, PSYCH and most recently WHITE COLLAR.

TOPHER GRACE and OLIVIA THIRLBY will co-star in Second Stage Theatre's production of Paul Weitz's world premiere comedy, LONELY, I'M NOT, directed by Trip Cullman. Preview performances are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, April 10 at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rd street). The production will officially open on Monday, May 7. For tickets or more information, please visit www.2ST.com. Additional casting will be announced shortly.

Chicago's Goodman Theatre has announced that it will be presenting a new musical version of Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK adapted and directed by Tony Award winning Mary Zimmerman from June 27 to 28, 2013.

USA Network will premiere two original series on Friday, March 16 with the sophomore season premiere of FAIRLY LEGAL at 9/8c followed by the final season premiere of IN PLAIN SIGHT at 10/9c.

The Shakespeare's Globe productions of RICHARD III and TWELFTH NIGHT will transfer to the West End from the 2nd November 2012 to the 3rd of February 2013 at the Apollo Theatre. The shows star Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance and Samuel Barnett.

USA's new season of Fairly Legal will feature guest appearances from Mark Moses and Meat Loaf, TV Line reports. The show enters its second season this spring and will also star Barry Shabaka Henley (FlashForward) and Ryan Johnson (Ghost Rider, Son of the Mask).

Also in the upcoming 'Rock of Ages' movie, Keith has many other TV, film and pop-music credits, as well as 4 B'way shows.

The recently restored and newly reframed iconic painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze and a newly acquired bronze statuetteAbraham Lincoln: The Man by the renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens are among the highlights that will be on view in the New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 20 (Presidents' Day), the next in the series of Met Holiday Mondays. (Met Holiday Mondays are extra public viewing days that take place on the Mondays of major holiday weekends, when historically the Museum has been closed.)

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts will present the fourth High Definition screening of this season's National Theatre Live series, TRAVELLING LIGHT, written by Nicholas Wright and directed by National Theatre's Nicholas Hytner on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 at 2pm at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS announces LEONARDO LIVE, presented by BY Experience and PhilGrabskyFilms.com. The first-ever tour of a fine art exhibition created for movie theater audiences, coming via satellite directly to La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. LEONARDO LIVE is a showcase of the completely sold out Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery in London. LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS will present LEONARDO LIVE on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 11am in its gorgeous theatre at 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada.

Cabaret with a View returns to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Monday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. with singer/songwriter Paul Oakley Stovall and Brad Simmons in "The Next Best Thing to Love." Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, the series offers audiences a chance to sit on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion to experience music in an intimate setting and a climate controlled environment. The evening will include both pop favorites as well as a sampling of Stovall's original music.

Beginning February 16, 2012, art lovers around the world will be able to experience LEONARDO LIVE, a satellite-delivered HD presentation of the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan", captured at the U.K. National Gallery.

Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Don Gregory, has announced the full company for the new Broadway production of Mary Chase's Harvey starring Jim Parsons (Elwood P. Dowd), Jessica Hecht (Veta Louise Simmons), Charles Kimbrough (William R. Chumley, M.D.), Larry Bryggman (Judge Omar Gaffney), Carol Kane (Betty Chumley), Peter Benson (E.J. Lofgren), Tracee Chimo (Myrtle Mae Simmons), Holley Fain (Ruth Kelly, R.N.), Angela Paton (Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet), Rich Sommer (Duane Wilson), Morgan Spector (Lyman Sanderson, M.D.) and directed by Scott Ellis.

Director Joe Dowling today announced the three plays that will comprise the Guthrie's 2012 celebration of prolific British playwright, screenwriter and director Christopher Hampton. A Guthrie commission of Appomattox, a new play based upon Hampton's original 2007 opera collaboration with composer Philip Glass, will be joined by Tales from Hollywood and Total Eclipse.

The recently restored and newly reframed iconic painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze and a newly acquired bronze statuetteAbraham Lincoln: The Man by the renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens are among the highlights that will be on view in the New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 20 (Presidents' Day), the next in the series of Met Holiday Mondays. (Met Holiday Mondays are extra public viewing days that take place on the Mondays of major holiday weekends, when historically the Museum has been closed.)