Jim Simpson News

The Flea Theater will present a benefit performance of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters featuring film and theatre stars Sigourney Weaver and Jeff Daniels on Monday, June 4 at 7pm at The Frederick Loewe Theater

Playwrights Horizons has announced complete details for the sixth and final production of its 2006/2007 season, the World Premiere of Crazy Mary

'Battle of the Bards,' with a judges panel including Sigourney Weaver, Adam Rapp and Josh Lucas, will be presented on Saturday, April 21 at Studio Mezmor.

The Flea Theater has announced a second extension of the New York premiere of Los Angeles by Drama Desk Award-nominee Julian Sheppard (Buicks). Directed by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Adam Rapp, performances have now been extended through April 14th. The production was originally slated to end its run on March 17th.

The Flea Theater has announced the extension of the New York premiere of Los Angeles by Drama Desk Award nominee Julian Sheppard

The Flea Theater will present the World premiere of The Director, a new drama by Barbara Cassidy, beginning February 21st.

The Flea Theater has announced an extension of the Off-Broadway Premiere of A.R. Gurney's comedy Post Mortem

The Flea Theater and The Chelsea Art Museum will present the world premiere of 'Twas the Night Before, featuring ten-minute works by playwrights Christopher Durang, Len Jenkin, Roger Rosenblatt, Elizabeth Swados and Mac Wellman

A.R. Gurney's new comedy, set in the near future, is about the discovery of a lost play by an obscure writer named A.R. Gurney

MCC Theater will present the New York premiere of A Very Common Procedure by Courtney Baron. The play will be directed by Obie Award winner Michael Greif (Rent, Grey Gardens).

The Public Theater has announced the fall line-up for 'New Work Now!,' a nationally recognized festival of free play readings that showcases a new generation of artists for the American Theater

MCC brings back the original actors and director for their 10 Anniversary production of Russell Lees' vision of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger

MCC Theater has announced its fall slate for their popular Tuesday Night Talk Backs, a free post-performance guest speaker series at Nixon's Nixon.

MCC Theater will present the 10th anniversary production of their critically-acclaimed political satire, Nixon's Nixon, by playwright Russell Lees

MCC Theater will present the 10th anniversary production of their critically-acclaimed political satire, Nixon's Nixon, by playwright Russell Lees

Another round of casting has been announced for Playwrights Horizons' 2006-2007 season, which will feature performances by Kristine Nielsen, Peter Weller, Harris Yulin and more

The Flea Theatre's 2006-2007 season will include premieres by A.R. Gurney, Charles L. Mee and more

MCC Theater announced today that its 2006-07 mainstage season at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher St.) will include the 10th anniversary production of MCC's acclaimed Nixon's Nixon--reuniting playwright Russell Lees, director Jim Simpson with actors Gerry Bamman and Steve Mellor--and a world premiere by Neil LaBute, recently named MCC playwright in residence

Sigourney Weaver will return to the stage in Crazy Mary, a world premiere play by A.R. Gurney that will be presented at the Playwrights Horizons Mainstage in May of 2007

Adam Rapp's Essential Self-Defense will have its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons in spring of 2007