Rick Lombardo News

New Repertory Theatre is excited to present The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl, opening on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 8PM and plays through March 23, 2008 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts.

For its final Downstage @ New Rep production this season, New Repertory Theatre is excited to present two plays running in rotating repertory, each expressing a unique view of the Middle East situation. Called 'Their Voices Will Be Heard,' the series of events features My Name is Rachel Corrie and Pieces, two solo plays, each about a young woman whose coming of age took place within the context of the Israeli/ Palestinian situation. Pieces opens on Sunday, March 8, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. My Name is Rachel Corrie opens on Sunday, March 8, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. Both shows play through March 30, 2008 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown.

Rachel Harker and Stephen Russell are fine-tuned instruments under the direction of Rick Lombardo in Pinter Duet at New Rep Downstage

In one night, New Repertory Theatre is offering two dangerously seductive Harold Pinter one-acts at the Arsenal Center for the Arts. These plays, written in Pinter's signature style, offer two views about infidelity and its ability to arouse desires and enrage jealousies. A Pinter Duet: The Lover & Ashes to Ashes, opens Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. and plays through February 10, 2008.

Whether you like your theatrical holiday fare to wax nostalgic or break with traditional sentiment, you're bound to find something in the Boston area to brighten your days now that the Winter Solstice is upon us.

The time is 1990 and the place is New York City. The story has been told many times before, but not quite like this. A struggling artist strives to follow his dream and fulfill his promise to write the great American musical with a self-imposed deadline of age 30. Talk about your biological clocks!

Tennessee Williams' masterpiece is the ideal choice to open the season of works exploring the theme of isolation and connection

New Repertory Theatre sashays onto the summer scene with a delectable side dish

Bill W. and Dr. Bob - a new play about Alcoholics Anonymous founders Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith - will celebrate its 100th performance Off-Broadway at New World Stages on June 1st

Bill W. and Dr. Bob will conclude its 18-week Off-Broadway engagement at New World Stages (Stage 2 at 340 West 50th Street) on Sunday, June 10 following the 3pm matinee, it has been announced by the play's producers.

Lippa's 'The Wild Party' raises the roof at New Rep while North Shore Music Theatre embraces Gershwin with 'Crazy for You'

Bill W. and Dr. Bob - a new play about Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith - will begin a series of post-show Talk-Backs, featuring guest appearances by notable figures in the addiction and recovery communities, starting May 1, 2007 when Dr. Patrick Carnes, a leading physician in the field of sexual addiction and recovery and noted author, takes the stage following that evening's performance of the play

Bill W. and Dr. Bob - a new play about Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith - will begin a series of post-show Talk-Backs, featuring guest appearances by notable figures in the addiction and recovery communities

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards for 2006 took place on Monday March 19, 2007, at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA).

This week we interviewed playwright Steve Berman and the director Rick Lombardo of the new play 'Bill W. and Dr. Bob.' The discuss the play's history, it's record breaking run in Boston at the New Rep, and the founding of AA.

Bill W. and Dr. Bob, by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey, opened Off-Broadway at New World Stages on March 5 after beginning previews on February 16.

Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey's uninspired telling of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous is done in by Rick Lombardo's misdirection

Bill W. and Dr. Bob, by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey, began previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages on February 16th toward an opening on March 5.

Bill W. and Dr. Bob, by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey, will begin previews at New World Stages on February 16th and open on March 5th

New Repertory Theatre recieves a $65,000 grant from the Boston Foundation to support future programming.