The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced complete casting today for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall. Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) will play the lead role of Pentheus joining George Bartenieff as Cadmus; André De Shields as Teiresias; Jonathan Groff as Dionysus; Karen Kandel as Chorus Leader; Joan MacIntosh as Agave; Steven Rishard as Cowherd; and Rocco Sisto as Messenger.
obby Fox, Scott Johnson, Glaston Toft and Stephen Mahy star in Jersey Boys - The story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Broadway's multi-award winning musical opening in Melbourne's Princess Theatre on July 4. Rehearsals began in Melbourne in April. Previews started June 20, the cast celebrates the official opening tonight.
Legendary actor, director, writer and producer Jerry Lewis will make his theatrical directorial debut on Broadway with the new musical, ?THE NUTTY PROFESSOR?, based on the 1963 film that he starred in and co-wrote. With music by Academy Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Marvin Hamlisch and a book and lyrics by multiple Tony Award winner and Grammy Nominee Rupert Holmes, the musical is aiming for a bow on Broadway in the 2010/2011 season and is being produced by Loud Watch Productions, LLC.
Mauckingbird Theatre Company will present John Logan's remarkable crime drama, Never the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb Story, directed by Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds. The company's fourth production follows Mauckingbird's lesbian adaptation of Hedda Gabler (2009) and the critically acclaimed all-male versions of The Misanthrope (2008) and Shakespeare's R & J (2008).
59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) announces the 2009 line up for the 6TH annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival, taking place from Tuesday, July 14 through Sunday, August 2 at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). The performance schedule and ticket prices vary. 59E59 Theaters is located at 59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues.
Legendary actress Carroll Baker will be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor at a dinner held in her honor at The National Arts Club in New York City. Baker, whose most notable film, Baby Doll (1956), garnered her a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, will join the esteemed ranks of previous honorees including Arthur Penn, Cliff Robertson, Sylvia Sydney, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Aiello, Lynn Redgrave, Olympia Dukakis and Norman Jewison.
Academy Award-winning actor, Dustin Hoffman, served as Honorary Chair along with co-chairmen Hanna Kennedy and Roger L. Mayer, as the comic genius of Charlie Chaplin was featured at Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra during the 20th Annual Silent Film Celebration.
The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the application is now available online for the sixth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters. The award is named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb, who passed away on September 11, 2004.
Legendary actress Carroll Baker will be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor at a dinner held in her honor at The National Arts Club in New York City. Baker, whose most notable film, Baby Doll (1956), garnered her a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, will join the esteemed ranks of previous honorees including Arthur Penn, Cliff Robertson, Sylvia Sydney, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Aiello, Lynn Redgrave, Olympia Dukakis and Norman Jewison.
CBS News is reported the sad news that Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series 'Kung Fu' who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced casting for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall. THE BACCHAE will run August 11-August 30 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park with an official press opening on Monday, August 24 at 8 p.m. Bank of America returns as lead sponsor of Shakespeare in the Park 2009.
David Shepherd and Brian Daniels for D & B Productions Ltd
in association with Live From Leicester Square present SANDRA BERNHARD: WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING
Sandra Bernhard has been combining comedy and rock 'n' roll and courting controversy for 25 years.
Frist Center Announces Their Calendar of Events:
June 2009
Thursday, June 4 Gallery Talk: Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts,
7 p.m. Projects, Buildings
Universal Pictures has acquired the feature film project Sinatra from Mandalay Pictures for Academy Award® winner Martin Scorsese to direct, it was announced today.
On Monday, May 4th, Legendary Canadian-born director, Norman Jewison, was awarded The National Arts Club's prestigious Medal of Honor for Film at a dinner held in his honor the historic Gramercy Park venue in New York City.
GO-GO KILLERS is a campy, stylized, choreographic, retro-futuristic play that depicts the New York metropolitan area ten years hence, imagining the potentially horrific outcomes of both the current economic crisis and the global warming debacle.
South Coast Repertory's 12th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF) will shine the spotlight on seven new plays written by America's finest writers. Since its creation in 1998, PPF has grown into one of the most important festivals of new scripts in the United States. This year's Festival will take place during the May 1 through May 3 weekend and will feature five staged readings and two fully-produced World Premieres on South Coast Repertory's Segerstrom and Julianne Argryos Stages. Tickets to PPF may be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office.
Tony Winner Dan Fogler premiered his directing debut at the Tribeca Film Festival last week. The movie, Hysterical Psycho, is a spoof of cabin in the woods movies, made with his theater group, Stage 13.
