Steve Martin News

The Kennedy Center hosts its 14th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival from Saturday, September 5 to Monday, September 7, 2015, featuring more than 50 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work. The 14th Annual Page-to-Stage event showcases more than 40 new plays by female playwrights and includes nine works that are part of the citywide Women's Voices Theater Festival, which officially begins on September 8.

In the video, a promotional reel to showcase Storm's work as a commercial director, a young, free spirited and hilarious Robin Williams can be seen saying everything in the book other than the line requested of him

Act II Playhouse in Ambler is proud to present 'Big Pants and Hot Flashes,' with comedians Kevin Meaney and Julia Scotti, on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 8 p.m.

Arizona Musicfest announces the lineup for its 25th Anniversary year, with superstar violinist Joshua Bell to headline the 6 week-long music event.  

The hilarious story of two con men, a beautiful woman and the elite of the French Riviera collide in a sexy and irreverent farce opening this week at Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick.

Martin Sherman's 'Bent,' a groundbreaking drama about the rare power of love in the most inhumane conditions, opened last night, July 26 at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. Directed by Moises Kaufman, performances for 'Bent' will continue through August 23. (Previews started on July 15.) Check out a look inside opening night below!

ETP Presents "Steel Grit Todays," a monthly comedy showcase that makes its debut tonight, July 25, 2015 at Brannon's Pub & Brewery, 3800 SW Cedar Hills Boulevard in Beaverton. The show starts at 8pm and runs just over two hours. Tickets are $9 in advance, $12 at the door, $15 limited VIP seating. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit Experience Theatre Project (ETP).

The Bay Street Shakespeare Initiative and Hamptons Shakespeare Festival are proud to announce that Piper Perabo will star as Viola in their upcoming co-production of outdoor staged readings of TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL by William Shakespeare on August 14 and 15 at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor, NY. The two readings are free to the public and will start at 7 pm. A VIP Benefit performance will take place on August 16 at a private, oceanfront estate. Contact Kim Fink, Bay Street's Director of Development, at 631-725-0818 Ext. 112 for tickets to the VIP Benefit. Sponsored also in part by Mashashimuet Park.

Vassar & New York Stage and Film, whose 31st Powerhouse Season is underway in Poughkeepsie, have announced additional casting for their summer collaboration, running through August 2.

 The Baltimore Playwrights Festival continues its 34th Season with Saving Myself for Steve Martin at the Strand Theatre, performing at Church & Company, 3647 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211.

Be prepared to laugh as award-winning comedian and New York Times bestselling author, Rita Rudner, makes her Feinstein's at the Nikko debut beginning tonight, Friday, July 17 (8 p.m.) and tomorrow, Saturday, July 18 (7 p.m.).

ETP Presents “Steel Grit Saturdays,” a monthly comedy showcase that makes its debut July 25, 2015 at Brannon's Pub & Brewery, 3800 SW Cedar Hills Boulevard in Beaverton. The show starts at 8pm and runs just over two hours. Tickets are $9 in advance, $12 at the door, $15 limited VIP seating. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit Experience Theatre Project (ETP).

David Letterman was a surprise guest at Steve Martin and Martin Short's July 10th show at San Antonio, Texas' Majestic Theater.

Robin Williams, who passed away last year, will be seen in his final film performance in BOULEVARD, which opens in New York today, July 10, at the Sunshine Landmark theater.

Grammy Award-winning Steep Canyon Rangers' music video for 'Radio' premiered today at Paste, and you can check it out below! 'Radio' is the title track from the band's highly-anticipated upcoming album produced by Jerry Douglas (John Oates, Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck). RADIO will be released August 28 on Rounder Records and can now be pre-ordered via iTunes and Amazon.

Minneapolis Musical Theatre's (MMT) Leap of Faith makes its area premiere April 29-May 22, 2016, at Hennepin Theatre Trust's New Century Theatre. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 2015. To purchase and for more information, call 612.455.9501, visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org or buy in person (no service fees) at the New Century Theatre (615 Hennepin Ave., street level, City Center).

The Strand Theater Company takes part in the renown Baltimore Playwrights Festival, currently in its 34th season, to present a premiere production of I Am Saving Myself for Steve Martin, by Ann V. Wixon. Divorced, forty-five, and facing an uncertain future, Eve attends her first SWASS (Single Women Actively Seeking Sex) meeting. After all, how hard can it be for a divorced woman to get laid by a guy that's not a schmuck? It turns out not so easy. Will our hero get lucky? Or will she have to save herself for Steve Martin? Directed by Miriam Bazensky.

 The Baltimore Playwrights Festival, www.baltplayfest.org, continues its 34th Season with Saving Myself for Steve Martin at the Strand Theatre, performing at Church & Company, 3647 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211.

New York Stage and Film has announced its inaugural Filmmakers' Workshop, which launches July 7th on Vassar's campus as part of New York Stage and Film & Vassar's 31st Powerhouse Season. Designed to support early-career screenwriters with creative development and mentorship, the Filmmakers' Workshop features a tailored, process-oriented approach akin to Powerhouse's celebrated development of plays and musicals.