Neil LaBute News

New Jersey Repertory Company will present the new musical 'Date of a Lifetime' with book and lyrics by Carl Kissin and music by Robert Baumgartner, Jr., produced in association with Hat on a Hat, LLC, tonight, March 6 through April 6, 2014 at 179 Broadway in Long Branch. Marlo Hunter is the Director/Choreographer and Daniel Rein is the Musical Director.

McDaniel theatre arts students perform the comedic-drama 'Fat Pig' written by American playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute. 'Fat Pig' will run tonight, March 5 - Saturday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. at the WMC Alumni Hall.

The Big Intimacy Group will kick off what's sure to be a long and an exciting relationship with the people of New York with Autobahn. Labute's provocative collection of one-act plays explores perception and relationship-from a make-out session gone awry to a kidnapping disguised as a road trip-resulting in an unsettling montage that gradually reveals the delicate interplay between intention and morality.

Metaphysics Exam Productions' inaugural season will begin with Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty. The production is set to open on Thursday, March 27th and run at the newly renovated Sonnet Theater at the Producers' Club through Sunday, March 30th. The Sonnet Theater is located at 358 W 44th St, Third Floor.

The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) (Dominic D'Andrea, Producing Artistic Director) and Phoenix Theatre (Bryan Fonseca, Producing Director; Tom Horan, Phoenix Theatre Playwright in Residence) have created a dynamic partnership for The Basile One-minute Play Festival with part of the proceeds to benefit the Phoenix Theatre.

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club and Nebraska at this afternoon's 29th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Blue Jasmine, Fruitvale Station, Blue is the Warmest Color, Short Term 12, This is Martin Bonner and 20 Feet From Stardom also received awards at the ceremony, which is held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

Thirty One Productions is proud to present, by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd, BASH Latterday Plays by Neil LaBute.

Paprika Productions presents BURQ OFF! an autobiographical, comedic solo play on what it means to be a Muslim woman in the West written and performed by Nadia Parvez Manzoor. Tara Elliott directs. Five performances will be staged at Walkerspace, 46 Walker Street, NYC 10013 from March 27-30, 2014.

Dragon's brand new 2nd Stages series launches in March. This new series will give local theatre makers the opportunity to fully produce their passion projects with the support of an established theatre company. This dynamic pairing will create an exciting new set of theatre options in downtown Redwood City.

Alley Theatre presents the world premiere of a new comedy by Theresa Rebeck, Fool. In Rebeck's new comedy, two kings get together and place a wager on their fools - a jester competition, and the funniest one gets to keep his head. Two evil minions have a lot to say about this, but not as much as the kitchen wench. And what's the queen been up to all night? A dramatical comical farcical tragical play about power, love and laughter, set in a medieval kitchen. Adult Language, Adult Situations, Beheadings.

It's a jungle out there! Finding a soul mate can be an exhausting experience for lonely hearts looking for love in all the wrong places. But for Marvin and Katie, it's kismet when their eyes first meet at a speed dating event. During their brief time together, they imagine what their lives would be like if they allowed this momentary encounter to evolve to the next level. Their decisions may determine their entire future and whether this will turn out to be a date from hell or a date of a lifetime.

Profiles Theatre continues its 25th Anniversary Season with the Midwest premiere of Cock by Mike Bartlett, directed by Artistic Director Darrell W. Cox. The production runs tonight, February 14 - April 6, 2014 at The Main Stage, 4139 N. Broadway. The press opening is Thursday, February 20 at 8:00pm.

Television and film star Fran Drescher, who is currently gracing the stage in her Broadway debut as CINDERELLA's stepmother Madame, made a cameo on the web series BIG CITY this week. Check it out below!

Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons returns to the stage in The Velocity of Autumn, an explosive new play by playwright Eric Coble. Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella co-stars in this wickedly funny and poignant story about a 79-year-old artist in a showdown with her family over where she'll spend her remaining years.

The Verge Theater is proud to present three exciting new events this month: Neil Labute's The Shape of Things, Improv on the Verge, and Dorothy Meets Alice or The Wizard of Wonderland for the children's matinee.

Today the talented actor speaks exclusively to BWW about making his Broadway debut as legendary sports hero Joe DiMaggio in BRONX BOMBERS.

New Jersey Repertory Company will present the new musical 'Date of a Lifetime' with book and lyrics by Carl Kissin and music by Robert Baumgartner, Jr., produced in association with Hat on a Hat, LLC, on March 6 through April 6, 2014 at 179 Broadway in Long Branch. Marlo Hunter is the Director/Choreographer and Daniel Rein is the Musical Director.

Impetus Ensemble presents a staged reading of Orville Station tonight, February 7, 2014 at 7:30PM at the Dramatists Guild, in the Frederick Loewe Room, 1501 Broadway (off 44th St), Suite 710, NYC. Admission is free. The cast includes: Francesco Andolfi (Dorian Gray), Matthew Crooks (Vatican Falls), Cali Gilman (The Mad Ones), JC Haro (Beyond Therapy). With Carlotta Brentan (One Day Like This, written & directed by Neil LaBute).

Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere of a new comedy by Theresa Rebeck, Fool. In Rebeck's new comedy, two kings get together and place a wager on their fools - a jester competition, and the funniest one gets to keep his head. Two evil minions have a lot to say about this, but not as much as the kitchen wench. And what's the queen been up to all night? A dramatical comical farcical tragical play about power, love and laughter, set in a medieval kitchen. Adult Language, Adult Situations, Beheadings.

The Los Angeles Premiere of the critically acclaimed DERBY DAY written and directed by Samuel Brett Williams opens Saturday, February 22nd at 8 PM. There will be two previews on February 20th and February 21st. at 8 PM. The show runs Thursday's, Friday's and Saturday's through March 22nd at the Elephant Theatre (6322 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, 90038). Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.plays411.com/derbyday or by calling 323.960.7779.