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Claire van Kampen, a composer of music for plays and television dramas, as well as a director, writer and frequent collaborator of her Oscar-winning husband Mark Rylance, died Saturday morning at age 71, her family has announced.

Formally know as Lady Rylance, van Kampen died in the ancient town of Kassel, Germany, surrounded by her family, said a statement issued by Mark Rylance and van Kampen’s daughter Juliet Rylance.

The statement noted that van Kampen died on Mark Rylance’s 65th birthday.

Van Kampen was an accomplished musicologist, and her compositions graced many theatrical productions in London and on Broadway. Her first credited Broadway score was for Sam Shepard’s True West in 2000, which starred Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly, Robert LuPone and Celia Weston.

Five other shows, including Boeing-Boeing, La Bête, Richard III, Twelfth Night and Farinelli and the King all starred her husband.

Van Kampen wrote...

Robert LuPone, a screen and theater actor who appeared for a small arc on The Sopranos, has died at 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His death was confirmed by the off-broadway theater he founded and ran for years, the Manhattan Class Company Theater.

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“He is survived by his wife, Virginia, his son Orlando, sister Patti and brother William. He is also survived by the profound impact he had on us,” the McC noted.

If you recognize the last name, his sister is indeed the Broadway star Patti LuPone.

He played Tony Soprano’s neighbor, Dr. Bruce Cuasanamo, in a few episodes of the hit HBO crime drama and also appeared for short stints in shows like Ally McBeal, Billions and Law & Order.

Robert Francis LuPone was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 22, 1946, and raised on Long Island. He...

Robert LuPone — a Tony Award nominee who also starred as Tony Soprano’s neighbour and family physician Dr. Bruce Cusamano on “The Sopranos” — has died. He was 76.

Robert was also, notably, the brother of Patti LuPone.

News of Robert’s death was shared via a statement from the off-Broadway theatre company McC Theater, which he helped to establish in 1986.

“It is with heavy hearts that we announce that McC founding Co-Artistic Director, Bob LuPone, passed away Saturday, Aug 27 after a three year battle with pancreatic cancer,” read a post from the organization.

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A graduate of Julliard, Robert’s first professional job was in the ensemble of Liza Minnelli’s The Pajama Game. He made his Broadway debut in Sweet Potato in 1968, and went on to score a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in his...

It’s been a rough few months for our friends from New Jersey. Robert LuPone, who played Tony Soprano’s (James Gandolfini) neighbor and family doctor Dr. Bruce Cusamano on The Sopranos has died at age 76 from pancreatic cancer. The veteran actor is the brother of Tony and Grammy Award winner Patti LuPone.The theater group McC Theater, co-founded by Robert, shared the sad news via their Instagram page. View this post on Instagram A post shared by McC Theater (@mcctheater) The company went on to post a tribute to LuPone on their theater page. “McC founding Co-Artistic Director Bob LuPone passed away Saturday, August 27 after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, his son Orlando, sister Patti, and brother William. He is also survived by the profound impact he had on us,” the caption reads. “Bob was a force, an advocate, complex in the richest ways,...

The Sopranos star Robert LuPone has died aged 76.

The actor and leader of the off-Broadway company McC Theatre died on Saturday (27 August) three years after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

LuPone’s death was announced by the McC Theatre over the weekend in a statement given to the Associated Press.

THe theatre company said: “The McC Theatre community mourns the loss of our much loved and uniquely inspiring partner, colleague and dear friend, Bob LuPone, who lived fearlessly and with great curiosity, good humour, a boundless passion for connection and a whole lot of heart. We will miss him deeply and always.”

LuPone – brother of Tony award-winner Patti LuPone – played Dr Bruce “Cooze’ Cusamano, the neighbour of James Ganfolini’s Tony Soprano in HBO’s hit series The Sopranos.

He also played the neighbour to Kim Cattrell’s Samantha Jones in Sex and the City.

LuPone appeared on multiple soap operas throughout his career,...

