The Seagull 2001 - Articles Page 19

Westport Country Playhouse and Westport Arts Center will co-present two award-winning legends - playwright Edward Albee and film and theatre actor Kathleen Turner in 'Artists in Conversation,' a casual, intimate talk between two theatre professionals who also happen to be good friends, on Monday, June 23, 8 p.m., at the Playhouse.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will open its 2008-09 season with Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin starring in William Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, to be directed by Kulick. Performances begin Wednesday, September 3. The official press opening is Thursday, September 18.

Tony Award-winning producer Scott Sanders and Tony- nominated architect/set designer David Rockwell announced plans today to present HOUDINI, An Original Musical on Broadway in the spring of 2010.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) artistic director Carey Perloff today announced the final casting and design team for A.C.T.'s 30th anniversary production of Sam Shepard's classic interrogation of the American dream, Curse of the Starving Class

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that post-show discussions will follow performances of PARIS COMMUNE on Thursday, April 10 and Thursday, April 17.

LAByrinth Theater Company (Artistic Director John Ortiz; Co-Artistic Director Philip Seymour Hoffman; Co-Artistic Director and Executive Director John Gould Rubin) and The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that the world premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' THE LITTLE FLOWER OF EAST ORANGE will extend its run through Sunday, May 4. The production, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, will open on Sunday, April 6 and was originally scheduled to close on Sunday, April 20.

Once a ballerina, Michelle is now a Disney princess, having also appeared in 'Mary Poppins' and 'Beauty and the Beast'.

This spring, Berkeley Repertory Theatre's 40th birthday party comes to a gorgeous crescendo with the West Coast premiere of Figaro. After bringing us a delicious date with The Miser in 2006, the Tony Award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune returns for another eccentric take on a timeless text. Inspired by Mozart and Beaumarchais, Figaro is adapted by Steven Epp and Dominique Serrand, who also perform the lead roles alongside exceptional actors, superb singers, and a live string quartet. Presented in Berkeley Rep's state-of-the-art Roda Theatre, this magical production begins previews on April 25, opens April 29, and closes June 8.

The award-winning actor currently costars in 'Hunting and Gathering', the second of three plays he's in this season.

LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theatre join forces with Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and Director Philip Seymour Hoffman for the world premiere of The Little Flower of East Orange, an inter-generational ghost story set in an upper Manhattan charity hospital. The Little Flower of East Orange will begin previews on Tuesday, March 18 and run through Sunday, April 20 with an official press opening on Sunday, April 6 at 7 PM. Tickets go on-sale on Sunday, February 17.

Ethan Hawke, who recently received a Tony Award nomination for his work as Bakunin in the three-part epic The Coast of Utopia, will soon make his Off-Broadway directing debut,

Frost/Nixon, the new play by Peter Morgan, directed by Michael Grandage, will open on Broadway this spring starring Frank Langella (as President Richard Nixon) and Michael Sheen (as Sir David Frost).

Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that The Public Theater's 2006 Summer Gala will bring the Public's 50th Anniversary Season to a close by honoring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep, two prominent actors who have made significant artistic contributions to The Public Theater over the last four decades.

Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Academy Award for Leading Actor for his starring role as Capote in the film of the same name.

The Theatre Outlet presents the world-premiere of MEN OF CLAY, a comedy written and directed by Jeff Cohen (founder of the award-winning Worth Street Theater Company). Matthew Arkin and Obie Award winner Steve Ratazzzi join the previously announced Danton Stone in a cast that also includes Daniel Ahearn, Victor Barbella and Gabrielle Maisels.

Streep will take on the title role of Brecht's masterpiece in a summer 2006 production at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre

The production will star Josh Strickland as Tarzan, Jenn Gambatese as Jane, Merle Dandridge as Kala, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II as Terk, Timothy Jerome as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz as Clayton. Daniel Manche and Alex Rutherford will alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce that Tyne Daly and John Slattery will join Cynthia Nixon in the theatre's world premiere production of Rabbit Hole, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, and directed by Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan (Proof, Sight Unseen, Brooklyn Boy) at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Streep will take on the title role of Brecht's masterpiece in a summer 2006 production at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre

David Lan, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, will direct Helen McCrory, Sienna Miller, Dominic West and Reece Shearsmith in a new production of Shakespeare's great romantic comedy, As You Like It.

The Public Theater, George C. Wolfe, producer; Mara Manus, executive director, announces the New York premiere of THE CONTROVERSY OF VALLADOLID, an exciting new masterwork by French playwright and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière that brings to life the stunning real-life debates of the Catholic Church in the 16th century, as it tried to determine whether or not natives an ocean away were indeed human.

LAByrinth Theater Company, Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz, co-artistic directors; and The Public Theater, George C. Wolfe, producer; Mara Manus, executive director, announce the world premiere of THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Previews begin in The Public Theater's Martinson Hall on Tuesday, February 8.