Liev Schreiber News

The New York Times announced today the ninth annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, Jan. 7 to 10. The Times's signature event is a four-day celebration of the arts featuring TimesTalks interviews between New York Times journalists and celebrated guests from film, media, music, television and theater.

Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson met the press this morning to chat about A View From the Bridge and BroadwayWorld.com was there!

Long Wharf Theatre's Sunday Symposium series continues with a conversation about the nature of hatred, confession and forgiveness. The event will follow the 2 p.m. matinee performance of Have You Seen Us? on Sunday, December 13, 2009. Symposiums are free and open to all.

The new theatre season is full of exciting works by some very well known artists. With the New Year almost upon us, we've turned our focus on the ten personalities we'll be keeping an extra special eye on here at BroadwayWorld.com in 2010.

The Actors Fund's Auction of 1000 Stars Holiday Edition is live for bidding online through December 10. The event will raise money to support the entertainment charity.

The four-member cast of Academy Award-winner Martin McDonagh's A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE stars Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken and stage and screen stars Sam Rockwell, Anthony Mackie and Zoe Kazan. Directed by John Crowley, A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE will begin performances Monday, February 15 and will open Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street. Tickets go on sale Monday, December 14 through Telecharge.com, by phone at 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250, or online at www.Telecharge.com , for this strictly limited engagement which will run for 16 weeks only.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award-winner in years is coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Now that Alec Baldwin has conquered the big and small screens, it seems he has his eye on the Great White Way and that coveted Tony Award. Baldwin recently told Elle Magazine: 'I'd love to win a Tony Award. A Tony Award I really crave. That would have great meaning.'

Jessica Hecht, Michael Cristofer, Santino Fontana and Corey Stoll are set to join the cast of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Gregory Mosher on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street).

The New York Times is reporting that Jessica Hecht will play Beatrice, Santino Fontana will play Rodolpho and Michael Cristofer will play Alfieri in the upcoming Broadway revival of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE. Hecht and Fontana just appeared together on stage in Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Tickets for the highly anticipated Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE starring Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson, directed by Gregory Mosher, go on sale exclusively to American Express card holders Wednesday, November 11 though Friday, November 20, and to the general public beginning Saturday, November 21.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award-winner in years is coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Tune in to PBS on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 8:00p.m.* for Live From Lincoln Center's telecast of violin favorite Joshua Bell with friends from Lincoln Center's intimate Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse.

Tickets for the highly anticipated Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE starring Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson, directed by Gregory Mosher, go on sale exclusively to American Express card holders Wednesday, November 11 though Friday, November 20, and to the general public beginning Saturday, November 21.

The People's Choice Awards, presented annually to entertainers in the categories of music, film and television, are unique in that unlike its Oscar and Golden Globe counterparts, the nominees and winners are selected by the viewing and voting public, as opposed to a panel of industry peers.

Montblanc presented the 9th annual THE 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY on Monday, November 9th 2009 at the American Airlines Theatre. Proceeds benefit Urban Arts Partnership, a not-for-profit organization that brings vital arts education programs into New York City public school classrooms.

Red Bull Theater's Revelation Readings series will feature Eric Bogosian, Michael Emerson and more. The series began readings on September 14th and will continue the series through June 14, 2010. The series is meant to rediscover neglected classics, and to develop new plays of heightened language and classical themes.

Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson, in her Broadway debut, will star in Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Gregory Mosher on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). Performances begin Monday, December 28, 2009 and the official opening is Sunday, January 24, 2010. The limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced that acclaimed actor and playwright Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio, 'Law & Order: CI') has joined the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming Broadway production of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL directed by Daniel Sullivan.