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    News
    8/20/10 - WestportNow.com - I Do! I Do!
    A Smile After “I Do! I Do!” Rave Review
    Michael Ross, managing director of the Westport Country Playhouse, was all smiles tonight following a rave review in today’s Wall Street Journal of the Playhouse’s current production of “I Do! I Do!” Critic Terry Teachout called co-star Kate Baldwin “an absolute knockout” and added “This production bodes well for the reign of Mark Lamo...     MORE
    Review
    8/19/10 - Wall Street Journal - Review Excerpt - I Do! I Do!
    Review Excerpt:
    Wall Street Journal
    By Terry Teachout
    “...it's done really well... Kate Baldwin...is an absolute knockout... her concert-quality singing is as good as you're ever going to hear in a musical... Lewis Cleale is unfazed by her charms, and the chemistry between them is bliss-making to behold...This produ...     MORE
    Press Release
    8/12/10 - Nicholas Martin to Direct "The Circle" in 2011
    Nicholas Martin Announced to Direct W. Somerset Maugham’s “The Circle”
    at Westport Country Playhouse in 2011
    Nicholas Martin, artistic director of Williamstown Theatre Festival, will direct W. Somerset Maugham’s scintillating comedy of manners, “The Circle,” June 7 – June 25, 2011, at Westport Country, announced Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.     MORE
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    8/3/10 - Behind the Curtain - 2011 Season
    A Mark Lamos-Directed Shakespeare Highlights 2011 Westport Playhouse Season
    By Frank Rizzo     MORE
    News
    8/3/19 - Theatermania.com - 2011 Season
    Westport Country Playhouse Announces 2011 Season
    By: Dan Bacalzo
    Westport Country Playhouse has announced the five plays that will comprise its 2011 season, under the artistic leadership of Mark Lamos.     MORE
    Press Release
    8/3/10 - 2011 Season Announced
    Celebrating 80 Years with a Variety of Outstanding Plays and Playwrights:
    Westport Country Playhouse Announces 2011 Season

    Works by five renowned playwrights – Christopher Durang, W. Somerset Maugham, Terrence McNally, Tennessee Williams and William Shakespeare – will comprise Westport Country Playhouse’s 2011 season, announced Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, who wi...     MORE
    Review
    7/22/10 - Waterbury Republican-American - Review Excerpt - Happy Days
    Review Excerpt:
    Waterbury Republican-American
    By Joanne Greco Rochman
    “...So strong are the performances that audience is held captive... Artistic director Mark Lamos is subtly transforming the light and summery Westport venue into a serious player and major regional theater...”     MORE
    Review
    7/14/10 - On Connecticut Theatre - Review Excerpt - Happy Days
    Review Excerpt:
    On Connecticut Theatre
    By Marlene Gaylinn
    “...thought-provoking play...Dana Ivey’s performance, under the direction of Mark Lamos is very moving...”     MORE
    Review
    7/14/10 - Minuteman - Review Excerpt - Happy Days
    Review Excerpt:
    Minuteman
    By E. Kyle Minor
    “Under Mark Lamos’ unseen yet sure-handed direction, [Dana] Ivey does her colossal role justice...[Happy Days is] challenging, provocative and requires full attention. Happily enough, it deserves it.”     MORE
    Press Release
    7/14/10 - I Do! I Do!
    Westport Country Playhouse Stages Musical “I Do! I Do!”
    with Broadway’s Kate Baldwin and Lewis Cleale
    Westport Country Playhouse will stage the joyful and touching musical, “I Do! I Do!,” starring Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin and Drama Desk Award nominee Lewis Cleale, August 10 – 28, as part of its 80th Anniversary Season. Written by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, compose...     MORE
    Review
    7/13/10 - WMNR - Review Excerpt - Happy Days
    Review Excerpt:
    WMNR 88.1 FM Fine Arts Radio
    by Rosalind Friedman
    “...one of the most exciting and controversial productions of any of [Westport Country Playhouse’s] 80 seasons... ex...     MORE
    News
    7/7/10 - WestportNow.com - Happy Days
    “Happy Days” in Previews at Playhouse
    The Westport Country Playhouse production of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days” is in previews before Saturday’s opening. Tony Award nominee Dana Ivey (pictured at a dress rehearsal on Tuesday) and Broadway veteran Jack Wetherall star with Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos directing. The play runs through July 24.
    Dave M...     MORE
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    7/2/10 - WestportPatch.com - Happy Days
    HAPPY DAYS OPENS JULY 6 AT WCP
    The play is the third one directed by Mark Lamos for the playhouse's 80th anniversary season.     MORE
    News
    7/1/10 - Fairfield County Weekly - Happy Days
    What to Do This Week
    by FCW Editorial
    Earth Day
    Please read this before you show up at Westport Country Playhouse expecting Fonzie and a doo-wop soundtrack. Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days was inspired to some degree by an acquaintance’s suggestion the absurdist master try writing a happy play. He penned two acts in which a woman is ensconced past her waist in an earth mound (which ...     MORE
    News
    6/29/10 - Hearst Newspapers - Happy Days
    Dana Ivey, Jack Wetherall in 'Happy Days' at Westport Country Playhouse
    By Christina Hennessy, Staff Writer
    When asked why she had decided to take on the role of Winnie in Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," soon to be staged at the Westport Country Playhouse, Dana Ivey was unequivocal in her response.
    Simply, she said, it was a chance to work again with director Mark Lamos.
    "He is ...     MORE
    News
    6/29/10 - AmericanTowns.com - Happy Days
    Westport Country Playhouse Presents Sunday Symposium on Playwright Samuel Beckett

    Westport Country Playhouse Presents Sunday Symposium on Playwright Samuel Beckett with Award-winning Author Deirdre Bair and Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos.     MORE
    News
    6/28/10 - Bridgeport Banner - Happy Days
    Westport Country Playhouse Presents Sunday Symposium on Playwright Samuel Beckett
    Award-winning Author Deirdre Bair and Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos to discuss famed playwright     MORE
    Press Release
    6/28/10 - Symposium on Beckett
    Westport Country Playhouse Presents Sunday Symposium on Playwright Samuel Beckett with Award-winning Author Deirdre Bair and Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos
    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on playwright Samuel Beckett with Deirdre Bair, recipient of the National Book Award for “Samuel Beckett: A Biography,” and Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, fo...     MORE
    News
    6/12/10 - Westport Directory - Happy Days
    The Westport Country Playhouse stages Tony Award nominee Dana Ivey in “Happy Days,” written by Samuel Beckett and directed by Mark Lamos, a play of luminous beauty and rare power. MORE
    Review
    6/9/10 - Hersam-Acorn Newspapers - Review Excerpt - Dinner with Friends
    By Joanne Greco Rochman
    “At no time has Westport Country Playhouse been more poised for serious regional success than it is right now, under the tenure of Mark Lamos. You need only to see the current production of Donald Margulies’ Dinner with Friends to see how Broadway is no longer in Connecticut’s backyard. It’s here…directed with as much frankness and fierceness as deep empathy ...     MORE
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    6/7/10 - ConnecticutPlus.com - Happy Days
    Mark Lamos directs Dana Ivey and Jack Wetherall in “Happy Days” MORE
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    6/5/10 - AmericanTowns.com - Happy Days
    Mark Lamos Directs Dana Ivey And Jack Wetherall In ‘Happy Days’ By Nobel Prize Winner MORE
    News
    6/3/10 - Connecticut Arts Connection - Institutional
    Winners of the CT Critics Circle Awards
    OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR / MUSICAL
    Mark Lamos for “She Loves Me” – Westport Country Playhouse
    OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
    Candice Donnelly for “She Loves Me” – Westport Country Playhouse     MORE
    News
    6/3/10 - Playbill.com - Happy Days
    Wetherall and Ivey Will Share Happy Days at Westport
    By Adam Hetrick
    Jack Wetherall will join Tony Award nominee Dana Ivey in the Westport Country Playhouse production of Samuel Beckett's two-hander Happy Days.
    Wetherall, who made his Broadway debut in the title role of The Elephant Man, will appear as Willie, opposite Ivey (Butley, Heartbreak House), who was previously announced to...     MORE
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    6/3/10 - Behind the Curtain - Happy Days
    Jack Wetherall Joins Dana Ivey in "Happy Days"
    By Frank Rizzo
    Jack Wetherall will play Willie in the Westport Country Playhouse production of Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days" July 6 to 24. Mark Lamos, artistic director of the theater, stages the play which stars Dana Ivey.
    Lamos will speak about Beckett's play at a Sunday Symposium, July 11 following the 3 p.m.matinee.     MORE
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    6/3/10 - Theatermania.com - Happy Days
    Jack Wetherall to Join Dana Ivey in Westport Country Playhouse's Happy Days
    By: Dan Bacalzo
    Jack Wetherall will join previously announced star Dana Ivey in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, to play Westport Country Playhouse, July 6-24. Mark Lamos will direct.
    The play tells the story of a woman's cheerful optimism in the face of a trifling universe, as the central character of Winnie...     MORE
    Press Release
    6/3/10 - Lamos Directs Ivey and Wetherall in Happy Days
    Mark Lamos Directs Dana Ivey and Jack Wetherall in “Happy Days”
    by Nobel Prize Winner Samuel Beckett at Westport Country Playhouse
    Dana Ivey and Jack Wetherall will appear in “Happy Days” by Samuel Beckett, July 6 – 24, as part of the 80th Anniversary Season at Westport Country Playhouse. Directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, the production is the third in the ...     MORE
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    6/1/10 - ShorelinePlus.com - Dinner with Friends
    Dinner with Friends
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning comic drama, “Dinner with Friends” by Connecticut’s own Donald Margulies, is announced as the second production in the 2010 season at Westport Country Playhouse. “Haunting and beautifully truthful, surprising in its insights, ‘Dinner with Friends’ is the perfect play to round out our season of five completely different experiences at ...     MORE
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    5/24/10 - Connecticut Arts Connection - CT Critics Circle Award Nominations
    CT Critics Circle Award Nominations Announced
    Awards Ceremony is June 14 at Westport Country Playhouse
    The best of Connecticut's professional theater will be honored at the Connecticut Critics Circle's annual awards ceremony, scheduled this year for 7:30 pm Monday, June 14, at the Westport Country Playhouse.
