Woody Allen News

Michael Blevins, most widely known for his portrayal of ‘Mark' in the screen version of the Broadway hit, 'A Chorus Line', will return to the stage after several years of working on the other side, directing and teaching.

Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, and Naomi Watts are set to star in Woody Allen's new film, 'You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger.' 'Stranger' will be the second offering of four Allen projects from Barcelona-based producer Mediapro, following last year's 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona.'

Karen Akers, one of America's most arresting and successful concert and cabaret stars will brings her Cole Porter show to The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, from Oct 27-Nov 1. Performances are at 8 PM with the Sunday show at 7 PM. Tickets are $45-50 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.

Karen Akers, one of America's most arresting and successful concert and cabaret stars will brings her Cole Porter show to The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, from Oct 27-Nov 1.

Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson, in her Broadway debut, will star in Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Gregory Mosher on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). Performances begin Monday, December 28, 2009 and the official opening is Sunday, January 24, 2010. The limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has announced that that playwrights Bruce Norris, Tarell Alvin McCraney and David Adjmi are the first recipients of the Steinberg Playwright Award.

Actor Lou Jacobi, who enjoyed a 40+ year career on stage and screen, has passed away at the age of 95 years old on October 23, 2009 in Manhattan.

NEW YORK THEATRE EXPERIMENT PRESENTS THE WASP WOMAN A ONE NIGHT ONLY STAGED READING OF A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY By Blake Hackler & Phillip Chernyak Directed by Darren Katz Produced by Rori Bergman & Laura Gale

Audience members in the audience on Friday night at A Steady Rain have reported to BroadwayWorld.com that with Hugh Jackman acting as auctioneer, along with Daniel Craig, the pair auctioned off their undershirts for a total of $10,000 for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, with two matching $5,000 bids. Jackman did the same thing during his BOY FROM OZ days as part of BC/EFA's fundraising efforts.

Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced nine initial performers who will participate in the return of its unique benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES on Monday, November 9. Among those taking part in the special event will be two-time Academy Award winner and two-time Obie Award winner Diane Wiest (Memory House at Playwrights Horizons/PH, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway), Tony Award winner Debra Monk (Assassins at PH, Redwood Curtain, Curtains), Obie Award winner Jason Butler Harner (current Stage Manager in Our Town, Hedda Gabler, The Coast of Utopia), Clarence Derwent Award winner Zoe Kazan (100 Saints You Should Know at PH; Come Back, Little Sheba; Things We Want), Theatre World Award winner Cassie Beck (The Drunken City and Prayer for My Enemy at PH), Cristin Milioti (The Retributionists at PH, the upcoming The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), Sue Jean Kim (The Drunken City and BFE at PH, 365 Days/365 Plays), Carmen M. Herlihy (The Thugs, Crooked) and Greg Keller (Broadway's Uncle Vanya, The Rainmaker). Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced that acclaimed actor and playwright Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio, 'Law & Order: CI') has joined the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming Broadway production of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL directed by Daniel Sullivan.

YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), is set to honor two internationally-acclaimed artists, dancer and choreographer Desmond Richardson and actress and director Liv Ullmann. Richardson will accept the YoungArts Alumni Award and Ullmann will accept the Arison Award at YoungArts' An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala, January 16 at the Gusman Center and the Alfred I. DuPont Building. SunTrust Bank is Title Presenting Sponsor.

On Friday, October 30, comedian Liz Grant will perform at The Purple Onion in a show also featuring Nick Leonard, Veronica Porras, and Anthony Hill. The event will be hosted by Jill Bourque.

Stage star Martha Plimpton will make a guest appearance on CBS's The Good Wife tonight, October 20, in an episode entitled: Alicia and Will have 72 Hours to Prove that a Train Company, and Not the Engineers, is Responsible for a Freight Train Crash, and Secure the Widows their Husbands' Pensions. The episode airs on CBS at 10:00-11:00 PM, EST.

NEW YORK THEATRE EXPERIMENT PRESENTS THE WASP WOMAN A ONE NIGHT ONLY STAGED READING OF A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY By Blake Hackler & Phillip Chernyak Directed by Darren Katz Produced by Rori Bergman & Laura Gale

Six writers, six directors and 27 actors will risk their reputations by creating an evening of theater in only 24 Hours.

This fall, The Town Hall, New York City's landmark concert venue (123 West 43rd Street), launches the new season with their celebration of Broadway's best. The Town Hall presents its acclaimed Broadway Cabaret Festival which runs October 16 - 18, 2009. The three-concert series that takes place over one weekend is written and hosted for The Town Hall by Scott Siegel. The festival showcases the talents of award-winning Broadway veterans and new stars in a celebration of the Great White Way.

The Broadway transfer of Steppenwolf's new American play 'Superior Donuts' at the Music Box Theatre celebrated its official opening night on Thursday, October 1, 2009 to superior reviews. Due to popular demand, the producers have announced that the show has extended its booking period through March 2010. Star Michael McKean spoke about the show to Newsday.

Liza Colon-Zayas, Sol Frieder and Elaine Kussack will join Sam Waterston in the world premiere of Athol Fugard's Have You Seen Us?, taking place at Long Wharf Theatre from Nov. 24 to Dec. 20.

It's that time of year again, when the city officially turns into the NY intelligencia's playground. Yes, I am referring to the New Yorker Festival, which takes place over the October 16 - October 18 weekend. Among the highlights: panel discussions an Q & As with stage and screen stars Stanly Tucci, Christine Baranski and Tilda Swinton, among others.