A Moon for the Misbegotten - 2006 - London Articles Page 14

Actors Patti LuPone, George Hearn and Elizabeth Wilson, playwright Brian Friel, costume designer Willa Kim and scenic designer Eugene Lee, as well as late playwrights August Wilson and Wendy Wasserstein, will be inducted into the 2006 Theater Hall of Fame

Eve Best, who last year won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Hedda Gabler, will join the cast of the Old Vic's upcoming Eugene O'Neill play A Moon for the Misbegotten, in which she will star opposite Kevin Spacey

Her first major role was that of Catherine Martin in 'The Silence of the Lambs,' and Brooke Smith has since accumulated dozens of film, television, and stage credits.

London's Old Vic has announced its 2006-2007 season, with a number of Shakespearean plays, a pantomime-inspired adaptation of Cinderella by Stephen Frye and a production of John Osborne's The Entertainer starring Robert Lindsay among the highlights

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Variety reports that the show will start previews on April 18, and open on May 4 for a 15 week run at Broadway's Booth Theater.

Chita Rivera, Zoe Caldwell and Susan Stroman will be among the presenters of the Theater Hall of Fame induction ceremony on January 30th

On March 27th, 2006, Eugene O'Neill will be the subject of the PBS documentary series 'American Experience'

David Leveaux will helm Sinatra at the London Palladium, a big-budget show that will open on March 8th, 2006

John Lithgow, Sir Peter Hall, Sada Thompson, William Ivey Long, Graciela Daniele, William Gibson and the late Dorothy Loudon and Ben Edwards are the 2005 inductees of the Theater Hall of Fame

Nigel Harman replaces Ewan McGregor, Billy Elliot gets a new lead, Kevin Spacey announces second season, Mike Leigh's new play opens and David Grindley triumphs with Philanthropist

The 2006 Old Vic season will include The Soldier's Tale, Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues directed by Robert Altman, and Kevin Spacey in A Moon for the Misbegotten

Starring Gabriel Byrne (Cornelius Melody) with Dearbhla Molloy (Nora Melody), Emily Bergl (Sara Melody), John Horton (Nicholas Gadsby), Byron Jennings (Jamie Cregan), Kathryn Meisle (Deborah), Randall Newsome (Paddy O'Dowd), Ciaran O'Reilly (Dan Roche) and Daniel Stewart Sherman (Mickey Maloy).

The star of stage and screen will appear in the new production which opens in February 2006.

Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) opens this year's Nikos Stage season with Create Fate on July 13 at 8:00 p.m.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to present Gabriel Byrne as 'Cornelius Melody' in a new Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's drama A Touch of the Poet, directed by Doug Hughes at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street).