Bug - 2004 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 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.

New Rep On Tour will close its eighth season with a three-player adaptation of Edmund Rostand's Masterpiece, Cyrano. Over five weeks, beginning March 4, 2008, the Tour will travel to over 20 Boston area schools and reach over 7,000 students.

Emerging Artists Theatre presents The Play About the Naked Guy, directed by Tom Wojtunik to play a four-week off-Broadway engagement at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Performances begin Monday, February 4, and continue through Sunday, March 2. Opening Night Performance is Saturday, February 9 at 8PM.

Tracy Letts' acclaimed play August: Osage County, previously a hit at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, will open at the Imperial Theatre on November 20th after beginning previews on October 30th.

Brian, whose last job was covering the Beast and Gaston in 'Beauty and the Beast,' celebrates his Irish heritage in his 4th Broadway show.

Bug, the new William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Excorcist) directed thriller starring Ashley Judd (Double Jeopardy, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood), Michael Shannon (8 Mile) and Harry Connick, Jr. (Broadway's The Pajama Game), opens in theaters nationwide today, May 25.

We talk to Steven Tomlinson whose one-man show, 'American Fiesta' is currently playing at the Vineyard Theatre.

Lost Angels Theatre Company, winner of the 2005 Ovation Award for Best Production for Killer Joe brings Los Angeles the Los Angeles premiere of the Obie award-winning, critically-acclaimed, smash-hit Off-Broadway play, BUG, written by Tracy Letts and directed by Scott Cummins

Rude Mechanicals Theater Company (RMTC), in association with Artful Dodger Productions, will present I Coulda Been a Kennedy from August 11th through 26th

Fritz Weaver will headline a July 25th reading of Mark Doherty's play Trad at the Irish Rep

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.

Eileen Atkins, who has mostly recovered from a bad case of the flu, will join Ron Eldard, Jena Malone and Adriane Lenox in tonight's January 17th performance of Doubt

We know what she did this summer: took part in the Shakespeare-goes tropical-goes hippie musical revival in Central Park.

Casting has been announced for the Atlantic Theater Company's first production of this season, Rolin Jones' comedy The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, which wil open on September 19th

Soho Think Tank's Ice Factory festival will showcase six premieres of new plays in six weeks, from July 6th to August 13th

29th Street Rep (Tim Corcoran and David Mogentale, Artistic Directors) and Darren Lee Cole are thrilled to announce that Hiding Behind Comets will be extended due to unprecedented ticket demand.

After 384 performances, BUG, the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play by Tracy Letts (Four Lortel Awards, including Best Play; Two Obie Awards) is scheduled to close on Sunday, January 30th.

Producers of BUG, Tracy Letts's hit psychological thriller directed by Dexter Bullard (Four Lortel Awards, including Best Play, and 2 Obie Awards), announced today that the long-running play at the Barrow Street Theatre will close on Sunday, January 30, 2005.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce that Measure for Pleasure by David Grimm is this year's 'Bug 'n Bub' Playwright Award-winning play. The play will have a reading on Monday November 29th at 7 PM at Primary Stages Phil Bosakowski Theatre, 354 W. 45th Street.

Morgan's Cabaret at The Prince Music Theater in Philly is the little black box that treats you to some of the best talent in town and a few nice surprises including some of the finest light fare and wine. We were greeted by Cole Brenner, who is the son of Philly's famous comedian David Brenner and works for the Prince and is also a graphics designer.