Tim Robbins News

Jeremy McCarter - senior writer at Newsweek covering arts and entertainment and former New York Magazine critic - will moderate the second VINEYARD VOICES entitled 'The Art of Casting' on Monday, November 2 at 7pm at The Vineyard (108 East 15th Street) in Manhattan.

Burning Coal Theatre Company of Raleigh, NC will present Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing December 3 - 20, 2009 at Meymandi Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm.

Writer/Director Bart Freundlich (TRUST THE MAN, THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS) and Obie Award-winning Playwright/Director Adam Rapp (whose play THE METAL CHILDREN will receive a World-Premiere production at the Vineyard) will join Vineyard Theatre Artistic Director and Hollywood Casting Director Douglas Aibel for the second VINEYARD VOICES.

Actors' Gang company members April Fitzsimmons (The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Our Town) and Daisuke Tsuji (Love's Labours Lost, 1984) bring their acclaimed solo works to the Ivy Substation company home, kicking off a new performance series with two remarkable journeys.

Shakespeare's classic tale in a way you've never seen it presented. Recently returned from assisting on the Rufus Wainwright project Prima Donna at the Manchester International Festival, Sanaz Ghajarrahimi brings audiences her inspired and twisted interpretation of this legendary Prince.

TENACIOUS D LIVE w/ Special Guests - Jack Black and Kyle Gass display the gifts bestowed upon them by Beelzebub as they kick off the WTF?! Arts Festival Saturday Night Benefit Concert Series, curated by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins.

Eclectic 2-month Arts Event includes Music, Film, Dance,Theater Literature, Poetry and more to raise funds for The Actors' Gang. Week 2 features Jackson Browne, Tim Robbins and filmmakers Patricia Foulkrod and Liam Lynch

TENACIOUS D LIVE w/ Special Guests - Jack Black and Kyle Gass display the gifts bestowed upon them by Beelzebub as they kick off the WTF?! Arts Festival Saturday Night Benefit Concert Series, curated by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins.

The Actors' Gang presents the WTF?! Festival, Tuesdays through Saturdays, October 13 - December 19.

In times of crisis, creativity is often the best remedy. At least, this is what actor and director Tim Robbins' is endeavoring to prove with his upcoming 'WTF? Festival,' a series of live performance events that will play on Tuesdays beginning October 13 and run through December 19th at the Culver City Theater in Los Angeles. Produced under the banner of his company, Actors Gang, for which Robbins serves as artistic director, the festival will consist of a medley of performances including plays, concerts, poetry readings, dance performances and film screenings.

For 35 years, Pulitzer Prize winning Theater for the New City has nurtured hundreds of playwrights through its Emerging Playwrights Program

Actors' Gang company members April Fitzsimmons (The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Our Town) and Daisuke Tsuji (Love's Labours Lost, 1984) bring their acclaimed solo works to the Ivy Substation company home, kicking off a new performance series with two remarkable journeys.

The finalists for 2009 HUMANITAS Prize were announced August 17 by John Wells, HUMANITAS Prize President. A total of $95,000 in prize money will be handed out at the annual luncheon on September 17th in the Crystal Ballroom at The Beverly Hills Hotel.

Ollie Fielding shares his thoughts on the stage production of The Shawshank Redemption.

This summer, Theater for the New City's Street Theater tour will be 'Tally Ho!, or Navigating the Future' 2009 summer production will tour streets, parks and playgrounds August 1 to September 13.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Aftermath, written by Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, and directed by Ms. Blank, will begin performances Tuesday, September 1, at 7pm, at NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. Opening night is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15 at 7:00pm. The production will run through Sunday, October 4.

For 35 years, Pulitzer Prize winning Theater for the New City has nurtured hundreds of playwrights through its Emerging Playwrights Program