Award-winning actors Uma Thurman, Tim Daly, and Christine Lahti; Grammy-winning singer Patty Griffin; award-winning visual artist Lorna Simpson; noted public radio host and National Humanities Medal recipient Krista Tippett; National Student Poet Juliet Lubwama; and National Book Award-winning poet Terrance Hayes, among others, will perform their favorite poems in celebration of National Poetry Month on April 25, 2018 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
Five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb (Maria Striar, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Bulger, Associate Artistic Director) will honor director and outgoing board chair Pam MacKinnon (The Parisian Woman, Amelie) at the 2018 Clubbed Thumb Gala on Monday, April 30, 2018 at the Etsy Headquarters (117 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201).
Boundless Theatre today announces the full cast for a major revival of Judy Upton's Confidence. First performed in 1998 at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director of Boundless, Rob Drummer, directs the previously announced Tanya Burr in the role of Ella. She is joined by Anna Crichlow (Ruby), Vauxhall Jermaine (Edwin), Will Pattle (Dean) and Rhys Yates (Ben). The production opens at Southwark Playhouse on 25 May with previews from 23 May.
The original producers of Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller, Broadway's longest running musical revue, announced today that the show will return to New York this summer following a limited engagement at Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse. Preview performances will begin at New York's Stage 42 (422 West 42nd Street) on July 6 and opening night is set for July 22. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, March 12 through telecharge.com and the box office will open on June 25. Casting is to be announced.
The cast of The Parisian Woman are now on the Sardi's wall of fame! Check out photos of the cast, including Uma Thurman, Josh Lucas, Marton Csokas, Blair Brown, and Phillipa Soo, receiving their portraits below!
AVENUE Q - the Tony Award-winning Best Musical that features a cast comprised of people and puppets - will celebrate WORLD PUPPETRY DAY on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 with what is to be an unprecedented large gathering of professional and amateur puppeteers and their puppets for a special performance and post-show soiree at New World Stages (Off-Broadway, 340 West 50th Street), starting at 8:00PM.
Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, announces a new Hitchcock-style drama Belleville by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Amy Herzog. Performances run from Wednesday, April 18 to Sunday, May 13; the press opening is April 22.
The epic story returns. Tony Kushner's two-part play, ANGELS IN AMERICA makes its way back to Broadway tonight! A cast led by Tony nominee Andrew Garfield and two-time Tony winner Nathan Lane will begin previews tonight at the Neil Simon Theatre with Part 1: Millennium Approaches. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!
Many celebrities have been going to Broadway. Be it a new 'trend' or now Broadway is in the now thanks to shows like Hamilton or Kinky Boots. Uma Thurman is another celebrity who joins a cast! The show? The Parisian Woman written expertly by Beau Willimon and directed by Pam MacKinnon.
The Commercial Theater Institute (CTI) and Executive Director Tom Viertel have announced speakers for its upcoming 3-Day Intensive, taking place from Friday, March 9th through Sunday, March 11th. This year will include a special partnership with The Band's Visit highlighting the producers, creatives, and marketing team behind the hit show.
On April 8, Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine will take over NYCPodfest (Abrons Arts Center, Underground Theater), with a live conversation with John Slattery. Proceeds from the special event will benefit the Trevor Project.
For tickets, visit http://nycpodfest.com/.
Boundless Theatre today announce Tanya Burr, will star in a major revival of Judy Upton's Confidence. First performed in 1998 at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director of Boundless, Rob Drummer, will direct Burr in the role of Ella and the production opens at Southwark Playhouse on 25 May with previews from 23 May.
Bravo Media and Universal Cable Productions'original scripted series “Imposters,” starring Inbar Lavi, Rob Heaps, Parker Young,Marianne Rendón, Brian Benben and Stephen Bishop, returns for a second season onThursday, April 5 at 10pm ET/PT. From executive producers Adam Brooks and Paul Adelstein, “Imposters” follows Maddie (Lavi), a persona-shifting con artist and the “Bumblers,” a trio of her recent, heart-broken victims, Ezra (Heaps), Richard (Young) and Jules (Rendón).
The Actors Fund announced today that The Parisian Woman has added a Special Final Benefit Performance for The Actors Fund. This benefit performance will be held onSunday, March 11, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street).
Following the matinee performance of Broadway's The Parisian Woman this Saturday February 3, Uma Thurman and cast members will be joined on stage for a Q&A moderated by Ilana Levine, host of the popular podcast, "Little Known Facts." Ms. Thurman was recently a guest on the podcast. LISTEN HERE. Ticketed audience members only are invited to stay for the Q&A, which will begin shortly after the matinee ends.
New York's funniest show Celebrity Autobiography has two NYC shows on March 5 and March 10 at 7pm at The Triad (158 West 72nd Street) which will feature Susan Lucci, Janeane Garofalo, Josh Lucas (currently starring opposite Uma Thurman on Broadway in The Parisian Woman), Ralph Macchio, Rachel Dratch, Tate Donovan, Jackie Hoffman (FX's Feud), John Fugelsang (host of Page 6 TV), Tony Award-winner Cady Huffman, 5-time Emmy-winner Alan Zweibel, and Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel.
