Maureen Stapleton News

Performance Space 122 will present CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, on November 22nd through December 7th, 2008.

Resonance Ensemble begins 2008-09 season with two plays inspired by Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: the World Premiere of Christopher Boal's 23 KNIVES and Bernard Shaw's CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA beginning January 11, opening January 18, 2009 at Theatre Row's CLURMAN THEATRE

Performance Space 122 will present CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, on November 22nd through December 7th, 2008.

Network Television Pays Homage to Broadway

Two productions of plays by one of the founding fathers of twentieth century American drama, Tennessee Williams, are set to hit the West End stage in a couple of months time. Thomas Lanier Williams drafted some of the most haunting plays ever written - plays full of the joy, pain and poetry of life that always touch at the heart of raw human emotion. And he created some of the all-time great theatrical roles for women. The West End has seen high quality reincarnations of some of those great female roles in the last few years with stunning performances by Frances O'Connor in 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof', Victoria Hamilton and Diana Rigg in 'Suddenly Last Summer' and Clare Higgins and Jenny Seagrove in 'The Night Of The Iguana'. In 2007 London audiences will get the chance to see Hollywood star Jessica Lange in 'The Glass Menagerie' (which begins previews at the Apollo on January 31) and Zoe Wannamaker in 'The Rose Tattoo' (which commences previews at the Olivier on March 19).

A memorial celebrating the life and career of actress Maureen Stapleton, who died this past March 13th, will take place on Monday, September 18th at 1:00 pm

Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse, after a sudden closing due to financial trouble, will reopen tonight; Lucie Arnaz has raised funds to help keep the theatre afloat

The Miami Herald has reported the sudden closing of the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida; a board of directors meeting will discuss the theatre's fate tomorrow

Tonight, March 14th, at 8 PM, the marquee lights of every Broadway theatre will dim for one minute in memory of Maureen Stapleton

She titled her autobiography 'A Hell of A Life,' and wow, did she have one!

BroadwayWorld presents a photo retrospective of beloved Oscar- and Tony Award-winning character actress Maureen Stapleton, who died on March 13th at the age of 80

Actress Maureen Stapleton, the winner of two Tony Awards and an Oscar who created the role of Sefafina della Rose in The Rose Tattoo, has passed away at the age of 80

Currently, Valerie Harper is touring America, starring as Golda Meir in William Gibson's GOLDA'S BALCONY.

The Light in the Piazza's Michael Berresse has replaced Andrew McCarthy to perform alongside Laura Benanti and Alix Korey in a September 19th benefit reading of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite

Since I live in New York City, I usually don't take a 'theater vacation'-you know, the eight-shows-a-week type of trip to New York or London. Even when I go to London, theater is just one of the activities on my itinerary. But the last three summers, I have found myself in a summer theater destination and have been appreciating more and more the joy of taking my No. 1 pastime on the road.