”Center Stage” News

Portland Center Stage Season Boasts 'Sunset Boulevard, An Iliad, Futura' and 'Opus'

Portland Center Stage will produce Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard and An Iliad , a new work by Tony-winning
03 5 2010 4:50AM (...more)

Hyde Pierce to Star in MTC's 'Accent on Youth'; Itamar Moses Added to Slate

Directed by Daniel Sullivan ( Proof, Rabbit Hole ), the production will play MTC's Broadway home at the Biltmore Theatre (soon to be renamed the Samuel J. Friedman).
06 25 2008 9:15AM (...more)

Bock's 'Receptionist', With Houdyshell Manning the Phones, Opens in NYC

Tony Award winner Joe Mantello ( Take Me Out, Assassins ) directs the Off-Broadway production, which features Josh Charles (" Sports Night "), Robert Foxworth ( Twelve Angry Men ), Kendra Kassebaum ( Wicked ) and - manning the phones with great efficiency - Tony Award nominee and Obie Award winner Jayne Houdyshell ( Well, Wicked ).
10 31 2007 10:04AM (...more)

Broadway Pit Musicians Gather for Concert of Music by Starobin, Elfman and More

Tony Award-winning Broadway orchestrator Michael Starobin's new composition, "dream dream confronting," is on the program of a Feb. 1 Manhattan concert by the Pit Stop Players, made up of Broadway pit musicians. Conductor Josh Rosenblum leads the ensemble of 01 21 2010 10:47PM (...more)

Liz Flahive's 'From Up Here' to Premiere at MTC, in Association With Ars Nova

Leigh Silverman ( Well, Yellowface ) will stage the production as part of MTC's 2007-08 subscription series, at its Off-Broadway home at New York City Center Stage I. Previews begin March 27, 2008, prior to an April 16 opening.
12 21 2007 1:32PM (...more)

Irish Tomboy Is a 'Pumpgirl' in U.S. Premiere at MTC, Opening in NYC

Spallen's play was a critical and audience success in Edinburgh and London .
12 5 2007 11:18AM (...more)

An Irish Triangle: U.S. Premiere of 'Pumpgirl' Begins at MTC

Spallen won the 2007 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for the play, which was a critical and audience success in Edinburgh and London .
11 9 2007 10:32AM (...more)

Warren Carlyle Confirmed as 'Tale of Two Cities' Director

Executive producers Barbra Russell and Ron Sharpe confirmed on April 23 that Carlyle has graduated to the director role and that his deal was in ink. Michael Donald Edwards, artistic director of Asolo Repertory Theatre, staged the 2007 tryout of A Tale of Two Cities , a smash for his resident troupe in Sarasota, FL .
04 24 2008 8:29PM (...more)

Jayne Houdyshell is 'The Receptionist' in MTC World Premiere, Starting

Tony Award winner Joe Mantello ( Take Me Out, Assassins ) directs the production, which features Josh Charles (" Sports Night "), Robert Foxworth ( Twelve Angry Men ), Tony Award nominee and Obie Award winner Jayne Houdyshell ( Well, Wicked ) and Kendra Kassebaum ( Wicked ).
10 13 2007 10:34AM (...more)

Abortion takes center stage in US health care debate

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US political hot potato of abortion, which tends to rear its head in election years, stole the limelight and stoked passions as lawmakers passed the historic health care reform bill . Before
04 18 2010 2:52AM (...more)