Mark Lamos News

Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) will stage John Steinbeck's classic drama, 'Of Mice and Men,' directed by Mark Lamos. Peformances began October 7th and will run through November 1. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 and the Pulitzer Prize for his 1939 novel 'The Grapes of Wrath.' The production will honor the late Paul Newman, who was married to Westport's Artistic Director Joanne Woodward and who participated in many Westport Playhouse productions.

Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) will stage John Steinbeck's classic drama, 'Of Mice and Men,' directed by Mark Lamos, October 7 through November 1. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 and the Pulitzer Prize for his 1939 novel 'The Grapes of Wrath.'

On Monday October 6th at 7PM the RED BULL THEATER will present a staged reading of A HORSE'S ASS by David Greenspan, roughly adapted from Pietro Aretino's Renaissance comedy Il Marescalco as part of the 'Revelation Readings' series.

On Monday October 6th at 7PM the RED BULL THEATER will present a staged reading of A HORSE'S ASS by David Greenspan, roughly adapted from Pietro Aretino's Renaissance comedy Il Marescalco as part of the 'Revelation Readings' series.

Producers of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, The New Musical announce that Laura Osnes (Grease!, winner of Grease: You're the One that I Want!) will play the role of Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet in the Broadway-bound musical's one-night-only performance at Rochester's historic Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, October 21

RED BULL THEATER presents on Monday September 29th 7pm a staged reading THE SILENT WOMAN by Ben Jonson adapted by Michael Kahn featuring F Murray Abraham and Dakin Matthews , Jason Butler Harner, Marcus Dean Fuller, Drew Foster, Stephen Bel Davies, Danny Scheie, John Livingston Rolle, Nicholas Galbraith, Cynthia Mace, Jennifer White, Beth Dixon, Alex Brown, Jason Kravits, Carolyn Seymour

Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) will stage John Steinbeck's classic drama, 'Of Mice and Men,' directed by Mark Lamos, October 7 through November 1. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 and the Pulitzer Prize for his 1939 novel 'The Grapes of Wrath.'

Red Bull Theatre begins its new set of readings on September 15th and will continue until March 2nd.

Producers of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, The New Musical announce that Obie Award-winner and Rochester, NY native Donna Lynne Champlin (Sweeney Todd, Hollywood Arms, By Jeeves) will play the role of Jane Austen in the Broadway-bound musical's one-night-only performance event at Rochester's historic Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, October 21. Champlin joins previously-cast Colin Donnell (Jersey Boys, Follies) as Mr. Darcy.

A.R. Gurney's play Buffalo Gal will end its run at Primary Stages as scheduled tonight, Sept 13th.

Producers of a homegrown musical version of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice want to engage the local community in its journey to Broadway with an exclusive local 'first look' on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the upstate city's historic Eastman Theatre.

Plácido Domingo will sing the role of Maurizio in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur on February 6, 10, 13, 21 matinee, 25, and 28 evening, 2009, replacing Marcelo Álvarez, who is now singing the title role in the Met's new production of Verdi's Il Trovatore. Marco Armiliato will conduct Adriana Lecouvreur, replacing Domingo, who was originally scheduled to conduct. The role of Maurizio in the February 17 performance is TBA.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that Christopher J. Hanke will join the cast of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical at the Delacorte Theater for the final two week extension of the run (August 17 to August 31, 2008).

Red Bull Theater, artistic director Jesse Berger, announced the return of 'Revelation Readings', the Obie Award-winning reading series exploring new and classic plays of heightened language.

A.R. Gurney returned to Primary Stages last night with a comedy that centers around Amanda, a once successful television personality whose star is now fading.

A.R. Gurney returned to Primary Stages last night with a comedy that centers around Amanda, a once successful television personality whose star is now fading.

If the old chestnut about life imitating art doesn't cross your mind a couple of times during A.R. Gurney's new comedy, Buffalo Gal, you may want to make a copy of The Cherry Orchard part of your subway reading this week. But brushing up your Chekhov isn't completely necessary to enjoy this funny little character study where the Russian playwright's story of the cultured aristocracy falling to the vulgar values of the middle class is replaced by a struggle for artistically conscious live theatre to survive while uninspired sitcoms rake in the bucks and offer immediate stardom.

Due to popular demand, Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced a two-week extension for the first production of the their 24th season, the New York premiere of Buffalo Gal by A.R. Gurney

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that Christopher J. Hanke will join the cast of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical at the Delacorte Theater for the final two week extension of the run (August 17 to August 31, 2008).

Due to popular, Primary Stages has announced a two-week extension for the first production of the their 24th season, the New York premiere of Buffalo Gal by A.R. Gurney.