    Westport Country Playhouse received eight nominations:
    OUTSTANDING PR...     MORE
    Press Release
    5/22/10 - WestportPatch.com - Dana Ivey in "Happy Days"
    PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES LEAD IN 'HAPPY DAYS'
    Award-winning actress Dana Ivey will appear at Westport Country Playhouse in "Happy Days," written by Samuel Beckett, who earned a Nobel Prize in Literature for "Waiting for Godot," and directed by playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos. The story of a woman's cheerful optimism in the face of a trifling universe plays July 6 through July 24. For tic...     MORE
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    5/18/10 - BroadwayWorld.com - Dana Ivey in "Happy Days"
    Dana Ivey Joins Westport Country Playhouse's HAPPY DAYS, 7/6-24
    by BWW News Desk
    Award-winning actress, Dana Ivey, joins the cast of Westport Country Playhouse's production of Happy Days from July 6th to the 24th. The show is directed by Mark Lamos.     MORE
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    5/18/10 - Playbill.com - Dana Ivey in "Happy Days"
    Dana Ivey Will Face Beckett's Happy Days at Westport
    By Adam Hetrick
    Tony Award-winning actress Dana Ivey will be up to her neck in Beckett when she stars as Winnie in the Westport Country Playhouse production of Happy Days in July.
    Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos will direct Beckett's post-apocalyptic two-hander that will run July 6-24. Casting for the role of Willie has not...     MORE
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    518/10 - Theatermania.com - Dana Ivey in "Happy Days"
    Dana Ivey to Star in Happy Days at Westport Country Playhouse
    By: Dan Bacalzo
    Dana Ivey will star in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, to play Westport Country Playhouse, July 6-24. Mark Lamos will direct.
    The play tells the story of a woman's cheerful optimism in the face of a trifling universe, as the central character of Winnie (Ivey) is buried waist deep, then neck deep in a mound...     MORE
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    5/18/10 - Dana Ivey in "Happy Days"
    Award-winning actress Dana Ivey will appear at Westport Country Playhouse in “Happy Days,” written by Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett, and directed by Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos. The story of a woman’s cheerful optimism in the face of a trifling universe plays July 6 through July 24. (203) 227-4177. www.westportplayhouse.org MORE
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    5/13/10 - BroadwayWorld.com - She Loves Me
    Photo Flash: SHE LOVES ME Plays Final Performances At Westport Country Playhouse
    by BWW News Desk
    The final performances of the romantic musical comedy, "She Loves Me," at Westport Country Playhouse are Thursday through Saturday, May 13 - 15, evenings at 8 p.m. and a Saturday matinee at 4 p.m. "She Loves Me," directed by Mark Lamos, launches The Playhouse's premier season under Lamos' a...     MORE
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    5/13/10 - FCBuzz.org - She Loves Me
    She Loves Me
    Westport Country Playhouse
    5/13/10 - 5/15/10
    westportplayhouse.org
    Musical by Tony Award-winning Creative Team Is 80th Season Opener: Mark Lamos Directs Musical Gem “She Loves Me” at Westport Country Playhouse The enchanting musical romantic comedy, “She Loves Me,” with all the grace and spirit that established it as one of the all-time great Broadway cl...     MORE
    Review
    5/5/10 - The Review - Review Excerpt - She Loves Me
    The Review
    By Joanne Greco Rochman
    “...a superbly rendered romantic production...Under the brilliant direction of Westport’s current artistic director, Mark Lamos, the show shone as if it were waiting for this time and place to finally get the production that it was destined to have...absolutely gorgeous voices...If there was any doubt as to why Lamos selected this musical to start t...     MORE
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    5/7/10 - New York Times - Summer Stages
    Summer Stages: Theater
    WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE Don't head to Westport looking for fluffy summer trifles. The 80th-anniversary season includes Beckett's "Happy Days" (July 6-26), directed by the playhouse's artistic director, Mark Lamos, and "The Diary of Anne Frank" (Sept. 28-Oct. 16). (Mr. R. Gurney thatLamos will also direct "The Grand Manner," a new play by A. begins previews on Jun...     MORE
    Review
    5/6/10 - Middletown Press - Review Excerpt - She Loves Me
    Review Excerpt:
    Middletown Press
    By Bonnie Goldberg
    “If you were a fan of the quirky romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, then you’re half way home to falling in love with the play that inspired it, She Loves Me... an old-fashioned Valentine, a bonbon to love, a parfait of peachy delight... Mark Lamos directs this pastiche of pleasure with aplomb....     MORE
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    5/3/10 - WMNR 88.1 FM - Review Excerpt - She Loves Me
    Review Excerpt:
    WMNR 88.1 Fine Arts Radio
    By Rosalind Friedman
    “It is no wonder that the run of She Loves Me has had to add another week to its run to May 15! Everyone loves it. And so they should. Artistic Director Mark Lamos shows off his wonderful style in choosing a splendid cast and directing it with panache.”     MORE
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    4/27/10 - TheDailyWestport.com - She Loves Me
    "She Loves Me" Creators at Playhouse
    by Cornelia Fortier
    Photo credit: Photo by Kathleen O’Rourke
    A Sunday Symposium at Westport Country Playhouse followed the matinee performance of “She Loves Me” on April 25. Featured guests were the musical’s legendary creators Jerry Bock, music; Sheldon Harnick, lyrics; and Joe Masteroff, book. From left: Harnick; Wayne Barker, musi...     MORE
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    4/27/10 - WestportPatch.com - Sunday Symposium
    LEGENDARY CREATORS OF "SHE LOVES ME"
    Posted by Liz Mitchell
    Credit Photo by Kathleen O'Rourke
    A Sunday Symposium at Westport Country Playhouse following the matinee performance of "She Loves Me" on April 25 featured the musical's legendary creators Jerry Bock, music; Sheldon Harnick, lyrics; and Joe Masteroff, book. From left: Harnick; Wayne Barker, music director of the Playho...     MORE
    Press Release
    4/27/10 - Sunday Symposium Photo Caption
    A Sunday Symposium at Westport Country Playhouse following the matinee performance of “She Loves Me” on April 25 featured the musical’s legendary creators Jerry Bock, music; Sheldon Harnick, lyrics; and Joe Masteroff, book. From left: Harnick; Wayne Barker, music director of the Playhouse production; Bock; Masteroff; and Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director and director of “She Loves ... MORE
    Review
    4/26/10 - Susan Granger Entertainment Commentaries - Review Excerpt - She Loves Me
    Review Excerpt:
    Susan Granger Entertainment Commentaries
    by Susan Granger
    “... WCP has already extended this deliciously exquisite production thru May 15th, proving what they say, ‘Give the public what they want and they’ll turn out for it.’ ...Westport’s perceptive artistic director Mark Lamos weaves timeless magic, adroitly capturing the subtle, whimsical, innocent mood ...     MORE
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    4/22/10 - Curtain Up - She Loves Me
    CurtainUp In Connecticut
    by Lauren Yarger
    New and Noteworthy
    The musical romantic comedy She Loves Me begins Westport Country Playhouse’s 80th anniversary season April 20 – May 15. Featuring music and lyrics by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, the Tony Award-winning team who created Fiddler on the Roof, the production will be directed by Mark Lamos, playhouse artistic director....     MORE
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    4/23/10 - Westport News - Letter to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor
    by Joan Beer, Westport
    Broadway in Westport!
    Wow---a Broadway caliber musical is right here at the Westport Country Playhouse! She Loves Me is an incredibly hilarious and heart-warming musical appealing to all generations. We all jumped to our feet to give an enthusiastic standing ovation at curtain call. It is hugely entertaining.
    Under new artistic dir...     MORE
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    4/22/10 - Connecticut Arts Connection - She Loves Me
    She Loves Me Extends at Westport
    Westport Country Playhouse has added four additional performance of the romantic musical comedy, She Loves Me, Thursday through Saturday, May 13 – 15, evenings at 8 pm and a Saturday matinee at 4 pm.
    The romantic musical is directed by Mark Lamos and celebrates the beginning of the Playhouse’s 80th anniversary season.     MORE
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    4/22/10 - ConnecticutPlus.com - Susan H. Schulman to Direct I Do!, I Do!
    Acclaimed director Susan H. Schulman, who has helmed productions for Broadway and Stratford Festival of Canada, is announced to direct the joyful and touching musical “I Do, I Do!,” playing at Westport Country Playhouse, August 10 – 28. Book and lyrics are by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, authors of “The Fantasticks.” “I’m so happy Susan’s on board to direct ‘I Do!, I Do... MORE
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    4/20/10 - WestportNow.com - She Loves Me
    Playhouse’s “She Loves Me” Previews Tonight; Run Extended
    The Westport Country Playhouse production of the romantic musical comedy, “She Loves Me,” previews tonight and due to ticket demand its run has been extended with four extra performances, the Playhouse announced today. Set to open on Saturday, the play directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos launches the Playhouse...     MORE
    Press Release
    She Loves Me Extends Run through May 15
    Musical Gem “She Loves Me” Extends Run at Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse announces that due to ticket demand for the romantic musical comedy, “She Loves Me,” four extra performances have been added Thursday through Saturday, May 13 – 15, evenings at 8 p.m. and a Saturday matinee at 4 p.m.
    “She Loves Me” is directed by Mark Lamos, who was named Playhou...     MORE
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    4/19/10 - SuzySaid.com - She Loves Me Ladies Night Out
    Ladies Night Out
    Grab your galpals and make a reservation for the Ladies Night Out event at the Westport Country Playhouse. The party starts at 6 o’clock, with hors d’oeuvres, wine, makeovers, live music, and shopping. (They had Suzy at “makeover.”) Then, at 8 o’clock, the curtain goes up on the Playhouse’s latest show, She Loves Me, a romantic comedy and Broadway classic, directe...     MORE
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    4/18/10 - Cablevision Channel 84 - Neighborhood Journal
    Videotaped Interview with Mark Lamos
    Cablevision Channel 84
    "Neighborhood Journal"
    Produced by Sean McCabe
    Nightly at 6:09, 7:09, 8:09, 9:09, 10:09
    through mid-May 2010     MORE
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    4/14/10 - WestportNow.com - Susan H. Schulman to Direct I Do!, I Do!
