Tom Fontana News

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will launch the 2011 Lend Us Your Ears play reading series with The Notorious Lady Susan, adapted by Tom Fontana from the novel Lady Susan by Jane Austen.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced it will add acclaimed Italian playwright Dario Fo's political farce Accidental Death of an Anarchist to its 2011 Season.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Jenny Gersten, Artistic Director) will honor the Festival's rich musical tradition at its 2010 Benefit on Monday, November 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City, it was announced today.

On Monday, November 15, 2010, the Writer's Guild of America, East Foundation will host a benefit performance of Jules Feiffer: Funny Side Up.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Jenny Gersten, Artistic Director) will honor the Festival's rich musical tradition at its 2010 Benefit on Monday, November 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City, it was announced today.

On Monday, November 15, 2010, the Writer's Guild of America, East Foundation will host a benefit performance of Jules Feiffer: Funny Side Up.

Yesterday, May 2, Primary Stages concluded its celebratory 25th Anniversary Season with a special celebrity benefit stage reading performance of Godfather IV written by Emmy Award-winner Tom Fontana ('St. Elsewhere,' 'OZ'), with original music by Stephen Elkins. The reading was a collaborative effort between Primary Stages and the Writers Guild of America, East Foundation, for which Fontana is Foundation president. Proceeds from the reading will benefit both organizations. BroadwayWorld was there to capture the event.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) concludes its celebratory 25th Anniversary Season with a special celebrity benefit stage reading performance of Godfather IV written by Emmy Award-winner Tom Fontana ('St. Elsewhere,' 'OZ'), with original music by Stephen Elkins.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) concludes its celebratory 25th Anniversary Season with a special celebrity benefit stage reading performance of Godfather IV written by Emmy Award-winner Tom Fontana ('St. Elsewhere,' 'OZ'), with original music by Stephen Elkins.

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Tom Fontana (OZ, Homicide, St. Elsewhere) has adapted and will direct a staged reading of Jane Austen's first novel, The Notorious Lady Susan, to benefit The Acting Company on Monday, April 12, 7 p.m.

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Tom Fontana (OZ, Homicide, St. Elsewhere) has adapted and will direct a staged reading of Jane Austen's first novel, The Notorious Lady Susan, to benefit The Acting Company on Monday, April 12, 7 p.m.

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The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) honored Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala took place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) will honor Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala will take place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.

Stockings With Care, the not-for-profit dedicated to making sure that families in need have everything they need to create the magic of Christmas morning for their kids, has announced that Jesse L. Martin, Christopher Sieber, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Stephanie March, Ben Bailey, 'Ugly Betty's' Michael Urie, Grant Bowler and Daniel Eric Gold and the casts of 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' will serve as celebrity bartenders at the organization's annual benefit on Wednesday, November 11, 7pm - 11pm, at Stitch, 247 West 37 Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

Stockings With Care, the not-for-profit dedicated to making sure that families in need have everything they need to create the magic of Christmas morning for their kids, has announced that Jesse L. Martin, Christopher Sieber, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Stephanie March, Ben Bailey, and the casts of 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' will serve as celebrity bartenders at the organization's annual benefit on Wednesday, November 11, 7pm - 11pm, at Stitch, 247 West 37 Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

Stockings With Care, the not-for-profit dedicated to making sure that families in need have everything they need to create the magic of Christmas morning for their kids, has announced that Jesse L. Martin, Christopher Sieber, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Stephanie March, Ben Bailey, and the casts of 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' will serve as celebrity bartenders at the organization's annual benefit on Wednesday, November 11, 7pm - 11pm, at Stitch, 247 West 37 Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) will honor Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala will take place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.

The Friars Club Comedy Film Festival will open its inaugural year on Thursday, September 24th with the U.S. premiere of 'A Serious Man' - the new film from Academy Award-winning writer/directors Joel & Ethan Coen. The Focus Features release will subsequently open in select U.S. cities on Friday, October 2nd.

Food For Thought, the nation's premiere theatre company dedicated to the one-act play, will celebrate its ten year anniversary at a star-studded gala event at Sardi's (234 W. 44th Street, New York) on Monday, September 21, 2009.