NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP TO PRESENT

BELLEVILLE

WRITTEN BY AMY HERZOG

DIRECTED BY ANNE KAUFFMAN

PERFORMANCES BEGIN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12
OPENING NIGHT SET FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 3
TICKETS ON SALE JANUARY 8

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that the New York premiere of Belleville, written by Amy Herzog and directed by Anne Kauffman, will begin performances Tuesday, February 12 at NYTW, 79 East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue.  Opening night is set for Sunday, March 3 at 7pm.  Belleville is scheduled to run through Sunday, March 31.

FIONA SHAW
TO RETURN TO BROADWAY IN

THE TESTAMENT OF MARY

by COLM TÓIBÍN

Directed by DEBORAH WARNER

PREVIEWS BEGIN TUESDAY, MARCH 26
OPENING NIGHT IS MONDAY, APRIL 22
AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE
FOR A TWELVE-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH JUNE 16

            Award-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw will return to the New York stage this spring with The Testament of Mary, by the acclaimed author Colm Tóibín, directed by Deborah Warner.  The production will begin previews on Tuesday, March 26, and open on Monday, April 22 for a twelve-week limited engagement through Sunday, June 16 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48 Street.)  The production will not only mark the New York theatrical debut for the multi-award winning novelist but will also be the first collaboration between Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner to premiere on this side of the Atlantic.

On Thursday, January 17, National Theatre Live will broadcast a live performance of

THE MAGISTRATE

A comedy starring Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner
JOHN LITHGOW

directed by TIMOTHY SHEADER

The broadcasts will be shown at cinemas throughout North America with many encore dates available.

“A comedy treat that’s as crisp, ripe and funny as One Man, Two Guvnors.”
- Sunday Express

“John Lithgow is priceless.”
- The Times

CLICK HERE to view a video of John Lithgow discussing The Magistrate
and National Theatre Live.

CLICK HERE to view The Magistrate trailer.

EXCLUSIVE TICKET PRE-SALE BEGINS TODAY FOR
THE FIRST BROADWAY REVIVAL OF

PIPPIN

Book by ROGER O. HIRSON

Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

Directed By DIANE PAULUS

PREVIEWS BEGIN MARCH 23, 2013
OPENING NIGHT APRIL 25, 2013 AT THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE

www.PippinTheMusical.com

An exclusive ticket pre-sale through Audience Rewards began today at 10 a.m. for the American Repertory Theater’s 40th Anniversary production of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s PIPPIN, directed by Diane Paulus, produced by Barry & Fran Weissler and Howard & Janet Kagan. During this pre-sale period, tickets can be purchased at www.AudienceRewards.com. Single tickets go on sale Monday, January 14.

$25 TICKETS NOW ON SALE
& REHEARSALS BEGAN TODAY FOR
SIGNATURE THEATRE’S WORLD PREMIERE OF

OLD HATS

Created and Performed by BILL IRWIN and DAVID SHINER

Music by and featuring NELLIE McKAY

Directed by TINA LANDAU

PERFORMANCES BEGIN FEBRUARY 12; OPENING NIGHT IS MARCH 4

IN THE IRENE DIAMOND STAGE
AT THE PERSHING SQUARE SIGNATURE CENTER 

TICKETS ON SALE AT WWW.SIGNATURETHEATRE.ORG

Signature Theatre (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) is pleased to announce that tickets go on sale and rehearsals began today for the world premiere of OLD HATS, created and performed by Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner, with music by and featuring Nellie McKay, and directed by Tina Landau. All tickets for the initial run of the production are $25 as part of the Signature Ticket Initiative: A Generation of Access. The production runs February 12 through March 31, 2013, with a March 4 opening night in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues).

MCC THEATER’S
ANNUAL GALA

M I S C A S T   2  0  1  3

TO HONOR TONY® AWARD WINNER
JUDITH LIGHT

HOSTED BY VICTOR GARBER

ONE-OF-A-KIND, NEVER-AGAIN
PERFORMANCES BY
CHRISTIAN BORLE, JONATHAN GROFF,
MEGAN HILTY, CHEYENNE JACKSON,
JEREMY JORDAN, JANE KRAKOWSKI,
AND MANY MORE!

ONE NIGHT ONLY!
MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013
AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM

New York, NY – MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) is thrilled to announce an especially starry line-up of performers for its annual Miscast gala, to be held Monday, March 4, 2013 at The Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street).  Last year’s event drew rave reviews, was hailed as “the year’s funniest revue” by The Huffington Post, and was recently included in The New York Times ‘2012’s Most Galvanizing Theater Moments’.  Miscast 2013 will honor Tony® Award winner Judith Light (Other Desert Cities) for her illustrious screen and stage career (appearing on Broadway this year for her third straight season, this time in Richard Greenberg’s upcoming The Assembled Parties), her work with MCC Theater (acclaimed performances in Colder Than Here and Wit), and her impassioned advocacy of several causes, including Arts in Education.  This year’s Miscast will be hosted by theater luminary Victor Garber, best known for his Tony®-nominated performances in Lend Me a Tenor and Damn Yankees, Broadway appearances in Art, Godspell, and Assassins, and his film and TV work in Argo, “Alias,” Titanic, and Milk, among many others, and now starring in NBC’s “Deception.”

Graydon Carter, Arielle Tepper Madover, James L. Nederlander, and The Shubert Organization

Present

Bette Midler
starring in

I’LL EAT YOU LAST:
A Chat With Sue Mengers

A new play by John Logan

Directed byJoe Mantello

Opening on Broadway April 24, 2013

Bette Midler will star in John Logan’s new play, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, directed by Joe Mantello, opening on Broadway on Wednesday, April 24 at a Shubert theatre to be announced. I’ll Eat You Last is produced by Graydon Carter, Arielle Tepper Madover, James L. Nederlander, and The Shubert Organization.

NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL MOVES BROADWAY ENGAGEMENT
TO FALL 2013

(New York, NY – Monday, January 7, 2013) BASE Entertainment (Co-CEOs Scott Zeiger and Brian Becker) announced today that the new American musical DINER has postponed its Broadway opening, previously scheduled for April 10, 2013, and is now targeting the fall of 2013.

SINGLE TICKETS
GO ON SALE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3
FOR THE PUBLIC THEATER’S
SPRING 2013 SEASON AT
DOWNTOWN HOME AT ASTOR PLACE

DETROIT ’67 by Dominique Morisseau
NEVA by Guillermo Calderón
OLD-FASHIONED PROSTITUTES (A TRUE ROMANCE) by Richard Foreman
VENICE by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen

DETROIT ’67 Cast Features De’Adre Aziza,
Francois Battiste, Brandon Dirden, Samantha Soule, Michelle Wilson

Bianca Amato, Luke Robertson, Quincy Tyler-Bernstine
Cast in Guillermo Calderón’s NEVA

January 3, 2013 – The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham) announced today that single tickets are on sale for the spring 2013 season at The Public’s newly revitalized downtown home at Astor Place that will include new plays and musicals as well as the return of acclaimed downtown artists Richard Foreman, Guillermo Calderón, Alex Timbers and David Byrne along with the world premiere of a Public Theater Emerging Writers’ Group Playwright Dominique Morisseau.