Neil LaBute News

Best remembered for his starring role on the television series 'Friends,' for which he earned an Emmy nomination, David Schwimmer is getting ready to make his Broadway debut in a revival of Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He will be playing military lawyer Lt. Barney Greenwald. I had the opportunity to sit down with Schwimmer during rehearsals.

MCC THEATER proudly presents the U.S. premiere of the stage play SOME GIRL(S) by Neil LaBute, starring ERIC McCORMACK ('Will & Grace'), FRAN DRESCHER ('The Nanny'), JUDY REYES ('Scrubs'), BROOKE SMITH (In Her Shoes) and MAURA TIERNEY ('ER').

Fran Drescher has signed on to the starry cast of MCC's upcoming production of Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute

MCC Theater has announced that Brooke Smith will play Sam, a Seattle housewife, in the U.S. premiere of the stage play Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute

Eric McCormack will join the previously-announced Maura Tierney in MCC's upcoming production of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s)

MCC THEATER announced today that FELICIA FIELDS (The Color Purple), along with a special performance by members of Broadway's THE WEDDING SINGER will join the celebrity cast of 'MISCAST,' a star-studded musical revue featuring some of Broadway's biggest names singing show tunes in roles they would never, ever perform.

ER's Maura Tierney will star as one of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s) for MCC Theater from May 17th through June 24th

The first-ever revival of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, starring Patrick Wilson, Amanda Peet, Jill Clayburgh and Tony Roberts, opened on February 16th

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

MCC THEATER today announced that the New York premiere of The Wooden Breeks by Glen Berger, directed by Trip Cullman, will now open one week later on Tuesday, February 21, 7pm at the Lucille Lortel (121 Christopher Street) in order to implement further artistic changes.

MCC has replaced Neil LaBute's Swallowing Bicycles with the same playwright's Some Girls, in its American premiere; it will open on June 8th

The stars of the upcoming Barefoot in the Park revival--Amanda Peet, Patrick Wilson, Jill Clayburgh and Tony Roberts--gathered to pose for pictures

Lauren Ambrose, Jason Biggs, Zoe Caldwell and other performers will join acclaimed writers in 20, a benefit evening for MCC Theater

Drama Dept. (Douglas Carter Beane, Artistic Director and Michael S. Rosenberg, Executive Director) and The Zipper are pleased to announce the first of three co-productions: a revival of Patrick Hamilton's 1929 thriller, ROPE.

Ed Harris will make his European stage debut in Wreck, a new play by Neil LaBute, from November 23rd through December 3rd

The Public Theater announces that the sold out world premiere of Neil LaBute's This Is How It Goes will extend its run an additional week, through Sunday, April 24th.

The Public Theater announces that due to a recent cast change, This Is How It Goes, which was originally scheduled to begin previews Thursday, March 10th, will now begin previews Friday, March 11th.

Amanda Peet appears alongside Ben Stiller, and Jeffrey Wright, previews begin March 10.