Jeffrey Wright News

Maria Aitken, director of London's Olivier-winning Best New Comedy, will bring an all star ensemble of Broadway actors to the stage of the Laura Pels Theatre on Monday, April 9th at 7pm as The Acting Company presents a benefit staged reading of W. Somerset Maugham's For Services Rendered.

Zoe Caldwell, Roseanne Cash, Megan Dodds, John Doyle, Tom Fontana, Dana Ivey, Thomas Kean, Audra McDonald, Phyllis Newman, Alan Rickman, Laila Robins, David Schramm, Marian Seldes and Francesca Zambello will ateend the Acting Company's October 23rd Masquerade, in which Angela Lansbury will present an award to Patti LuPone

Angela Lansbury will toast fellow Lovett Patti LuPone, who will be presented with the John Houseman Award

Four-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury makes a return to the Broadway stage heading the cast of This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a staged reading adapted by Tom Fontana to benefit The Acting Company on Sunday, November 5, 7pm at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street. Boyd Gaines, Harriet Harris, Lisa Banes and Lynn Collins complete the cast.

The Acting Company will perform Macbeth and The Three Musketeers in repertory between May 9th and May 20th

The Acting Company will present both Dumas' The Three Musketeers and Shakespeare's Macbeth in New York this May

Tom Hewitt has joined the cast of the upcoming benefit reading of When Ladies Meet, which will be performed on February 27th

On February 27th, Tony Award-winners Victoria Clark and Boyd Gaines will star in a benefit reading of Rachel Crothers' When Ladies Meet

Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Harriet Harris, Frances Conroy and Lisa Banes will headline This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a benefit for The Acting Company held in LA on December 5th

Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Frances Conroy and others will headline a staged reading of This is Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker in LA on October 10th; the reading will benefit The Acting Company

Following a national tour, during which kids and adults alike proclaimed, 'Shakespeare Rocks!,' Love, Shakespeare will be presented by The Acting Company on Saturday, May 14 at 2pm at The Acorn on Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street.

The 20th Anniversary Lucille Lortel Awards will be hosted by Julie Halston and Bruce Vilanch on May 2nd at Dodgers Stages

Noted British actress/director/writer Maria Aitkin directs Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) in Terence Rattigan's Man & Boy, which takes place on the eve of a giant merger. Gregor Antonesco, the world's greatest financier, manipulates his estranged son, an obscure jazz composer, into unwittingly playing a part in the old man's latest ethically-questionable business venture.

The Public Theater announces that the sold out world premiere of Neil LaBute's This Is How It Goes will extend its run an additional week, through Sunday, April 24th.

The League Of Off-Broadway Theatres And Producers is proud to announce the nominations for THE 20TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY, which will be presented on Monday, May 2nd at Dodger Stages (340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM. A late night supper will follow at Ruth's Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street). A cocktail reception to congratulate all of the nominees will be held on April 18th at Ruby Foo's Uptown (2182 Broadway at 77th Street).

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The Public Theater announces that due to a recent cast change, This Is How It Goes, which was originally scheduled to begin previews Thursday, March 10th, will now begin previews Friday, March 11th.

Amanda Peet appears alongside Ben Stiller, and Jeffrey Wright, previews begin March 10.

Tomei is to star is Neil LaBute's 'This is How it Goes.' Previews begin March 8.