Michael Wilson News

NEW THIS WEEK! Several local theatres to present holiday fare for families and adults! PLUS: Free Theatre for BWW Readers!

Primary Stages honored Broadway producer Daryl Roth and Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien at Primary Stages' 23rd Anniversary Gala Benefit at a private club in Manhattan on Monday, November 12 at 6:30PM.

It's taken 18 years for The great Horton Foote's terrific Reaganomics-era comedy to trickle down to New York since its 1987 premiere but director Michael Wilson's very funny and very human production at Primary Stages is well worth the wait.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote returns to Primary Stages with the New York premiere of his play Dividing The Estate, described in press notes as 'a 12-character human comedy about a family that must confront its past as it prepares for its future.' Performances began September 18; opening night was Thursday, September 27 at 6PM, with performances scheduled through October 28.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote returns to Primary Stages with the New York premiere of his play Dividing The Estate, described in press notes as 'a 12-character human comedy about a family that must confront its past as it prepares for its future.' Performances began September 18; opening night is Thursday, September 27 at 6PM, with performances scheduled through October 28.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Old Acquaintance and Beyond Glory are heading into the final two weeks of performances

Margaret Colin and Harriet Harris, starring in Roundabout Theatre Company's Old Acquaintance, will be featured on NY1's 'On Stage' this weekend beginning Saturday, July 28th on Channel 1.

If John van Druten's 1940 drawing room comedy isn't exactly packed with clever conversation and witty exchanges, the Roundabout's smart and stylish production does a darn good job of making up for any shortcomings in the text.

Primary Stages has announced final casting for the second production of the 2007-2008 season: the New York premiere of the play Dividing The Estate by Horton Foote.

Don't Say Miami and Joshua P. Weiss will present the New York premiere of Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich's play ...Double Vision, directed by Ari Laura Kreith

The Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of John van Druten's comedy Old Acquaintance, starring Margaret Colin as 'Katharine Markham' and Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris as 'Mildred Watson Drake,' opened on Thursday, June 28th

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio have announced upcoming shows to air on XM's On Broadway Channel 28 and on ATW Website as part of the 'Downstage Center' series.

Opening night is Thursday, June 28th for Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of John van Druten's comedy Old Acquaintance, starring Margaret Colin as 'Katharine Markham' and Tony Award winner Harriet Harris as 'Mildred Watson Drake', directed by Michael Wilson at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of John Van Druten's Old Acquaintance will begin previews this Friday, June 1st at 8:00 PM. Old Acquaintance stars Margaret Colin as 'Katharine Markham' and Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris as 'Mildred Watson Drake.'

According to NYTimes.com, the lineup for New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 23rd Powerhouse summer theater season will include productions of John Patrick Shanley's Romantic Poetry: A Musical Play, featuring a score by Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls) and starring Mark Linn-Baker and Idina Menzel, Stephen Belber's (Match) new play, Geometry of Fire, and concert readings of Pete Towshend's new rock opera, The Boy Who Heard Music, and R-E-S-P-E-C-T, a musical featuring hit songs originally by Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett and more.

Primary Stages has announced the final play selection for its 2007-2008 season: the world premiere of Hunting and Gathering by Brooke Berman

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the full company joining Margaret Colin as 'Katharine Markham' and Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris as 'Mildred Watson Drake' in a new Broadway production of John Van Druten's comedy Old Acquaintance, directed by Michael Wilson at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway

The New York Times reports that the Roundabout Theatre Company will present a revival of John Van Druten's 1940 play Old Acquaintance.

Hartford Stage's upcoming spring 2008 production of the seldom-performed Tennessee Williams play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore will star Olympia Dukakis.

Amanda Plummer gives a performance of power and sympathy that adds gritty sparks to an elegant production