Tony Taccone News

LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, written and performed by John Leguizamo, officially opens Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). A limited number of opening night tickets will be available for John's fans to join in the red carpet celebration.

A populist candidate, promising to return the country to greatness, becomes president of the United States, and then all hell breaks loose in It Can't Happen Here, a new play based on Sinclair Lewis' eerily prescient 1935 novel, adapted for the stage by Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen. Foothill Theatre Arts presents It Can't Happen Here, directed by Bruce McLeod, for three weeks only, now through November 19, 2017 at the Lohman Theatre, on the Foothill College Campus (at the bottom of the hill), 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The third show of Mosaic Theater Company's ambitious third season will be The Real Americans, a one-man show written and starring Bay Area sensation and now NYC-based performing artist Dan Hoyle.

It has been announced that tonight's performance of Latin History for Morons has been canceled due to illness of the show's star, John Leguizamo. The production also had to cancel the Tuesday (October 24) performance due to Leguizamo's health.

It has been announced that tomorrow evening's performance of Latin History for Morons has been canceled due to illness of the show's star, John Leguizamo.

BWW has learned that on Monday, October 30, John Leguizamo, now starring in the one-man Broadway show Latin History For Morons, will visit NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS.

Emmy winner John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown) is making his highly-anticipated return to Broadway this fall in his original one-man comedic play LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, direct from his acclaimed engagements at The Public Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theater.

LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, written and performed by John Leguizamo, which begins performances tomorrow, October 19, 2017 at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street), has announced its rush ticket policy.

ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of this searing drama in action below!

ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of this searing drama in action below!

What if FDR has been defeated in 1936 and a fascist had been elected President of the United States? How would Americans react to the implementation of martial law, and the elimination of rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution? What would happen if a free press was muzzled? If citizens fled to Canada even as a resistance was formed -- and its leaders and members were rounded up and incarcerated or executed?

Today Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced the addition of four new members to its Board of Trustees. These philanthropic citizens will join the rest of the board in guiding the Theatre for the next year. Steven Goldin, Laura Severino, and Kelli Tomlinson were voted in at the Annual Meeting on August 25, and Sudha Pennathur was voted in on September 25.

ActorsNET launches its 22nd season with a stunning new adaptation by Tony Taccone and Bennet S. Cohen of Sinclair Lewis' satirical drama, It Can't Happen Here. Writing in the 1930s, Lewis, an acclaimed socially conscious author, adapted his best-selling novel of the same name into a play as a warning. His message? Do not elect a fascist to the American presidency.

Emmy winner John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown) will make his highly-anticipated return to Broadway this fall in his original one-man comedic play Latin History For Morons, direct from his acclaimed engagements at The Public Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theater. Leguizamo was front and center for the unveiling of his show's Broadway marquee today, and BroadwayWorld has photos below!

Roe, a riveting drama by Lisa Loomer about central figures in the American abortion rights debate that debuted at OSF in April 2016, is the winner of The PEN Center USA 2017 Literary Award for Drama.

The box office for LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS will open Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 12PM at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street).

Emmy winner John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown) will make his highly-anticipated return to Broadway this fall in his original one-man comedic play LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, direct from his acclaimed engagements at The Public Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theater, producers Nelle Nugent and Kenneth Teaton announced today.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the world premiere of Imaginary Comforts, or The Story of the Ghost of the Dead Rabbit, written by Daniel Handler and directed by Tony Taccone. The new play begins previews on Thursday, October 5 and the show runs through Sunday, November 19. Individual tickets begin at $30 and can be purchased online at berkeleyrep.org or by phone, 510 647-2949. Press night will be on Thursday, October 12.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced today that single tickets for its 2017-18 season will be on sale beginning Sunday, August 6. Prices for tickets to individual shows vary by performance day and seating section and are subject to change based on availability.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the West Coast premiere of An Octoroon written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Eric Ting will close out its season.