Wishful Drinking News

Today, in order to fulfill its commitment to deliver daring and diverse work, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced special schedules for certain shows in its upcoming season: The Great Game: Afghanistan, The Last Cargo Cult, and The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.

As previously reported on BroadwayWorld, the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center of Los Angeles and the Library Foundation of Los Angeles will present 'An Evening with John Waters: On Neurotic Happiness' on June 8, 2010 at 8pm. He will appear in conversation with actress and author Carrie Fisher. Waters will discuss his new memoir, 'Role Models.'

As it concludes a season in which three of its shows opened on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre has elected officers to lead it through another year of fearless theatre. At the annual meeting for this renowned nonprofit, leaders from the Bay Area's top firms renewed their commitment to Berkeley Rep's board of trustees and pledged their support for its 43rd season, which presents eight adventurous shows here at home and sends another acclaimed production to London.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 6/06 for Costa Mesa

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Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 6/06 for Sacramento

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 6/06 for San Diego

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 6/06 for Thousand Oaks

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 6/06 for Los Angeles

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 6/06 for San Francisco

Voting has concluded for BroadwayWorld's 2010 Theatre Fans' Choice Awards, and with hundreds of thousands of votes cast, we've had another record year further solidifying the Theatre Fans' Choice Awards place as the largest, and most popular online Broadway polling event of its kind!

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, general managers, venue owners, press agents and marketing firms, will hold the third in a series of seminars focused on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway theater.

Voting is fully underway for BroadwayWorld's 2010 Theatre Fans' Choice Awards, with thousands of votes already in and recording voting numbers already being set. So far there have been early leads established for some surprising and not so suprising early leaders.

Deadline.com has been the first to report that actress Carrie Fisher is to appear in a guest role on 'Entourage,' HBO's comedy series. Fisher's character, Anna Fowler, is a reporter who works for Deadline Hollywood. She may reappear on the show.

United Solo, a consortium of theater artists dedicated to the genre of solo performance, is pleased to announce the first annual United Solo Theater Festival, which will take place November 12-14, 2010 at Theatre Row in New York City.

Whatsonstage.com is suggesting that Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking may get West End Treatment as year as later this year. If true, this would be the second big announcement surrounding the show, which is being filmed at the South Orange Performing Arts Center on June 25th for an HBO documentary feature, BroadwayWorld learned today.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Carrie Fisher will perform her Wishful Drinking at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) June 25 & 26. Today, BroadwayWorld has learned that the June 25 performance will be filmed live for television as a feature-length documentary by HBO and World of Wonder Productions. The special will combine elements of her one-woman stage performance, taped before the live audience at SOPAC, with archival footage and interviews with friends and family.

Today, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre added another incendiary performer to Fireworks, a new festival of colorful and explosive performances that takes off this summer. Emmy and Obie Award-winner John Leguizamo joins the Fireworks display, which already includes sparkling shows from Dan Hoyle and Wes 'Scoop' Nisker, as well as a workshop with David Sedaris that already sold out its limited run.

Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Long Wharf Theatre is pleased to announce the full company for Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie, directed by Gordon Edelstein with Patch Darragh (Tom Wingfield), two-time Tony® Award winner Judith Ivey (Amanda Wingfield), Keira Keeley (Laura Wingfield), Michael Mosley (Jim O'Connor).

Yesterday, May 27, the Outer Critics Circle honored the recipients of the 2010 Outer Critics Circle Awards in a reception at Sardis in Times Square. The cast of the hit comedy 'God of Carnage' --- Dylan Baker, Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu and Janet McTeer served as presenters at the organization's 60th Annual Award ceremony. BroadwayWorld brings you full coverage of the reception below.