Sam Shepard News

On the occasion of the theatrical release of his eagerly awaited new film, Tree of Life, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Museum of the Moving Image will present a retrospective of Terrence Malick's first four feature films-Days of Heaven, Badlands, The Thin Red Line, and The New World-from May 13 through 15, 2011.

LITTLE BLACK DRESS - a new play by Ronan Noone, whose play THE ATHEIST starring Campbell Scott enjoyed considerable success Off-Broadway in 2008 - will be given its New York premiere this spring Off-Broadway, with previews set to begin Sunday, May 1 prior to an official press opening on Thursday, May 5 at Theatre at St. Clement's (423 W. 46 St.) in Manhattan.

The New Group will honor Wallace Shawn and Fred Wistow with their 2011 Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to Theater. The gala will take place on May 9 at Capitale, and will include a dinner, rection and auction.

THE 16th ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS brings together under one roof in just three days over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, playwrights, musicians, puppeteers, film makers and many others - all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic Lower East Side - for New York City's most diverse FREE 3-day festival, from Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May 29, at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue, between E. 9th and 10th Sts.) in Manhattan. OBIE Award-winning actress Crystal Field is co-founder and Artistic Director of Theater for the New City.

LITTLE BLACK DRESS - a new play by Ronan Noone, whose play THE ATHEIST starring Campbell Scott enjoyed considerable success Off-Broadway in 2008 - will be given its New York premiere this spring Off-Broadway, with previews set to begin Sunday, May 1 prior to an official press opening on Thursday, May 5 at Theatre at St. Clement's (423 W. 46 St.) in Manhattan.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the play '110 Stories' will be performed by an illustrious cast in NY this September to benefit a related charity. Participating artists include Alec Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Edie Falco, Sam Shepard, James Gandolfini, Patricia Clarkson, Kathleen Turner, Angela Bassett, John Turturro, Andre Braugher, Josh Lucas, John Hawkes, Michael Shannon, Stelio Savante, Daniel Sunjata, and Michael Stuhlbarg, all schedule permitting.

Small Pond Entertainment is pleased to present the world premiere of OUT OF ASKJA, a magical, comedic love story written by Drew Larimore, as part of the 3rd Annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.

Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Artistic Director) presents the world-premiere production of Squealer, part of Lesser America in residence at Theater For the New City.

Fresh from her glittering performance as Amanda Prynne in Private Lives at Manchester Royal Exchange, Imogen Stubbs is to star opposite Doreen Mantle and Jonathan Cullen in Henrik Ibsen's 1894 masterpiece Little Eyolf at Jermyn Street Theatre this May.

Fells Point Corner Theatre is proud to present THE SEAFARER by Conor McPherson, directed by Barry Feinstein opening weekend special - all tickets $12!

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present A Prayer For Japan, to benefit relief efforts in Japan, on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 7:30pm at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery in New York City.

Theater for the New City presents 'Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep,' written and directed by Raymond J. Barry.

After a number of extensions, the first New York revival of Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, directed by Michael Greif at the Signature Theatre will close on April 24.

LITTLE BLACK DRESS - a new play by Ronan Noone, whose play THE ATHEIST starring Campbell Scott enjoyed considerable success Off-Broadway in 2008 - will be given its New York premiere this spring Off-Broadway, with previews set to begin Sunday, May 1 prior to an official press opening on Thursday, May 5 at Theatre at St. Clement's (423 W. 46 St.) in Manhattan.

After a successful run of Amiel Gladstone's Hippies and Bolsheviks in 2009, Girl Got Lost Productions and director Chelsea McIsaac are excited to present an exuberant interpretation of one of the earlier plays written by North America's most prolific playwright, Sam Shepard, with his girlfriend at the time, high priestess of poetry/punk/rock, Patti Smith.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present A Prayer For Japan, to benefit relief efforts in Japan, on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 7:30pm at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery in New York City.

Theater for the New City (TNC) has announced that Squealer, a new play by Jonathan Blitstein and directed by Daniel Talbott, will open on Thursday May 5th at 8pm at Theater for the New City - 155 First Avenue, between 9th and 10th Streets.

The Firehouse Theatre Project announces the final show of its 2010-11 season, Bruce Graham's Something Intangible, running March 24 - April 16, 2011. The Firehouse production is directed by Bill Patton and stars Frank Creasy, Lauren Leinhass-Cook, Billy Christopher Maupin, Adrian Reider and Jay Welch.

Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company are proud to announce the haunting story of obsession Fool for Love by Sam Shepard directed by True Colors Associate Artistic Director, Todd Kreidler and starring Kenny Leon and Jasmine Guy

Triad Productions continues to build momentum by doing whatever it takes to live up to their ambitious mission statement of reaching a new generation of theatre-goer. Targeting an unfamiliar demographic, while persevering through difficult economic times has galvanized the drive of this up and coming non-profit.