Frog and Peach Theatre Co., Inc. will present an all-star benefit reading of
'Hamlet' on February 21 at The Player's Club with a cast including Darrell
Hammond (Saturday Night Live) as Guildenstern, Austin Pendleton ('My Cousin
Vinnie') as Claudius and the Ghost, Shirley Knight ('Our Idiot Brother,' 'Sweet
Bird of Youth') as Gertrude, David Margulies ('Ghostbusters,' 'Sopranos') as
Polonius and Gravedigger, Fred Willard ('Anchorman,' 'Waiting for Guffman') as
Horatio, Anna Chlumsky ('In the Loop') as Ophelia, Ted Zurkowski ('Boys on the
Side,' co-founder of Frog and Peach Theatre Co.) as Hamlet and Ryan Tramont
('The Hurt Locker') as Laertes. Music is by Ian McDonald (King Crimson,
Foreigner) and performed live by Mr. McDonald.
Frog and Peach Theatre Co., Inc. will present an all-star benefit reading of
'Hamlet' on February 21 at The Player's Club with a cast including Darrell
Hammond (Saturday Night Live) as Guildenstern, Austin Pendleton ('My Cousin
Vinnie') as Claudius and the Ghost, Shirley Knight ('Our Idiot Brother,' 'Sweet
Bird of Youth') as Gertrude, David Margulies ('Ghostbusters,' 'Sopranos') as
Polonius and Gravedigger, Fred Willard ('Anchorman,' 'Waiting for Guffman') as
Horatio, Anna Chlumsky ('In the Loop') as Ophelia, Ted Zurkowski ('Boys on the
Side,' co-founder of Frog and Peach Theatre Co.) as Hamlet and Ryan Tramont
('The Hurt Locker') as Laertes. Music is by Ian McDonald (King Crimson,
Foreigner) and performed live by Mr. McDonald.
Frog and Peach Theatre Co., Inc. will present an all-star benefit reading of 'Hamlet' on February 21 at The Player's Club with a cast including Darrell Hammond (Saturday Night Live) as Guildenstern, Austin Pendleton ('My Cousin Vinnie') as Claudius and the Ghost, Shirley Knight ('Our Idiot Brother,' 'Sweet Bird of Youth') as Gertrude, David Margulies ('Ghostbusters,' 'Sopranos') as Polonius and Gravedigger, Fred Willard ('Anchorman,' 'Waiting for Guffman') as Horatio, Anna Chlumsky ('In the Loop') as Ophelia, Ted Zurkowski ('Boys on the Side,' co-founder of Frog and Peach Theatre Co.) as Hamlet and Ryan Tramont ('The Hurt Locker') as Laertes. Music is by Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner) and performed live by Mr. McDonald.
Producer Daryl Roth announced today that the long-running Off Broadway favorite Love, Loss, and What I Wore will close on Sunday, March 25, 2012 after playing for two and a half years and 1,013 performances. (March 15th marks the show's landmark 1,000 performance.)
Variety reports today that the upcoming revival of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE will open April 22, with previews beginning April 3. The show, which has been hunting for a theatre since this past summer, will take Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (which had been booked by the delayed revival of REBECCA).
Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post today that the upcoming revival of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, which has been hunting for a theatre since this past summer, will take Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (which had been booked by REBECCA up until yesterday) for a Spring 2012 opening.
L.A. Theatre Works has partnered with INscribe Digital, a digital services provider of global ebook distribution, content conversion and marketing services to the publishing community via its ONE Digital platform, to globally distribute their enhanced eBook content, which allows readers to listen simultaneously on their digital devices The announcement was made today by INscribe EVP & GM, Anne Kubek.
Theatre legend Arthur Laurents, who passed away earlier this year, has a final book that will soon be released by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. The book, which prviously set for a April 24 release, will now be available starting September 18, 2012.
A CHARITY CASE starring Two-Time Tony Nominee Alison Fraser, Alysia Reiner (Sideways) and Jill Shackner (Les Miserables) opened last week, November 2nd at The Clurman Theatre (410 West 42nd Street- between 9th and 10th Avenues). This new play about adoption is written and directed by Australian playwright Wendy Beckett. A CHARITY CASE will play through November 20th. Check out photos of Shirley Knight, who just visited the show, below!
Imagine being trapped high above Manhattan with eight strangers: a crooked Wall Street executive and his cronies, a Muslim security guard, a Jew who does not trust Muslims, a woman whose son was killed in Iraq, an ambitious TV reporter, a philandering playboy and the pregnant woman he dumped. And, oh yes, someone has a bomb.
Imagine being trapped high above Manhattan with eight strangers: a crooked Wall Street executive and his cronies, a Muslim security guard, a Jew who does not trust Muslims, a woman whose son was killed in Iraq, an ambitious TV reporter, a philandering playboy and the pregnant woman he dumped. And, oh yes, someone has a bomb.
Theatre legend Arthur Laurents, who passed away earlier this year, has a final book that will soon be released by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. The book, which is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com, will be officially released on April 24, 2012.
In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the men and women of Rome are torn: relinquish the freedoms of the Republic by making Caesar King, or assassinate Caesar and keep Rome free?
Comedian and Andy Kauffman Award winner Harrison Greenbaum to host the Seventh Annual New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards), in a ceremony dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway. The ceremony will be directed by Tom Wojtunik, Artistic Director of the Astoria Performing Arts Center.
Sally Kellerman, the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominated actress and singer who created the infamous role of Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan in Robert Altman's classic film, 'M*A*SH,' will appear as a vocalist in her show, SALLY KELLERMAN - 'Back By Request,' with Pianist/Music Director, Andy Langham, on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at Upstairs At Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club; Vitello's Restaurant; 4349 Tujunga Avenue; Studio City, CA 91604.
Sally Kellerman, the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominated actress and singer who created the infamous role of Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan in Robert Altman's classic film, 'M*A*SH,' will appear as a vocalist in her show, SALLY KELLERMAN - 'Back By Request,' with Pianist/Music Director, Andy Langham, on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at Upstairs At Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club; Vitello's Restaurant; 4349 Tujunga Avenue; Studio City, CA 91604.
Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones have announced that the role of 'Stella' will be played by two-time Tony Nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega and the role of 'Mitch' will be played by Wood Harris, in the upcoming Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire directed by Emily Mann. They will join Blair Underwood as 'Stanley' and Nicole Ari Parker as 'Blanche'. This production is slated to hit the boards, Spring, 2012. Theatre is TBA.
As we reported on Friday, it's now confirmed, that the role of Blanche DuBois in the upcoming Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire will be played by seven-time NAACP Image award nominee, Nicole Ari Parker. This production is slated to hit the boards, Spring, 2012. Theatre TBA.
According to Black Star News, Nicole Ari Parker will star opposite Blair Underwood in the upcoming Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Emily Mann. Parker will play Blanche Du Bois in the production, which is set to open in the spring of 2012.
Front Row Productions has announced that the world-renowned film composer and trumpet player Terence Blanchard will compose the original musical soundscape for the upcoming Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Emily Mann, starring Blair Underwood and opening in the spring of 2012.
