Wallace Shawn News

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.

This spring, Whistler in the Dark Theatre returns to the intimacy of the Factory Theatre with Wallace Shawn's provocative and controversial examination of a shifting moral compass: 1985's Obie Award-winning Aunt Dan and Lemon.

This spring, Whistler in the Dark Theatre returns to the intimacy of the Factory Theatre with Wallace Shawn's provocative and controversial examination of a shifting moral compass: 1985's Obie Award-winning Aunt Dan and Lemon.

The New Group will honor Wallace Shawn and Fred Wistow with their 2011 Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to Theater. The gala will take place on May 9 at Capitale, and will include a dinner, rection and auction.

This May, FOX delivers major television events, all-new episodes and big guest stars, including an unprecedented ANIMATION DOMINATION crossover event May 1; the one-hour season finale of FAMILY GUY May 22, taking place in a galaxy far, far away; the three-hour, two-night season finale of AMERICAN IDOL, featuring the final performance show May 24 and the final live results show that's sure to captivate America May 25; primetime broadcasts of NASCAR ON FOX races April 30 and May 7; and primetime MLB ON FOX baseball match-ups May 14 and May 21.

This spring, Whistler in the Dark Theatre returns to the intimacy of the Factory Theatre with Wallace Shawn's provocative and controversial examination of a shifting moral compass: 1985's Obie Award-winning Aunt Dan and Lemon.

Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, DRIVING MISS DAISY will end its extended Broadway premiere engagement April 9 at the John Golden Theatre with its three original stars: Tony Award winners James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave and Boyd Gaines.

The quadruple award-winning Clybourne Park will complete its scheduled run at Wyndham's Theatre on Saturday 7 May 2011.

Audiences and critics on both coasts embraced Eurydice and In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), two shows steeped in longing from playwright Sarah Ruhl and director Les Waters. Now this talented team turns its attention to a fresh translation of a masterpiece: Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. Ruhl enlivens this classic with the same elegant understanding of intimacy that infused those earlier collaborations, while Waters and a cast of 14 deliver another sumptuous production. This West Coast premiere begins previews on Berkeley Rep's intimate Thrust Stage on April 8, opens April 13, and runs through May 22. Three Sisters is a co-production between Berkeley Rep, where Waters serves as associate artistic director, and Yale Repertory Theatre.

'Let me tell you something.  I find my husband so Goddamned irritating that I'm planning to leave him.'

The New Group presents the first major New York revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce in a limited Off-Broadway engagement through May 7. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production features Marisa Tomei as Marie and Frank Whaley as Bruce. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the press opening and brings you photo coverage below!

A Columbia literary scholar with a passion for the punctuation used in Keats' poetry starts dating a personal trainer who has moved to New York from Ireland.  Sounds like the beginning of a romantic comedy about a seemingly mismatched pair trying to get their conflicting worlds to mesh.

The New Group presents the first major New York revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce in a limited Off-Broadway engagement through May 7. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production features Marisa Tomei as Marie and Frank Whaley as Bruce. Official Opening Night is set for Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00 PM at The New Group @ Theatre Row.

This spring, Whistler in the Dark Theatre returns to the intimacy of the Factory Theatre with Wallace Shawn's provocative and controversial examination of a shifting moral compass: 1985's Obie Award-winning Aunt Dan and Lemon.

On April 15, 2011, BOMB Magazine will celebrate 30 years of independent publishing and programming with its biggest Gala & Silent Auction yet, at Capitale in New York City.

The New Group proudly presents the first major New York revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce in a limited Off-Broadway engagement March 14 - May 7.

The New Group proudly presents the first major New York revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce in a limited Off-Broadway engagement March 14 - May 7.

The New York premiere of the acclaimed The Nonsense Company's Storm Still will close Sunday, March 6th at Performance Space 122 (150 First Avenue at E. 9th Street). To purchase tickets please call 212-352-3101 or visit www.ps122.org.

Audiences and critics on both coasts embraced Eurydice and In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), two shows steeped in longing from playwright Sarah Ruhl and director Les Waters. Now this talented team turns its attention to a fresh translation of a masterpiece: Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. Ruhl enlivens this classic with the same elegant understanding of intimacy that infused those earlier collaborations, while Waters and a cast of 14 deliver another sumptuous production. This West Coast premiere begins previews on Berkeley Rep's intimate Thrust Stage on April 8, opens April 13, and runs through May 22. Three Sisters is a co-production between Berkeley Rep, where Waters serves as associate artistic director, and Yale Repertory Theatre.

Antarctica. A blinding world of slowly melting ice. A world where the horizon is boundless, where one can forget one's past and embrace a clean fresh start, where one can frolic with the penguins and breathe in cool, blue air. The perfect place for a recovery centre.