    Director Set for Playhouse Production of “I Do, I Do”
    Susan H. Schulman, who has directed productions for Broadway and the Stratford Festival of Canada, will direct the revival of the two-actor musical “I Do, I Do!” which will play at Westport Country Playhouse, Aug. 10 to 28, the Playhouse announced today.
    “I’m so happy Susan’s on board to direct ‘I Do!, I Do!,’” sa...     MORE
    Press Release
    4/14/10 - Susan H. Schulman to Direct "I Do!, I Do!
    Susan H. Schulman Announced to Direct the Musical “I Do, I Do”
    at Westport Country Playhouse
    Acclaimed director Susan H. Schulman, who has helmed productions for Broadway and Stratford Festival of Canada, is announced to direct the joyful and touching musical “I Do, I Do!,” playing at Westport Country Playhouse, August 10 – 28. Book and lyrics are by Tom Jones and music by Ha...     MORE
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    4/13/10 - Fairfield County Weekly - She Loves Me
    What to do this week
    Written by FCW Editorial
    TUESDAY APRIL 20
    Variations on a Theme
    The plot of Parfumerie, by Hungarian playwright Miklós László, is simple — two shop employees fight constantly at work, but are actually pen pals, connected through lonely-hearts ads — and has proven malleable through several adaptations. The play was the basis for the 1940 James Stewar...     MORE
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    4/13/10 - Hearst Newspapers - She Loves Me
    'She Loves Me' at Westport Country Playhouse
    Christina Hennessy, Staff Writer
    One might have thought it would take some doing to get a trio of celebrated Broadway veterans on the same stage to talk about their long careers in the business.
    In the end, it was relatively simple.
    "We just picked up the phone and asked them," said Mark Lamos, artistic director of the Westport Coun...     MORE
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    4/9/10 - NorwalkPlus.com - Symposium
    Westport Country Playhouse presents legendary Broadway musical team
    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium with one of the most famous Broadway musical teams, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who created the musical, “She Loves Me,” following the Sunday, April 25, 3 p.m. matinee performance of the enchanting musical comedy, directed by Mark Lamos, Playhou...     MORE
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    4/8/10 - AmericanTowns.com - Symposium
    Westport Country Playhouse Presents Legendary Broadway Musical Team Masteroff, Bock and Harnick at Sunday Symposium

    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on April 25 with one of the most famous Broadway musical teams, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who created the musical, “She Loves Me,” following the matinee performance of the enchanting musica...     MORE
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    4/7/10 - Behind the Curtain - Symposium
    Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick Re-Unite for "She Loves Me" Talk
    By Frank Rizzo
    Three Broadway legends are coming together later this month in Westport to talk about one of their most memorable shows.
    Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who created the musical, "She Loves Me," will talk about their creation following the Sunday, April 25, 3 p.m. matinee per...     MORE
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    4/7/10 - BroadwayWorld.com - Symposium
    WCP Presents Masteroff, Bock, and Harnick at Sunday Symposium 4/25
    - by BWW News Desk
    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium with one of the most famous Broadway musical teams, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who created the musical, "She Loves Me," following the Sunday, April 25, 3 p.m. matinee performance of the enchanting musical comedy, directed by...     MORE
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    4/7/10 - New England Entertainment Digest - Symposium
    Westport Country Playhouse Presents Legendary Broadway Musical Team Masteroff, Bock & Harnick at Sunday Symposium
    WESTPORT, CT: Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium with one of the most famous Broadway musical teams, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who created the musical, “She Loves Me,” following the Sunday, April 25, 3 p.m. matinee performance of t...     MORE
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    4/7/10 - Symposium with Masteroff, Bock, Harnick
    Westport Country Playhouse Presents Legendary Broadway Musical Team
    Masteroff, Bock and Harnick at Sunday Symposium on April 25
    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium with one of the most famous Broadway musical teams, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who created the musical, “She Loves Me,” following the Sunday, April 25, 3 p.m. matinee performa...     MORE
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    3/25/10 - WestportPatch.com - She Loves Me
    Playhouse Ready to Raise Curtain on 80th Season
    For its 80th season opener, The Westport Country Playhouse presents the enchanting musical romantic comedy, "She Loves Me," with all the grace and spirit that established it as one of the all-time great Broadway classics.
    Opening night is April 20 and performances will run daily, except Mondays, through May 8.
    Featuring an alluring mus...     MORE
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    3/23/10 - Behind the Curtain - She Loves Me
    Westport Playhouse's "She Loves Me" with Grove, Johnson and Sills
    By Frank Rizzo
    I heard that Jennifer Grove and Jeremy Peter Johnson are the romantic leads Georg and Amalia in the opening show for the 2010 season at the Westport Country Playhouse, a revival of the musical "She Loves Me."
    Mark Lamos, artistic director at the theater, will stage the show which has music and lyrics b...     MORE
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    3/26/10 - ConnecticutPlus.com - She Loves Me
    Mark Lamos directs musical gem “She Loves Me” at Westport Country Playhouse
    The enchanting musical romantic comedy, “She Loves Me,” with all the grace and spirit that established it as one of the all-time great Broadway classics, will begin Westport Country Playhouse’s 80th anniversary season, April 20 – May 8. Featuring an alluring musical score and delightf...     MORE
    Press Release
    3/24/10 - She Loves Me
    Musical by Tony Award-winning Creative Team Is 80th Season Opener:
    Mark Lamos Directs Musical Gem “She Loves Me”
    at Westport Country Playhouse


    The e...     MORE
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    3/12/10 - Westport News - Lamos Directs Opera
    Playhouse's Mark Lamos takes on Chabrier's L'Etoile at New York City Operat March 18 MORE
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    3/9/10 - ConnecticutPlus.com - Lamos Directs Opera
    Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos directs at New York City Opera MORE
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    3/11/10 - Minuteman - Lamos Directs Opera
    WCP artistic director Mark Lamos directs opera MORE
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    3/9/10 - StamfordPlus.com - Lamos Directs Opera
    Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos directs “L’Étoile” at New York City Opera MORE
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    3/8/10 - Behind the Curtain - Lamos Directs Opera
    Mark Lamos To Direct New York City Opera Before "She Loves Me"
    By
    Frank Rizzo |
    Before Mark Lamos begins staging the first show of his new season at the Westport Country Playhouse, he is directing Emmanuel Chabrier's "L'Etoile" at the New York City Opera.     MORE
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    3/4/10 - Playhouse A.D. Directs for NYC Opera
    Westport Country Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos Directs “L’Étoile”
    at New York City Opera

    Mark Lamos, Westport Country Playhouse artistic director, will direct Emmanuel Chabrier’s “L’Étoile” at New York City Opera, opening on March 18 through April 1. The comic opera features tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt as the madcap king. In addition, the opera company wi...     MORE
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    2/22/10 - Behind the Curtain - Gerald Freedman
    Gerald Freedman Returns to Connecticut To Direct "Anne Frank" at Westport
    By Frank Rizzo
    Veteran director Gerald Freedman will stage the Westport Country Playhouse production of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
    The production, with cast still to be announced, will run Sept. 28 to Oct. 16.
    Freedma...     MORE
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    2/5 - Westport News - Lamos Directs Reading
    Mark Lamos Directs Reading in NYC MORE
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    2/1/10 - Danbury News-Times - Lamos Directs Reading
    Westport director stages starry N.Y. reading
    By Joe Meyers, STAFF WRITER
    Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham and Tony-winning actress Harriet Harris will star in a reading of "You Can't Take It With You" that is being put together by Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos in New York City next week.     MORE
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    1/28/10 - WestportNow.com - Dinner with Friends
    “Dinner With Friends” Rounds Out Playhouse Season
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning comic drama, “Dinner with Friends” by Connecticut’s Donald Margulies, has been announced as the second production in the 2010 season at the Westport Country Playhouse.
    Scheduled for June 1 through June 19, “Dinner with Friends” will be directed by David ...     MORE
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    1/28/10 - Hartford Courant - Lamos Directs Reading
    Mark Lamos, artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse, will stage a reading of "You Can't Take It with You," featuring Oscar-winner F. Murray Abraham ("Amadeus"), for The Acting Company in New York on Monday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m. at Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd St., New York. For ticket information, call The Acting Company 212-258-3111.
    The reading of George S. Kaufman and Moss Har...     MORE
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    1/27/10 - BroadwayWorld.com - Lamos Directs Reading
    F. Murray Abraham Featured in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Reading, 2/8
    by BWW News Desk
    Mark Lamos will stage a reading of You Can't Take It With You for The Acting Compay at Playwrights Horizons on Monday, February 8th at 7pm. The cast for the reading, headed by Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, also features Matt Amednt, Casey Biggs, Patricia Conolly, Stephen DeRosa, Harriet Harris, Pame...     MORE
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    1/26/10 - ConnecticutPlus.com - Lamos Directs Reading
    Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos directs reading of Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy for The Acting Company MORE
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    1/28/10 - Dinner with Friends
    80th Anniversary Season’s Second Production Announced:
    Westport Country Playhouse Will Stage Pulitzer Prize Winner
    “Dinner with Friends” by Connecticut Native Donald Margulies in June
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning comic drama, “Dinner with Friends” by Connecticut’s own Donald Margulies, is announced as the s...     MORE
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    1/26/10 - NorwalkPlus.com - Lamos Directs Reading
    Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos directs reading of Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy for The Acting Company
    Mark Lamos, Westport Country Playhouse artistic director, will direct a reading of “You Can’t Take It with You,” featuring F. Murray Abraham, for The Acting Company on Monday, February 8, 7 p.m., as part of the John McDonald Salon Readings. The reading will be ...     MORE
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    1/25/10 - Behind the Curtain - Lamos Directs Reading
    Mark Lamos Stages "You Can't Takle It With You" Reading
    By Frank Rizzo
    Mark Lamos, artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse, will stage a reading of "You Can't Take It with You," featuring F. Murray Abraham, for The Acting Company in New York on Monday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m. at Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street, New York.     MORE
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    1/25/10 - Lamos Directs Reading
    Westport Country Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos Directs Reading of
    Pulitzer Prize-Winning Comedy for The Acting Company
    Mark Lamos, Westport Country Playhouse artistic director, will direct a reading of “You Can’t Take It with You,” featuring F. Murray Abraham, for The Acting Company on Monday, February 8, 7 p.m., as part of the John McDonald Salon Readings. The reading wi...     MORE
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    1/15/10 - Westport News - Mark Lamos
    Lamos: 'Passion and Playmaking'
    The Y's Women will have as their next speaker Mark Lamos, artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse. He will speak to the group on Monday, Jan. 25, and his topic will be Passion and Playmaking at the Playhouse. The audience can learn about upcoming productions, including musicals, comedy and drama.     MORE
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    1/13/10 - TalkinBroadway.com - Interview with Mark Lamos
    Interview with Mark Lamos
    Westport Country Playhouse
    by Fred Sokol
    Mark Lamos, formerly an actor and currently a director of plays, musicals, and operas, is the new artistic director at Westport Country Playhouse. After an early career as a stage actor, he appeared in the film Longtime Companion. As artistic director at Hartford Stage for seventeen years, Lamos accepted, in 1989, t...     MORE
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    12/30/09 - Behind the Curtain - Best of the Decade
    The Best Shows of the Decade in Connecticut
    By Frank Rizzo
    EXCERPT on Westport Country Playhouse:
    "Journey's End by R.C.Sherriff, 2005. Westport Country Playhouse.