Bob LuPone, a Tony-nominated actor and the founder of the off-Broadway McC Theatre, has died. He was 76. The brother of Patti LuPone had been on a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

“The McC Theater community mourns the loss of our much loved and uniquely inspiring partner, colleague, and dear friend, Bob LuPone, who lived fearlessly and with great curiosity, good humor, a boundless passion for connection, and a whole lot of heart. We will miss him deeply and always,” read a statement from McC.

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LuPone was born on July 29th, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York to Angela Louise (known as Pat), a housewife, and Orlando Joseph LuPone, a school principal.

His passion for the arts began at an early age. In the sixth grade at his North Port, Long Island elementary school, he saw his younger sister Patti dance at a PTA Dance Concert in a colorful hula skirt.

1966: Days of our Lives' Susan was unhappy to be pregnant.

1994: All My Children's Brooke slapped Adam.

2008: Passions' "Gertrude" was on Ethan's mind at his wedding.

2011: Hollyoaks' Brendan confessed his love for Ste."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1966: On Days of our Lives, Dr. Tom Horton (Macdonald Carey) confirmed to Susan Hunter (Denise Alexander) that she was pregnant. A distraught Susan told Tom she was going to give the baby up for adoption the day it was born.

1971: On Another World, Steve Frame...

Ghostlight Records has announced that the new musical cast album Alice By Heart is available for digital download and streaming today Friday, June 28. The CD release is planned for later this year. The album is based on the show's recent New York premiere production from McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director. Alice By Heart has a book by Steven Sater and Jessie Nelson music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater, and direction by Jessie Nelson. The album is produced by Duncan Sheik and Kurt Deutsch, with Craig Balsam and Cody Lassen serving as executive producers. To stream or download the album, please visit ghostlightrecords.lnk.toalicebyheart...

Ghostlight Records has announced it will record a cast album of the new musical Alice By Heart. The show's current New York premiere production from McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director was recently extended through April 7. Alice By Heart has a book by Steven Sater and Jessie Nelson music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater, and direction by Jessie Nelson. Choreography is by Rick and Jeff Kuperman. The album - produced by Duncan Sheik and Kurt Deutsch, with Craig Balsam and Cody Lassen serving as executive producers - is being recorded March 24-25.

1966: Days of our Lives' Susan was unhappy to be pregnant.

1994: All My Children's Brooke slapped Adam.

2008: Passions' "Gertrude" was on Ethan's mind at his wedding.

2011: Hollyoaks' Brendan confessed his love for Ste."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1966: On Days of our Lives, Dr. Tom Horton (Macdonald Carey) confirmed to Susan Hunter (Denise Alexander) that she was pregnant. A distraught Susan told Tom she was going to give the baby up for adoption the day it was born.

1971: On Another World, Steve Frame (George Reinholt) cleared the air with Mary Matthews (Virginia Dwyer...

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director is thrilled to announce their critically acclaimed, sold out, extended production of School Girls Or, the African Mean Girls Play, written by 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence Jocelyn Bioh, and directed by Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman, will return to New York, playing a strictly limited engagement this fall. Tickets are now on sale for School Girls Or, the African Mean Girls Play which will begin previews at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street on Tuesday, October 16, with an official opening night set for Monday, October 22, 2018. The show is set to run through November 25, 2018. Additional information, including casting, will be announced shortly.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director is thrilled to announce the additional performers to the all-star lineup set for their annual Miscast gala include Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan 'Supergirl,' Newsies Caissie Levy Frozen Tony Award winner Victoria Clark The Light in the Piazza, Cinderella and SpongeBob SquarePants' Ethan Slater, Wesley Taylor The Addams Family, Rock of Ages and Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee Mary Poppins.

(Above) Two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz performs at McC Theater's annual Miscast Gala at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Some of Broadway’s most luminous stars stepped out to support McC Theater at its 2017 edition of the annual Miscast Gala on April 3. The event, held inside New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom, did as it does each year: allow stars of the stage to perform songs from roles in which they’d never be cast. The event this year had an added significance, as it also marked McC Theater’s 30th anniversary. The driving forces behind the theater company—artistic directors Robert LuPone, Bernie Telsey, and William Cantler along with executive director Blake West—were on hand to introduce the event. Additionally, the team later revealed that, through the ceremony alone, over $1 million had been raised towards McC’s programming. Among these programs is McC’s Youth Company, which bestowed its 2017 alumni award upon Xavier Galva,...

