GLOUCESTER -- Israel Horovitz and Terrence McNally are not playwrights one would think go hand in hand, but they are, says Horovitz, "the oldest of old pals." So it isn't that surprising that Horovitz could convince McNally to write a new play that would accompany a new play of Horovitz's at the Gloucester Stage Company, which he runs.
Too bad he couldn't talk him into writing one with more substance than an ingrown toenail.
Fourteen years after his last dramatic role on stage, Mandy Patinkin, with a big gulp, is taking on one of drama's most challenging characters, Dr. Thomas Stockmann.
Nathan Lane will appear in Boston in the title role of the Huntington Theatre Company's production of "Butley," but the company's world premiere of "The Paris Letter" by Jon Robin Baitz has …
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. -- Selecting a play that's nearly seven decades old to celebrate a 70th season may not immediately entice, but the Peterborough Players demonstrate that old can again be new. Or, more to the point, that old can again be relevant and enjoyable when skillfully prepared.
"You Can't Take It With You," with James Whitmore.
"The Game," with Sara Ramirez.
Emmy Rossum, the 16-year-old who's featured in ''Passionada'' as the precocious matchmaker to her mom, already has 10 years of professional theater under her belt.
'Travesties' shines with wit, wonder
An ambitious staging of 'South Pacific' enlists a WWII Navy destroyer to add military flavor
Company weathers adversity to perform 'Macbeth' by Catherine Foster
Interview with Stephen Spinella (second item).
''Nathan is definitely coming to do 'Butley' at the Huntington this season,'' insists Nicholas Martin, the Huntington's artistic director. ''He's actively involved in the planning. If there'…
"Romantique" does away with what Felder does best -- explicate the music while tying it in to the artist's life -- and emphasizes what he does least well, namely act and write.
Aspiring performing artists share the drama, not the trauma shown in new film
At the Cape Playhouse, with Malachy McCourt and Sean McCourt. (Where's Frankie?)
With Jay O. Sanders.
For his new play, Hershey Felder took his cast, crew to France to soak up the spirit of Chopin
Mr. Norton was theater critic for 48 years before retiring in 1982, having reviewed upwards of 6,000 performances, perhaps the most ever by an American critic.
If you wander behind the scenes at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this month, you might think you've stumbled into a summer camp for the Huntington Theatre Company.
At the Reagle Players, Sarah Pfisterer (who did a nationwide tour of ''Phantom of the Opera'' as Christine) is a commendable and sympathetic Eliza.
Jay O. Sanders has an ''Oh, yeah, that guy'' kind of face. You've probably seen him in movies, noticed him on ''Law & Order,'' maybe heard his voice on an audiobook. A lot of people, he says…
WILLIAMSTOWN -- The tennis champion Bill Tilden used to write stories, novels, and plays with titles like ''Foot Fault'' that conjured up the sport he mastered. If A.R. Gurney had followed s…
Boston writer James Costa's new play, ''The Negative Edible,'' is getting a star-studded reading on Nantucket July 19.
Final item.