Mr. Williams News

AfroSolo TV proudly welcomes Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's critically acclaimed co-founder and director, Stanley E. Stanley Williams, this Friday, October 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm on San Francisco's Cable Station 76. Tune in and watch this lively conversation about Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's exciting upcoming Passport season.

Tickets go on sale today for Signature Theatre Company's (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) production of HOME, the second production of Signature's 2008-2009 season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) is proud to announce casting for HOME, by Samm-Art Williams and directed by Ron OJ Parson. HOME will be the second production of Signature's 2008-09 season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).

For the first time under the leadership of Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present the American classic A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.

On Monday, June 16th actor and playwright JEREMY LAWRENCE returns to the 'role' of the older Tennessee Williams in the compelling, tour-de-force play 'EVERYONE EXPECTS ME TO WRITE ANOTHER STREETCAR: An Evening With Tennessee Williams'. The words and works of Mr. Williams are arranged and performed by Jeremy Lawrence. TOSOS II presents this limited engagement as part of the Ethyl Eichelberger Solo Show Project (Jamie Heinlien, Director) at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre/Abington Theatre Arts Complex, 312 West 36th Street (bet 8th-9th Aves) on June 16, 17, 18 & 19 at 8 PM.

Jeremy Lawrence returns to the 'role' of the older Tennessee Williams in the play 'Everyone Expects Me to Write Another Street: An Evening With Tennessee Williams.'

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announced a new Off-Broadway production of David Rabe's award winning drama Streamers, directed by Scott Ellis.

All the latest theatre news in Baltimore and Beyond. This week's BEST BET: Kiss of the Spider Woman at Virginia's Signature Theatre!

Arena Stage will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Death of a Salesman and A View from the Bridge in rotating repertory as a salute to one of America's best playwrights, Arthur Miller.

REVIEW: The Pantolites present the first what is hoped to be an annual presentation - British Panto. Thiss year: Puss in Boots.

WHO: CENTERSTAGE WHAT: Joe Turner's Come and Gone WHEN: Through January 13. Tues - Sat at 8PM, Sun at 7:30PM, Sat and Sun at 2PM HOW MUCH: $10 - $60. TICKETS AND INFORMATION: www.centerstage.org or 410-332-0033

The Second Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival will take place on September 27th through September 30th. Following last year's extraordinary debut, this year's festival announces the appearance of poet playwright Amiri Baraka as well as playwright John Guare.

Tony Nominee John Earl Jelks, and James Williams discuss Radio Golf, and their long relationship with the project, having worked on it since its inception at Yale. They also discuss working with August Wilson.

Oscar-nominated actor Danny Aiello will participate in a benefit on March 25th in New York City for the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, a four-day festival featuring Williams' work in various genres including film, dance, poetry, photography, music and plays.

T. Schreiber Studios has been granted special permission from the estate of Tennessee Williams to produce Sweet Bird of Youth; this terrific production proves that permission was justified.

The White Horse Theater Company will revive the forgotten play 'In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel' by Tennessee Williams

A rarely-performed Tennessee Williams play will receive a Manhattan production next month

For those very cultured New York theatre-goers who felt last season's Martin McDonagh bloodbath The Lieutenant of Inishmore wasn't quite graphically violent enough to satisfy their very refined tastes, might I suggest an evening at the latest offering to grace the Off-Broadway stage, Evil Dead: The Musical. It's freakin' awesome.

Dallas Theater Center presents Tennesse Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with splendid performances in a first-rate production.