The New Group proudly presents the US premiere of Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years, set for a limited Off-Broadway engagement from January 15 - March 8. Directed by Scott Elliott, the production will have its Official Opening Night on Thursday, February 7 @ 7:00 PM at The New Group @ Theatre Row (The Acorn Theatre/410 West 42nd Street).
An impressive collection of Broadway and screen stars arrived for the officially opening of the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Pygmalion on Thursday, October 18 at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street). This new Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion is directed by David Grindley and stars Claire Danes in her Broadway debut as 'Eliza Doolittle' with Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays as 'Henry Higgins', Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines as 'Colonel Pickering' and Jay O. Sanders as 'Alfred Doolittle.' This is a limited engagement through Sunday, December 16.
Casting is complete for the New Group's production of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Things We Want, which marks the Off-Broadway directorial debut of Tony Award-nominee Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke, who recently received a Tony Award nomination for his work as Bakunin in the three-part epic The Coast of Utopia, will soon make his Off-Broadway directing debut,
The New Group's production of Bernard Weinraub's political drama The Accomplices, which began previews March 20th, opened on April 9th for a run through May 5th.
Director Peter DuBois (Measure for Pleasure) and Choreographer Bill T. Jones (Spring Awakening) are the winners of the 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers FoundationCallaway Awards for 'Excellence in the craft of Direction and Choreography.'
The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers will announce the winners of the 2006 Joe A. Callaway Awards at the conclusion of the SSDC Annual Membership Meeting on Monday, November 20th
Although Muriel Spark's novel could certainly make for a fine play, Jay Presson Allen's stage adaptation is better served when treated as a star vehicle
The New Group has extended its limited run of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, starring Tony Award-winner Cynthia Nixon in the title role, through December 9th
Cynthia Nixon--currently Tony-nominated for her last Broadway turn in Rabbit Hole--will star in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which will be revived by the New Group in September
The New Group will present the final production of its 2005-2006 mainstage season, Everythings Turning Into Beautiful, from Monday, July 17 - Saturday , September 2 at The New Group at Theatre Row