Ethan McSweeny News

Playwrights Horizons has announced the creation of Live for Five, a new initiative as part of the theater company's Arts Access program, which allows the institution to reach out to those who may not be able to afford the cost of a full-price theater ticket.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company will open the Harman Center for the Arts with a gala celebration on Monday, October 1, 2007

Playwrights Horizons has announced additional casting and details for the first production of its 2007/2008 Season, the World Premiere of 100 Saints You Should Know, a new play by Kate Fodor

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced additional casting for its 2007/2008 Season.

The Old Globe Theatre has announced a complete 10-production winter season with the new musical A Catered Affair, a stage adaptation of the classic film musical The Band Wagon and the West Coast premiere of a new Richard Greenberg play among the highlights.

Playwrights Horizons has announced the first five productions of its 2007-2008 Season

Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced the Company's 2007-2008 season, which will open the Harman Center for the Arts

The Arden Theatre Company's production of Sweeney Todd received the most Barrymore Awards, with Elegies: A Song Cycle, Take Me Out, Chasing Nicolette, The Lives of Bosie and more as other winners of the Philadelphia-area awards

Pamela Hunt is no longer the director of the Kinsey musical Dr. Sex, but Ethan McSweeney is lending a hand for the production

The Arden Theatre Company's staging of Sweeney Todd earned the most Barrymore nominations this season; Bill Irwin and Bronson Pinchot are also nominees