    This 1929 play received a stunning production directed by Gregory Boyd. At a time when America was mired in a war that seemed mad, this production brought home a soldier's tale from a different era, but one that res...     MORE
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    12/7/09 - The Hour - Holiday Events
    WCP presents a cornucopia of holiday events
    By A.J. O'CONNELL
    Hour Staff Writer
    Singer Rondi Charleston has appeared onstage at Lincoln Center. She's appeared at The Blue Note and Birdland, but she has never before appeared in her hometown. That will change on Dec. 19 when the jazz singer steps onto the stage at the Westport Country Playhouse.
    "This is my first time at the Pla...     MORE
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    11/12/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - Elisabeth H. Saxe
    Named Director of Institutional Advancement At Westport Country Playhouse
    by BWW News Desk
    Elisabeth H. Saxe of Fairfield has been appointed Director of Institutional Advancement at Westport Country Playhouse, in Westport, Connecticut, effective December 7. She returns to the historic theater after serving as its Development Director from 2001 to 2005, during which time she orchestrated...     MORE
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    11/6/09 - Identidad Latina - Review Excerpt - The Breath of Life
    Review Excerpt
    Por: Bessy Reyna
    "...Este teatro (Westport Country Playhouse) que lleva casi 80 años de existencia se ha destacado siempre por la calidad artística de sus producciones y por tener elencos que cuentan con lo mejor de los actores teatrales de USA. La nueva producción de Breath of Life sigue esa tradición...un diálogo fluido y ...     MORE
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    11/6/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - Gala
    Photo Flash: Westport Country Playhouse Gala "An Enchanted Evening: The Music Of Richard Rodgers"
    by BWW News Desk
    An audience of over 500 people attended Westport Country Playhouse's annual fundraising gala, "An Enchanted Evening: The Music of Richard Rodgers," featuring special tributes to Mary Rodgers Guettel, composer, presented by Stephen Sondheim, both former Playhouse apprentices...     MORE
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    11/4/09 - WestportPatch.com - Institutional
    Westport Country Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater, serves as a treasured home for the performing arts and is a cultural landmark for Connecticut.
    Under the artistic direction of Mark Lamos and management direction of Michael Ross, the Playhouse creates quality productions of new and classic plays that enlighten, enrich and engage a diverse community of theater lovers, artists and students.     MORE
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    11/3/09 - Gala Photo #4
    PHOTO 4: 
    L-R:  Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director; Mary Rodgers Guettel, composer and honoree; Stephen Sondheim, composer; Michael Ross, managing director.  Ms. Rodgers Guettel and Sondheim were Westport Country Playhouse apprentices in 1950.
    Photo ...     MORE
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    11/3/09 - Gala Photo #2
    PHOTO 2: 
    L-R:  Adam Guettel, composer of The Light in the Piazza and son of Mary Rodgers Guettel; Mary Rodgers Guettel, composer and honoree; Stephen Sondheim, composer; Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.  Ms. Rodgers Guettel and Sondheim were Westport Country Playhouse apprentices in 1950.
    Photo by Kathleen O’Rourke     MORE
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    11/3/09 - Gala Photo #1
    GALA PHOTO 1:
    L-R:  Top Row:  Bill Scheffler and Ann Sheffer, gala co-chairs; Anne Keefe, trustee and former Playhouse artistic director; Cindy Vaccaro and John Vaccaro, gala co-chairs.  Bottom Row:  Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director; Mary Rodgers Guettel, composer and former WCP apprentice; Elisabeth Morten, chairman of the board of trustees; Michael Ross, man...     MORE
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    10/8/09 - Hartford Courant - David Hare Conversation
    Ticker
    by Frank Rizzo
    Sir David Hare, one of England's premiere playwrights, will be checking out his play "The Breath of Life" at the Westport Country Playhouse on Friday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m.
    After the two-hour play, which stars Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing, Hare will be the subject of "A Conversation with Dav...     MORE
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    10/5/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - David Hare in Conversation
    Westport Country Playhouse Presents Playwright David Hare in Conversation 10/16
    by BWW News Desk
    Westport Country Playhouse will present "A Conversation with Playwright David Hare," whose works include the plays "Plenty" and "Stuff Happens," and the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film "The Reader," on Friday, October 16, following the 8 p.m. performance of his play, "The Breath of Lif...     MORE
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    10/5/09 - Theatermania.com - David Hare in Conversation
    David Hare to Appear at Westport Country Playhouse on October 16
    By: Andy Propst
    Award-winning playwright David Hare will take part in a post-performance interview and discussion held in conjunction with the Westport Country Playhouse's production of his play The Breath of Life on October 16. David Kennedy will moderate the discussion, which is free and open to the public.
    The Br...     MORE
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    10/5/09 - David Hare in Conversation
    Playwright David Hare in Conversation at Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse will present “A Conversation with Playwright David Hare,” whose works include the plays “Plenty” and “Stuff Happens,” and the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film “The Reader,” on Friday, October 16, following the 8 p.m. performance of his play, “The Breath of Life.” Directed b...     MORE
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    10/4/09 - WestportNow.com - The Breath of Life
    Star Power
    Actress Jane Alexander (lime green jacket) and director Mark Lamos (blue tie, glasses) greet attendees following the Saturday opening night performance of “The Breath of Life” at the Westport Country Playhouse. An almost sold-out theater audience gave a standing ovation for the performances of Alexander and Stockard Channing. The play runs through Oct. 17.
    Dave Matlow fo...     MORE
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    10/3/09 - Playbill.com - The Breath of Life
    Alexander and Channing Meet in The Breath of Life, Opening in Westport Oct. 3
    By Adam Hetrick
    The Westport Country Playhouse production of David Hare's The Breath of Life, starring Tony-winning actresses Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing, officially opens Oct. 3.
    Mark Lamos, the newly appointed artistic director of the Westport Playhouse, stages the two-person play that began per...     MORE
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    10/1/09 - Fairfield County Weekly - The Breath of Life
    Take Your Breath Away
    The Westport Country Playhouse waited so long to announce the closing show of its 2009 season that by the time they did, opening night was less than a month away and the theater had already announced its 2010 slate. The suspense was worth it — the October slot is being filled with Breath of Life, a mysterious and transformative drama of female bonding by David Hare (wh...     MORE
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    9/28/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - Sunday Symposium on David Hare
    Westport Country Playhouse Presents a Sunday Symposium on Playwright David Hare 10/4
    by BWW News Desk
    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium titled, "The Personal Is Political: The Work of David Hare," following the Sunday, October 4, 3 p.m. matinee performance of "The Breath of Life," written by Hare and directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. Guest spe...     MORE
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    9/29/09 - Bridgeport Banner - Sunday Symposium on David Hare
    David Hare's work to be examined
    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium titled, "The Personal Is Political: The Work of David Hare,” following the Sunday, October 4, 3 p.m. matinee performance of “The Breath of Life,” written by Hare and directed by Mark Lamos , Playhouse artistic director. Guest speaker will be Susan Balée, who teaches at Temple University.     MORE
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    9/29/09 - StamfordPlus.com - Sunday Symposium on David Hare
    Westport Country Playhouse presents a Sunday Symposium on playwright David Hare
    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium titled, "The Personal Is Political: The Work of David Hare,” following the Sunday, October 4, 3 p.m. matinee performance of “The Breath of Life,” written by Hare and directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. Guest speaker will be Susan Bal...     MORE
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    9/28/09 - The Hour - The Breath of Life
    Channing, Alexander to appear in 'Breath of Life'
    By A.J. O'CONNELL
    Hour Staff Writer
    Two of the country's most venerable actresses are taking up residence at the Westport Country Playhouse this week.
    Stockard Channing -- known for her roles in "Grease," "The West Wing," and "Six Degrees of Separation" -- will appear opposite Jane Alexander --who received a Tony Award in 1969 ...     MORE
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    9/16/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - The Breath of Life -Interview with Jane Alexander
    The Breath of Life: Spiced to Perfection, and With Just the Right Blend of Ingredients (Copyright 2009)
    by Len Bourret
    Len Bourret comments on THE BREATH OF LIFE, premiering at The Westport Country Playhouse on September 29 for a limited run through October 17, starring Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing, with a book by David Hare. Mark Lamos directs.     MORE
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    9/14/09 - StamfordPlus.com - Taste of Tuesdays
    Westport Country Playhouse will present “A Taste of Tuesdays” on September 29, 6:30 p.m., during preview week of “The Breath of Life,” starring Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing. Written by David Hare, “The Breath of Life” is the second production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named Playhouse artistic director in February 2009. MORE
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    9/14/09 - NorwalkPlus.com - A Taste of Tuesdays
    “A Taste of Tuesdays” at Westport Country Playhouse on September 29
    Westport Country Playhouse will present “A Taste of Tuesdays” on September 29, 6:30 p.m., during preview week of “The Breath of Life,” starring Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing. Written by David Hare, “The Breath of Life” is the second production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named Playhouse ar...     MORE
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    9/13/09 - Norwalk Hour - Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse Celebrating nearly 80 years of theater
    Posted on 09/13/2009
    By NINA SEN
    Hour Correspondent
    In an area rich with theater, the Westport Country Playhouse stands solid as a beacon of Americana. Great actors have graced the stage for almost 80 years but only recently...     MORE
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    9/13/09 - Stamford Times - Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse Celebrating nearly 80 years of theater
    By NINA SEN
    Hour Correspondent
    In an area rich with theater, the Westport Country Playhouse stands solid as a beacon of Americana. Great actors have graced the stage for almost 80 years but only recently has the theater matured into a year-round professional group.
