Rob Evan, Tony Vincent, Kimberly Nichole, and more will be part of the cast.

The Hinton Battle Theatre Lab has announced four selected plays that will be part of the third annual Diverse Voice Playwriting Contest.

The director who gave New York audiences the serious drama Judgment at Nuremberg and the complex chronology of House and Garden, now lends his hand to a farce on the topic of cultural cliches — Jewtopia.

The only thing better than Hairspray? That's film auteur John Waters discussing the movie and the hit musical Jan. 26 at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.

Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter and Love of George Burns , the new one-man show by Rupert Holmes starring Frank Gorshin, opens its Broadway run at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Oct. 10, following previews from Sept. 17.

Say Goodnight Gracie: The Love, Laughter and Life of George Burns , the new one-man show by Rupert Holmes starring Frank Gorshin, begins its Broadway run at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Sept. 17 for an opening Oct. 10. The show is the first new play to open in the new Broadway season.

Rupert Holmes ruled Broadway in 1986, when the long running musical he scripted and scored, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, won five Tony Awards. But after two thrillers—Accomplice in 1990 and Solitary Confinement in 1992—Holmes disappeared from the New York stage, instead devoting himself to "Remember WENN," the television series about a struggling 1930s Pittsburgh radio station which developed and retains a cult following. With the program's conclusion, Holmes returned to stagework and this season it will be tough to avoid him. His first Broadway effort in a decade, Say Goodnight, Gracie, a one-man show starring Frank Gorshin as George Burns, begins previews Sept. 17 at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Marty, the musical he wrote with composers Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, will debut at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company on Oct. 18, with John C. Reilly in the title role and a Broadway future possible. His latest thriller, Thumbs, had regional productions this year and may reach Off Broadway this season. And he is working on a musical version of "Remember WENN," which has been announced for The Helen Hayes Theatre Company in Nyack, NY, for early 2003. As if that weren't enough, Holmes has just completed his first novel. Playbill On Line's Robert Simonson talked to Renaissance man Holmes about his many projects.

Rupert Holmes ruled Broadway in 1986, when the long running musical he scripted and scored, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, won five Tony Awards. But after two thrillers—Accomplice in 1990 and Solitary Confinement in 1992—Holmes disappeared from the New York stage, instead devoting himself to "Remember WENN," the television series about a struggling 1930s Pittsburgh radio station which developed and retains a cult following. With the program's conclusion, Holmes returned to stagework and this season it will be tough to avoid him. His first Broadway effort in a decade, Say Goodnight, Gracie, a one-man show starring Frank Gorshin as George Burns, begins previews Sept. 17 at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Marty, the musical he wrote with composers Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, will debut at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company on Oct. 18, with John C. Reilly in the title role and a Broadway future possible. His latest thriller, Thumbs, had regional productions this year and may reach Off Broadway this season. And he is working on a musical version of "Remember WENN," which has been announced for The Helen Hayes Theatre Company in Nyack, NY, for early 2003. As if that weren't enough, Holmes has just completed his first novel. Playbill On Line's Robert Simonson talked to Renaissance man Holmes about his many projects.

Nathan Birnbaum was born Jan. 20, 1896, on the Lower East Side of New York.

Details about a Broadway life for the Frank Wildhorn-Nilo Cruz-Jack Murphy musical Havana are coming together. The producers confirmed on July 29 that Jersey Boys choreographer Sergio Trujillo will make his Broadway directing debut with the show; he'll also choreograph.

The Broadway revival of American Buffalo, which co-starred John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment, played its final performance at the Belasco Theatre Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3 PM, according to a spokesperson for the show.

The three actors who comprise the cast of American Buffalo — John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment — may play their final performance Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3 PM, but they won't know whether it was their last performance until the following day.

The revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo, which officially opened at the Belasco Nov. 17, will likely play its final performance on Broadway Nov. 23 at 3 PM.

Evil Dead: The Musical, the Off-Broadway musical comedy based on the Sam Raimi cult film classics, will likely return to the big screen in a new 3-D film adaptation.

Joel Rooks, who starred in the recent national tour of Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter & Love of George Burns, reprises his performance as George Burns at Off-Broadway's St. Luke’s Theatre. Say Goodnight Gracie officially opens Oct. 30, following previews that began Oct. 14.

Joel Rooks, who starred in the recent national tour of Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter & Love of George Burns, reprises his performance as George Burns at Off-Broadway's St. Luke’s Theatre beginning Oct. 14, prior to an official opening Oct. 30.

Joel Rooks, who starred in the recent national tour of Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter & Love of George Burns, will reprise his performance as George Burns when the show returns to the New York stage Oct. 14, prior to an official opening Oct. 30, at Off-Broadway's St. Luke’s Theatre.

Producers Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza have joined forces to create Global Broadway Productions Inc., a new company to develop and produce new musicals for Broadway and around the world.

Say Goodnight Gracie, penned by Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer Rupert Holmes and staged by William I. Franzblau, will play its final performance at Off-Broadway’s St. Luke’s Theatre Jan. 8, 2012.