Ronald Rand News

On Friday, March 22nd, 2013, please join Award winning Broadway stars David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen ('Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike'); Ellen Burstyn and Elizabeth Marvel ('Picnic') and *Jane Houdyshell ('Dead Accounts') for 'The Art of Storytelling,' this year's Drama Desk Luncheon/Panel Discussion at Sardi's (234 West 44th Street).

David Hyde Pierce will join Ellen Burstyn, Jayne Houdyshell, Elizabeth Marvel and David Strathairn on the Drama Desk's annual Spring Panel Discussion at Sardi's on Friday, March 22, entitled 'The Art of Storytelling.' The discussion will be moderated by Ronald Rand, Drama Desk member and founder/publisher of 'The Soul of the American Actor' Newspaper. The Panel Discussion will run approximately from 1:15 PM to 2:30 PM following a luncheon at 11:45 AM.

Drama Desk will present its annual Spring Panel Discussion/Luncheon Friday, March 22, 2013 at Sardi's, 234 West 44th Street, NYC. Entitled "The Art of Storytelling," the panel will explore challenges actors face when bringing stories to life in front of an audience.

On the occasion of the Group Theatre's 80th anniversary, the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (Frank Hentschker, Executive Director) presents a day of readings, panels, rarely-heard recordings and screenings of unseen footage all dedicated to understanding "The Group Theatre and How it Changed American Culture." All events are free, first-come-first-served, and take place in the Elebash Recital Hall at the Graduate Center, CUNY, at 34th Street and 5th Avenue.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (Frank Hentschker, Executive Director) has announced the rest of its Spring 2012 season, featuring 11 free events at the Graduate Center, including rarely-seen performances, premiere readings of international playwrights, and day-long symposia on everything from ecologically inspired performance (for Earth Day!) to the Group Theatre to innovative American women producers.

Europe's Most Controversial Play Makes U.S. Premiere La MaMa Presents a Ronald Rand Production "WE COULDN'T CALL IT WHAT WE WANTED TO CALL IT, SO WE CALLED IT HOLY CRAP !!" ** starring Tony Award nominee Stephen Mo Hanan ** April 28 - May 15 at La MaMa

Europe's Most Controversial Play Makes U.S. Premiere La MaMa Presents a Ronald Rand Production "WE COULDN'T CALL IT WHAT WE WANTED TO CALL IT, SO WE CALLED IT HOLY CRAP !!" ** starring Tony Award nominee Stephen Mo Hanan ** April 28 - May 15 at La MaMa

Europe's Most Controversial Play Makes U.S. Premiere La MaMa Presents a Ronald Rand Production "WE COULDN'T CALL IT WHAT WE WANTED TO CALL IT, SO WE CALLED IT HOLY CRAP !!" ** starring Tony Award nominee Stephen Mo Hanan ** April 28 - May 15 at La MaMa

Europe's Most Controversial Play Makes U.S. Premiere La MaMa Presents a Ronald Rand Production "WE COULDN'T CALL IT WHAT WE WANTED TO CALL IT, SO WE CALLED IT HOLY CRAP !!" ** starring Tony Award nominee Stephen Mo Hanan ** April 28 - May 15 at La MaMa

Following their stirring readings of John Howard Lawson's Success Story and The Sifton's '1931-', The Re:Group Theatre Company proudly concludes their summer reading series of 'Lost' Group Theatre plays with Sidney Kingsley's medical drama Men in White. This Pulitzer Prize winning play will be presented one night only, Monday September 13th, 2010 at 7 PM atThe Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre.

Following their stirring readings of John Howard Lawson's Success Story and The Sifton's '1931-', The Re:Group Theatre Company proudly concludes their summer reading series of 'Lost' Group Theatre plays with Sidney Kingsley's medical drama Men in White. This Pulitzer Prize winning play will be presented one night only, Monday September 13th, 2010 at 7 PM atThe Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre.

The moment Ronald Rand takes the stage as Harold Clurman in his solo performance, LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion, embodying Harold Clurman, through voice, gesture and size, we are immediately thrust into a world of boundless passion for the theatre, and taken on a inspiring journey that lingers within our consciousness for a very long time.

The moment Ronald Rand takes the stage as Harold Clurman in his solo performance, LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion, embodying Harold Clurman, through voice, gesture and size, we are immediately thrust into a world of boundless passion for the theatre, and taken on a inspiring journey that lingers within our consciousness for a very long time.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), Audience Extras and Back Stage present the industry panel Producing Opportunities beyond New York: Fringe Circuits, Colleges, Arts Centers and More on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 7:30pm at The Players Theatre Mainstage, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), Audience Extras and Back Stage present the industry panel Producing Opportunities beyond New York: Fringe Circuits, Colleges, Arts Centers and More on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 7:30pm at The Players Theatre Mainstage, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

Afternoon Screenings will feature excerpts by master teachers of the 20th century: Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagen, Bobby Lewis, and Anne Bogart, introduced by Lee Grant, Ellen Adler.

A special performance of 'Tibetan Book of the Dead or How Not To Do It Again' by Jean-Claude van Itallie will be presented one night only, October 27, 2008 at La MaMa E.T.C. (Annex Theater), 66 East Fourth Street, Manhattan, to support the rebuilding of the century-old theater barn at Shantigar, the unique center for theater, meditation and healing located in Rowe, MA.

A special performance of 'Tibetan Book of the Dead or How Not To Do It Again' by Jean-Claude van Itallie will be presented one night only, October 27, 2008 at La MaMa E.T.C. (Annex Theater), 66 East Fourth Street, Manhattan, to support the rebuilding of the century-old theater barn at Shantigar, the unique center for theater, meditation and healing located in Rowe, MA.

Broadway veterans Larry Pine and Angelica Torn will star in a staged reading of the Jean Genet classic The Balcony on Sunday, November 5th at 7 PM at Makor

On June 5th, there will be a day-long tribute to Clifford Odets at the Martin E. Segal Theatre in New York