    "The Playhouse has undergone so much change," ...     MORE
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    9/11/09 - A Taste of Tuesdays on 9/29
    “A Taste of Tuesdays” at Westport Country Playhouse on September 29


    Westport Country Playhouse will present “A Taste of Tuesdays” on September 29, 6:30 p.m., during preview week of “The Breath of Life,” starring Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing. Written by David Hare, “The Breath of Life” is the second production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named ...     MORE
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    8/31/09 - StamfordPlus.com - The Breath of Life
    Jane Alexander, Stockard Channing appear in Mark Lamos-directed “The Breath of Life” by David Hare MORE
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    8/31/09 - ConnecticutPlus.com - The Breath of Life
    Jane Alexander, Stockard Channing appear in Mark Lamos-directed “The Breath of Life” by David Hare
    Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing will appear in Sir David Hare’s witty and elegant “The Breath of Life” at Westport Country Playhouse, September 29 through October 17. Mark Lamos, named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut, will direct...     MORE
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    8/29/09 - WestportNow.com - That Championship Season
    Opening Night Crowd
    There was a reception for the opening night audience tonight following the debut of the Westport Country Playhouse’s current production of “That Championship Season,” directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos.
    Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com     MORE
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    8/28/09 - Variety - The Breath of Life
    Thesps take 'Breath of Life'
    Jane Alexander, Stockard Channing to star in play
    By FRANK RIZZO
    NEW HAVEN -- Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing will topline the David Hare two-hander "The Breath of Life" at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Conn. this fall.
    Mark Lamos, a.d. of the Playhouse, will helm the production.     MORE
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    8/28/09 - Behind the Curtain - The Breath of Life
    Jane Alexander, Stockard Channing in Hare Play at Westport
    By Frank Rizzo
    Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing will star in David Hare's "The Breath of Life" at the Westport Country Playhouse. It will be staged by Mark Lamos, artistic director of the theater.     MORE
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    8/28/09 - Playbill.com - The Breath of Life
    Alexander and Channing to Star in The Breath of Life at Westport
    By Adam Hetrick
    Tony Award winners Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing will co-star in the Westport Country Playhouse's upcoming production of David Hare's The Breath of Life, which begins performances Sept. 29.
    Westport artistic director Mark Lamos will direct the play about two women whose lives are linked through o...     MORE
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    8/28/09 - Theatermania.com - The Breath of Life
    Jane Alexander, Stockard Channing Set for Breath of Life at Westport Country Playhouse
    By: Dan Bacalzo
    Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing will star in David Hare's The Breath of Life at Westport Country Playhouse, September 29-October 17. Mark Lamos will direct.
    The play is a tale of two seasoned women, whose lives are interwoven through their relationship with a pivotal, yet o...     MORE
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    8/28/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - The Breath of Life
    Channing, Alexander Star In Westport Country Playhouse's
    THE BREATH OF LIFE, Runs 9/29-10/17
    by BWW News Desk
    Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing will appear in Sir David Hare's witty and elegant "The Breath of Life" at Westport Country Playhouse, September 29 through October 17. Mark Lamos, named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut...     MORE
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    8/28/09 - Jane Alexander, Stockard Channing in "The Breath of Life"
    2009 Season’s Sixth Production Announced:
    Jane Alexander, Stockard Channing in Mark Lamos-directed “The Breath of Life” by David Hare at Westport Country Playhouse
    Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing will appear in Sir David Hare’s witty and elegant “The Breath of Life” at Westport Country Playhouse, September 29 through October 17. Mark Lamos, named artistic director in Fe...     MORE
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    8/27/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - That Championship Season
    Westport Country Playhouse's THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
    by BWW News Desk

    Mark Lamos directs "That Championship Season" at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, "That Championship Season" by ...     MORE
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    8/25/09 - Playbill.com - That Championship Season
    That Championship Season Begins Westport Run Aug. 25
    By Adam Hetrick
    The Westport Country Playhouse production of Jason Miller's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, That Championship Season, begins performances Aug. 25.
    Mark Lamos directs; it is Lamos' first production for the theatre since officially assuming the title of artistic director in February. He previously staged Of Mi...     MORE
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    8/19/09 - Stamford Advocate - That Championship Season
    Actors gearing up for 'Championship Season’
    By Christina Hennessy
    Staff Writer
    For a group of former championship high school basketball players, life hasn't quite been the slam dunk they believed it would be.
    Those lost chances, failed expectations and betrayals are...     MORE
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    8/20/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - Symposium with Bernard Gersten
    Westport Country Playhouse To Present Symposium With Lincoln Center Theater's Bernard Gersten 8/30
    by BWW News Desk
    Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium titled, "‘That Championship Season': Rediscovering an American Classic," following the Sunday, August 30, 3 p.m. matinee performance of "That Championship Season." Guest speaker will be Bernard Gersten, executive...     MORE
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    8/20/09 - Hartford Courant - That Championship Season
    Lamos Directs 'That Championship Season' At Westport Country Playhouse
    Through Sept. 12
    By Frank Rizzo
    WESTPORT - A 20-year reunion of four high school basketball players and their coach lead to dramatic truth-telling in Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "That Championship Season" which begins performances Wednesday at the Westport Country Playhouse. Mark Lamos directs the ...     MORE
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    8/17/09 - Stamford Times - 2010 Season Announced
    Westport Country Playhouse announces 80th season
    Posted on 08/17/2009
    Westport Country Playhouse will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2010, staging a season of five productions including musicals, comedy and drama at the historic theater in Westport. 2010 will be the first official season of artistic programming by Mark Lamos, who was appointed Playhouse artistic director in February...     MORE
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    8/17/09 - The Hour - 2010 Season Announced
    Westport Country Playhouse announces 80th season
    Posted on 08/17/2009
    Westport Country Playhouse will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2010, staging a season of five productions including musicals, comedy and drama at the historic theater in Westport. 2010 will be the first official season of artistic programming by Mark Lamos, who was appointed Playhouse artistic director in February...     MORE
    Press Release
    8/17/09 - A Taste of Tuesdays on Aug. 25
    “A Taste of Tuesdays” at Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse will present “A Taste of Tuesdays” on August 25, 6:30 p.m., during preview week of “That Championship Season,” winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Written by Jason Miller, “That Championship Season” is the first production to be directed by Mark Lamos s...     MORE
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    8/12/09 - Variety - 2010 Season Announced
    Westport Country docks 2010 slate
    Playhouse to produce 'She Loves Me,' 'I Do!'
    By FRANK RIZZO
    Westport Country Playhouse will produce two tuners for its 2010 season: "She Loves Me" and the two-hander "I Do! I Do!"
    The shows mark the first season under new a.d. Mark Lamos, who will stage "She Loves Me" as well as Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days." No helmer has been announced for "...     MORE
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    8/12/09 - Bridgeport Banner - 2010 Season Announced
    Playhouse to celebrate 80th anniversary
    Westport Country Playhouse will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2010, staging a season of five productions including musicals, comedy and drama at the historic theater in Westport , Connecticut . 2010 will be the first official season of artistic programming by Mark Lamos , who was appointed Playhouse artistic director in February 2009.     MORE
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    8/11/09 - Conn. Arts Connection - 2010 Season Announced
    Westport Country Playhouse will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2010, staging a season of five productions including musicals, comedy and drama. The 2010 season will be the first official season of artistic programming by Mark Lamos (pictured right), who was appointed Playhouse artistic director last February. MORE
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    8/11/09 - WestportNow.com - 2010 Season Announced
    Playhouse Announces 2010 Season Selections
    The Westport Country Playhouse today announced four of the five selections for its 2010 season, its 80th anniversary year. The number is one less than this season.
    It will be the first official season of artistic programming by Mark Lamos, who was appointed as the Playhouse’s artistic director in February 2009.
    Lamos will direct both th...     MORE
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    08/11/09 - Playbill.com - 2010 Season Announced
    Westport Season to Include She Loves Me, Happy Days, Anne Frank and I Do! I Do!
    By Andrew Gans
    New artistic director Mark Lamos has announced the initial line-up for the Westport Country Playhouse's 80th anniversary season.
    The Connecticut venue will offer five productions, including musicals, comedy and drama.     MORE
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    08/11/09 - Theatermania.com - 2010 Season Announced
    Westport 2010 Season to Include She Loves Me, I Do! I Do!
    By: Brian Scott Lipton
    The Westport Country Playhouse has announced four selections for its 2010 season, the first official season of artistic programming by Mark Lamos, who was appointed as the Playhouse's artistic director in February 2009. No casting has been announced.
    Lamos will direct both the Jerry Bock-Sheldon Har...     MORE
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    8/11/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - 2010 Season Announced
    Westport Country Playhouse Announces 80th Anniversary Season
    by BWW News Desk
    Westport Country Playhouse will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2010, staging a season of five productions including musicals, comedy and drama at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. 2010 will be the first official season of artistic programming by Mark Lamos, who was appointed Playhouse artistic ...     MORE
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    08/11/09 - Riz' Blog - 2010 Season Announced
    Two Musicals Highlight New Season at Westport
    By Frank Rizzo
    There will not be one but two musicals next year at the Westport Country Playhouse.
    OK, one of them has two actors but it still counts.
