Vanessa Redgrave News

The long-running LA cult hit Cashino comes to the Laurie Beechman Theatre

The Year of Magical Thinking, starring Vanessa Redgrave and based on the best-selling memoir by Joan Didion, opened at the Booth Theatre on March 29th, and BroadwayWorld was there for the star-studded evening!

The Year of Magical Thinking will enjoys its world premiere March 29, at Broadway's Booth Theatre. The one-woman production, written by acclaimed author Joan Didion and based on her best-selling memoir, stars Vanessa Redgrave (Oscar-winner for Julia) and will run for a limited engagement of 24 weeks. David Hare directs.

Click in for reviews of The Year of Magical Thinking, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, Will Power: How to Act Shakespeare in 21 Days, Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in The Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters, WALT DISNEY: The Triumph of the American Imagination, George Gershwin: His Life and Work, The Great American Mousical, Notebooks, Elizabeth and Kate: The Woman That Was Hepburn.

WABC-TV (Channel 7) will air 'Broadway Backstage: Spring Preview' on Saturday, March 24 at 7:30pm.

On May 1, Acorn Media will release home video debut of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot, the Tony-nominated revival, mounted for Broadway in the early 1980s at New York's historic Winter Garden Theatre and filmed for television by HBO. It will also release 'The Best of the Tony Awards: The Plays' the same day

Performances of THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING begin tonight, Tuesday, March 6.

BroadwayWorld.com is pleased to bring you this special video featuring the legendary Vanessa Redgrave and author Joan Didion as they discuss the highly anticipated production of 'The Year of Magical Thinking' which begins previews on March 6th at Broadway's Booth Theater.

Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave will be featured on NPR's 'Morning Edition' on Thursday, February 8 discussing The Year of Magical Thinking with host Renee Montagne.

Author Joan Didion and actress Vanessa Redgrave will be featured on WCBS's 'The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend' special airing Saturday, January 27, 7-8PM

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the NY Premiere of Split Ends, a multi-media, multidisciplinary solo performance piece written and performed by Dr. Venus Opal Reese, and directed by Liesl Tommy

After several long campaigns to stall or halt the decision, London's Theatre Museum in Covent Garden will unfortunately close its doors on Sunday 7th January. But it will continue its education and outreach work until August 2007.

Due to popular demand, Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Brian Kulick, Artistic Director and Jessica R. Jenen, Executive Director, has extended the run of the American premiere of Yasmina Reza's A SPANISH PLAY by an additional two weeks through Sunday, March 4.

A memorial service for Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes will be held on Tuesday, December 12th at 2pm at the Walter Kerr Theatre

Tickets to The Year of Magical Thinking, starring Academy Award- and Tony Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave, are now on sale to holders of American Express cards

Help may be on the way for London's esteemd Theatre Museum

Classic Stage Company will present four-time Tony Award-winner Zoe Caldwell in her return to the New York stage in the American and English language premiere of Tony Award winner Yasmina Reza's A Spanish Play, beginning January 10 for a limited engagement through February 18 only

Michael Cumpsty, Julianne Moore, David Hare, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave and Martin Short, among others, will join New York Times writers to discuss their careers and crafts as part of the annual New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend, which will take place from January 5th through 7th, 2007

A memorial service for Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes will be held on Tuesday, December 12th at 2pm at the Walter Kerr Theatre

Although Muriel Spark's novel could certainly make for a fine play, Jay Presson Allen's stage adaptation is better served when treated as a star vehicle