McCarter Theatre News

On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman assassinated John Lennon outside the Dakota apartment building at the corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City.

Tony Award winner Ben Vereen, who was recently guest starred on How I Met Your Mother and who will be a part of Hartford Stages' reading of Fetch Clay, Make Man (dir. Des McAnuff) in November, has announced his ongoing 2010/2011 concert tour.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/24 for New Jersey

Passage Theatre, Trenton's only professional theater company, will open its 2010-2011 season with Love and Communication, a new play by Princeton resident James J. Christy. Directed by Adam Immerwahr, the production will run from October 7 through October 24 at the historic Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton.

Playwrights Theatre is pleased to present the World Premiere of MoM A Rock Concert Musical by Richard Caliban. The production (appropriate for ages 16 and up, adult language and situations) will preview on September 30 and run for four weeks through October 24, 2010 (Press Opening: Friday, October 1 at 8:00pm).

Aporia Theater is proud to announce the limited engagement of FOLLOW ME DOWN, a new play written by Patrick Barrett and directed by Artistic Director Sarah Elizabeth Wansley. Preview is October 22; Opening is October 23.

McCarter Theatre is pleased to announce that two-time Tony Award-winner Stephen Spinella will star in An Iliad, one of history's most famous and exciting tales of love, battle and honor.

Aporia Theater is proud to announce the limited engagement of FOLLOW ME DOWN, a new play written by Patrick Barrett and directed by Artistic Director Sarah Elizabeth Wansley. Preview is October 22; Opening is October 23.

McCarter Theatre will open its popular Cabaret Series with the legendary singer and entertainer Marilyn Maye on Saturday, October 23 at 7:30pm. Maye will pay tribute to renowned lyricist Johnny Mercer with songs like 'Moon River,' 'One for My Baby (and One More for the Road),' and 'That Old Black Magic'.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company of the new Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Brian Bedford as 'Lady Bracknell,' at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St.).

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents Edward Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE, directed by James Bundy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) October 22-November 13.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company of the new Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Brian Bedford as 'Lady Bracknell,' at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St.). The cast will also feature Dana Ivey as 'Miss Prism,' Paxton Whitehead as 'Reverend Chausible,' Santino Fontana as 'Algernon Moncrieff,' David Furr as 'Jack Worthing,' Tim MacDonald as 'Merriman,' Paul O'Brien as 'Lane,' Charlotte Parry as 'Cecily Cardew,' and Sara Topham as 'Gwendolyn.'

The A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory present the world premiere production of award-winning playwright Karen Hartman's Wild Kate, directed by W. D. Keith.

Goodman Theatre's perennial holiday classic A Christmas Carol, consistently included among the Midwest's top-tier holiday events, returns for the 33rd season.

Off-Broadway's acclaimed Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 23rd Season with Tony Award-nominated Irish playwright Conor McPherson's ST. NICHOLAS - a modern-day Gothic tale about a theatre critic, a beautiful actress, and a coven of vampires -- starring John Martello and directed by Alex Dmitriev, with previews set to begin October 15, prior to its official press opening on October 20 at Irish Repertory Theatre Company's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre (132 West 22nd Street).

Today, Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced casting for its holiday revival of The Arabian Nights. This hit show from Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman returns for 24 performances only - from December 11 through December 30.

McCarter Theatre is pleased to announce that two-time Tony Award-winner Stephen Spinella will star in An Iliad, one of history's most famous and exciting tales of love, battle and honor.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/17 for New Jersey

On Sunday, October 17 at 2:30 p.m., the Epic Theatre Ensemble will present a staged reading of a new version of Ari Roth's acclaimed Born Guilty Cycle at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Blanka Zizka will direct the monumental three and one-half hour reading which will feature Rick Foucheux. Following the performance, Roth, Peter Sichrovsky, and other special guests will take part in a Q&A.

McCarter Theatre will open its 2010-2011 season with Aurelia's Oratorio, conceived and directed by Victoria Thierrée Chaplin and starring Aurélia Thierrée. The production, which takes the audience through a surreal world of impossibilities and magical transformations, will play McCarter's Berlind Theatre from September 10 through October 17. (Press Opening: Thursday, September 16). The show, which runs 70 minutes without an intermission, is recommended for ages 10 and up. Aurelia's Oratorio is presented in association with ArKtype and Crying Out Loud UK.