    "She Loves Me" will open the season April 27 to May 15 with Mark Lamos (left), the new artis...     MORE
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    08/11/09 - 2010 Season Announced
    Westport Country Playhouse Announces 80th Anniversary Season
    Westport Country Playhouse will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2010, staging a season of five productions including musicals, comedy and drama at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. 2010 will be the first official season of artistic programming by Mark Lamos, who was appointed Playhouse artistic director in February ...     MORE
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    7/30/09 - NorwalkPlus.com - That Championship Season
    Casting is announced for “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse, the first production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, “That Championship Season” by Jason Miller will run August 25 through Sep... MORE
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    7/29/09 - Playbill.com - That Championship Season
    Clohessy, Doman, Liberatore, Nelis and Sudduth to Relive That Championship Season at Westport
    By Adam Hetrick
    Casting has been announced for the Westport Country Playhouse production of Jason Miller's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, That Championship Season.
    Westport artistic director Mark Lamos will direct the production that runs Aug. 25-Sept. 12. The play marks Lamos' first...     MORE
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    7/29/09 - Theatermania.com - That Championship Season
    Robert Clohessy, John Doman, Skipp Sudduth Cast in Westport's That Championship Season
    By: Andy Propst
    Robert Clohessy, John Doman, Lou Liberatore, Tom Nelis and Skipp Sudduth have been cast in the Westport Country Playhouse revival of Jason Miller's That Championship Season. The production, staged by the theater's artistic director Mark Lamos, will run August 25 -September 12.     MORE
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    7/29/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - That Championship Season
    Westport Country Playhouse Announces Clohessy, Doman, Nelis & More in THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 8/25-9/12
    by BWW News Desk
    Casting is announced for "That Championship Season" at Westport Country Playhouse, the first production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, ...     MORE
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    7/29/09 - Hartford Courant - That Championship Season
    Westport's "Championship Season" Gathers Its Team
    By Frank Rizzo
    Robert Clohessy, John Doman, Lou Liberatore, Tom Nellis and Skipp Sudduth make up the cast for the Westporrt Country Playhouse production of Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning "That Championship Season." Mark Lamos, artistic director of the theater, will stage the revival which runs Aug. 25 to Sept. 12.
    ...     MORE
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    7/29/09 - Casting for "That Championship Season"
    Casting Announced for “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse
    Casting is announced for “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse, the first production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Ci...     MORE
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    7/27/09 - Hartford Courant - That Championship Season
    Robert Clohessy to "Championship Season"
    By
    Frank Rizzo
    Look for Robert Clohessy to be featured in "That Championshiop Season' at Westport Country Playhouse, directed by Mark Lamos. The show plays Aug. 25 to Sept. 12.
    Clohessy was in Hartford Stage's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune."     MORE
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    7/21/09 - Stamford Advocate - How the Other Half Loves
    Ayckbourn comedy at Westport Country Playhouse
    By Christina Hennessy, Staff Writer
    For the next two-and-a-half weeks at the Westport Country Playhouse, three couples will have more on their plates than the food being served for dinner.
    The Westport theater is bringing veteran British playwright Alan Ayckbourn's comedy "How the Other Half Loves" to the stage from Tuesday through Aug...     MORE
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    7/2/09 - Minuteman - That Championship Season
    Mark Lamos to Direct at WCP MORE
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    7/2/09 - New England Entertainment Digest - That Championship Season
    Mark Lamos to Direct That Championship Season at Westport Country Playhouse
    WESTPORT, CT: Mark Lamos will direct “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport , Connecticut . Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, “That Cham...     MORE
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    6/22/09 - Hersam-Acorn Newspapers - That Championship Season
    Westport Playhouse: Llamos to direct That Championship Season
    Written by Sally Sanders
    Mark Lamos will direct That Championship Season at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, That Championship Season b...     MORE
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    6/17/09 - Playbill.com - That Championship Season
    Lamos Will Stage That Championship Season for Westport Country Playhouse
    By Adam Hetrick
    Mark Lamos will direct Jason Miller's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, That Championship Season, for his inaugural production as artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse.
    The classic 1972 play is scheduled to run Aug. 25-Sept. 12.     MORE
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    6/17/09 - WestportNew.com - That Championship Season
    Playhouse Announces Fifth Play of 2009 Season
    The Westport Country Playhouse today announced that its fifth play of the six-play 2009 season will be “That Championship Season,” a 1972 play by Jason Miller that won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award.
    The play, which also won a New York Drama Critics Circle and debuted off-Broadway and later moved to Broadway for an almost two-year run...     MORE
    Press Release
    6/17/09 - That Championship Season
    2009 Season’s Fifth Production Announced:
    Mark Lamos Will Direct “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse
    Mark Lamos will direct “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York...     MORE
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    6/17/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - That Championship Season
    Mark Lamos Directs 'That Championship Season' At Westport Country Playhouse
    by BWW News Desk
    Mark Lamos will direct "That Championship Season" at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, "That Cha...     MORE
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    6/17/09 - Theatermania.com - tick, tick...BOOM! and That Championship Season
    Mark Lamos to Direct That Championship Season at Westport; Scott Schwartz Set for Sunday Symposium
    By: Dan Bacalzo
    Westport Country Playhouse's new artistic director Mark Lamos will direct his first production for the Connecticut-based theater, That Championship Season, to run August 25-September 12.
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award,...     MORE
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    6/17/09 - Hartford Courant - That Championship Season
    Lamos to Direct "Championship Season" at Westport
    By
    Frank Rizzo
    Mark Lamos will direct the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Jason Miller's "That Championship Season" at the Westport Country Playhouse where he is the new artistic director.
    The play will be presented Aug. 25 to Sept. 12, following the runs of the musical "tick...tick...BOOM!" and the British comedy "How the Other ...     MORE
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    6/4/09 - CPTV - An Interview with Mark Lamos
    Link to CPTV's "All Things Connecticut" segment, "An Interview with Mark Lamos, Westport Country Playhouse artistic director":
    www.cptv2.org/allthingsct/spotlight-arts/interview-mark-lamos     MORE
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    5/29/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - A Conversation with A. R. Gurney
    Children Playwright A. R. Gurney & Westport Country Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos Meet Center Stage 5/31 For Symposium
    by BWW News Desk
    Tickets are still available for Sunday's performance of Children at 3PM. The Symposium begins immediately after the performance at 4:30PM.     MORE
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    4/28/09 - Hartford Courant - Review Excerpt - Around the World in 80 Days
    Delightful 'Around The World In 80 Days' Opens Westport
    Mark Lamos Helps Raise Curtain On Playhouse's New Season
    By SUSAN HOOD
    "...offers loads of lively, stimulating fun for that audience — children. It's plenty of fun for grown-ups, too."     MORE
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    4/17/09 - WestportNow.com - New Leadership
    Playhouse Hosts Theater Professionals
    Westport Country Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos (r) tonight hosted a reception for theater professionals from various disciplines among Connecticut’s performing arts community. Pictured with him are Michael Ross (l), managing director, and John Tillinger, director of the forthcoming play “Children” scheduled to run from May 26 to June 13 fol...     MORE
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    4/16/09 - Hartford Courant - New Leadership
    Presented one of four Excellence in Culture & Tourism Awards at ceremonies in Hartford Wednesday was celebrity chef Jacques Pepin,right, pictured with artistic director Mark Lamos and Carolyn Cicchetti, a member of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. (MARYELLEN FILLO/FILLO@COURANT.COM MORE
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    4/12/09 - The Hour - New Leadership
    Applause by David A. Rosenberg
    "Right now I'm essentially stewarding a season chosen by Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe," said Mark Lamos, speaking by phone about the artistic directors he's replacing at Westport Country Playhouse. The season he refers to begins with a version of Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days," opening April 21, followed by A. R. Gurney's "Children," Jonathan Lar...     MORE
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    4/10/09 - Backstage - New Leadership
    Coping in Connecticut
    Area theatres deal with the economic downturn.
    By David A. Rosenberg
    "Right now I'm stewarding a season chosen by Joanne and Anne," says Mark Lamos, new artistic director of Westport Country Playhouse. He's referring to previous artistic director Joanne Woodward and her associate Anne Keefe. Lamos is keeping Around the World in Eighty Days, Children, tick, ti...     MORE
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    4/6/09 - Miami Herald - Mark Lamos
    Noted director, UM students plan to do Jane Austen proud
    BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
    Two months ago, Mark Lamos was in New York directing Maria Guleghina and Placido Domingo in Adriana Lecouvreur at the Metropolitan Opera. Two weeks ago, you could find him commanding attention in a University of Miami rehearsal space, working with students to bring the world of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice t...     MORE
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    3/31/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - Kristin Chenoweth Concert
    Photo Flash: Chenoweth Charms At Westport Country Playhouse
    by BWW News Desk
    Stage and screen star Kristin Chenoweth, Tony Award winner for "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," and Tony Award nominee for originating the role of Glinda the Good Witch in "Wicked," performed her Benefit Concert at Westport Country Playhouse (Mark Lamos, artistic director, Michael Ross, managing director) on...     MORE
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    3/19/09 - WestportNow.com - Playhouse Hosts Connecticut Theater Reps
    The Westport Country Playhouse Thursday night hosted a reception for about 60 guests, mostly representing Connecticut- based “live” theaters. For many it was their first visit to the Playhouse, and they went on guided tours of the recently rebuilt structure. Pictured (l-r) are Pat Blaufuss, public relations director; Michael Ross, managing director; Anne Keefe, board member; Mark Lamos, artist... MORE
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    3/18/09 - Playbill.com - David Kennedy Appointed Associate A.D.
    Kennedy Named Westport's Associate Artistic Director
    By Adam Hetrick
    David Kennedy is now the associate artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse.
    Kennedy, who served as the associate artistic director of the Dallas Theater Center, as well as the assistant director for Urinetown on Broadway, began his role at Westport March 16.
    Kennedy joins newly appointed Westport ...     MORE
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    3/17/09 - Variety - David Kennedy Appointed Associate A.D.
    Westport taps associate a.d.
    Kennedy moves from Dallas Theater Center
    By FRANK RIZZO
    David Kennedy will be the new associate a.d. at Connecticut's Westport Country Playhouse, ankling the same post at Dallas Theater Center to move east.
