On the Twentieth Century - 1979 - US Tour Articles Page 13

The Actors Fund will present an all-star reading of ALL ABOUT EVE, the classic backstage drama that is one of the most entertaining and witty films of all time. The reading will star Tony Awardâ winner Brian Bedford as 'Addison DeWitt,' Tony Awardâ nominee Peter Gallagher as 'Bill,' four time Tony Awardâ winner Angela Lansbury as 'Birdie,' Tony Awardâ winner Cynthia Nixon as 'Karen,' and Emmy Awardâ nominee John Slattery as 'Lloyd.' As previously announced, Golden Globeâ Award-winning actress Annette Bening will star as 'Margo Channing.'

Barrington Stage Company, under the artistic leadership of Julianne Boyd, is proud to announce two American classics on the roster for Barrington Stage's 2009 Mainstage season.

The Wilma Theater proudly celebrates its 30th Anniversary with the upcoming 2008-2009 Season

The Wilma Theater proudly celebrates its 30th Anniversary with the upcoming 2008-2009 Season. 'We have chosen plays that will be among the most inventive and thrilling ever to grace our stage,' say co-Artistic Directors Blanka Zizka and Jiri Zizka, who staged their first Wilma production in 1979 - an original adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Village Theatre Village Originals announces the return of the musical, 'The Last Starfighter' as a workshop presentation.

The current national tour of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical 'Sweeney Todd' blew into the Windy City for a two-week engagement at the Cadillac Palace Theatre this week, revealing that the show is so strong as originally written that almost any style of storytelling will reveal its truths. If this fact doesn't mark the show as a true performing arts masterwork, then I don't know how anything else could. This show, and this metaphor-laden production of it, are miraculous in their revealing of the human condition.

To honor the life of Betty Comden, the marquee of every Broadway theatre will be dimmed on Tuesday, November 28 at exactly 8 p.m. for one minute in her memory

Betty Comden, whose work with the late Adolph Green epitomized Broadway's Golden Age, has died at the age of 89, according to the New York Times

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly announces the 2006 cast.

It's Showtime! Show Your Support, the first annual Worldwide Orphans Foundation benefit, will honor Christine Ebersole on October 24th

Ashley Road Productions is proud to announce the New York premiere of A WOMAN OF WILL, a new musical starring Golden Globe Award-winning writer and performer Amanda McBroom ('The Rose').

A 40th anniversary 2-disc DVD of The Sound of Music will be released by Twentieth Century Fox in November

Steel Magnolias' Christine Ebersole will be interviewed on CNN's Showbiz Tonight on May 30th

The New York Festival of Song, with Artistic Director Steven Blier and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, closes its 17th season on Wednesday, May 11th with LOST TRIBES OF VAUDEVILLE, at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th St., beginning at 8 p.m.