Henry James News

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to announce the NY premiere of acclaimed writer Edmund White's play TERRE HAUTE, directed by George Perrin and starring Peter Eyre and Nick Westrate. Produced by nabokov and Karl Sydow, TERRE HAUTE begins previews on Tuesday, January 13 for a limited engagement through Sunday, February 15. Opening Night is Sunday, January 18 at 7:15 PM.

In January, the stage is never dark at the Center House Theatre as Seattle Shakespeare Company will present two plays in rotating repertory seven days a week.

Turtle Shell Productions presents the world premiere of Martin M. Zuckerman's To Walk in Darkness

Turtle Shell Productions presents the world premiere of Martin M. Zuckerman's To Walk in Darkness

South Coast Repertory will present The Heiress, the psychological drama of love, innocence and betrayal by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz. Helmed by Artistic Director Martin Benson, The Heiress will run from Oct. 17 through Nov. 16 on the Segerstrom Stage. Low-priced previews are available from Oct. 17 through Oct. 23. Opening night is Oct. 24. Press night is Saturday, Oct. 25 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to The Heiress may be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office.

South Coast Repertory today announced the cast and creative team for The Heiress, the psychological drama of love, innocence and betrayal by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced Jean Racine's passionate play Phedre as one of its productions for the 2009-10 season in a first-time coproduction with Canada's prestigious Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

King Lear will crown South Coast Repertory's 45th season under the direction of Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) announced that due to critical acclaim and sold-out houses 'The Sound and The Fury (April Seventh, 1928'), will extend its run through Sunday, June 1, at NYTW.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Acting Managing Director Fred Walker have announced that The Sound and The Fury (April Seventh, 1928), based on part one of the novel by William Faulkner, created by Elevator Repair Service (ERS), and directed by John Collins, will begin performances Tuesday, April 15, at NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. Opening night is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00pm. The production will run through May 18.

One hundred and twenty years ago in the spring of 1888, The Atlantic Monthly first published Henry James' classic novella, 'The Asperan Papers'. It was released in book form later that same year. The subsequent 'New York Edition' of 'The Asperan Papers', still in use today, was published in 1908. Now, 100 years later, Turtle Shell Productions presents the world premiere of a brand new adaptation of 'The Asperan Papers' by Martin Zuckerman.

Cabaret and concert star Andrea Marcovicci brings her own captivating high style to the role of the magnificent and mercurial fashion doyenne, Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel in 42nd Street Moon's upcoming production of Coco. Alan J. Lerner and Andre Previn's musical memory play - unseen anywhere since the early 1970s -- will preview April 24 and 25, open on April 26, and run through May 11.

REVIEW: A brilliant staging of a taut American classic ghost story at Everyman Theatre, starring two true Baltimore stars.

Just in time for Halloween, Wake Up, Marconi! Theater Company proudly presents a theatrical adaptation of Henry James' hair-raising ghost story, The Turn of the Screw, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Don K. Williams. Performances begin Halloween night, October 31 and will continue through November 17 at the Bank Street Theatre (155 Bank St). The official opening is November 3.

Westport Country Playhouse stages The Turn of the Screw, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James, directed by Loy Arcenas, opens Saturday October 13 with performances through October 27.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on 'The Writings of Henry James,' following the October 14 at 3PM matinee performance of The Turn of the Screw, a thriller adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James, directed by Loy Arcenas.

Just in time for Halloween, Wake Up, Marconi! Theater Company proudly presents a theatrical adaptation of Henry James' hair-raising ghost story, The Turn of the Screw, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Don K. Williams. Performances begin Halloween night, October 31 and will continue through November 17 at the Bank Street Theatre.

Westport Country Playhouse will present The Turn of the Screw, a thriller adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James, directed by Loy Arcenas, October 11 through October 27.

The Caramoor International Music Festival presents 'the queen of cabaret,' Andrea Marcovicci, returning for a special Cabaret at Caramoor

Westport Country Playhouse, led by artistic director Tazewell Thompson and managing director Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, has received its first-ever grant from The National Endowment for the Arts in the category of Access to Artistic Excellence, for $15,000.