Oscar Wilde News

The classic 1929 thriller returns to New York at the Zipper Theatre.

Prom Songs, the second annual 'renegade benefit' for the Harvey Milk High School and the Hetrick-Martin Institute, will be held on September 26th at Joe's Pub

The Jersey Shore town has two professional theaters; both, appropriately enough, are currently presenting plays set in the Victorian age.

Christmas came early to Broadway this year, and guess who they stuffed in our stockings -- Suzanne Somers!

A visit with the star of Thrill Me: The Story of Leopold And Loeb

Jean Cocteau Repertory (Ernest Johns, Artistic Director) announces the creation of the Off Off Bowery Festival, a new festival designed to offer support for emerging Off Off Broadway theatre companies by offering selected organizations free space at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre during its summer hiatus.

Michael McKean, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Chalke and Gaby Hoffman have been cast in some of the shows featured in this summer's Williamstown Theatre Festival, which runs from July 6th to August 28th

After The Ball, which played at the Irish Rep hit the studios to record on Bruce Kimmel's new label, Kritzerland.

Bill Kenwright and Thelma Holt will bring the acclaimed National Theatre of Great Britain production of PRIMO, starring Antony Sher as Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, to Broadway this summer for 32 performances only beginning Friday, July 8 through Sunday, August 7. Opening night for PRIMO, which is based on Levi's memoir Survival in Auschwitz, as adapted for the stage by Antony Sher, and directed by Richard Wilson, is Monday, July 11 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45 Street).

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey announced that single tickets to its 2005 Main Stage and Outdoor Stage season will go on sale Friday, April 22 - the eve of the Bard's 441st birthday.

Bristol Old Vic presents an all male production of Oscar Wilde's fresh and funny comedy of manners.

Roger Rees, Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF), has announced details for the Festival's 2005 Season, running July 6 through August 28.

- MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) has announced the lineup for the 35th anniversary season of its famed 'WRITERS IN PERFORMANCE' (WIP) literary series. Under the direction of Steve Lawson, WIP's eclectic five-event program will celebrate the best in drama, literature and song with tributes to Tennessee Williams, Kurt Weill, Cervantes' Don Quixote, George S. Kaufman and an appearance by opera great (and first-time author) Renee Fleming.

A Man of No Importance: The Uptown Players Mount a Superior Production of a Well-Crafted Musical With Global Theme

Bill Kenwright will bring two-time Academy Award-winning actress Jessica Lange back to Broadway in a new production of the Tennessee Williams' classic, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, for a limited engagement beginning previews Thursday, February 24, at 8pm at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47 Street). Opening night for THE GLASS MENAGERIE, which will feature Dallas Roberts, Sarah Paulson and Josh Lucas and which will be directed by David Leveaux, is Tuesday, March 15, at 6:45pm.

When you sit down with Max Von Essen, you don't feel as though you are meeting a stranger - in fact it's just the opposite, you feel as though you are already his friend.

AFTER THE BALL a musical by Noel Coward based on Oscar Wilde's 'Lady Windermere's Fan,' will make its American Premiere at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd St.) on Thursday, December 16 at 7:00 PM. Previews begin Tuesday, December 7 at 8:00 PM.

While 'Dorian - The Musical' made its LA debut in late-September, the show itself is nearly 10 years in the making...

It would almost be understandable if someone found the New York Musical Theatre Festival tough to negotiate - finding your way through almost eighty different shows and events and 296 performances would be tough for anyone! So - all of us NYMFettes here have decided to put together a 'taste-test' list, so you can break down the Festival into more bite-sized chunks.