Jason Lyons News

For those very cultured New York theatre-goers who felt last season's Martin McDonagh bloodbath The Lieutenant of Inishmore wasn't quite graphically violent enough to satisfy their very refined tastes, might I suggest an evening at the latest offering to grace the Off-Broadway stage, Evil Dead: The Musical. It's freakin' awesome.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the winners of the 2006 NYMF Awards for Excellence, who will be recognized as part of the NYMF 2006 Awards Gala honoring Kevin McCollum

The New Group has extended its limited run of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, starring Tony Award-winner Cynthia Nixon in the title role, through December 9th

Rhino will release the original off-Broadway cast recording of Shout! The Mod Musical, which will soon be celebrating its 100th performance, next month

The New Group's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie will begin previews on September 20th for an October 9th opening

An original new musical will be brought off-Broadway by a team that includes two producers of The Drowsy Chaperone

On Thursday, July 27th, Shout! The Mod Musical will be featured on 'Good Morning America,' which airs on ABC from 7 to 9 AM

Roundabout Theatre Company's The Threepenny Opera begins its final week of performances tonight, Tuesday June 20th

Tony Award-winner Alan Cumming, currently starring in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Threepenny Opera, will be featured on NBC's 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Tuesday, June 20th

The Irish Repertory Theatre has extended its current production, the American premiere of John B. Keane's The Field, directed by Ciarán O'Reilly, through Sunday, August 6.

On May 11th, The Threepenny Opera's Alan Cumming will be featured on 'The Tony Danza Show'

The Threepenny Opera star Ana Gasteyer will be featured on 'The Martha Stewart Show' on May 5th

Variety reports that Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival The Threepenny Opera will extend for one week through June 25th.

The Threepenny Opera star Alan Cumming will be featured on 'Downstage Center' beginning May 5th

The Threepenny Opera star Cyndi Lauper will be live in-studio on Fox News Channel's 'The Big Story with John Gibson' on Tuesday, May 2nd at 5:30-6:00PM

A May 6th opening night has been set for A Spalding Gray matter, which will begin previews at the New Group on May 3rd and run through May 27th

Shout! The Mod Musical will make its New York debut this summer at the Julia Miles Theatre with previews beginning July 11; opening night is July 27

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival The Threepenny Opera opens officially on Thursday, April 20th, 2006 as a part of their 40th Anniversary Season.

The revival of Barefoot in the Park, starring Amanda Peet, Patrick Wilson, Jill Clayburgh and Tony Roberts, will close at the Cort Theatre on Broadway on May 21.

The New Group will present A Spalding Gray Matter, written and performed by Michael Brandt, from May 3rd through 27th