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Is He Dead? to Close; Patrick Stewart's Macbeth Headed for Lyceum

NEWS February 27, 2008 | 9:05AM

The Broadway production of Is He Dead? will close on March 9, but the Lyceum Theatre will quickly get a new tenant: Rupert Goold's production of Macbeth now in a sold-out run at BAM with Patrick Stewart in the title role, will play a limited run at the theater from March 29 to May 24.

Is He Dead?, a ...

David Ives: My Broadway Collaboration with Mark Twain

FIRST PERSON January 8, 2008 | 12:02PM

About the author:
When the production team of Is He Dead? needed an adapter to trim and shape Mark Twain's original script before the play's Broadway debut, they smartly tapped David Ives, best-known for the aptly titled theatrical evening All in the Timing. This versatile playwright, whose credits include the comedies Mere Mortals and Polish Joke and adaptations ... Read More...

Jeremy Bobb

FRESH FACE December 20, 2007 | 4:06PM

Age: 26

Hometown: Dublin, Ohio

Currently: Leaving audiences in stitches as Phelim O'Shaughnessy, an Irish rogue with an eye for the ladies in the Broadway production of Mark Twain's Is He Dead?

From Sports to Stage: At 16, Bobb and a buddy from his high school baseball team tried out for Romeo and Juliet, but young Jeremy's ...

Ambrose, Jennings & Sanders Win Awards from Actors' Equity

NEWS December 18, 2007 | 6:39PM

Lauren Ambrose and Byron Jennings have been selected to receive Actors' Equity's 2007 Joe A. Callaway Awards for their performances as Juliet and Bastien Andre in Romeo and Juliet and Is He Dead?, respectively. Jay O. Sanders will receive the St. Clair Bayfield Award for his performance as Bottom in the second Shakespeare in the Park offering, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The awards, presented by the Actors' Equity Foundation, will be given out at Equity's Eastern Regional Membership Meeting on January 11, 2008. Each winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize and a plaque.

Ambrose and Jennings were honored for giving the best performances in a professional production of a classic play one written ...

Norbert Leo Butz

Q&A December 10, 2007 | 2:58PM

For an actor who honed his chops with classic roles in four seasons at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the first five years of Norbert Leo Butz's career in New York were somewhat of a surprise. He became known as a musical theater actor who tackled dark topics: Roger in Rent AIDS!, the Emcee in Cabaret Nazism!, Camille in Thou ... Read More...

Seats Now Available for Mark Twain Comedy Is He Dead?

NEWS October 22, 2007 | 11:29AM

Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway debut of Mark Twain's Is He Dead? at the Lyceum Theatre. Performances begin on November 8.

Tony-winner Norbert Leo Butz stars in this fast-paced Twain comedy, which despite being penned by the famous author in 1898, remained undiscovered until 2002 when it was unearthed by a Twain scholar. The play centers ...

Gambatese, McGrath, McMartin, Pittu and More Join Broadway Cast of Is He Dead?

NEWS August 28, 2007 | 9:06AM

Casting is complete for the world premiere of Is He Dead?, a new comedy by novelist and satirist Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives, and directed by Michael Blakemore. The play is set to begin previews on November 8 at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre, with opening night on November 29.

Joining the previously announced Norbert Leo Butz will be Jeremy ...

Norbert Leo Butz Will Return to Broadway in Mark Twain's Is He Dead?

NEWS July 31, 2007 | 6:22PM

Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz will return to Broadway this fall in Is He Dead?, billed as a new comedy by Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives. The production, directed by Michael Blakemore, will begin previews at the Lyceum Theatre on November 8 and open on November 29.

Written in 1898, Is He Dead? remained unpublished until it was ...