The Public Theatre News

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly announces the 2006 cast.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson will headline a free play reading of Barry Levey's All the Way from China on April 24th

Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, has set a new house record at the August Wilson Theatre, grossing $1,013,616 for the week ending April 16th

Martha Plimpton, Chris Sarandon, Jackie Hoffman and others appeared in Addictions, three new one-act plays by Tricia Walsh-Smith, at a one-night-only benefit performance on April 3rd

Emmett Foster, Rich Merritt , Sean Kennedy and Robert Kahn will join Steven Fales, author and star of the hit Off-Broadway solo play Confessions of a Mormon Boy, on April 10th, April 17th, April 24th, and May 1st, respectively, for post-show talkbacks

Michael John LaChiusa, as part of Lincoln Center Theatre's Platform series, will take part in a pre-performance talk after Bernarda Alba on March 29th

Ghostlight Records is said to go into the studio on March 27th to record the new production of Michael John LaChiusa's Bernard Alba.

Martha Plimpton is set to appear in the presentation of Addictions, three new one-act plays by Tricia Walsh-Smith, on Monday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street).

Acclaimed comic genius Jackie Hoffman is set to appear in the presentation of Addictions, three new one-act plays by Tricia Walsh-Smith, on Monday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m.

Jessica Hecht is set to appear in the presentation of Addictions, three new one-act plays by Tricia Walsh-Smith, on Monday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street).

Al Pacino, Kevin Anderson and Jessica Chastain will appear in a presentation with music of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece SALOME at the Wadsworth Theatre for 26 performances only, April 14 to May 14.

Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, continues its 2005-2006 season on Wednesday, March 29, at 6:30 pm with a pre-performance talk with Michael John LaChiusa, who wrote the words and music for LCT's new musical, BERNARDA ALBA.

Following two nearly sold-out shows during the biggest New York City blizzard on record (February 12 and 13), THE DREAM ENGINE returns to Joe's Pub on Friday, March 24 at 7:00 PM and Saturday, March 25 at 9:30 PM.

On March 19th, Jersey Boys co-writer Marshall Brickman will be featured on A&E's 'Breakfast with the Arts'

Chris Sarandon, Trudie Styler and Emily Bergl will appear in the presentation of Addictions, three new one-act plays by Tricia Walsh-Smith, on Monday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street).