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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.
Freedman was an artistic force at Joe Papp's Public Theater, where he directed a wide variety o... 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 Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic direct... 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
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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 second production in the 2010 season at Westport Country Playhouse.... 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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...
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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 - 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
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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":
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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
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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...
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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
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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.
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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.”
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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.
A... MORE
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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.
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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.
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