    Kennedy, a founding a.d. of the Lunar Society in Toronto and the Milkman Theater Group in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will work with new Westport a.d...     MORE
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    3/17/09 - Hartford Courant - David Kennedy Appointed Associate A.D.
    David Kennedy Joins Mark Lamos at Westport
    By
    Frank Rizzo
    Westport Country Playhouse is beefing up its staff with the appointment of David Kennedy as associate artistic director.
    Kennedy held similar duties at the Dallas Theater Center. In Westport he will working with new artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross, both of whom were named in January to h...     MORE
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    3/17/09 - WestportNow.com - David Kennedy Appointed Associate A.D.
    Playhouse Gets Associate Artistic Director
    The Westport Country Playhouse today announced the appointment of David Kennedy as associate artistic director.
    He will join recently appointed Mark Lamos, artistic director, and Michael Ross, managing director, in guiding programming and production for the theater now entering its 79th season.     MORE
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    3/17/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - David Kennedy Appointed Associate A.D.
    Kennedy Appointed As Westport's Associate Artistic Director
    by BWW News Desk
    Westport Country Playhouse announces the appointment of David Kennedy as associate artistic director. He will join recently appointed Mark Lamos, artistic director, and Michael Ross, managing director, in guiding programming and production for the historic theater now entering its 79th season.
    A producer,...     MORE
    Press Release
    3/17/09 - David Kennedy Appointed Associate Artistic Director
    Westport Country Playhouse announces the appointment of David Kennedy as associate artistic director. He will join recently appointed Mark Lamos, artistic director, and Michael Ross, managing director, in guiding programming and production for the historic theater now entering its 79th season.
    A producer, director and educator, Kennedy most recently served as associate artistic director at D...     MORE
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    3/09 - American Theatre - New Leadership Team
    Mark Lamos and Michael Ross took on the leadership of Connecticut's Westport Country Playhouse last month as artistic and managing director, respectively. MORE
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    3/09 - Westport Magazine - New Leadership Team
    Play Makers
    Q&A with Mark Lamos, artistic director, and Michael Ross, managing director     MORE
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    2/15/09 - The Hour - New Leadership Team
    Spotlight on WCP's Michael Ross
    By Gloria Cole Sugarman
    When Tony Award-winning director Mark Lamos was cast as the new artistic director for the Westport Country Playhouse after a year-long nationwide search, he agreed to take the role on one condition: that his former long-time colleague Michael Ross come on board as managing director.
    "I feel as if I hit the Trifecta," Ross said...     MORE
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    2/2/09 - Inklings - 2009 Season Update
    Westport Country Playhouse Plans New Spring Season
    by Constance Chien
    In early 2009, the Westport Country Playhouse will commence its 79th season with two new leading directors, Mark Lamos and Michael Ross, to become, respectively, the artistic director and managing director, and two productions....     MORE
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    1/29/09 - Minuteman - 2009 Season Update
    2009 Season has a new look at WCP
    Westport Country Playhouse incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross announce a new look to the 2009 season.     MORE
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    1/25/09 - Hartford Courant - New Leadership Team
    At Westport Country Playhouse
    Mark Lamos: His Next Stage
    By Frank Rizzo
    When Mark Lamos became artistic director of Hartford Stage in 1980, he was a 33-year old actor-turned-newbie-director taking over a young arts institution in a new theater building.
    Jimmy Carter was president, the National Endowment for the Arts was thriving, city corporate support was flush, and there was...     MORE
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    1/20/09 - NorwalkPlus.com - 2009 Season Update
    2009 season has a new look at Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross announce a new look to the 2009 season. The Playhouse will open its 79th season in April with "Around the World in 80 Days" directed by Michael Evan Haney. "Around the World in 80 Days" was original scheduled for a September run, but wil...     MORE
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    1/20/09 - Bridgeport Banner - 2009 Season Update
    2009 Season Has a New Look at Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross announce a new look to the 2009 season. The Playhouse will open its 79th season in April with "Around the World in 80 Days" directed by Michael Evan Haney. "Around the World in 80 Days" was original scheduled for a September run, but wi...     MORE
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    1/15/09 - The Hour - New Leadership Team
    Westport Country Playhouse announces new leadreship team
    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of Westport Country Playhouse as the historic theater enters its 79th season.     MORE
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    1/15/09 - The Hour - 2009 Season Update
    2009 Season Has a New Look at Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross announce a new look to the 2009 season. The Playhouse will open its 79th season in April with "Around the World in 80 Days" directed by Michael Evan Haney. "Around the World in 80 Days" was original scheduled for a September run, but wil...     MORE
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    1/15/09 - Broadway.com - 2009 Season Update
    Headlines: Westport Country Playhouse Announces Schedule Changes
    by Broadway.com Staff
    Westport Country Playhouse’s incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross have adjusted the schedule for the Connecticut theater’s 2009 season. Around the World in 80 Days, originally announced for a September run, will open the season from April 21 to May 9, replacing ...     MORE
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    1/14/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - 2009 Season Update
    Westport County Playhouse Rejiggers Schedule; Around the World in 80 Days to Open Season
    by BWW News Desk
    Westport Country Playhouse incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross announce a new look to the 2009 season. The Playhouse will open its 79th season in April with "Around the World in 80 Days" directed by Michael Evan Haney. "Around the World in 80 Day...     MORE
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    1/14/09 - Playbill.com - 2009 Season Update
    Westport Announces Revised Season; Mockingbird Dropped From Schedule
    By Adam Hetrick
    The Westport Country Playhouse, soon to be under the artistic leadership of Mark Lamos and Michael Ross, has announced revisions for its 2009 season.
    Canceled is the stage adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, which was to launch the Westport season. In its place Westport has bumped up i...     MORE
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    1/14/09 - WestportNow.com - 2009 Season Update
    Playhouse Updates its 2009 Season
    Three months after it unveiled its 2009 season, the Westport Country Playhouse today announced that incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross had made changes, which it termed “a new look.”
    The Playhouse now will open its 79th season in April with “Around the World in 80 Days” directed by Michael Evan Haney—a pla...     MORE
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    1/14/09 - Theatermania.com - 2009 Season Update
    Westport Country Playhouse Revises 2009 Season
    By: Tristan Fuge
    The Westport Country Playhouse has revised its 2009 season, under new artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross, including canceling To Kill a Mockingbird a stage adaptation of Harper Lee's novel to be directed by Michael Wilson, that will be produced solely by Hartford Stage.
    The season will o...     MORE
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    1/14/09 - 2009 Season Has New Look at Westport Country Playhouse
    2009 Season Has a New Look at Westport Country Playhouse
    Westport Country Playhouse incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross announce a new look to the 2009 season. The Playhouse will open its 79th season in April with "Around the World in 80 Days" directed by Michael Evan Haney. "Around the World in 80 Days" was original scheduled for a September run, but wi...     MORE
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    1/13/09 - New York Times - New Leadership Team
    More Theater News
    By Julie Bloom
    Mark Lamos has been named artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut, the theater announced. Mr. Lamos succeeds Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe who shared the post at the theater, which is entering its 79th season. Michael Ross will also join the organization as managing director and both men will assume their positions in February.     MORE
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    1/13/09 - Fairfield County Weekly - New Leadership Team
    Stage Right
    New artistic director Mark Lamos promises to bring the right balance to the Westport Country Playhouse
    By Christopher Arnott and William Squier
    On Jan. 6, after a year-long search, the Playhouse made an inspired choice, one which mirrors the vision they’ve always had for the renovated theater — open to new ideas, respectful of the classics, aware of theater’s uniq...     MORE
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    1/12/09 - Hartford Courant - New Leadership Team
    Editorial
    Two Masters Of Fine Arts
    The Pleasure Of Their Companies • With Messrs. Cumming and Lamos, the state is an arts haven
    The economic development people don't say it often enough, but Connecticut's quality of life is hugely enhanced by top-tier artists such as Edward Cumming and Mark Lamos. We are fortunate to have both with us for the next couple of years.
    Mr. Lamos i...     MORE
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    1/11/09 - Waterbury Republican-American - New Leadership Team
    Lamos in as artistic director at Westport Country Playhouse
    BY JOANNE GRECO ROCHMAN
    Westport Country Playhouse couldn't be more unlike Hartford Stage, said Mark Lamos, the former Hartford Stage artistic director who took the reins at Westport this week.
    Where Hartford was once a rich and powerful city with strong support for the arts, it disintegrated into a struggling Northeaste...     MORE
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    1/10/09 - Danbury News-Times - New Leadership Team
    Westport Country Playhouse names new artistic director
    Mark Lamos, Sherman director of theater and opera, chosen after year-long search
    By Chesley Plemmons
    Theater Critic
    After a year-long, nationwide search, the Westport Country Playhouse has named Sherman's Mark Lamos as artistic director. Lamos is a veteran not only of Connecticut theater -- he is notable for his image-build...     MORE
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    1/8/09 - NorwalkPlus.com - New Leadership Team
    Westport Country Playhouse announces new leadership team
    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut, as the historic theater enters its 79th season. The new leadership team will assume their positions on February 1, 2009.     MORE
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    1/8/09 - Newsday - New Leadership Team
    Lamos To Take Reins At Westport Country Playhouse
    By Frank Rizzo
    Mark Lamos is coming back to lead a Connecticut theater, this time in Westport.
    The 62-year-old Lamos, who built Hartford Stage into a Tony Award-winning, internationally known theater from 1980 to 1997, will be the new artistic director of the Westport...     MORE
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    1/8/09 - Chicago Tribune - New Leadership Team
    Lamos To Take Reins At Westport Country Playhouse
    By Frank Rizzo
    Mark Lamos is coming back to lead a Connecticut theater, this time in Westport.
