Playwright to Direct
(News Brief)

The Alley Theatre will venture on another co-production with the Cleveland Playhouse in Ken Ludwig’s world-premiere of Leading Ladies. The playwright, best known for his plays Crazy for You and Lend Me a Tenor, is set to direct the piece. Theatreport has just learned that Broadway musical theatre actor Brent Barrett will star in the production…

The League of American Theatres and Producers and Actors Equity Association were under a deadline to come to terms with an agreement by midnight on set salaries and benefits for Broadway productions and national touring shows. According to reports, by 10:45pm any hope for negotiation was halted when representatives for the producers walked out while an Equity negotiator spoke…

Editor Jeffrey Eric Jenkins announced the ten plays selected to be published in The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2003-2004. Each will be honored with an essay written for them. Plays from Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway that opened between June 1, 2003 and May 31, 2003 were eligible to make the list. And the Best Plays of 2003-2004 include…

Seussical!
Jun. 12 - Aug. 1, 2004

Seussical creates the witty, wild and whimsical world of Dr. Seuss as it has never been seen before. As chaos erupts in the Jungle of Nool, it will take the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, and a gaggle of characters to bring harmony back to their world. The action begins when Horton hears voices from a speck of dust and discovers a tiny race of creatures, known as Whos, living on the tiniest planet in the sky!...
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"As far as we know, no Houston theatre has ever opened its doors to the theatre community with the intent of encouraging everyone to learn from one another." With its nine weeks of summer Crash Courses, free theatre workshops open to everyone, Collide is now doing exactly that. They are a chance to learn and to teach—the chance to take if theatre as art is your interest. (Oh…and did we mention they are FREE?).....

Chapter Two
By Neil Simon
June 4-June 26

In Chapter Two George and Jennie, both suffering from lost love, meet and it's not long before a quirky, whirlwind romance ensues. But is it too soon? With the help of their matchmakers, Leo and Faye, George and Jennie try to make sense of lost love and new relationships...