Sanford Meisner News

Lea Thompson and Patrick Cassidy join Vicki Lewis and Jason Alexander.

LECTURE, WITH CELLO, by ROBERT MOULTHROP, is a one-person drama with absurdist echoes; a skewed version of music history becomes the platform for an exploration of the conjunction of madness, violence & art. KENT PAUL directs this AEA Approved Showcase Production, featuring TIMOTHY BABCOCK as 'The Professor.'

'Washing Machine' to be presented at the Sanford Meisner Theater in NYC June 20-July 19.

The World Premiere of Paul Cohen's new drama Cherubina, directed by Alexis Poledouris, officially opens at The Sanford Meisner Theater on February 4 with performances through February 23.

The World Premiere of Paul Cohen's Cherubina, a new drama based on a true story, and directed by Alexis Poledouris, begins performances begin February 1 at The Sanford Meisner Theater. Opening night is slated for February 4.

For the third and final production in its 2007 season of musicals, the Vortex Theater Company will present a radical new adaptation of one of the most classic ghost stories of all time - Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol.' Created and adapted by downtown favorites, director Kris Thor and musician Joel Bravo, the Vortex version, A Christmas Carol: the new musical, stars anti-folk performance-art legend Jason Trachtenburg as Scrooge. Officially open on Thursday, November 29 at the newly renovated Sanford Meisner Theater. The production will close on Saturday, December 22.

INTAR Theatre, one of America's longest running Latino theaters producing plays in English, begins its 42nd season with a production of Pulitzer Prize-winner Maxwell Anderson's Night Over Taos, directed by Academy Award-winning actress and director Estelle Parsons. This rediscovered classic will play a limited Off-Broadway run from September 20 through October 20 at Theater for the New City. The official opening is set for Monday, October 1 at 7PM.

Due to the high demand for advanced ticket sales resulting in a number of sold-out shows, the Vortex Theater Company is releasing additional tickets for every performance of its upcoming production, Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical. The Vortex has also created a select number of obstructed view seats for a discounted ticket price of $12.

For the second production in its 2007 season of musicals, the Vortex Theater Company will premiere its radical new vision of Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical, directed by Gisela Cardenas with musical direction by Milica Paranosic

Frankenstein, a new musical inspired by Mary Shelley's epic, will begin performances off-Broadway at 37 Arts (450 West 37th Street) on Wednesday, October 10th.

For the second production in its 2007 season of musicals, the Vortex Theater Company (Joshua Randall, Artistic Director) will premiere its new version of Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical, directed by Gisela Cardenas with musical direction by Milica Paranosic

The Hayworth Theater will present Flying Solo for the Summer, four solo shows written and performed by Award winning performers beginning with Meisner by Jarrett on June 30, at its download Los Angeles location...

Vortex Theater Company will open its 24th season, a season devoted to musicals, with a radical new version of Gilbert & Sullivan's audience favorite H.M.S. Pinafore, directed by Dave Dalton, with musical direction by Edward Barnes and choreography by Carrie Cimma.

Tony Award-nominee Daniel McDonald has died of brain cancer at the age of 46.

Vortex Theater Company has announced its plans for the company's 24th season - featuring three musicals

The Marriage Bed, Nona Sheppard's London hit about same-sex marriage, will have its American premiere on Thursday, October 12th

This August, Andrea Reese's one-woman play Cirque Jacqueline will return to Provincetown

The Off-Broadway hit The Death of Little Ibsen has extended its run through May 26th

The Vortex Theatre will present In Delirium: after the sorrows of young werther from March 31st through April 23rd off-Broadway

SPRING AWAKENING will begin previews Thursday, May 18, 2006, officially open Thursday, June 15, 2006 and play a limited engagement through Sunday, July 9, 2006.