Maria Irene Fornes News

The acclaimed Lawrence Keller is directing 'Mud', the next show of the Women On The Cutting Edge series at Village Players Theater. 'Mud' opens March 27th, 2010.

Meet the 'broads' of Millennium Manor. Broadway veterans Ivonne Coll (Tony-nominated Chronicle of Death Foretold), June Gable (Tony nominee for Candide), Leslie Easterbrook (original Broadway production of California Suite), and Barbara Niles (Jesus Christ Superstar) are four ladies of 'a certain age' in a sparkling new musical with book by Jennie Fahn and toe-tapping music and lyrics by Joe Symon.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, will honor those committed to promoting equality and tolerance at the 21st Annual GLAAD media awards in ceremonies taking place in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD's work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.

Top Chef Lee Anne Wong, 24 Prince's Chef & Top Chef's Nikki Cascone, Iron Chef America's Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Jo's Desert Chef Anne Kim and Back Forty's Shanna Pacific will prepare a gala dinner for Laurie Anderson, Joan Osborne and Suzanne Vega and 196 others to benefit Women's Project, the theater company that has been producing the work of female theater artists for 32 years, on Monday, March 8.

American Theater Company (ATC) celebrates its 25th Anniversary with The Silver Project, a year-long festival of 30 world premiere short plays penned by some of the country's leading playwrights. The Silver Project will run over ten evenings between February 8, 2010 and June 20, 2010 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago.

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 25th anniversary season with the Chicago premiere of Distracted, written by Lisa Loomer. The production is directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli and will run January 28 - February 28, 2010 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron Street, Chicago. Press Opening is to be determined.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, PART 3: THE STORY OF A FAMILY, the final part of the world premiere three part theatrical event by the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright Horton Foote, opened last night at Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues - and the critics are cheering.

Due to conflicts with the Broadway opening night schedule, Signature Theatre Company is announcing new opening night dates for Parts 2 and 3 of Horton Foote's THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE.

Join us for the first developmental reading of Working Theater's 25th Anniversary Season: PROGRESS IN FLYING a staged reading with music by LYNN ROSEN, directed by DANIELLA TOPOL, music by MARY KELLY, with HEIDI SCHRECK (Circle Mirror Transformation), KEIRA KEELEY (Roundabout's upcoming The Glass Menagerie opposite Judith Ivey) and JOEL DE LA FUENTE (Law & Order: SVU)

John Patrick Shanley's provocative 'Savage in Limbo' continues VPT's 'Women on the Cutting Edge' Series for its Studio Theater. The show, directed by Jacque Lueken, will open on January 23rd, 2010.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, PART 3: THE STORY OF A FAMILY opens Tuesday, January 26 at Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues. The production began performances on Thursday, January 7.

John Patrick Shanley's provocative 'Savage in Limbo' continues VPT's 'Women on the Cutting Edge' Series for its Studio Theater. The show, directed by Jacque Lueken, will open on January 23rd, 2010.

Join us for the first developmental reading of Working Theater's 25th Anniversary Season: PROGRESS IN FLYING a staged reading with music by LYNN ROSEN, directed by DANIELLA TOPOL, music by MARY KELLY, with HEIDI SCHRECK (Circle Mirror Transformation), KEIRA KEELEY (Roundabout's upcoming The Glass Menagerie opposite Judith Ivey) and JOEL DE LA FUENTE (Law & Order: SVU)

Signature Theatre Company announced today that ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning epic work by Tony Kushner, will begin performances on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, launching the theatre's 20th anniversary season. The first New York revival of ANGELS IN AMERICA will be directed by Michael Greif. The production will open in late October on a date to be announced.

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 25th anniversary season with the Chicago premiere of Distracted, written by Lisa Loomer. The production is directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli and will run January 28 - February 28, 2010 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron Street, Chicago. Press Opening is to be determined.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD's work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.

Meet the 'broads' of Millennium Manor. Broadway veterans Ivonne Coll (Tony-nominated Chronicle of Death Foretold), June Gable (Tony nominee for Candide), Leslie Easterbrook (original Broadway production of California Suite), and Barbara Niles (Jesus Christ Superstar) are four ladies of 'a certain age' in a sparkling new musical with book by Jennie Fahn and toe-tapping music and lyrics by Joe Symon.

Two-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Rachel Axler will make her off Broadway playwriting debut at the NEA-rejected Women's Project with Smudge, a dark comedy directed by Pam MacKinnon about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love and cheesecake. Smudge features Cassie Beck, Greg Keller and Brian Sgambati.

The New York Times has confirmed that THE ORPHAN'S HOME CYCLE will aim for a fall 2010 Broadway opening, as opposed to rushing the show in this spring, as we previously speculated. While the show had the opportunity to transfer from its current home Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre into the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway for a spring opening, the producers and director Michael Wilson have opted to take the extra time to better prepare the show for the move.

'Laurie Anderson, Joan Osborne and Suzanne Vega are legends in the music world,' said Julie Crosby, the Producing Artistic Director of Women's Project.