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Oscar-nominated film and theatre star Amy Irving and theatre veteran Jason Butler Harner have signed onto the cast of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia, which is set to run in three parts at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre from October of 2006 through March of 2007

Jayne Houdyshell, Mia Barron, Peter Jay Fernandez and more will star in The Pain and the Itch, running at Playwrights Horizons from September 1st through October 8th

Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, will end its 2005-2006 season on Wednesday, June 28, at 6:30 pm with a pre-performance talk with the Tony Award-winning playwright, Richard Greenberg, whose play The House in Town opens at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on Monday, June 19.

Billy Crudup, Jennifer Ehle, Richard Easton and more have signed on to the cast of Tom Stoppard's three-part The Coast of Utopia, which will run at Lincoln Center from October of 2006 to March of 2007

The world premiere of Richard Greenberg's new play The House in Town, presented by Lincoln Center Theatre and directed by Doug Hughes, opens at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre on Monday, June 19th at 6:45 PM

Ethan Hawke, and most likely Brian F. O'Byrne too, will be among the stars of The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard's trilogy tracing a 30-year arc of history in nineteenth century Russia

Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, will end its 2005-2006 season on Wednesday, June 28, at 6:30 pm with a pre-performance talk with the Tony Award-winning playwright, Richard Greenberg, whose play The House in Town opens at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on Monday, June 19

Richard Greenberg's new play The House in Town, presented by Lincoln Center Theater and directed by Doug Hughes, opens on Monday, June 19, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard's trilogy tracing a 30-year arc of history in nineteenth century Russia, is now set for its US premiere at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre

Three Days of Rain playwright Richard Greenberg will be interviewed on 'Downstage Center' on May 19th

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (Curt Dempster, Founder/Artistic Director) will present MARATHON 2006, E.S.T.'s 28th annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 23rd and continue through Sunday, June 25th.

Julia Roberts arrives on the Great White Way in a revival of Richard Greenberg's 1997 play.

Lincoln Center Theater will present the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's new play The House in Town, directed by Doug Hughes, beginning performances Wednesday, May 24 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.; opening night will be Monday, June 19

James Badge Dale ('24'), Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee Wendie Malick ('Just Shoot Me'), Mark Moses ('Desperate Housewives') and Ashley Williams ('Huff,' 'Good Morning Miami') will star in the U.S. premiere of BURLEIGH GRIME$.

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Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting and new details for the company's final production of its 2005/2006 35th Anniversary Season, the World Premiere of THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED, a new play by Keith Bunin (The Credeaux Canvas and The World Over, both at Playwrights Horizons).

According to an Associated Press article, tickets for Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, are available--but becoming very scarce