Moss Hart News

Humor, pathos, romance and suspense fill the rarified Syrian air as Northern Stage presents the first-ever U.S. production of the award-winning Damascus by David Greig, from February 17 through March 7 at the Briggs Opera House in downtown White River Junction, VT, directed by Northern Stage Artistic Director Brooke Ciardelli, featuring Broadway Tony nominee John Herrera.

Living In A Musical Plays March 4 to 21 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (at E. 10th Street). The show is presented by Theater for the New City and runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 3:00 pm $10.

Met with some of Sondheim's harshest criticisms (a rarity within his top-notch career full of well-received hits), MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG-his musical play told in reverse-is quite a challenging piece to take in. As Chance Theater's current production (performing through March 7 in Anaheim Hills), theater co-founder and director Oanh Nguyen certainly lived up to his theater's name and took a respectable chance on mounting a musical that may not be everyone's cup of tea. Though the source material seems like it Merrily Trudges Along, Chance Theater's production is buoyed by a collective creative enthusiasm that's wonderfully palpable and exuberantly infectious all throughout the show's performance.

Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is excited to invite you to a free book event on March 15th at 7 PM at Bluestockings Books. Author Jan Balakian will read from her new book, 'Reading the Plays of Wendy Wasserstein,' and will be happy to sign copies afterward. Books will be on sale at the event.

Mark Lamos will stage a reading of You Can't Take It With You for The Acting Compay at Playwrights Horizons on Monday, February 8th at 7pm. The cast for the reading, headed by Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, also features Matt Amednt, Casey Biggs, Patricia Conolly, Stephen DeRosa, Harriet Harris, Pamela Hyberg, Angela Pierce, David Schramm, and Andrew Weems.

Open Fist Theatre Conservatory Announces Workshops & Classes for March.

Whether you're a die-hard Shakespeare lover or you've never understood a word he's written, you'll have a rollicking good time at I Hate Hamlet, the hilarious, action-packed comedy by Paul Rudnick at Northern Stage. The show will play its final performance on February 7.

Starting Gate's 'Light Up The Sky' by Moss Hart and directed by Cristopher Tibbetts will close February 7.

Cyrano's Off-Center Playhouse in Anchorage will present 4 new productions from February through May including TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE and CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.

Cyrano's Off-Center Playhouse in Anchorage will present 4 new productions from February through May including TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE and CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.

The Huntington Theatre Company will open its 29th season with the great American stage comedy, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's You Can't Take It With You, pending the conclusion of negotiations for a transfer to Broadway.

Anna Shapiro will return to Broadway for the first time since winning the 2007 Tony Award for her direction of 'August: Osage County' when she directs Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, previewing November 5, 2010 and opening November 14 at a Broadway theatre (to be determined), it has been announced by the show's producers Elizabeth Ireland McCann and Joey Parnes.

It is love American style when two people fall for each other and their mismatched families finally meet. The Farmington Players will open Valentine's Day weekend with, 'You Can't Take It with You,' a screwball comedy that has been stealing hearts since it debuted on Broadway in 1936.

HARTFORD CHILDREN'S THEATRE (360 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT) will hold auditions for Disney's GEPPETTO & SON, the final production of the 2009-2010 20th Anniversary Main Stage Season '20 Years of Enchantment.'

Mark Lamos will stage a reading of You Can't Take It With You for The Acting Compay at Playwrights Horizons on Monday, February 8th at 7pm. The cast for the reading, headed by Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, also features Matt Amednt, Casey Biggs, Patricia Conolly, Stephen DeRosa, Harriet Harris, Pamela Hyberg, Angela Pierce, David Schramm, and Andrew Weems.

The award-winning Open Fist Theatre Company, who brought you Moss Hart's Light Up the Sky last year proudly presents STAGE DOOR by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, directed by Barbara Schofield

The award-winning Open Fist Theatre Company, who brought you Moss Hart's Light Up the Sky last year proudly presents STAGE DOOR by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, directed by Barbara Schofield

Whether you're a die-hard Shakespeare lover or you've never understood a word he's written, you'll have a rollicking good time at I Hate Hamlet, the hilarious, action-packed comedy by Paul Rudnick at Northern Stage.

The new year coincides perfectly with Village Players Theatre's season of New American Classics in it's mainstage theatre. Audiences will be touched and entertained by our first offering, 'Lost In Yonkers', the story of an American family across three generations. The show opens on Saturday, January 16th, 2010.

Starting Gate productions proudly presents 'Light Up The Sky' by Moss Hart and directed by Cristopher Tibbetts from January 15 to February 7.