Second Stage News

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premier Equity theatre, is pleased to present an unforgettable evening with one of the world's most intriguing international vagabonds! Told through song and dance, the self-penned On the Couch with Nora Armani is a one-woman piece about identity, belonging, multiple cultural provenances and the coincidences that complete our journey of the quixotic.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, September 17-October 9, at the University Theatre (222 York Street).

Broadway Superstar Gavin Creel has announced that he will be heading to the UK this October to play three very special shows, two of which will be his first ever performances outside of London.

On Wednesday, September 15th at 6:30PM, the Broadway community will gather alongside Stephen Sondheim as the lights of the newly dedicated Stephen Sondheim Theatre marquee are lit for the first time.

Emily Bergl will make her NY musical debut in her cabaret, 'Kidding on the Square' beginning August 26. Ms. Bergl, accompanied by acclaimed musical director G. Scott Lacy, will perform at NY's Metropolitan Room for four nights. She is currently starring on ABC's 'Desperate Housewives' as a new housewife on Wisteria Lane, and on TNT's 'Southland,' as Tammi Bryant, the troubled artist and wife to Detective Sammy Bryant. She most recently appeared on the New York stage in Second Stage's 'Becky Shaw,' a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Emily Bergl will make her NY musical debut in her cabaret, 'Kidding on the Square' beginning August 26. Ms. Bergl, accompanied by acclaimed musical director G. Scott Lacy, will perform at NY's Metropolitan Room for four nights.

Deadline.com has revealed that Ari Graynor will team up with Jonah Hill in the David Gordon Green-directed The Sitter for Fox. Michael De Luca prodeces the film, which, according to The Hollywood Reporter 'follows a college student, suspended for the semester and living at home with his single mom, who has a night to remember when he gets talked into baby-sitting the eccentric kids next door: two boys and a wild 8-year-old girl.'

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) will present the world premiere of NOW CIRCA THEN - an offbeat, comic tale of new beginnings that spans a century, written by Carly Mensch (LEN, ASLEEP IN VINYL; Showtime's 'Weeds') and directed by Ars Nova Artistic Director Jason Eagan.

Mari Marchbanks (Founder and Executive Director) announced today the inaugural recipients of the newly established Horton Foote Prizes, named in honor of the legendary writer, to award excellence in American Theater. Presented biennially, the first Horton Foote Prize is awarded to Ruined by Lynn Nottage for Outstanding New American Play and Middletown by Will Eno for Promising New American Play.

WINNER of OVERALL EXCELENCE AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE 'VERITAS' Harvard's 'Secret Court': a gay witch-hunt. Directed by Ryan J Davis, the critically acclaimed Perkins 28 Productions presentation of 'Veritas' by Stan Richardson won the Overall Excellence Award for Best Ensemble for the 14th New York International Fringe Festival-FringeNYC.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, John Lithgow and Ann-Margaret are this year's recipients of the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Guest Actor and Actress in a Drama, respectively. Lithgow won the Creative Arts Emmy for his guest stint on Showtime's Dexter, while Ann-Margaret received the honor for her appearance on NBC's Law & Order: SVU.

A night of songs by two-time Drama Desk nominee Joe Iconis (Bloodsong Of Love: The Rock ‘n' Roll Spaghetti Western; The Black Suits; Things To Ruin) has sold-out The Laurie Beechman Theater for three Mondays in a row and they've got one show left: August 30th at 9:30pm.

Theyre_playing_Sour_Song_20010101 Broadway darling Sutton Foster and Seth Rudetsky are teaming up on a concert version of They're Playing Our Song to benefit The Actor's Fund on August 30 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College in New York City. The concert will be directed and choreographed by Denis Jones and musical directed by Steve Freeman. Additional casting details are forthcoming.

Actor's Express presents the Atlanta premiere of the hit play Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo.

Christopher Larkin (who starred as Young Bruce Lee in last year's reading of the Broadway-bound musical Bruce Lee: Journey to the West), Rory Lipede, and Jon-Michael Reese will star in Harrison David Rivers' WHEN LAST WE FLEW, premiering in the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, with performances from August 18th-August 29th.

Piven Theatre Workshop closes its 2009-10 season with the Chicago premiere of Late: A Cowboy Song, written by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Jessica Thebus and featuring Polly Noonan. The production will run July 24 - August 29, 2010 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street. Press opening is Monday, July 26, 2010 at 7:30PM.

The Weston Playhouse of Weston, Vermont has announced its summer 2010 season. The season will include four mainstage productions--THE 39 STEPS, AVENUE Q, DAMN YANKEES, and DEATH OF A SALESMAN-- as well as other productions.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced an additional two week extension of their critically acclaimed production of Leslye Headland's Bachelorette, directed by Trip Cullman, through Saturday, August 28

Perkins 28 Productions presents 'Veritas' by Stan Richardson at HERE Arts Center Mainstage Theater, 145 6th Avenue (enter on Dominick, 1 blk south of Spring) Inspired by true events, 'Veritas' is the story of a group of young men at Harvard in 1920 whose promising futures fell prey to Harvard's 'Secret Court': a gay witch-hunt conducted by school administration to purge Harvard of all homosexuality.

A night of songs by two-time Drama Desk nominee Joe Iconis (Bloodsong Of Love: The Rock ‘n' Roll Spaghetti Western; The Black Suits; Things To Ruin) has sold-out The Laurie Beechman Theater for three Mondays in a row and they've got one show left: August 30th at 9:30pm.