Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Samuel French is now accepting requests for professional and amateur performance rights for the five-time Tony Award nominated smash hit Rock of Ages. Fresh from a six-year run on Broadway, …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:31PMSaturday, January 17, 2015
As announced earlier today, a new dynamic duo will be lighting up your television screen in 2016: Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens as the angelic Sandy and bad-girl Rizzo in Fox’…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:07PMFriday, January 16, 2015
Take a look at the latest roundup of new publications from Samuel French – there’s something for everyone! Geek! by Crystal Skillman With pissed-off Pikachus, steam punk armies, …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:10PMUnbelievable wigs. Bitter resentment. Outrageous odysseys. The newest batch of publications from Samuel French is nothing short of high energy – and high passion. Marie Antoinette by…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:23PMToday, NBC’s entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt revealed that the network’s next live musical broadcast will be either The Music Man or a newly revised version of The Wiz.…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:01PMThe Tony Awards administration committee met yesterday for the second time this season to determine the eligibility for eight Broadway productions from the 2014-15 season. The committee also…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:46AMAnna Hathaway is eyeing up the Public Theater this spring, so says The Daily Mail. The article reports that Hathaway is in talks to appear in George Brandt’s Grounded, a one-woman dram…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:35AMThursday, January 15, 2015
The life and legacy of playwright August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) will be explore in an upcoming American Masters series, hosted by Thirteen and Pittsburgh PBS affilia…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:15PMJoshua Harmon’s Bad Jews begins performances tonight at London’s St. James Theatre, having transferred from Bath’s Ustinov Studio where it had it’s UK premiere in 201…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:58AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
Today, Playwrights Horizons announced the promotion of their Director of New Play Development Adam Greenfield to Associate Artistic Director. This is the first major change to the Artistic l…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:22PMMainstreet Musicals has announced their winners of the 2015 Mainstreet Awards, which include: The Gig by Douglas J. Cohen, A Good Man by Ray Leslee and Philip S. Goodman, and How Green Was…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:45AMTuesday, January 13, 2015
Staff Picks is a regular series where Samuel French staff members get the chance to chat about their favorite musicals or plays. Okay, let’s dive right in! Name and job title? Ben Co…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:49AMThe Dramatists Guild of America has announced the recipients of its annual awards, which will be presented Februuary 23 at The Harvard Club in New York. The 2015 awardees are Annie Baker, re…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:38AMMonday, January 12, 2015
There’s nothing that we like better than an awards show. But when playwrights are awarded for their film or television work, it’s even better. And last evening proved just that f…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:15AMFriday, January 9, 2015
Starting today, McDonald’s is kicking off their second installment of Happy Meal Books. Though January 22, McDonald’s is offering books as the toy in their Happy Meals, providin…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:53PMSarah Ruhl, T.R. Knight, Jan Maxel, Jim Brochu, Bob Stillman and Marilyn Sokol will be serving as panelists for the Drama Desk’s first panel discussion of 2015, entitled: Art Imitate…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:51AMJennifer Haley’s award-winning drama, The Nether, has just announced two new cast members: “Boardwalk Empire” actor Ben Rosenfield and NBC’s “Sound of Music L…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:32AMThursday, January 8, 2015
Playwright Annie Baker and her plays will take the stage tonight at McNally Jackson, one of Manhattan’s cherished independent bookstores. The evening will feature performances from he…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:34AMWednesday, January 7, 2015
Our friends across the pond have a special production coming their way this spring. Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper has revealed that The Elephant Man, currently on Broadway, will transfer to t…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:08PMThe Keen Company, a Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning organization, announced yesterday the writers for this year’s Keen Playwrights Lab and Keen Teens program. The Keen Playwrights La…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:08AMTuesday, January 6, 2015
Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-wining play, The Flick, will return Off-Broadway to the Barrow Street Theatre in May. The original cast and creative team from Playwrights Horizons will al…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:51PMThe lights dimmed on Broadway’s most recent revival of Side Show this past Sunday, but its stars Erin Davie and Emily Padgett will reunite on January 26 at Broadway Unplugged. The a…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:46PMMonday, January 5, 2015
Simon Stephen’s adaptation of Mark Haddon’s best selling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, has extended its Broadway run through September 6, 2015. The Na…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:10PMMatthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man began its LA premiere last night at South Coast Repertory, featuring Adam Haas Hunter, Charlie Robinson and Jarrod M. Smith. It will play through J…
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