The Public Theatre News

Josh Lucas (Poseidon, The Glass Menagerie), Jake Robards (You and I, V.O, Our Town), Dorian Missick (Six Degrees), and Alice Playten (Caroline, or Change, Seussical) have joined the cast of The Fire Dept Theater Company's Speakeasy.

SHREK: THE MUSICAL, a new Broadway-bound musical, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Jason Moore, is in development.

Performances begin tonight, Tuesday, October 10th for the LAByrinth Theater Company's production of Stephen Belber's A Small, Melodramatic Story

Janeane Garafalo, Chuck Cooper, Kathleen Chalfant and more have been cast in the Drama Dept's collaborative play SpeakEasy

The San Francisco Playhouse has announced its 2006-07 season, including Reckless, Man of La Mancha, and West Coast Premieres!

TAKE ME OUT star Appears At Fringe Festival

The Committee Theatre will present the New York premiere of I (Heart) Kant, a new play by Ken Urban, directed by Dylan McCullough, from September 8th through October 2nd

Tony Award-nominee Euan Morton chats about his debut solo album 'NewClear' and playing the title role in the recent Bay Street Theatre production of TOMMY

Out of Line Productions will present Cloud Tectonics -- a play by Oscar-nominated screenwriter and two-time Obie-winning playwright José Rivera -- with previews to begin July 13, prior to an official press opening July 18 at The Culture Project

Lisa Kron's Well, which closed on Broadway last month, has been added to the Huntington Theatre's 2006-2007 season line-up, with the play to be presented at the Boston theatre company from March 9th through April 8th, 2007

The Hip-Hop Theater Festival is set to slam New York from June 20th through June 24th

Her first major role was that of Catherine Martin in 'The Silence of the Lambs,' and Brooke Smith has since accumulated dozens of film, television, and stage credits.

Casting is complete for The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun, presented as part of Musical Mondays' series of sneak previews of new musicals from the BMI Workshop; the show will be performed on May 15

Judy Blazer has joined Out on Stage, a May 8th benefit featuring Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Malcolm Gets, among others

Malcolm Gets and Jesse Tyler Ferguson will be featured in Out on Stage, a benefit for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus on May 8th