Kathleen Chalfant News

Previews for GREAT EXPECTATIONS begin Wednesday, November 8 at Off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher St.).

On Monday night, October 30th the William Morris Talent Agency again celebrated the start of the new theatre season and--as is their tradition--a charity as well

On Sunday, October 29th at 7:30 PM at the 92nd Street Y, some of the theatre's brightest luminaries gathered to read from and discuss Robert Viagas' new book The Alchemy of Theatre: Essays on Collaboration

The No Frills Company will kick off its new Monday night reading series at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) with Caryl Churchill's Top Girls on October 30 and November 6 at 8PM

Josh Lucas (Poseidon, The Glass Menagerie), Jake Robards (You and I, V.O, Our Town), Dorian Missick (Six Degrees), and Alice Playten (Caroline, or Change, Seussical) have joined the cast of The Fire Dept Theater Company's Speakeasy.

New Theatre Company Opening in NYC In October

On Sunday, October 29th at 7:30 PM at the 92nd Street Y, some of the theatre's brightest luminaries will gather to read from and discuss Robert Viagas' new book The Alchemy of Theatre: Essays on Collaboration

A new company, showcasing actresses over 40, debuts

Christian Campbell will be among the cast of TheatreworksUSA's upcoming world premiere stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, which will begin performances the at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre on Wednesday, November 8th and open on Thursday, November 16th at 7 PM for a limited run through Sunday, December 3rd

Janeane Garafalo, Chuck Cooper, Kathleen Chalfant and more have been cast in the Drama Dept's collaborative play SpeakEasy

The No Frills Company will present a Monday night reading series, with such actresses as Kathleen Chalfant and Patricia Elliott, at the Cherry Lane Theatre beginning October 30 through December 11

The new theatre company, The Fire Dept, founded by Neil LaBute, Kathleen Chalfant, Janeane Garafalo and more, will launch with the new collaborative play SpeakEasy

Four theatre veterans will take part in a reading of Sybille Pearson's play Next, which will take place at the Barrington Stage Company's Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield, MA on August 28th

Tony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant will star as Miss Havisham in the world premiere stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, presented by TheatreworksUSA and running from November 8th through December 3rd

TheatreworksUSA, the leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, has announced its 45th anniversary season, featuring Kathleen Chalfant, Cryer and Ford, Lowdermilk and Kerrigan and more

LAByrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz and Executive Director Steve Asher) will be honored at the Eighth Annual Otto Renee Castillo Awards for Political Theatre in a ceremony tonight at the All Stars Project's Performing Arts & Education Center

BroadwayWorld was there for the starry opening night of Nilaja Sun's solo play No Child, which drew Donna Murphy, Daphne Rubin-Vega and others

Joan Allen, Alec Baldwin, Cynthia Nixon, Celeste Holm and Michael Cerveris will be among the celebrities taking part in the opening day ceremonies of Symphony Space's Upper West Fest on Friday, April 28th

The Vineyard Theatre offers its first online charity auction -- featuring rare, autographed theatre, film and television collectibles; opening night and film premiere tickets; backstage tours of Broadway's biggest shows; lunches with celebrities; and much more -- on eBay.com, now through May 3rd. Proceeds benefit the not-for-profit Vineyard Theatre

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Sean Leonard have been added to the star-filled cast of Symphony Space's Shakespeare birthday celebration marathon on April 23rd