It’s opening night for Seminar, Theresa Rebeck’s biting new comedy starring Alan Rickman, Lily Rabe, Jerry O’Connell, Hamish Linklater and Hettienne Park. Directed by Sam Gold, the play makes its official Broadway bow on November 20 at the Golden Theatre.

Rickman leads the cast as a celebrated novelist who passes judgment on the work of four students ...

Remember the tough-as-nails teacher who made you quake in your proverbial boots? He or she has got nothing on Alan Rickman, who finds dozens of ways to terrorize the four would-be novelists paying big bucks for his guidance in Seminar. Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy is set to open on November 20 at Broadway’s Golden Theatre, and we’ve ...

Alan Rickman is headed back to Broadway for the first time in a decade in Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy Seminar. Tickets are now on sale for this world premiere production, which also stars TV and movie favorite Jerry O’Connell, Tony nominee Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater and Hettienne Park. The play will begin previews at the Golden Theatre on ...

Any aspiring novelist might feel a tad of trepidation over having his or her work judged by Alan Rickman as an imperious writing teacher. That’s the premise of Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy Seminar, which begins previews at Broadway’s Golden Theatre on October 27. Rickman and stage students Jerry O’Connell, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater and Hettienne Park ...

Stage and screen favorite Alan Rickman is headed to Broadway’s Golden Theatre on October 27 in Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy Seminar. Cast as a literary legend, Rickman gives some unvarnished criticism to aspiring novelists played by Lily Rabe, Jerry O’Connell, Hamish Linklater and Hettienne Park. On September 28, the starry cast joined Rebeck and director Sam Gold ...

Lily Rabe will star in the New Group’s world premiere production of An Early History of Fire written by her father, David Rabe. The play will open in April 2012 at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row, directed by Jo Bonney.

An Early History of Fire is set at the tipping point of the early 1960s. In a midwestern ...

Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater have signed on to join previously announced star Alan Rickman in Theresa Rebeck's Seminar this fall at Broadway's Golden Theatre. Performances will begin on October 27 with opening night set for November 20. Sam Gold directs.

Seminar follows four young writers participating in a private seminar taught by literary icon Leonard (Rickman). Tensions ...

The 2011 Tony Awards have been handed out and the endless discussions of who won and who didn’t are well underway, but we’re equally concerned with the really important awards night news: the fashion! Who wore what, and who wore it best? This is the true drama of Broadway. Long sleeves and dramatic draping were all the rage ...

The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start ringing off the hook for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is among the callers offering congratulations and getting responses. Here are the first reactions from 2011 Tony nominees. Congrats to all!

Lily Rabe
Nominated for Best Actress in a Play, The Merchant of Venice

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Broadway favorites Lily Rabe and Jessica Hecht and director David Cromer are among the many big names who have signed on for Williamstown Theatre Festival’s 2011 summer season. The 173-seat Nikos Stage will play host to revivals of stage classics as well as three new works under the leadership of the festival's new artistic director, Jenny Gersten. The ...