Wilson Milam News

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete details for the first production of its 2008/2009 Season, the World Premiere of THREE CHANGES, a new play by Nicky Silver (Fit to Be Tied at Playwrights Horizons, The Food Chain, Pterodactyls, Raised in Captivity).

Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Dylan McDermott has joined the cast of Playwrights Horizon's first production of the new season, the World Premiere of THREE CHANGES, a new play by Nicky Silver. Directed by Tony Award nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore), the production will begin previews on Friday, August 22, 2008 with an Opening Night set for Tuesday, September 16. The limited engagement will run through Sunday, September 28 at Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

Atlantic Theater Company has just announced its exciting 2008-2009 season. The main stage season at the Linda Gross Theater will mark premieres from Academy Award® winning filmmakers Ethan Coen and Martin McDonagh, who return to the Atlantic stage, and the debut of young playwright and screenwriter Beau Willimon.

Playwrights Horizons has announced additional details for its 2008/2009 Season, including the final two productions of the six-play season. Jonathan Groff, Maura Tierney, and Annette O'Toole have been announced to star in three of the plays being presented.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the world premiere production of Annie Baker's play BODY AWARENESS, directed by Karen Kohlhaas and featuring Jonathan Clem, Peter Friedman, Mary McCann and JoBeth Williams.

Atlantic Theater Company's (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) 2008 Annual Spring gala, entitled 'Why Can't It Be a Musical? An Evening of Unexpected Musical Adaptations,' will be hosted by Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham and Atlantic ensemble member and Emmy Award winner Kristen Johnston on Monday, April 28th, 2008 at the fabled Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th floor).

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce the first four productions of its 2008/2009 Season with new plays from Nicky Silver, Adam Rapp, Craig Lucas, and Theresa Rebeck

MCC Theater annual gala, Miscast, was held Monday, March 10, 2008 at The Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues). Miscast 2008 brought together the best and brightest Broadway talent as they performed songs from roles in which they would never be cast. Lynn Redgrave, currently in MCC's production of Grace, will served as the evening's Honorary Chair. Broadway's Phil Reno provided musical direction.

Lead casting has been announced for a new production of Othello that will be mounted at Shakespeare's Globe this summer

Atlantic Theater Company has announced the dedication and theater renaming ceremony of its main stage theater at 336 West 20th Street. In honor of Atlantic board member Linda Gross and husband Daniel Gross's contribution to the award winning theater company, the main stage theater will be renamed Atlantic Theater Company at The Linda Gross Theater on Monday, May 14th

Director Peter DuBois (Measure for Pleasure) and Choreographer Bill T. Jones (Spring Awakening) are the winners of the 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers FoundationCallaway Awards for 'Excellence in the craft of Direction and Choreography.'

The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers will announce the winners of the 2006 Joe A. Callaway Awards at the conclusion of the SSDC Annual Membership Meeting on Monday, November 20th

Martin McDonagh's acclaimed Broadway play The Lieutenant of Inishmore will play its final performance on Sunday, September 3 at 3:00pm

Three young actors--Jordan Bridges, Christopher Denham and Jerzy Gwiazdowski--will join the cast of the acclaimed Martin McDonagh play The Lieutenant of Inishmore, beginning Tuesday, August 22, replacing Jeff Binder (James), David Wilmot (Padraic) and Domhnall Gleeson (Davey), respectively

A new block of tickets through October has just been released for The Lieutenant of Inishmore

On Sunday, July 16th at 8pm, the Actors' Fund of America will offer a Special Performance of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Lyceum Theatre

Lord of the Rings plans to cast its spell on London, Chris Carmack and Rosamund Pike plan Summer and Smoke, Trevor Nunn trims Porgy and Bess and a roundup of Avenue Q reviews.

Alison Pill and David Wilmot, who star in Broadway's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, will be featured on XM-28 On Broadway Satellite Radio this Tuesday, June 20 at 12 noon and again at 9:00pm Broadway time

Atlantic Theater Company has announced the grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration of the brand new 99-seat, state-of-the-art Atlantic Stage 2 theater at 330 West 16th Street on Wednesday, June 14th at 10:00 a.m

Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were being broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th, and we've got the winners here! The History Boys led the pack with 6 wins, followed by The Drowsy Chaperone with 5, Jersey Boys with 4 and The Pajama Game, Sweeney Todd, and Awake and Sing with 2.