As previously reported, My Girl's Anna Chlumsky and Kristen Johnston are set to headline the Mint Theater Company's SO HELP ME GOD! The Off-Broadway run, which will begin previews November 18th, opens officially at the Lucile Lortel Theatre Dec. 7 and runs through Dec. 20. Today, the full cast and creative team have been announced.
Mint Theater Company today announced that its second offering of the season, So Help Me God! by Maurine Dallas Watkins (the author of Chicago, the play upon which the musical is based), will be directed by Mint Artistic Director Jonathan Bank, taking over for the previously announced Martin Platt, who has left the production for personal reasons.
As previously reported, My Girl's Anna Chlumsky and Kristen Johnston are set to headline the Mint Theater Company's SO HELP ME GOD! The Off-Broadway run, which will begin previews November 18th, opens officially at the Lucile Lortel Theatre Dec. 7 and runs through Dec. 20. Today, the full cast and creative team have been announced.
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will open its Thompson Shelterhouse 50th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of VICTORIA MUSICA by Michele Lowe. This fast-moving story that journeys into the heart of an artist and the nature of fame begins public previews on September 26 and continues through October 25.
THE CHIMES was presented as part of this year's Festival. In this clip, Playwright Kevin Christopher Snipes interviews Andy Phelan and Brian C. Johnson from THE CHIMES at their closing night party.
The Summer Play Festival (SPF) announces casting for the eagerly anticipated 2009 Festival in New York City. Casts include stage and screen actress Ally Sheedy; Ari Graynor, recently seen in NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLST; Maulik Pancholy, regular on the Showtime hit WEEDS and NBC's 30 ROCK; Katherine Waterston, who broke out in THE BABYSITTERS; Aya Cash, recently seen in Manhattan Theater Club's FROM UP HERE; and Eddie Kay Thomas, from the AMERICAN PIE movie series.
The Summer Play Festival (SPF) announces casting for the eagerly anticipated 2009 Festival in New York City. Casts include stage and screen actress Ally Sheedy; Ari Graynor, recently seen in NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLST; Maulik Pancholy, regular on the Showtime hit WEEDS and NBC's 30 ROCK; Katherine Waterston, who broke out in THE BABYSITTERS; Aya Cash, recently seen in Manhattan Theater Club's FROM UP HERE; and Eddie Kay Thomas, from the AMERICAN PIE movie series.
Mint Theater Company will present a reading of the backstage farce, So Help Me God! by Maurine Dallas Watkins on Monday, June 8th at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street). Kristen Johnston, three-time Emmy Award winner for her performance in 'Third Rock from the Sun' will read the leading role of Lily, a fabulous dramatic diva who must fend off a challenge from her ambitious but naïve understudy.
The Earth moves but the drama doesn't in this weighty philosophical and political conflict between 17th century scientist Galileo Galilei and his religious nemesis Pope Urban VIII of Rome
Michael Parva, Artistic Director of The Directors Company, announced today that the company will be presenting a special invitation-only reading of a new musical, Stoker, this Thursday, April 17th, at 311 W 43rd Street in Manhattan at 3:00 p.m.
WHO: CENTERSTAGE WHAT: Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! WHEN: Through April 15th; Tues - Sat at 8PM, Sun at 2PM and 7:30PM, Matinee Weds. April 4 at 1PM. WHERE: CENTERSTAGE's Pearlstone Theatre HOW MUCH: $10 - $60.
Oscar-winner F. Murray Abraham, Charles Busch, Reed Birney and James Urbaniak are among the actors who will guest star in Tim Crouch's an oak tree, which the Perry Street Theatre Company will present at the Barrow Street Theatre, with previews beginning October 27th and an opening night on November 4th
The Perry Street Theatre Company Inc. will present the world premiere of Treason, a new play by Sallie Bingham, directed by Martin Platt; it will begin performances on June 8th, and open June 15th for a run through July 29th at The Perry Street Theatre
Valerie Cutko, Liz Larsen, Daniel Gerroll and Wally Dunn will headline the cast of the semi-staged Lost Musicals presentation of Cole Porter's Silk Stockings, which will run from September 11th through October 3rd