James Broderick News

In Act I our actors are in their 70's. Neil, the husband, has retired and is about to leave home to start a new business in New Zealand. The second Act opens and our three actors are now in their 40's. Hannah, the wife, is prepared to leave her husband and run away. In Act III all are now young children, and brother Willy is going to dig a hole and move to China.

According to the NY Times, Cherry Lane Theatre's Angelina Fiordellisi, will resign as Artistic Director sometime between March and June of 2011. Additionally, Fiordellisi plans to sell the building, which has been a Greenwich Village staple since 1924, due to ongoing financial struggles.

IMDB News reports that stage and screen star Matthew Broderick, most recently seen in The New Group's Starry Messenger, has repeatedly turned offers to make guests appearances alongside his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, in Sex and the City.

Matthew Broderick and Kenneth Lonergan have been friends since high school. They worked together before on the film You Can Count on Me, which Lonergan wrote. A high school trip to the Hayden Planetarium is the inspiration for Lonergan's new play, The Starry Messenger, about to open Off-Broadway at The New Group and starring Broderick. The two talk about their friendship and their first stage collaboration tonight at the 92nd Street Y.

Additional cast and creative team members have been announced for The New Group's THE STARRY MESSENGER, starring Matthew Broderick and, as previously reported, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Oscar-nominated in 2005 for her role in 'Maria Full of Grace.'

The New Group, currently represented Off-Broadway by Ian Bruce's play Groundswell, is pleased to announce its upcoming 2009-2010 season. Leading next season with previews beginning in October 2009 is the world premiere of The Starry Messenger by Kenneth Lonergan, featuring Matthew Broderick. The season continues with a major revival of A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard, directed by Ethan Hawke (previews begin January 2010).

The New York Post's gossip legend Cindy Adams talks with stage and screen favorite Matthew Broderick in today's New York Post. The two New Yorkers talk television, theatre and toothaches, the Broadway bound Broderick also discusses living in the city and his role in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of The Philanthropist.

Stage and screen favorite Matthew Broderick will be a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien December 18th, the show airs on NBC 'tonight' at 12:35am (EST).

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick as 'Philip' in a new Broadway production of The Philanthropist by Tony and Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton, directed by David Grindley.

The 70th Anniversary production of Of Mice and Men held a fundraiser and kick-off party at the Galway Hooker Pub.

John Steinbeck's timeless classic graces the New York stage for its 70th Anniversary production.