Michael Weller News

Philip Seymour Hoffman may be returning to Broadway sometime next year

The Milk Can Theatre Company has announced two upcoming productions of plays by Bethany Larsen and Charles L. Mee running in rep Saturday, September 9 through Sunday, September 24, 2006 at the Michael Weller Theatre

Classic discussions with playwrights Arthur Miller, August Wilson, Wendy Wasserstein, Harvey Fierstein, John Guare, Alfred Uhry, and David Henry Hwang are among the newly added treasures available in the American Theatre Wing's online archive of the long-running 'Working in the Theatre' Seminars

Wordplay will present The Heart of My Mystery: The Hamlet Project, adapted by Barbara Bosch and Mark Ringer from the immortal work by William Shakespeare, at the Michael Weller Theatre (311 W. 43rd St., 6th fl.) from October 12th through October 29th, with opening night set for October 14th at 8 PM

Cast members and creative team of the Broken Watch Theatre Company's new play Never Tell recently gathered for a party celebrating the play, which began previews on Thursday, July 22nd for a Thursday, July 27th opening at the Michael Weller Theatre

The New School for Drama has announced that award-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley will be the Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at the school starting this fall

Broken Watch Theatre Company will present the world premiere of James Christy's Never Tell, directed by Drew DeCorleto. Performances will begin on Thursday, July 22 opening Thursday, July 27 (through August 13) at the Michael Weller Theatre

Stage and TV star Christian Campbell has been cast in an upcoming Off-Broadway revival of the Michael Weller play Loose Ends

Zhivago, the new musical at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, has extended its run by two weeks through July 9th

Grey Gardens, which recently concluded its sold out World Premiere production at Playwrights Horizons, will open on Broadway this Fall with performances beginning in October at The Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

Matt Bogart has replaced Jason Danieley in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of the new musical Zhivago, opening on May 25th

Ivan Hernandez, Jason Danieley, Tom Hewitt and Jessica Burrows will star in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of the musical Zhivago, running from May 9th through June 24th

The Cherry Lane Theatre will launch its Mentor Project 2006 on Monday, March 14 with the first production of the 2006 season--Lascivious Something by Sheila Callaghan; the play will run from March 14-25

The highly anticipated Broadway-bound revival of The Wiz will premiere at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse this fall, and the new musical Zhivago as well as a new Aaron Sorkin play will also be a part of the line-up

The highly anticipated revival of The Wiz will bow at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego this spring; Zhivago and a new Aaron Sorkin play will also be part of the season line-up

The satiric Fish Bowl, by Simona Birman and Andrew Thomas Pitkin, will run off-Broadway from January 7th through 22nd

Cherry Lane Theatre will launch its Mentor Project 2006 on Monday, December 5, with the announcement of its three finalists

The Broken Watch Theatre Company's A Broken Christmas Carol will run off-Broadway from December 8th through 30th

Stars such as Kate Baldwin, Matt Cavenaugh and Steven Pasquale will give audiences a taste of Songs You Don't Know, which will feature songs by Lipton and Rossmer, on September 26th

On September 18th, the Broken Watch Theatre Company will rename their resident space, the Sande Shurin Theatre, after playwright Michael Weller