Scott Ellis News

Broadway in Chicago's 2006-2007 season will feature The Pirate Queen, Doubt, Twelve Angry Men, Legends and more

On March 31st, the spring season of the Roundabout Theatre Company will be discussed as the theatre celebrates its 40th anniversary season on 'The Joan Hamburg Show'

'Cheers' star George Wendt has been signed to star alongside Richard Thomas in the upcoming national tour of Twelve Angry Men

The Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 spring gala will be a starry one, with The Pajama Game stars Kelli O'Hara and Harry Connick Jr. and The Threepenny Opera star Alan Cumming among those set to perform; the event will take place on Monday, April 3rd at Chelsea Piers at 7pm

A new staging of Carnival, as well as touring productions of The Light in the Piazza, The Phantom of the Opera, Carnival and Twelve Angry Men will be among the highlights of the Kennedy Center's 2006-2007 season

No Doubt they'll be no Angry Men (or Women) now that the HIPP has a Wicked Scoundrel of a Bee Season with lots of Spam and Charity

Previews begin Friday, February 17th for Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane featuring Alec Baldwin, Chris Carmack, Richard Easton and Jan Maxwell and directed by Roundabout Associate Artistic Director Scott Ellis.

Entertaining Mr. Sloane, with Alec Baldwin, Richard Easton and Jan Maxwell, will have its first preview performance on February 17th

West Coast Ensemble Theatre presents And the World Goes 'Round, starring Erika Amato, in February and March

Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba and Edward Hibbert will join David Hyde Pierce in the pre-Broadway world premiere of Kander and Ebb's Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA this summer

Douglas Carter Beane's The Little Dog Laughed will now end its run on February 26th after extending for four more weeks

Curtains, the long-in-development Kander and Ebb murder mystery musical comedy, will play a pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson Theatre in L.A. this summer; David Hyde-Pierce will star

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is launching a national touring production of their Broadway smash hit TWELVE ANGRY MEN, starring Richard Thomas, written by Reginald Rose and directed by Scott Ellis. This is the first touring production for the not-for-profit organization.

Celebrities poured out to the opening of Douglas Carter Beane's Hollywood satire The Little Dog Laughed at Second Stage on December 9th; a Planet Hollywood after-party followed

Tony award nominee Jan Maxwell has assumed the role of 'Kath' in Roundabout Theatre Company's 40th Anniversary Season Off-Broadway revival of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane directed by Scott Ellis. Maxwell joins previously announced cast members Alec Baldwin, Chris Carmack and Richard Easton.

The December 16th edition of PBS' 'Theater Talk' will feature a discussion on stars in the closet

Songwriter John Bucchino has been chosen as the first recipient of a Fred Ebb Award

The dark comedy will begin previews on February 17, to open March 16 at the Laura Pels Theatre for a limited engagement through May 21, 2006.

Brad Oscar, Audra McDonald, Steven Pasquale, John Dossett, Judy Blazer, Will Chase, Michael Felciano and Jennifer Simard are the latest names slated to participate in the upcoming all-star benefit, PLAY ON BROADWAY - the first-ever Broadway game show - on Sunday, October 16, 2005 (7:30 p.m.) at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for the Arts (111 West 46th Street).

Susan Vargo is pleased to announce plans for the new, spectacular all-star benefit, PLAY ON BROADWAY - the first-ever Broadway game show - on Sunday, October 16, 2005.