Just last night, he New Group just honored Founding Artistic Director Scott Elliott and celebrated its 20th Anniversary season. Scott Elliott is an award-winning stage director, filmmaker and the founding Artistic Director of The New Group, where he recently directed the critically acclaimed revival of David Rabe's Sticks and Bones. At The New Group, he has directed world premieres by Thomas Bradshaw, Ayub Khan Din, Francine Volpe, Erika Sheffer and Tommy Nohilly; and the world premiere of the 2010 musical The Kid (Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Musical). Other credits include The New Group's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Cynthia Nixon; David Rabe's Hurlyburly; and numerous collaborations with Ayub Khan Din, Wallace Shawn and Mike Leigh. Broadway credits include Present Laughter, Barefoot in the Park, The Threepenny Opera, The Women and Three Sisters. This spring at The New Group, he directs the world premiere of The Spoils, written by and featuring Jesse Eisenberg.
BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the gala below!
RuPaul's Drag Race sensation JINKX MONSOON and San Francisco drag legend PEACHES CHRIST will star in the New York Premiere of RETURN TO GRAY GARDENS, a theatrical comedy that pays homage to the acclaimed documentary film 'Grey Gardens'. This original stage show, written and directed by Joshua Grannell, also features MINK STOLE in a cast of 14. It will be performed for one night only, Saturday, April 25 at 7pm at Mason Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center (17 Lexington Avenue at 23rd Street). Tickets range from $25 - $75 at 212-352-3101 or www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
On Thursday, February 19 at 7:00PM, Catie Lazarus returns to Joe's Pub at The Public for the next season of her beloved live talk show, The Employee of the Month Show (EOTM), with guests Jon Stewart, Natasha Lyonne and Sherman 'OT' Powell. Tickets for February 19 are $50 and will be available to the public online, by phone (212-967-7555) or in-person at The Public Theater Box Office (425 Lafayette, NYC) on Thursday, January 29 at 2:00PM.
The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez opens tonight, January 23, 2015 at George Street Playhouse. The production runs through February 15, 2015 Directed by Seret Scott, the cast features Ron Canada, Luke Forbes and Adam Gerber.
Netflix's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK just unveiled a new HOLIDAYS AT LITCHFIELD video, featuring the inmates getting into the holiday spirit with their own version of the '12 Days of Christmas'. Watch below!
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections, as well as the selections for a new Special Events section and participants for two panels, at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The Festival is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.
IFC's Emmy(R)-nominated comedy Portlandia has busted out of Portland, out of television even, to enter our national vocabulary as shorthand for a 21st century state of mind.
Animus Theatre Company presents Leslye Headland's Sin Cycle Plays (Assistance; Bachelorette; Cinephilia; Reverb; Surfer Girl; and The Accidental Blonde) as part of its 2014 Reading Festival series, in association with Circle in the Square Professional Workshop, tonight, November 17, at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre.
Animus Theatre Company is pleased to announce that acclaimed film, television and stage star Alexis Bledel has joined the lineup for Leslye Headland's Sin Cycle Plays (Assistance; Bachelorette; Cinephilia; Reverb; Surfer Girl; and The Accidental Blonde), their 2014 Reading Festival series in association with Circle in the Square Professional Workshop, on Monday, November 17, at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre. Bledel will read the role of Veronica in The Accidental Blonde.
Animus Theatre Company is pleased to announce it will be presenting Leslye Headland's Sin Cycle Plays (Assistance; Bachelorette; Cinephilia; Reverb; Surfer Girl; and The Accidental Blonde) as their 2014-2015 Reading Festival on Monday, November 17, at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre, in association with Circle in the Square Professional Workshop.
On an all-new video from FUNNY OR DIE, Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black) is tapped to star in Beetlejuice 2, but the unfunded project needs investors. Get a first look below!
New York's funniest show Celebrity Autobiography will welcome to its cast Orange is the New Black co-star Natasha Lyonne, four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason, Tate Donovan (24, Damages), Mario Cantone (Sex and the City), Tony Award-nominee Santino Fontana (Act One, Cinderella), comedy legend Alan Zweibel & Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel for its October show tonight, October 20 at 7pm at The Triad (Stage 72 -- 158 West 72nd Street).
Try your luck alongside New Group artists as The New Group hosts its first-ever CASINO NIGHT, a Fundraiser kicking off the Company's 20th Anniversary season. CASINO NIGHT takes place Today, October 10 from 7:00-11:00pm at Tribeca Skyline Studioslocated at 2 Desbrosses Street.
Try your luck alongside New Group artists as The New Group hosts its first-ever CASINO NIGHT, a Fundraiser kicking off the Company's 20th Anniversary season. CASINO NIGHT takes place Friday, October 10 from 7:00-11:00pm at Tribeca Skyline Studioslocated at 2 Desbrosses Street.
New York's funniest show Celebrity Autobiography will welcome to its cast Orange is the New Black co-star Natasha Lyonne, four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason, Tate Donovan (24, Damages), Mario Cantone (Sex and the City), Tony Award-nominee Santino Fontana (Act One, Cinderella), comedy legend Alan Zweibel & Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel for its October show on Monday, October 20 at 7pm at The Triad (Stage 72 -- 158 West 72nd Street).
Karen Carpenter, a producer, director and teacher, a theater-maker for more than 30 years, has been appointed the interim Artistic Director of the William Inge Center for the Arts and the 34th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival. The Inge Festival is the Official Theater Festival of the State of Kansas, hosted on the campus of Independence Community College, which houses the William Inge archives.
The Hollywood Reporter writes that stand-up comic and actor Mike Birbiglia will appear in the third season of Netflix's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. The details of his recurring role are being kept under wraps.
