Later this year, Hollywood will release its own big, grand version of August: Osage County, Tracy Letts' critically acclaimed Broadway play that won a bevy of Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize in 2008. This big screen adaptation stars Meryl Streep as pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston and Julia Roberts as her disgruntled daughter Barbara. There's also Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch ...

Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Modern Family star and Broadway vet Jesse Tyler Ferguson announced the nominations for the 67th annual Tony Awards at the Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on April 30. Two new musicals dominated the nominations: Kinky Boots led the pack with 13 nods while the family-friendly Matilda followed closely on its (very ...

It's Tony time on Broadway, and as always, we can't stop thinking about who'll be going for the gold on June 9! In anticipation of the 2013 nominations, which will be announced on April 30, we're clocking 14 of the top races. Take a look at our forecast, including frontrunners, hopefuls and a “shout out” to ...

Lucky Guy stars Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari and Marc Damon Johnson were quite lucky this weekend, when they attended the February 17 performance of Broadway’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The revival of Edward Albee’s modern classic stars Tracy Letts as George and Amy Morton as Martha, a feuding married couple who invite a younger, unassuming couple ...

The acclaimed revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf may be wrapping up its Broadway run on March 3, but leading man Tracy Letts won't be wasting any time getting back to work. The actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright has signed on to star in the upcoming indie flick Love Is Strange, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Girls star, creator and director Lena Dunham paid a visit to some other multitalented actors on February 7: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? stars Tracy Letts (also the writer of the Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County and Killer Joe) and Amy Morton (who has directed numerous productions at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre). After taking in a booze-soaked performance of ...

Age & Hometown: 36; Baton Rouge, LA

Current Role: An explosive Broadway debut as Nick, a rookie professor at New Carthage University in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A Killer Education: Born and raised in Baton Rouge (the “kid brother to New Orleans, its cooler older brother”), Dirks grew up watching football games and plays at Louisiana ...

Goodbye, George and Martha! The 50th anniversary Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will conclude its limited engagement on March 3. Directed by Pam Mackinnon, the production opened on October 13, 2012 at the Booth Theatre. At the time of closing, Virginia Woolf will have played 159 performances on Broadway.

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Carrie Coon, who plays wide-eyed professor’s wife Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, shows off dirty needlepoint designs, formulas for fake booze and “Hump the Hostess” towels backstage at the Booth Theatre.

While we're usually fans of Good Day New York hosts Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly, it felt like they were playing a game of Get the Guests while interviewing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? stars Tracy Letts, Amy Morton and the show's director Pam Mackinnon. We’ll chalk up the reporting missteps to the fact that today ...