Modern Stage News

Jim Caruso's Cast Party has announced a yearly holiday treat: four special nights with celebrated & beloved performer CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, accompanied by pianist BILLY STRITCH, as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Joe & Sandi Black and The Modern Stage will present the New York premiere of Tom Sime's new comedy MY FAVORITE ANIMAL. Performances will be at the 45th Street Theatre, 354 W. 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). The opening date is scheduled for Wednesday, Nove

SFB-SHOTGUN PLAYERS PRESENTS 'MACBETH' at the Ashby Stage

Esteemed lighting designer, theatre consultant, and author Richard Pilbrow is the winner of the 2008 Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented on Saturday evening, October 25, at the LDI Awards ceremony during LDI2008 in Las Vegas.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that their World Premiere Production of Michael Weller's Fifty Words, under the direction of Austin Pendleton, has been extended Off Broadway. Performances of the two-character play began at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on September 10 and the show's stars Norbert Leo Butz and Elizabeth Marvel were showered with rave reviews following its October 1 opening. The show is now scheduled to run through Saturday, November 8.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz has been signed to star opposite Elizabeth Marvel in the World Premiere Production of Michael Weller's Fifty Words, under the direction of Austin Pendleton. The two-character play begins performances at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on September 10 and continues through October 25, with an opening night set for Sunday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m.

The Exchange (formerly Jean Cocteau Rep) takes on some of the greatest horror stories in history with the Off-Broadway premiere of The Scariest. This evening length collection of new plays by Kristin Newbom, Laura Schellhardt, Mark Schultz, and Gary Sunshine is based on the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, W.W. Jacobs, Hans Christian Anderson, and 'The Book of Revelations.' Opening Night is March 6.

Christine Ebersole and applauded pianist Billy Stritch concluded their four-day, sold-out, celebrity-packed 'Winter Wonderland' concert at Broadway at Birdland on Saturday, December 8.

Christine Ebersole began her four-night 'Winter Wonderland' concert series, accompanied by applauded pianist Billy Stritch, at Broadway at Birdland on Wednesday, December 5.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com are proud to announce a remarkable holiday treat: four special nights with hugely-celebrated and beloved performer Christine Ebersole, accompanied by applauded pianist Billy Stritch, part of the long-running, critically-heralded and popular concert series Broadway at Birdland.

On February 13, New York's historic Town Hall will be the setting for an extraordinary star-studded salute to the endurance and influence of Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre (NFT), for 35 years a seminal force in the Black Arts Movement (BAM).

On February 13, New York's historic Town Hall will be the setting for an extraordinary salute to the endurance and influence of Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre (NFT), for 35 years a seminal force in the Black Arts Movement (BAM) co-hosted by Ossie Davis and Lynn Whitfield. In addition to celebrating the NFT's vital contribution to the arts internationally, the gala will feature a special 'roast and toast' to Negro Ensemble Company co-founder award winning actor/director/writer, Douglas Turner Ward and an awards presentation honoring significant contributors to the development of the theatre.