The idea of a musical version of Euripedes' Medea, a Greek drama about an abandoned princess who seeks revenge on her unfaithful husband by killing their kids, seems tragic in and of itself. However, the response to John Fisher's farcical satire, Medea, the Musical, has been anything but tragic. Sold out houses have forced the hit to continually extend it's San Francisco run, moving from venue to venue for over a year.

The 12th annual New York International Fringe Festival, showcasing the work of over 202 theatre companies from around the globe, takes up residence in New York Aug. 8.

Tickets for the 12th annual New York International Fringe Festival, presenting the work of over 202 theatre companies from across the globe, go on sale July 18.

The Alice Complex, Revolution on the Roof, Spite, Walls, Tim Gunn's Podcast and Krapp, 39 are among the works slated for the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival.

These Tony-winning Broadway leading men are due for a stage return.

Grant Shaud — of "Murphy Brown" fame — plays the lead role in the Berkshire Playwrights Lab's Aug. 12 free reading of Jaene Leonard's As Is — No Warranty.

Grant Shaud — of "Murphy Brown" fame — will play the lead role in the Berkshire Playwrights Lab's upcoming free reading of Jaene Leonard's As Is — No Warranty.

Nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced Jan. 19. Theatre regulars Ian McKellen and Laura Linney were recognized for their performances in, respectively, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "Mystic River."

Tony Award-winning actor John Cullum is remembered for his larger-than-life turns in the musicals On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (singing the title song and other luscious numbers by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner), 1776 (stopping the show as Southerner Edward Rutledge spilling out anger in "Molasses to Rum"), Shenandoah (winning his first Tony as a Virginia patriarch whose family and loyalties are ripped apart by the Civil War) and On the Twentieth Century (snagging Tony No. 2 as a Jed Harris-like impresario desperate to woo an old flame back to his new show). In between, he has understudied, played stock and Central Park Shakespeare, starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company's All My Sons, acted in films and, in his 60s, became known to TV audiences as bar owner Holling Vincoeur on "Northern Exposure" and as Mark Green's cancer-stricken father on "E.R." Now, at age 71, Cullum is taking on another Broadway musical — the ensemble-driven satire, Urinetown, which has been playing previews at the Henry Miller since Aug. 27 (opening is set for Sept. 13). In the comic musical, which richly spoofs musical conventions, Cullum plays Caldwell B. Cladwell, an evil corporate mogul who holds a monopoly on public toilets in a future town where a drought has choked out water usage. Tennessee native Cullum talked to Playbill On-Line about the path from Appalachian country to a place called Urinetown.

Tony Award-winning actor John Cullum is remembered for his larger-than-life turns in the musicals On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (singing the title song and other luscious numbers by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner), 1776 (stopping the show as Southerner Edward Rutledge spilling out anger in "Molasses to Rum"), Shenandoah (winning his first Tony as a Virginia patriarch whose family and loyalties are ripped apart by the Civil War) and On the Twentieth Century (snagging Tony No. 2 as a Jed Harris-like impresario desperate to woo an old flame back to his new show). In between, he has understudied, played stock and Central Park Shakespeare, starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company's All My Sons, acted in films and, in his 60s, became known to TV audiences as bar owner Holling Vincoeur on "Northern Exposure" and as Mark Green's cancer-stricken father on "E.R." Now, at age 71, Cullum is taking on another Broadway musical — the ensemble-driven satire, Urinetown, which has been playing previews at the Henry Miller since Aug. 27 (opening is set for Sept. 13). In the comic musical, which richly spoofs musical conventions, Cullum plays Caldwell B. Cladwell, an evil corporate mogul who holds a monopoly on public toilets in a future town where a drought has choked out water usage. Tennessee native Cullum talked to Playbill On-Line about the path from Appalachian country to a place called Urinetown.