Pam Gems News

Chicago's Greasy Joan & Co dedicated to producing classic plays with a contemporary edge, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ailene Cantelmi as Managing Director, as well as its 2007-2008.

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

Sir Anthony Sher, currently starring in Primo at the Music Box Theatre, will appear at Barnes and Noble on July 18th to discuss his book Primo Time

Sir Anthony Sher's adaptation of a memoir by the Italian writer, chemist and Holocaust survivor of the title, Primo will open at the Music Box Theatre on July 11th

Bill Kenwright and Thelma Holt will bring the acclaimed National Theatre of Great Britain production of PRIMO, starring Antony Sher as Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, to Broadway this summer for 32 performances only beginning Friday, July 8 through Sunday, August 7. Opening night for PRIMO, which is based on Levi's memoir Survival in Auschwitz, as adapted for the stage by Antony Sher, and directed by Richard Wilson, is Monday, July 11 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45 Street).