The Drama Book Shop Video: Playwright Ayad Akhtar, Josh Radnor and Aasif...
Josh Radnor, Ayad Akhtar and Aasif Mandvi at a book talk and signing at The Drama Book Shop in New York on January 22, 2015. Photo by Lia Chang The Pulitzer Prize winning play Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar...
View ArticleThe American Playwriting Foundation Creates The Relentless Award to Honor the...
Philip Seymour Hoffman. Photo courtesy of Labyrinth Theater Company The American Playwriting Foundation, established to make annual grants to new American plays, has created The Relentless Award, the...
View ArticleMTC Run of World Premiere of The World of Extreme Happiness by Frances Ya-Chu...
In Rehearsal for The World of Extreme Happiness at Manhattan Theatre Club in New York on January 27, 2015. Photo by Lia Chang The Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of The World of Extreme...
View ArticleBroadway Bound DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, Featuring Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt,...
Tam Mutu The new Broadway musical Doctor Zhivago, starring Tam Mutu, making his Broadway debut as the passionate Doctor and poet Yurii Zhivago, Kelli Barrett (Wicked), Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt...
View ArticleThe Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Inc.: 2015 Collaboration Award...
The Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Inc. has announced the open call to submit applications for the 2015 Collaboration Award recognizing Women Working with Women. The $1,000 Collaboration...
View ArticleFeb. 6- Mar. 8: Two-Time Tony Award Nominee André De Shields, Bowman Wright,...
André De Shields. Photo by Lia Chang Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is presenting August Wilson’s classic drama King Hedley II. Set in the 1980s Hill District of Pittsburgh, the...
View ArticleGeorge Takei Set for Broadway Debut in ALLEGIANCE in October
George Takei will make his Broadway debut in Allegiance, a new American musical, next season at a Shubert Theater to be announced. Previews are set to begin on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 with opening...
View ArticleFeb. 14: Remembering Garland Lee Thompson, Sr. with a Memorial at St. James...
Garland Lee Thompson, Sr. A celebration of the life and legacy of Garland Lee Thompson, Sr., New York theatre producer, writer, director, actor, co-founder and Executive Director of the Frank Silvera...
View ArticleDeonna Bouye, Alfredo Huereca, Socorro Santiago, Charles Socarides set for...
Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, continues its 2014/15 Season with Guadalupe in the Guest Room, a new play by Tony Meneses,...
View ArticleFrances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s THE WORLD OF EXTREME HAPPINESS Named Among 12...
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s The World of Extreme Happiness, currently in previews at MTC’s New York City Center – Stage I, a co-production of The Manhattan Theatre Club’s and...
View ArticleBETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY Starring Stephen McKinley Henderson, Victor...
Second Stage Theatre’s remount of the Atlantic Theater Company’s sold out production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ acclaimed play, Between Riverside and Crazy, opens on February 11th, and has been extended...
View ArticleBETWEEN RIVERSIDE & CRAZY’s Stephen Adly Guirgis, actor Stephen McKinley...
Second Stage Theatre’s remount of Between Riverside and Crazy starring Stephen McKinley Henderson, Victor Almanzar, Elizabeth Canavan, Rosal Colón, Liza Colón-Zayas, Michael Rispoli and Ron Cephas...
View ArticleRebecca Naomi Jones, Bobby Steggert, Emmanuel Brown, Lynn Cohen and More Set...
Signature Theatre’s production of Charles Mee’s BIG LOVE, directed by Tina Landau, is now in previews for a Monday, February 23 opening night in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature...
View ArticleProduction Photos: André De Shields, Bowman Wright, E. Faye Butler, KenYatta...
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is presenting August Wilson’s classic drama King Hedley II. Set in the 1980s Hill District of Pittsburgh, the ninth installment of Pulitzer Prize...
View ArticleAmerican Masters-August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand Premieres on...
August Wilson. Photo credit: David Cooper, 2004 THIRTEEN’s American Masters series and Pittsburgh PBS affiliate WQED join forces to explore the life and legacy of playwright August Wilson (April 27,...
View ArticleYOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Starring James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen,...
You Can’t Take It With You, the Pulitzer Prize-winning revival by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, will end its extended run on Sunday, February 22nd at 3 pm. It will have played 208 performances....
View ArticleCAAMFest 2015 Honors Filmmaker Arthur Dong with World Premiere Screenings of...
Andy Wong’s Chinese Vanities, 1954. Front row (l-r): Julianne Lew and Mae Lacsaman. Middle row: Hana Abe, Sheryl Lee, Jackie Mei Ling, Jeannie Chang, and Pat Chin. Back row: Lily Pon and Dinky Lee. Pat...
View ArticleVideo: Viola Davis, Charles Dutton, Laurence Fishburne, James Earl Jones,...
August Wilson. Photo credit: David Cooper, 2004 THIRTEEN’s American Masters series and Pittsburgh PBS affiliate WQED join forces to explore the life and legacy of playwright August Wilson (April 27,...
View ArticleLia Chang Photos: National Black Theatre Festival 2013 Book; NBTF runs August...
Backstage Pass with Lia Chang at the National Black Theatre Festival 2013 The National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, is a one-of-a-kind experience, and I’ve been fortunate to have...
View ArticlePhotos: MTC Run of World Premiere of The World of Extreme Happiness by...
Tonight I am celebrating the opening performance of The Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of The World of Extreme Happiness, the new play by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, directed by Eric Ting, at MTC’s...
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