Billy Hopkins News

J.J. Kandel and John McCormack will present SUMMER SHORTS 3, their third annual festival of new American short plays, at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street). Performances begin Friday July 24th, and continue through Thursday August 27th.

Wendy Kesselman's 'The Black Monk', which ran Off-Broadway from November 30th, 2008 through January 3rd, 2009, featuring Austin Pendleton, Elon Rutberg, Julie Craig, and Scott Robertson - under the direction of Kevin Newbury and musical direction of Chris Berg (with cellist Arthur Cook), will be making an original cast recording on Monday, May 25th, 2009. The album will be produced/engineered by Grammy Award winner John Kilgore. It will be released online in the fall exclusively on iTunes, and a record deal is pending.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, March 4, 2009.

INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director/Alina Troyano, Associate Artistic Director) has found its new home for this season at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) and would like to invite you to see Eduardo Machado's new play In Paradise and Nick Norman's new play She Plundered Him, together forming a 90-minute evening. Performances will begin February 15th and run through March 7th. Opening Night is set for February 21st.

INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director/Alina Troyano, Associate Artistic Director) has found its new home for this season at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) and would like to invite you to see Eduardo Machado's new play In Paradise and Nick Norman's new play She Plundered Him, together forming a 90-minute evening. Performances will begin February 15th and run through March 7th. Opening Night is set for February 21st.

INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director/Alina Troyano, Associate Artistic Director), which was scheduled for two engagements, winter and spring, at the now suddenly shuttered Zipper Factory Theater, has found its new home for this season at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street). Performances will begin February 15th and run through March 7th. Opening Night is set for February 18th.

INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director/Alina Troyano, Associate Artistic Director) is scrambling today to salvage its season, which was scheduled for two engagements, winter and spring, at the now suddenly shuttered Zipper Factory Theater. The first engagement was to begin February 11th and run through March 7th. Rehearsals for the two one-acts have already begun. In a statement today, Artistic Director Eduardo Machado said, ' we are deeply saddened by these sudden developments. We had no idea this was even a possibility. Tickets were about to go on sale, the cast is in rehearsal, and we are suddenly out on the street. For a non-profit company like us, this is a devastating blow!' He went on to say 'INTAR continues to look for a permanent home since the demolition of it's City owned theatre of 35 years to make way for the long aborning Clinton Green Project. INTAR anticipated a new home in the complex, but after it became clear the small company was expected to raise $12 million for the new space, they had to withdraw. The search for a permanent new home continues.'

South Ark Stage (Rhoda Herrick, Producing Artistic Director) has announced that it will present the world premiere of the new chamber musical The Black Monk, with book, lyrics and music by Wendy Kesselman. Under the direction of Kevin Newbury, the four-member cast features Austin Pendleton as the Monk, Scott Robertson as Igor, Elon Rutberg as Andrei, and Sarah Ziegler as Tanya.

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with Casting Director Bernard Telsey, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

Summer Shorts 2nd annual Festival of New American Plays includes 4 impressive one-act plays. Review of Series A.

J.J. Kandel and John McCormack will present SUMMER SHORTS 2, their second annual festival of new American short plays, at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street).

J.J. Kandel and John McCormack will present SUMMER SHORTS 2, their second annual festival of new American short plays, at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street).

Following its sold-out limited run at Theater for the New City, Michael Domitrovich's shockingly topical and seductive new play Artf**kers, directed by Eduardo Machado, officially opened Tuesday, February 26 at 7PM at DR2 Theatre

John McCormack and J.J. Kandel in association with The Open Book will present 'Summer Shorts,' a festival of new American short plays, at 59E59 Theaters

Ensemble Studio Theatre will hold their Octoberfest 2005 festival of new works from October 5th through 30th

Guare, Mamet and Foote are among the represented playwrights in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Marathon 2005 27th Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays, which runs from May 25th through June 26th