Tracy Letts News

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of 'August: Osage County' by Tracy Letts and directed by Anna D. Shapiro opens Wednesday September 9 at 7:30pm.

Goodman Theatre launches its new 2009/2010 Season with tap dancing, acrobatics, tumbling, guitar- and ukulele-playing in an original take on the rarely-produced Marx Brothers classic musical Animal Crackers, written by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby

Due to continued sold out performances and strong critical acclaim, P.S. 122 and The Amoralists will once again extend The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side. The show began a summer extension on July 30 that was to run through August 17 at P.S. 122 (150 1st Avenue) in NYC.

The box office for the Broadway transfer of Steppenwolf's new American play 'Superior Donuts' will open today, August 19. 'Superior Donuts' will begin previews at the Music Box Theatre beginning Wednesday, September 16, 2009, with an official opening set for Thursday, October 1, 2009.

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 season with a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo. Directed by ensemble member, Amy Morton, this production features ensemble members Francis Guinan and Tracy Letts with Patrick Andrews. You have until February 7th to catch this must-see in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre (1650 N. Halsted Street). To see a Mamet play at Steppenwolf is tantamount to seeing Mamet come home, the work of a Chicago-area native so uniquely tied to our city in a Chicago theatre with its finger on the pulse of the American Theatre scene. How many opportunities to you get to see this happen?

Variety reports that CLUELESS: The Musical now has a creative team set for an upcoming reading for August 11th through the 18th in New York City.

Due to sold out performances and strong critical acclaim, P.S. 122 and The Amoralists are proud to announce that The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, written and directed by Derek Ahonen, will extend from July 30th to August 17th, 2009. Performance Space 122 is located at 150 1st Avenue (at East 9th Street) in NYC.

A Red Orchid Theatre proudly opens its 2009-10 Season with the World Premiere of Mistakes Were Made by the Emmy-nominated writer of Six Feet Under Craig Wright and directed by Dexter Bullard. The production will run September 8 - October 18, 2009 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 North Wells St. The Press Opening is September 10, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

To mark two decades at the creative helm of McCarter Theatre Center, Artistic Director Emily Mann has announced the 2009-2010 Theater Season, which will include the revival of an audience favorite, an eighteenth-century comic masterpiece, a knockout world premiere drama, a contemporary American classic, and a soaring new musical.

Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1920, when Burns Mantle founded the annual Best Plays Theater Yearbook, the Best Plays of 2008-2009 were announced today by editor Jeffrey Eric Jenkins.

Producers Angelo Fraboni and Daryl Roth have announced that the New York premiere of Vigil, written by Morris Panych and directed by Stephen DiMenna, will begin performances Sunday, September 20, at 3pm at the DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15 Street, east of Union Square. The opening is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29 at 7pm.

Variety reports that CLUELESS: The Musical now has a creative team set for an upcoming reading for August 11th through the 18th in New York City.

Due to continued sold out performances and strong critical acclaim, P.S. 122 and The Amoralists will once again extend The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side. The show began a summer extension on July 30 that was to run through August 17 at P.S. 122 (150 1st Avenue) in NYC.

Due to sold out performances and strong critical acclaim, P.S. 122 and The Amoralists are proud to announce that The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, written and directed by Derek Ahonen, will extend from July 30th to August 17th, 2009. Performance Space 122 is located at 150 1st Avenue (at East 9th Street) in NYC.

The producers of August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, present the First National Tour. The tour officially kicks off in Denver at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on July 28, 2009.

The producers of August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, are pleased to announce that full casting for the First National Tour has been completed. The tour will kick off in Denver at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on July 24, 2009.

August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, starring Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons in the role of the family matriarch, Violet, will launch its national tour, in Denver, CO on July 24th, 2009. Following two weeks at Denver's Ellie Caukins Opera House (7/24-8/8), the show will play San Francisco's Curran Theatre from August 11 - September 6, 2009. Subsequent engagements will be announced shortly. Ms. Parsons is currently appearing in the show on Broadway where The New York Times recently raved, 'Estelle Parsons gives a superb performance...sends chills down your spine. It may prove to be a crowning moment in an illustrious career.' Ms. Parsons joined the company in June, 2008. Estelle Parsons first foray into the business began when she was hired by 'The Today Show,' first as a production assistant, then staff writer, which eventually led her to become the first female television network political news reporter. Estelle began acting and appeared in her first stage performance on Broadway in Happy Hunting. Since then, Estelle has gone on to either star in or direct over 25 productions. Most notably, she has been nominated for the Tony Award for her performances in The Seven Descents of Myrtle, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Miss Margarida's Way and Mornings at Seven.

South Side Chicago writer John Hospodka and his Bohemian Pupil Press will publically launch the free on-line, multi-media ?literary picture show? South Side Trilogy at www.bohemianpupil.com, featuring a collection of fictional works which also utilizes sound and images. The public is asked to click in to read and experience the internet content, then purchase a PDF of the text (available to the media on request), and/or other items in support of the site, if desired. Hospodka defines the ?literary picture show? as a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound, images, and a sequence of literary techniques, giving the illusion of continuous movement.

The Dramatists Guild of America have announced the winners of their annual awards, which will be distributed at an awards ceremony Monday, November 2, 2009, at The Players Club in New York.

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of 'August: Osage County' by Tracy Letts and directed by Anna D. Shapiro opens Wednesday September 9 at 7:30pm.