    The 62-year-old Lamos, who built Hartford Stage into a Tony Award-winning, internationally known theater from 1980 to 1997, will be the new artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse starting Feb. 1.     MORE
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    1/8/09 - StamfordPlus.com - New Leadership Team
    Westport Country Playhouse announces new leadership team
    By Westport Country Playhouse
    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut, as the historic theater enters its 79th season. The new leadership team will assume their positions on February 1, 2009.     MORE
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    1/6/09 - Arts Journal - New Leadership Team
    Lamos, Ross To Lead Westport Country Playhouse
    "Mark Lamos is back leading a Connecticut theater, this time in Westport. The 62-year-old Lamos, who built Hartford Stage into a Tony Award-winning, internationally known theater from 1980 to 1997, is the new artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse starting Feb. 1." Longtime Lamos colleague Michael Ross, formerly of Baltimore's Cente...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - USA Today - New Leadership Team
    Lamos and Ross Announced to Head Westport Country Playhouse
    The Westport Country Playhouse has revealed that Tony Award nominee Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of the Connecticut theatre institution. Lamos has been selected to assume the role that has been filled by interim co-artistic directors Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe,...     MORE
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    1/6/09 - ArmyArcherd.com - New Leadership Team
    Joanne Woodward and Tradition
    by Army Archerd
    I had just received a press release from the Westport Country Playhouse informing me that Joanne Woodward was stepping down as co-artistic director (with Anne Keefe) and that Mark Lamos, along with Michael Ross, were stepping in as the Playhouse's managing director. Lamos had earlier directed the t...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - Yahoo! News - New Leadership Team
    Lamos and Ross Announced to Head Westport Country Playhouse
    by Adam Hetrick Playbill On-Line
    The Westport Country Playhouse has revealed that Tony Award nominee Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of the Connecticut theatre institution.
    Lamos has been selected to assume the role that has been filled by interim co-artist...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - Waterbury Repub-Amer - New Leadership Team
    Lamos to take charge at Westport theater

    Tony Award-nominated director Mark Lamos will return to the helm of a Connecticut theater, replacing Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe as artistic director of Westport Country Playhouse, the theater announced Monday.
    Michael Ross, who served for six years as managing director of Center Stage in Baltimore, was tapped to replace Jodi Schoenbrun ...     MORE
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    1/7/09 - Hersam-Acorn - New Leadership Team
    Mark Lamos and Michael Ross to take Westport helm

    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of Westport Country Playhouse, as the historic theater enters its 79th season. The new leadership team will assume their positions on F...     MORE
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    1/7/09 - Broadway.com - New Leadership Team
    Mark Lamos Signs On as Artistic Director at Westport Country Playhouse
    by Broadway.com Staff
    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut, effective February 1. Lamos, who was appointed following a year-long, nationwide search by the theater’s board of trustees, will tak...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - DramaBiz.com - New Leadership Team
    WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE NAMES MARK LAMOS AND MICHAEL ROSS TO NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM
    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Conn., as the historic theater enters its 79th season. The new leadership team will assume their positions on February 1, 2009.     MORE
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    1/6/09 - Stage Directions - New Leadership Team
    Westport Country Playhouse Announces New Leadership Team
    WESTPORT, CT—The Westport County Playhouse named theatre veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross artistic director and managing director, respectively, as the historic theatre enters its 79th season. The new leadership team will assume their positions on February 1, 2009. Tony Award-nominated director Mark Lamos wa...     MORE
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    1/6/09 - Stamford Advocate - New Leadership Team
    Westport playhouse has new director
    By Lisa Chamoff
    Staff Writer
    WESTPORT - The Westport Country Playhouse will start off 2009 with new leaders, including an artistic director who will take over the theater's helm from actress Joanne Woodward and Anne K...     MORE
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    1/6/09 - Connecticut Post - New Leadership Team
    Westport picks Lamos as artistic director
    By Joe Meyers
    Staff writer
    Tony Award-nominated director Mark Lamos will become the artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse on Feb. 1, the theater announced Monday.
    ...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - Playbill.com - New Leadership Team
    Lamos and Ross Announced to Head Westport Country Playhouse
    By Adam Hetrick
    The Westport Country Playhouse has revealed that Tony Award nominee Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of the Connecticut theatre institution.
    Lamos has been selected to assume the role that has been filled by interim co-artistic directors Joann...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - New Leadership Team
    Lamos And Ross Named Directors Of Westport Playhouse
    by BWW News Desk
    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut, as the historic theater enters its 79th season. The new leadership team will assume their positions on ...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - WestportNow.com - New Leadership Team
    Playhouse Names New Artistic Director, Managing Director
    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of the Westport Country Playhouse, it was announced today.
    The new leadership team will assume their positions on Feb. 1 as the Playhouse enters its 79th season.
    ...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - Theatermania.com - New Leadership Team
    Lamos and Ross Appointed to Leadership Positions at Westport Country Playhouse
    By: Dan Bacalzo
    The Westport Country Playhouse has announced that Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, beginning February 1.     MORE
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    1/5/09 - Hartford Courant - New Leadership Team
    Lamos Named New Artistic Director At Westport Country Playhouse
    By Frank Rizzo
    Mark Lamos is back leading a Connecticut theater, this time in Westport.
    The 62-year-old Lamos, who built Hartford Stage into a Tony Award-winning, internationally known thea...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - Variety.com - New Leadership Team
    Lamos named a.d. of Westport
    Director returns to Connecticut regional theater
    By Frank Rizzo
    Helmer Mark Lamos is getting a return engagement as a.d. of a Connecticut regional theater.
    The director, who headed Hartford Stage for 17 years in the 1980s and 90s and Arizona Civic Theater in the...     MORE
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    1/5/09 - New Leadership Team Announced
    Westport Country Playhouse Announces New Leadership Team
    Theater veterans Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, of Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut, as the historic theater enters its 79th season. The new leadership team will assume their positions on February 1, 2009.
    ...     MORE
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    10/18/08 - The New York Times - Of Mice and Men
    Review Excerpts
    by Anita Gates
    “…Westport’s potent production has a vitality and sensuality…More than once, Mark Lamos’s vigorous direction yields dual-edged dramatic tension.”     MORE
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    10/16/08 - The Fairfield County Weekly - Of Mice and Men
    Review Excerpts
    by Michael Ragozzino
    “…a message of profound emotional resonance… stunning performances that show us the awesome power of hope and compassion…The ...     MORE
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    10/14/08 - Connecticut Post - Of Mice and Men
    Review Excerpts
    by Irene Backalenick
    "...the fine production now playing at the Westport Country Playhouse is a chilling experience...the production itself, under Mark Lamos’ inspired direction, is highly effective...Lamos also directs a fine cast which he turns into a flawless ensemble...a serious, fine effort."     MORE
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    10/7/08 - Playbill.com - Of Mice and Men
    Westport's Of Mice and Men, Honoring Paul Newman, Begins Performances Oct. 7
    By Adam Hetrick
    John Steinbeck's American classic Of Mice and Men comes to life at the Westport Country Playhouse Oct. 7.
    Mark Lamos directs Brian Hutchison as George and Mark Mineart as Lennie in the 1937 Depression-era drama that officially opens Oct. 10 and will run through Nov. 1.
    Of Mice and Men ...     MORE
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    10/7/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Of Mice and Men
    Westport Country Playhouse To Stage 'Of Mice and Men' Beginning 10/7; Production to Honor Paul Newman
    by BWW News Desk
    Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) will stage John Steinbeck’s classic drama, “Of Mice and Men,” directed by Mark Lamos, October 7 through November 1. Steinbeck won the Nobel ...     MORE
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    10/3/08 - Westport News - Of Mice and Men
    Westport Country Playhouse Stages Of Mice and Men
    Performances Dedicated to Memory of Paul Newman
    Westport Country Playhouse will stage John Steinbeck's classic drama, Of Mice and Men, directed by Mark Lamos, Oct. 7 through Nov. 1.     MORE
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    9/18/08 - Theatermania.com - Of Mice and Men
    Hutchison, Mineart, et al. Cast in Westport's Of Mice and Men
    By: Dan Bacalzo • Sep 18, 2008 • Connecticut
    Full casting has been announced for Westport Country Playhouse's production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, to run October 7-November 1. Mark Lamos will direct.     MORE
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    9/18/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Of Mice and Men
    Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) will stage John Steinbeck’s classic drama, “Of Mice and Men,” directed by Mark Lamos, October 7 through November 1. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 and the Pulitzer Prize for his 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath.” MORE
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    9/18/08 - Of Mice and Men
    Westport Country Playhouse Stages John Steinbeck Classic “Of Mice and Men”
    Westport Country Playhouse will stage John Steinbeck’s classic drama, “Of Mice and Men,” directed by Mark Lamos, October 7 through November 1. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 and the Pulitzer Prize for his 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath.”     MORE
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    9/11/08 - Playbill.com - Of Mice and Men
    Hutchison and Mineart Set for Westport's Of Mice and Men; Lamos Directs
    By Adam Hetrick
    Casting has been announced for the Westport Country Playhouse's production of Of Mice and Men, which will be directed by Mark Lamos.     MORE
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    9/11/08 - Hartford Courant - Of Mice and Men
    TICKER STAGE NOTES
    Mice And Men At Westport
    By Frank Rizzo | TICKER
    Brian Hutchison is George and Mark Mineart is Lennie in John Steinbeck's own stage adaptation of his novel, "Of Mice and Men," the next show at the Westport Country Playhouse. Mark Lamos will direct the production, which runs Oct. 7 to Nov. 1.     MORE
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    9/5/08 - New York Times - Fall Season
    No Theme, but Writers Aplenty
    By ANITA GATES
    Westport Country Playhouse
    OF MICE AND MEN (Oct. 7 to Nov. 1). Steinbeck’s Depression-era tale of two friends traveling and dreaming of better times still resonates. Paul Newman, originally scheduled to direct, dropped out for health reasons and has been replaced by Mark Lamos, who directed “Cymbeline” on Broadway last year.
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    5/23/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Newman
    Distinguished actor and director Paul Newman, who was slated to direct the fall production, "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, will step down from making his directorial debut at Westport Country Playhouse due to health issues. Tony Award-nominated director Mark Lamos will take the helm in Newman's place. MORE
    Press Release
    5/23/08 - Newman Steps Down as Director of "Of Mice and Men"
    Westport Country Playhouse announced that distinguished actor and director Paul Newman, who was slated to direct the fall production, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, will step down from making his directorial debut at the Playhouse due to health issues. Tony Award-nominated director Mark Lamos will take the helm in Newman’s place. MORE