Awake and Sing! - 2006 - Broadway Articles Page 15

Bartlett Sher, who has received great acclaim as well as a Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award as Best Director of A Musical for the current Lincoln Center Theater production of South Pacific, will direct the new musical BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE WEST, to be produced on Broadway by Elephant Eye Theatrical. Joining Sher are Tony nominees David Yazbek (The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) composing the music and writing the lyrics and David Henry Hwang (M Butterfly, Yellow Face) penning the book.

Almeida Theatre Announces Fall/Winter Season.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher, continues its 2008 season with the world premiere of 'Namaste Man', an autobiographical play written and performed by actor Andrew Weems.

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President)announced the recipients of its three annual specialty awards, to be presented along with its five annual production and performance awards at The 74th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 16, 2008 (noon).

Intiman Theatre Board President Susan J. Leavitt announces that Artistic Director Bartlett Sher has extended his contract through the end of the 2009 production season.

Michael Hollinger's play 'Opus,' presented by Primary Stages, opened on August 7th and BroadwayWorld was there!

Primary Stages launches its 2007-2008 season of new works by American playwrights with the New York premiere of the new play Opus by Michael Hollinger

Producers Stuart Oken, Michael Leavitt and Five Cent Productions announced today that Elephant Eye Theatrical has reached its full capitalization of $8,000,000, added ten new strategic members and has three new musicals in advanced stages of development.

Primary Stages launches its 2007-2008 season of new works by American playwrights with the New York premiere of the new play Opus by Michael Hollinger

Intiman Theatre, recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, continues its 35th season with the world premiere of Prayer for My Enemy, written by Craig Lucas and directed by Artistic Director Bartlett Sher

Full casting has been announced for Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Michael Attenborough's production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing!,

Primary Stages launches its 2007-2008 season of new works by American playwrights with the New York premiere of the new play Opus by Michael Hollinger with direction by Terrence J. Nolen.

Former Broadway stars of the 2006 season, Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore will start in the up-coming feature film 'Blindness' directed by Fernando Meirelles.

The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. released its end of season statistics for the 2006-2007 Broadway season, which began May 29, 2006 and ended May 27, 2007.

Stage and screen star Stockard Channing will return to London stages in the Almeida Theatre Company's revival of the Clifford Odets classic Awake and Sing! this fall

Michael Attenborough will direct Stockard Channing in Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing!.

Stockard Channing may return to London stages in a revival of the Clifford Odets classic Awake and Sing this fall.

Theater luminaries Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Christine Ebersole, Tony Kushner, Liev Schreiber, Audra McDonald, Ashley Brown and Jonathan Groff are among the confirmed presenters scheduled to participate in The 73rd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon

Intiman Theatre, recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, will continue its 35th season with Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, directed by Artistic Director Bartlett Sher

The Drama League has announced the recipients of its three annual specialty awards, to be presented at the 73rd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 11, 2007

­Yale Repertory Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director James Bundy and Managing Director Victoria Nolan, presents Frank Wedekind's shocking classic drama Lulu as translated by Carl R. Mueller, adapted for this production by Mark Lamos and Drew Lichtenberg, and directed by Mark Lamos, from March 30 through April 21. (Press night is Thursday, April 5 at 8 p.m.).

Erich Bergen stars as Bob Gaudio in the first national tour of 'Jersey Boys.' Only 21 years-old, Erich already has his foot deep in the door of the theatre business! Before his big-break with 'Jersey Boys,' he played at the NYMF, sold Broadway merchandise, and hosted an original podcast interviewing theatre celebs.

FINALLY...'Spring Awakening' gets national television attention on 'Letterman' and 'The View'

CenterStage in Baltimore presents 'The Boys from Syracuse' featuring a cast and design team with major Broadway credits.

Tony Award nominees Jonathan Hadary and Marin Mazzie will take over the roles of King Arthur and The Lady of the Lake, in the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Monty Python's Spamalot tomorrow, Tuesday October 31 at the Shubert Theatre