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Meryl Streep will Play Mother Courage at the Delacorte in 2006
by BWW News Desk - Apr 21, 2005


Streep will take on the title role of Brecht's masterpiece in a summer 2006 production at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre

Phylicia Rashad: A Special Interview for Women's History Month
by Adrienne Onofri - Mar 26, 2005


In the conclusion of BWW's series on groundbreaking women in theater, Rashad sounds off on many subjects...but not her history-making Tony triumph last season.

Stephen Schwartz's 'Captain Louie' To Premiere At York Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Mar 23, 2005


Captain Louie, a new family musical with music and lyrics by Academy and Grammy-Award winner Stephen Schwartz, will have its world premiere at The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director), May 4 - June 12, produced by The York in association with Meridee Stein, Pam Koslow and Kurt Peterson.

Women Who Made Theater History: Producer Nelle Nugent
by Adrienne Onofri - Mar 19, 2005


In the third in a series of Women's History Month profiles, Nugent talks about producing hits and flops, getting backers, making movies and leveling the playing field for women in theater.

Groundbreaking Women in Theater: Lighting Designer Beverly Emmons
by Adrienne Onofri - Mar 12, 2005


Emmons, a seven-time Tony nominee, is spotlighted in the second of BWW's special Women's History Month profiles.

Celebrating Innovative Women of Theater: Elizabeth Swados
by Adrienne Onofri - Mar 7, 2005


Swados, composer, playwright and director, is the first of BWW's special profiles for Women's History Month.

Full cast announced for MTC's Brooklyn Boy
by BWW News Desk - Dec 13, 2004


Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce full casting for their upcoming world premiere production of BROOKLYN BOY by Donald Margulies, directed by Daniel Sullivan. The production is being co-produced with South Coast Repertory.

Haven
by Michael Dale - Aug 31, 2004


ont size="2"> The breaking point for Sara Kahn came one afternoon at The Public Theatre when she gave an audition with nobody else in the room but director Elizabeth Swados' dog. Coupled with the recent news that what would have been her first Broadway musical lost its backing, Kahn decided to leave a world where her most consistent work was singing and dancing about the joys of Scotch Tape and post-op wound care in trade shows and closed her voice to singing for good. After a stint at Columbia University where she earned degrees in social work and public health, our heroine found herself performing stress management counseling for Wall Street victims of mergers and acquisitions, still dissatisfied with her lot.

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