Sam Shepard News

More playwrights and directors, as well as full casting, have been announced for OFF Stage: the West Village Fragments, presented by the Peculiar Works Project

La MaMa ETC's famed 1983 rock 'n' roll production of Sam Shepard's play with music, The Tooth of Crime, will return to La MaMa ETC Annex in celebration of the theater's 45th anniversary

The Geffen Playhouse will stage the West Coast premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole (starring Amy Ryan, Joyce Van Patten and Tate Donovan), the world premiere of Carrie Fisher's one-woman show Wishful Drinking, Jeffrey Hatcher's A Picasso, and the West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig, which will be directed by the playwright

Casting has been announced for Buried Child, the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sam Shepard, which will return to New York for an Off-Off-Broadway run

Lawrence J. Sacharow, director of the theatre program at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, and Obie Award-winning director of Len Jenkin's 'Five of Us,' died Monday, August 14, at New York Hospital, of complications from leukemia. He was 68.

Actress Juliette Lewis, who is making her London stage debut this summer in a London revival of Sam Shepard's 1983 play Fool for Love, recently greeted fans and photographers after the show

LaMaMa, one of New York's most famous experimental theatres, will present the rarely-staged Sam Shepard play The Tooth of Crime during its 45th anniversary season

Lord of the Rings plans to cast its spell on London, Chris Carmack and Rosamund Pike plan Summer and Smoke, Trevor Nunn trims Porgy and Bess and a roundup of Avenue Q reviews.

Movie star Bruce Willis has expressed an interest in flexing his acting muscles--on the stage

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Kathryn Lipuma, Executive Director) announces complete casting for SEVEN GUITARS, the first play of its 2006-2007 three-play tribute to the works of August Wilson.

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Kathryn Lipuma, Executive Director) announced today that Beth Whitaker has been promoted to Associate Artistic Director after seven years with the company. In a newly created position, Jennie Greer has joined the staff as Director of Theatre Advancement.

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Kathryn Lipuma, Executive Director) announces complete casting for SEVEN GUITARS, the first play of its 2006-2007 three-play tribute to the works of August Wilson.

Juliette Lewis is set to open in Sam Shepard's Fool for Love in London on June 13th, and BroadwayWorld gives you a sneak peek!

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce its 2006-07 Season, exciting new productions that will usher in The Public's next 50 years as one of the nation's leading producers of Shakespeare and new work.

The 3rd Annual Summer Play Festival (SPF) has announced the directors who will be staging the 15 plays to be showcased at this year's festival, as well as the on sale date (June 5th)

Martin Henderson has been cast opposite Juliette Lewis in the upcoming London revival of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love, opening June 13th

The Film Society of Lincoln Center honored Jessica Lange at it's 34th Annual Gala, at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City on April 17th