Hedda Gabler 2004 - Articles Page 19

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

Elizabeth Meriwether's The Mistakes Madeline Made will run at Yale Rep from October 27th through November 18th

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Julia Jordan's Dark Yellow, featuring Elias Koteas, will open on May 27th at Studio Dante

Mamie Gummer, Katharine Powell and Austin Lysy (joining Kater Burton and Tony Goldwyn) have signed onto the cast of the off-Broadway premiere of Theresa Rebeck's The Water's Edge, which will begin performances at Second Stage Theatre on May 23rd, open June 15th and run through July 9th

Changed for Good, a musical featuring the songs of Stephen Schwartz, will run off-Broadway from April 7th through 9th

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) have announced that the American premiere of Conor McPherson's Shining City at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) will open Tuesday, May 9 at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Previews for Shining City will begin Thursday, April 20.

On March 1st, the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, starring Cate Blanchett, will begin performances

FREAK WINDS - the critically acclaimed comedy thriller from Australia - will receive its U.S. premiere at the Arclight Theatre (152 W 71st St), beginning March 17 thru April 22.

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

Kate Burton and Tony Goldwyn will headline Theresa Rebeck's The Water's Edge, which will begin performances off-Broadway on May 23rd and open on June 14th

Martha Plimpton will join Brian F. O'Byrne and Oliver Platt in the cast of Conor McPherson's Shining City, which begins Broadway previews on April 13th

Les Freres Corbusier, creators of last Spring's sold-out off-Broadway hit Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier and, More Importantly, Robert Moses and the Obie Award-winning A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, will present Heddatron, written by Elizabeth Meriwether, directed by Alex Timbers, and produced by Aaron Lemon-Strauss.

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.

Casting has been announced for The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Tony Award-winner Jeff Whitty's (Avenue Q) take on the Ibsen classic that will be produced at the South Coast Rep in January

Producer Jeffrey Finn announced today that Academy Award-winning film and stage star Hayley Mills will join legendary star Richard Chamberlain to headline the upcoming National Tour of the beloved play ON GOLDEN POND. The 30-week tour of the two-time 2005 Tony Award-nominated production will launch September 5, 2006 in Fort Worth, Texas at Bass Performance Hall. A complete list of touring cities and venues will be announced in the coming weeks.

Disney has announced that Tarzan will being previews on March 24, to open on May 10, 2006.

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).

Sixty-nine theatre artists representing 51 shows have been nominated for 2005 Henry Hewes Design Awards

Tony Award-winner Jeff Whitty's The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler will open at the South Coast Repertory in January of 2006

The tour of the two-time 2005 Tony Award-nominated production will launch September 2006.

The Playright Horizons show begins previews on August 30 and opens on September 25.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud present the New York premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's THE PARIS LETTER, directed by Doug Hughes.

In a first-time co-production, The New Group and The Play Company are pleased to present the American premiere of Terrorism. Written by the Presnyakov Brothers and directed by Will Frears, Terrorism will play a limited Off-Broadway engagement Monday, May 9th through Sunday, June 26th at The Clurman Theater/Theatre Row.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce that John Glover, Daniel Eric Gold, Lee Pace, Michele Pawk and Ron Rifkin will appear in the New York premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's THE PARIS LETTER, directed by Doug Hughes.