Oscar Wilde News

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents its annual 2011 Spring Gala honoring Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin.

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Molière's DON JUAN, in the professional American premiere of a new translation by Neil Bartlett, to be directed by Alexander Burns. The production will close Sunday, March 13.

BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO, featuring the talents of Robin Williams, begins previews tonight, March 11, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 W. 46 St.). The show officially opens on March 31.

Previews begin TOMORROW, March 10th at 8PM, for Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony® Award winner Sutton Foster as "Reno Sweeney" and Tony® and Academy® Award winner Joel Grey as "Moonface Martin.

Previews begin TONIGHT, March 10th at 8PM, for Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony® Award winner Sutton Foster as "Reno Sweeney" and Tony® and Academy® Award winner Joel Grey as "Moonface Martin.

JOURNEY OF THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The Bonesetter's Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Amy Tan and based on her bestselling book of the same name.

MTWorks continues its acclaimed fifth season with the magical world premiere of THE FAMILY SHAKESPEARE, written by award-winning playwright and Artistic Director David Stallings and directed by founding member Antonio Miniño.

American Stage Theatre Company announced Equity Performer and non-Equity auditions for its 2011-12 season on Monday, March 21 and Tuesday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the theatre.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce a one-week extension of The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, by Tennessee Williams, directed by Michael Wilson, through Sunday, April 10th.

American Stage Theatre Company announced Equity Performer and non-Equity auditions for its 2011-12 season on Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the theatre.

BoHo Theatre presents Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde, a multilayered exploration of American entertainment icon Mae West as seen through the eyes of a pair of disaffected present-day fans, running April 1 through May 1, 2011 at Theater Wit, 1229 W Belmont Avenue. Dirty Blonde is directed by BoHo Artistic Advisor Stephen Genovese.

Performance Workshop Theatre celebrates the opening of its new resident theatre in Hamilton with [Un]told Stories - playwrights off-stage, an exciting series of extraordinary stories written by six of the world's outstanding playwrights.

According to Deadline.com, stage and screen star MIchael Emerson is set to star in CBS pilot entitle 'Person of Interest.' The pilot will be written and executive produced by Jonah Nolan and executive produced by J.J. Abrams. The show 'centers on ex-CIA agent Reese, presumed dead, who teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch (Michael Emerson) to prevent violent crimes in New York City' as described by Deadline.

On Monday, March 7th, Ten Chimneys Foundation will begin public ticket sales for Music in the Drawing Room featuring Broadway luminary Christine Ebersole and Edward Hibbert - for two nights only, April 29th and 30th.

The New Theatre Project is thrilled to announce their move into a brand new performance space. Having previously resided at Unit 2, occupied by the Pot & Box on 220 Felch St., The New Theatre Project will be moving into their own venue in the same building, Unit 5. The space will house the Project beginning with the next show and into Season 2: Revelation. Stay tuned for the details coming soon.

Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) continues its 23rd Season with the world premiere of MY SCANDALOUS LIFE by Irish playwright and novelist Thomas Kilroy (author of the award-winning novel 'The Big Chapel'), set close March 6. John Going (who helmed HIZZONER! on Broadway) directs.

First Folio's Season of Suspense will continue with Noël Coward's comedy of the supernatural, Blithe Spirit. Charles Condomine's life takes an unexpected twist when the eccentric medium Madame Arcati unwittingly conjures up the ghost of his first wife Elvira. Caught between the spirit of his dead spouse and the disbelief of his current one, Charles struggles to maintain his marriage and his sanity.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory (YC) present Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner Horton Foote's The Widow Claire and Courtship, two one-act plays from his beloved nine-play epic, The Orphans' Home Cycle

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, called "a riotously funny and campy variety show" by Next Magazine, and 'a rollicking, wry affair complete with funny political commentary on current events' by Gay City News, will present their newest edition on Thursday, March 17 at 9:30 PM.

BoHo Theatre presents Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde, a multilayered exploration of American entertainment icon Mae West as seen through the eyes of a pair of disaffected present-day fans, running April 1 through May 1, 2011 at Theater Wit, 1229 W Belmont Avenue.