LAByrinth Theater Company (Artistic Director John Ortiz; Co-Artistic Director Philip Seymour Hoffman; Co-Artistic Director and Executive Director John Gould Rubin) and The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) have joined forces again to reunite the powerhouse writer/director team behind such groundbreaking urban dramas as The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train. Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and Director Philip Seymour Hoffman have partnered on the world premiere of The Little Flower of East Orange, an inter-generational ghost story set in an upper Manhattan charity hospital, beginning previews on Tuesday, March 18. The cast for The Little Flower of East Orange will include Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream), Elizabeth Canavan (LAByrinth's Jesus Hopped The A Train), Liza Colón-Zayas (LAByrinth's A View From 151st Street), Arthur French (Dividing the Estate at Primary Stages), Gillian Jacobs (A Feminine Ending at Playwrights Horizons), Ajay Naidu (Office Space), Howie Seago (Peter Sellars' Ajax), Michael Shannon (Tracy Letts' Bug), Sidney Williams ('The Sopranos'), and David Zayas ('Dexter'). The Little Flower of East Orange will run through Sunday, April 20 with an official press opening on Sunday, April 6 at 7 PM. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting www.publictheater.org.
Liza Colon-Zayas News
On Monday, February 18 LAByrinth Theater Company, in residence at The Public Theater, officially opened the second production of their 2007-2008 season: the world premiere of UNCONDITIONAL by Brett C. Leonard with direction of Mark Wing-Davey. The After Party was held in Colors Restaurant
LAByrinth Theater Company will present the world premiere of Jack Goes Boating, a new play by Bob Glaudini
LAByrinth Theater Company's Seventh Annual Barn Series Festival has announced casting for its upcoming performances.
Center Theatre Group announced the cast for the Los Angeles opening of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks 365 Days/365 Plays...
Ensemble Studio Theatre bills itself as 'The Major Forum for One-Act Plays in America.' Having not surveyed too many of the minor forums, I can't necessarily second it. But if its 28th Festival of One-Act Plays 'Series C' is any indication, the company can pride itself on presenting intriguing work by artists more than skilled in the craft of one-act playwriting-and even the writing of musicals
The 21st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Oustanding Achievement Off-Broawday were presented on Monday, May 1st at New World Stages (formerly Dodger Stages, 340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM.
Bebe Neuwirth, Paul Rudd, Veanne Cox and Carol Kane will be among the presenters of the Lucille Lortel Awards on May 1st
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