Scott Ellis News

The Prince Music Theater will open their season with The World Goes Round starting September 20 - October 12, 2008.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announced today that Tony® award winner Mary-Louise Parker will star in a new Broadway production of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. The production features a new adaptation by Christopher Shinn and will be directed by Ian Rickson. Hedda Gabler will begin previews on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 and open officially on Sunday, January 25th, 2009 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). This will be a limited engagement.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company joining 3-Time Tony Award Winner Frank Langella as 'Sir Thomas More' in a new Broadway production of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, directed by Tony Award Winner Doug Hughes.

Theresa Rebeck's scathing new play that mixes comedy with Kafka receives its world premiere in an excellent production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

Todd Haimes, Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company, will be featured on The American Theatre Wing's 'Downstage Center' on XM Radio channel 28. Haimes will appear as the special guest on Friday, July 18th at 6PM. The show will repeat on Saturday, July 19th at noon, Sunday, July 20th at 7PM, and Wednesday, July 23rd at midnight.

Todd Haimes, Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company, will be featured on The American Theatre Wing's 'Downstage Center' on XM Radio channel 28. Haimes will appear as the special guest on Friday, July 18th at 6PM. The show will repeat on Saturday, July 19th at noon, Sunday, July 20th at 7PM, and Wednesday, July 23rd at midnight.

Curtains, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from the authors of Cabaret and Chicago, which starred 2007 Tony Award winner and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce as Lt. Frank Cioffi and Tony and Emmy Award winner Debra Monk as producer Carmen Bernstein played it's final performance on Sunday, June 29th, 2008. BroadwayWorld.com was there to cheer on the cast as they took their final bow.

In honor of the CURTAINS cast taking their final bows this weekend, BroadwayWorld.com spoke with a few cast members to get their reflections on the show, to see what they're up to next, thoughts on the shows closing, and the journey they had being a part of it.

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced on their website (www.roundabouttheatre.org) that a new interpretation of Hedda Gabler will be added to their new season lineup.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced the full casting for 'The Understudy' by Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius, The Scene).

Roundabout Theatre Company's critically acclaimed, multi-award winning, national touring production of their Broadway smash hit TWELVE ANGRY MEN celebrates an unprecedented 63-week national tour with a return engagement in Toronto.

Tony Award winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons will return to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs. The production, which will be directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien, will come to Broadway in Spring, 2009.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents The Language of Trees, a new play by Steven Levenson, directed by Alex Timbers.

'Curtains' is now in its final four weeks on Broadway. The production, starring Tony and Emmy Award winners David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk, plays its last performance on Sunday, June 29.

he American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with Tony nominee Laura Benanti, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

Tony Award winning Curtains star David Hyde Pierce will appear on Paula's Party, the popular Food Network program hosted by Paula Deen on Sunday, June 1 at 11:00 PM. Check local listings. Curtains, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from the authors of Cabaret and Chicago, is running through June 29 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street).

he American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with Tony nominee Laura Benanti, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

Set designer Derek McLane exercises no subtlety in immediately establishing the mood for Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's drama Good Boys and True.  On entering Second Stage's theatre the audience is greeted by three walls full of dozens and dozens of sports trophies neatly displayed in wooden shelves that stretch from the floor to upper reaches of the playing space.  Though the characters never recognize these trophies as a realistic part of their environment, they serve as a continual backdrop reinforcing a culture that believes those who achieve victory – in athletics, in career or in solving conflicts – are the only ones who matter.

'Good Boys and True' opens at Second Stage Theatre.

Performers include Nellie McKay (The Threepenny Opera), Kerry Butler (Xanadu), John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys), Sarah Steele (Speech & Debate), Susan Blackwell (Speech & Debate, [title of show]), Lauren Pritchard (Spring Awakening), Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy), Ben Walker (Les Liaisons Dangerouses), Jenny Powers (Grease), Jessica Grové (Sunday in the Park with George), Telly Leung (Rent), Skylar Astin (Spring Awakening), Matt Schreiber with 'Nicky' (Avenue Q), and Matt Doyle (Spring Awakening) with more to come! All celebrity appearances are subject to change.