Wooster Group News

DUSK RINGS A BELL, starring Kate Walsh ('Private Practice,' 'Grey's Anatomy') and Paul Sparks (Broadway's HEDDA GABLER) began previews Wednesday, May 19; and officially opened Thursday, May 27; it played a limited engagement and will close on Sunday, June 20 Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16 Street).

EAST RIVER COMMEDIA and ANNA BRENNER present ARE WE HERE YET? as part of the 4TH ANNUAL undergroundzero festival.

Vista 360° in association with American Opera Projects presents the premier concert performance of the new chamber opera, Marymere, composed by Matt Schickele, based on the haunting true story of John D. Sargent and his wife, Edith, who lived as pioneer settlers on the shores of Jackson Lake, Wyoming, under the peaks of the Teton Range.

As part of the Dixon Place 19th Annual HOT! Festival, everyone's favoriteschizophrenic nutball Jibz Cameron/Dynasty Handbag returns with sluethful vengeance as 'DetectiveBags' in the world premier of VERTititGO.

Emmy(R) Award nominee Maura Tierney ('ER') has joined 'The Whole Truth' as a series regular. The new drama series from Jerry Bruckheimer Television will air Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00 p.m., ET this fall on ABC. With a unique alternative narrative structure that chronicles the way a case is built from the perspectives of both the defense and prosecution, 'The Whole Truth' shows each side equally and keeps its audience guessing, shifting allegiances of guilt or innocence until the very final scene.

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

Colt Coeur's Seven Minutes in Heaven is transferring from Boston's Huntington Theatre to HERE Arts Center for a limited New York run, starting June 3 and ending the 20th.

Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata (BRO) will play Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette) on Tuesday, June 1 at 7:00 & 9:30 PM. BRO, a instrumental quartet led by Peter Kiesewalter,will perform 'The Hills Are Alive' a bold interpretation of Roger & Hammerstein's Sound of Music score. Tickets are $25 and available at http://tickets.publictheater.org/index.php?id=12622.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that Kate Walsh ('Private Practice,' 'Grey's Anatomy') and Paul Sparks (Broadway's Hedda Gabler) will star in the world premiere of Stephen Belber's play DUSK RINGS A BELL directed by Sam Gold.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to present Kate Walsh ('Private Practice,' 'Grey's Anatomy') and Paul Sparks (Broadway's Hedda Gabler) in the world premiere of Stephen Belber's play DUSK RINGS A BELL, directed by Sam Gold.

Colt Coeur's Seven Minutes in Heaven is transferring from Boston's Huntington Theatre to HERE Arts Center for a limited New York run, starting June 3 and ending the 20th.

The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund continues last year's mandate of providing operating support to assist outstanding theatre companies meet the challenges of the current economic climate. Grants were awarded to several deserving companies.

Witness Relocation, 'a dance theater anarchist's Utopia' (Performing Arts Journal), will end its return to La MaMa on May 23 with the English language premiere of 'Five Days in March,' an award-winning play by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director)'s world premiere production of Stephen Belber's new play DUSK RINGS A BELL has been extended before previews even begin this evening, Wednesday, May 19, 2010.

Colt Coeur's Seven Minutes in Heaven is transferring from Boston's Huntington Theatre to HERE Arts Center for a limited New York run, starting June 3 and ending the 20th.

Dusk Rings a Bell, written by Stephen Belber will be performed at Atlantic Stage 2 as Atlantic Theater Company's final production of the season. The play will be directed by Sam Gold and will run May 19-June 20. Performances take place Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30 PM and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 PM.

Vista 360° in association with American Opera Projects presents the premier concert performance of the new chamber opera, Marymere, composed by Matt Schickele, based on the haunting true story of John D. Sargent and his wife, Edith, who lived as pioneer settlers on the shores of Jackson Lake, Wyoming, under the peaks of the Teton Range.

Reid Farrington returns to Performance Space 122 with Gin & 'It.' His principle source is Alfred Hitchcock's film Rope, a film based the Leopold and Loeb murder. As he did with THE PASSION PROJECT, Farrington collaborates with film historians and archivists to bring a classic film to life on stage with his own boundary-pushing melding of video and live drama.

Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata (BRO) will play Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette) on Tuesday, June 1 at 7:00 & 9:30 PM. BRO, a instrumental quartet led by Peter Kiesewalter,will perform 'The Hills Are Alive' a bold interpretation of Roger & Hammerstein's Sound of Music score. Tickets are $25 and available at http://tickets.publictheater.org/index.php?id=12622.

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.