The anticipated restaging of the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess, starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier, opens January 12 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Featuring a revised book by Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Diane Paulus, the cast also includes Joshua Henry, Phillip Boykin, Nikki Renée Daniels, Christopher Innvar, Bryonha Marie Parham and NaTasha Yvette Williams ...

Winners of the 64th annual Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway or off-Broadway debut performances during the 2007-2008 theatrical season have been announced. The Theatre World Awards presentation will be held at the Helen Hayes Theatre in an invitation-only ceremony on June 10, hosted by Peter Filichia. The winners are:

de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Cassie Beck, Drunken City
Daniel ...

Age: 43

Hometown: Nuneadon, "a small working town in the middle of England."

Currently: Visiting his "favorite city in the world" to play the epically manipulative Vicomte de Valmont opposite Laura Linney in Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Crossing the Pond: The Brits are known for a certain degree of propriety— they don't tend ...

Mamie Gummer, Kristine Nielsen, Siân Phillips, Benjamin Walker, Rosie Benton and Derek Cecil have joined the company of the Roundabout Theater Company's forthcoming revival of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Directed by Rufus Norris, the production will begin performances at the American Airlines Theatre on April 11, 2008, and open on May 1.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses centers ...

Laura Linney will play the Marquise de Merteuil and British actor Ben Daniels will make his Broadway debut as Vicomte de Valmont in Roundabout Theater Company's forthcoming revival of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Directed by Rufus Norris, the production will begin performances at the American Airlines Theatre on April 11, 2008, and open on May 1.

Les ...