South Coast Repertory starts off the New Year with the World Premiere of You, Nero, a comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Freed. Commissioned by SCR, You, Nero imagines a meeting during the declining years of the Roman Empire between Scribonius, a put-upon playwright, and Emperor Nero, the all-powerful, narcissistic arbiter of art. The Roman romp stars Danny Scheie as Nero and John Vickery as Scribonius. Produced in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and directed by Sharon Ott,You, Nero will run from Jan. 4 through Jan. 25, 2009 on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Low-priced previews are available from Jan. 4 through Jan. 8. Opening night is Jan. 9. Press night is Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7:45 p.m. Tickets to You, Nero may be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office.
The Kennedy Center presents the world premiere of The Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony based on the book by E.B. White, adapted for the stage by Marsha Norman, with music by Jason Robert Brown, and direction by Gary Griffin. The production features a 35-piece orchestra conducted by Jason Robert Brown. Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony is part of a season-long initiative Broadway: The Third Generation, celebrating the current generation of Broadway musical composers, and will appear for five performances in the Eisenhower Theater December 4-6, 2008. The theatrical adaptation is recommended for audiences aged seven and up.
Lyndsey Marshal joins James McAvoy and Nigel Harman in Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain, which opens at the Apollo Theatre on Tuesday 10 February 2009 with previews from 30 January.
The Kennedy Center presents the world premiere of The Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony based on the book by E.B. White, adapted for the stage by Marsha Norman, with music by Jason Robert Brown, and direction by Gary Griffin. The production features a 35-piece orchestra conducted by Jason Robert Brown. Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony is part of a season-long initiative Broadway: The Third Generation, celebrating the current generation of Broadway musical composers, and will appear for five performances in the Eisenhower Theater December 4-6, 2008. The theatrical adaptation is recommended for audiences aged seven and up.
James McAvoy joins Nigel Harman in Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain, which opens at the Apollo Theatre on February 10th 2009. Previews begin January 30th. The female lead is yet to be cast.
David Lindsay-Abaire's play will be the last of the season for the Warren, RI theater
The 2007-2008 season at 2nd Story Theatre includes a new piece by Moises Kaufman, a Tennessee Williams classic and a farce by Charles Busch.
David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole has been announced as the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
According to Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown's April newsletter, three leading ladies will join Brown for his upcoming concert at Birdland.
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced the lineup for Spring Boards, its newly-renamed rehearsed reading series. Formerly known as 6@6, the annual series is dedicated to the support and development of innovative new work.
Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com will present the Tony Award-winning composer/performer Jason Robert Brown in a special week-long run at Birdland, April 4 - 7 , with shows at 9 and 11pm nightly.
Cast to feature Peter Weller as Frank Lloyd Wright,
Harris Yulin as Louis Sullivan, Chris Henry Coffey, Holley Fain,
Mary Beth Fisher, Maggie Siff, Jeremy Strong and Jay Whittaker
Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete details for the fifth production of its 2005/2006 35th Anniversary Season, the World Premiere of PEN, a new play by David Marshall Grant.
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, starring young performers Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eliza Dushku, America Ferrera and others, will open off-Broadway on December 15th
Maria Friedman, the leading lady of the British musical theatre, makes her Broadway debut in London's smash hit musical, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, opening on Broadway Thursday, November 17th at the Marquis Theatre (211 W 45th St).
The production will play a pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco's Curran
Theatre September 13th to October 9th.
The star of stage and screen will appear in the new production which opens in February 2006.
A contemporary rendering of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
Performances begin Thursday, March 10th at 8:00 pm with an opening scheduled for Saturday, March 12th at 8:00 pm.
SHREK - THE MUSICAL, a new musical planned for Broadway, will be directed by Jason Moore with a book by David Lindsay-Abaire.
The UK premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's black comedy Fuddy Meers is interesting, funny and extremely powerful.
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