Michael Jacobs News

If you're going to open your play with the two main characters discussing their preference of either muffins or coffee cake with their morning brew, your dialogue had better be sparkling. It's not. In fact the biggest problem with Michael Jacobs' Impressionism is that its main characters can't seem to express themselves as cleverly as the author seems to believe they are. Pseudo-sophisticated urban shorthand abounds in this ninety minute pounding into the brain of the notion that, like an impressionist painting, life is so much clearer when observed from a distance.

Academy and Tony Award winning actor Jeremy Irons, currently starring on Broadway in IMPRESSIONISM, will be a guest on WNYC Radio's 'New York & Company' hosted by Leonard Lopate tomorrow Tuesday April 14 at Noon. WNYC is heard on 820 AM and 93.9 FM in New York.

Academy and Tony Award winning actor Jeremy Irons, currently starring on Broadway in IMPRESSIONISM, will be interviewed by The New York Times' Janet Maslin at a Times Talk on Monday April 13 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM at The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street at 6:30 PM. It will also be available on the New York Times website and on iTunes.

Catch scenes from Impressionism starring Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen right here on BroadwayWorld.com!

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

Tony Award winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons have returned to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs opening at the Gerald SchoenfeldTheatre on Tuesday March 24, 2009. The production, directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien, began preview performances on February 28. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there for the starry opening night party at Sardi's!

Tony Award winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons have returned to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs opening at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Tuesday March 24, 2009. The production, directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien, began preview performances on February 28. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there for the exciting opening night!

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

Tony Award winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons return to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs opening at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Tuesday March 24, 2009. The production, directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien, began preview performances on February 28.

Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons have returned to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs opening at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Tuesday March 24, 2009. The production, directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien began preview performances on February 28. The cast features Marsha Mason, Andr? De Shields, Michael T. Weiss, Aaron Lazar, Margarita Levieva and Hadley Delany.

Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen, currently starring on Broadway in Impressionism, will be guests on NBC's The TODAY Show, tomorrow Thursday March 19 in the 10 AM hour. Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons have returned to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs opening at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Tuesday March 24, 2009.

A special re-airing of the popular TV show Jamie deRoy & friends will be broadcast on Wed. March 18, 2009 @ 7:30pm on Time Warner 57 / RCN 84 channels. This acclaimed episode includes performances from Eric Comstock, Barbara Fasano, and Anne Steele. Also, scenes from Distracted Starring Cynthia Nixon and Guys And Dolls on Broadway. It will also feature two special segments--- Charles Strouse, who will be honored by the NY POPS and Stephen Schwartz, who recently performed at our Academy Awards show.

For the past 18 years, Jamie deRoy has hosted and produced the critically acclaimed variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends, which also serves as a basis for her 16-year-old cable television show, 'Jamie deRoy & friends.' The award-winning television show which chronicles theatre and cabaret talent will move to a new time and channel starting Sunday, March 29th airtime 7:30PM on channels: Time Warner 56/ RCN 83 every other Sunday. Produced by Jamie deRoy & friends, inc. the show is directed by Barry Kleinbort and taped & edited by Applause Video. A mainstay on Manhattan cable-TV, the show spotlights a wide variety of well-known entertainers and newcomers lighting up the cabaret, theater and comedy worlds.

For the past 18 years, Jamie deRoy has hosted and produced the critically acclaimed variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends, which also serves as a basis for her 16-year-old cable television show, 'Jamie deRoy & friends.'

The new American play, IMPRESSIONISM, currently in previews at the Schoenfeld Theatre, has announced a new official opening date. Previously scheduled to open on Thursday, March 12th, IMPRESSIONISM will now open on Tuesday, March 24th at Broadway?s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45 St.).

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President) is pleased to announce that Jeremy Irons (Broadway's Impressionism) and Cynthia Nixon (Off-Broadway's Distracted at the Roundabout Theatre Company), who first starred together as father and daughter in the 1984 Broadway production of The Real Thing, will reunite this spring to serve as co-hosts for The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon.

Miracle House has a special block of orchestra tickets reserved for the new play, Impressionism, by Michael Jacobs, featuring Tony winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons. Following the performance, an After-Theatre Reception will be held at the legendary Sardi's with stars Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons.

Tony Award winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons return to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs. The production, which is directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien, will plays the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

TDF's Accessibility Programs (TAP), which have been instrumental in expanding open captioning on and Off Broadway, and regionally across the United States, announce the schedule of performances which will feature the service on Broadway this spring.Open captioning, which TDF introduced on Broadway in 1997, is more inclusive of all hard-of-hearing audiences than traditional sign language interpretation. Through open captioning, an electronic text display, placed on the side of the stage, shows what the actors are saying or singing and describes sound effects on stage in real time.To date, TAP has organized more than 350 open-captioned performances of more than 250 different Broadway, Off Broadway and regional productions.

Academy Award Nominee Marsha Mason talks about her new show on Broadway.