Apr. 11: 365 WOMEN A YEAR: A PLAYWRITING PROJECT at The Sheen Center in New York
365 WOMEN A YEAR: A PLAYWRITING PROJECT involves over 400 women who signed on to write one or more one-acts about extraordinary women in both past and present history. The project’s goal is to write...
View ArticlePatrick Cassidy, Emily Skinner, Karen Ziemba, Dana Ivey, Paolo Montalban and...
Karen Ziemba. Photo by Lia Chang American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is presenting Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s rapturous and seductive musical, A Little Night Music, May 20-June 14, 2015,...
View ArticleArs Nova’s World Premiere of SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS featuring Jojo Gonzalez,...
Ars Nova has extended the world premiere of Small Mouth Sounds, a new play by Bess Wohl, directed by OBIE Award-winner Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) through April 25,...
View ArticleThe Classical Theatre of Harlem 15th Anniversary Benefit featuring Patina...
Leslie Odom, Jr. Theater and Harlem luminaries will converge on the Apollo Theater Soundstage, 253 West 125th Street in New York on April 13 to mark the 15th anniversary of The Classical Theatre of...
View ArticleHamilton tops Lucille Lortel Award Nominations along with Into the Woods,...
The Off-Broadway League today announced nominations in 18 categories for the 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. The Lortel Awards will be handed out on Sunday,...
View ArticleAuthor Alan Kaufman presents Celebrity Gala Benefit Performance for East...
16-Time Grammy® Award Winner Sting and wife Trudy Styler have donated to a relief benefit for victims of the East Village explosion and fire. The donation will go to GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side),...
View ArticleJerome Preston Bates, Michael Chenevert, Stephanie Berry, Terria Joseph, Kim...
Autumn, an absorbing new drama by Richard Wesley that probes the fragility of political legacies and human relationships, will premiere at Crossroads Theatre Company, April 23 through May 3. Opening...
View ArticleJoe Mantegna receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Film and Television from...
Kirsten Vangsness as Analyst Penelope Garcia, Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan, A.J. Cook as SSA Jennifer “JJ” Jareau, Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, Thomas Gibson as Aaron Hotchner, Jennifer Love Hewitt as...
View ArticleA Sumptuous View of Ken Watanabe, Kelli O’Hara, Ruthie Ann Miles, Ashley...
Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe. Photo by Paul Kolnik Five-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara (THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, SOUTH PACIFIC) and Academy Award nominee Ken Watanabe (THE LAST SAMURAI,...
View ArticleWSJ.com: Actor André De Shields on His Self-Made Journey
Actor-dancer André De Shields in his 39th-floor Manhattan apartment. PHOTO: AXEL DUPEUX FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Actor, singer and dancer André De Shields, 69, has appeared on TV and in Broadway...
View ArticlePhoto: The Public Theater Presents Tony Award-winner Lemon Andersen’s ToasT...
Tony nominees Keith David (Jelly’s Last Jam) as Dolomite and John Earl Jelks (Radio Golf) as Stackolee lead the cast of The Public Lab production of Lemon Andersen’s ToasT, helmed by Elise Thoron, with...
View ArticlePhotos: Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s YOUR BLUES AIN’T SWEET LIKE MINE starring...
Two River Theater (Artistic Director John Dias, Managing Director Michael Hurst) presents the world premiere of Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, written and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The...
View ArticleDavid Henry Hwang, Laura Poitras, Amitav Ghosh, Deeyah Khan, Bill Rauch,...
David Henry Hwang. Photo by Lia Chang The Ford Foundation has announced a new effort centered on the roles art and culture play in illuminating and addressing urgent issues of equity, opportunity, and...
View ArticleLia Chang Photos: Inside THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE CD Release Concert with...
Michael Friedman and André De Shields. Photo by Lia Chang The audience in the sold-out house of The Fortress of Solitude Original Cast CD Release Concert at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater on Monday,...
View ArticleJon Tenney, Tessa Auberjonois, John de Lancie, Emily Ruth James and Kwana...
Playwright Rajiv Joseph on the set of his new play, “Describe the Night” at the Shubert Theatre in New York on November 21, 2014. Photo by Lia Chang Playwright Rajiv Joseph is one of the nation’s...
View ArticleProduction Photos: Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt, Lora Lee Gayer & Paul...
The new Broadway musical DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, began previews, Friday, March 27 at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway), with opening night set for...
View ArticleJeff Imada, Nahnatchka Khan, Melvin Mar and Paula Madison to be honored at...
East West Players (EWP), the nation’s premier Asian American theatre, celebrates its Golden Anniversary at their Annual Visionary Awards Dinner & Silent Auction. The Visionary Awards laud the...
View ArticleUp Close and Personal with Actor Peter Kwong
Peter Kwong, Suzee Pai and Kim Cattrall in Big Trouble in Little China. (c) Twentieth Century Fox Big Trouble in Little China cast members Peter Kwong and Gerald Okamura strike a stance at JANM’s...
View ArticleProduction Photos: Jon Tenney, Emily Ruth James, Tessa Auberjonois, John de...
South Coast Repertory is presenting the world premiere of Mr. Wolf, by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Founding Artistic Director David Emmes through May 3, 2015. The cast for Mr. Wolf includes Tessa...
View ArticleTeagle F. Bougere, Jeremy Kushnier, Amanda Leigh Cobb, Edward James Hyland...
Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 40th anniversary Season of Legends continues with William Shakespeare’s great drama, Othello. Directed by Ted Pappas, Othello runs April 16 – May 17, 2015 at the O’Reilly...
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