McC Theater held its annual celebration of all things miscast Monday night at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. Oscar winner and frequent stage star Marisa Tomei was honored by the Off-Broadway theater company that gave her some of her first professional gigs. Miscast Gala 2016, featuring Broadway’s finest performing roles in which they’d never be cast, helped raise over $1 million dollars during the April 4 ceremony alone, the proceeds of which go to supporting McC’s 2016–17 season, literary development programming, and Youth Company. Tomei was introduced by executive director Blake West and artistic directors Bernard Telsey, Robert LuPone, and William Cantler, who all stood by her side as she accepted the honor. “Everything I learned—all my work ethic for theater, my process—was with you guys,” said Tomei, recalling her 1987 collaboration with director Jimmy Bohr originating her role in Alan Bowne’s “Beirut.” She thanked the theater’s founders...

McC Theater broke ground today on its first permanent home, which will unite the company's diverse roster of programs under one roof for the first time in its three-decade history. McC Artistic Directors Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, and William Cantler were joined by Executive Director Blake West, members of the Board of Directors, New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, and members of the Theater's extended community of theater artists. Scroll down for photos from the event, plus renderings of the finished project...

Us-based Angel Grace Worldwide (Agw) starts sales at the Afm this week on Isn’t It Delicious from Skyline-nyc Productions and Empekay KayJayKay Productions.

Kathleen Chalfant, Keir Dullea, Alice Ripley, Mia Dillon and Robert LuPone star in the comedy about a feisty East Coast matriarch who sets out to put things straight with her family after she learns she is dying.

Michael Patrick Kelly makes his feature directorial debut.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director has announced that Emmy Award nominee Zachary Quinto will lead the cast of the New York premiere of Smokefall, by Noah Haidle and directed by Anne Kauffman, who directed The Nether for McC last season to great acclaim. Smokefall continues McC Theater's season at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street with previews beginning February 4, 2016 and an opening night set for February 22. It is scheduled through March 13. Single tickets will go on sale January 5, 2016, but advanced tickets are currently available via subscription packages at www.mcctheater.org.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director presented its annual gala, Miscast 2015 Gala last night at The Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center 311 West 34th Street. Miscast 2015 honored two bold and fearless women Emmy amp Golden Globe nominated stage and screen actress Sarah Paulson and Tony Award-winning producer Fran Weissler. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for the big night and you can check out red carpet interviews with the performers, honorees, and celebrity guests below...

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director presented its annual gala, Miscast 2015 Gala last night at The Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center 311 West 34th Street. Miscast 2015 honored two bold and fearless women Emmy amp Golden Globe nominated stage and screen actress Sarah Paulson and Tony Award-winning producer Fran Weissler. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the star-studded red carpet below...

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director presents its annual gala,Miscast 2015 Gala, to be held Monday, March 30, 2015 at The Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center 311 West 34th Street. Miscast 2015 will honor two bold and fearless women Emmy amp Golden Globe nominated stage and screen actress Sarah Paulson and Tony Award-winning producer Fran Weissler.

Update, Monday 1:40 p.m.: McC Theatre Co-Artistic Director Bernard Telsey released a statement this afternoon confirming that Elizabeth Reaser (True Detective, The Good Wife) will replace Heather Graham in Neil Labute’s The Money Shot. “We wish her well,” he said of Graham. The show is still scheduled to begin performances September 4 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Greenwich Village.

Exclusive: I hear that just three days after a press meet-and-greet for Neil Labute’s new play The Money Shot, Heather Graham is parting ways with the company to focus on her film, Half Magic. The play, produced by McC Theatre, is slated to begin performances Sept. 4 at the Lucille Lortel Theater in Greenwich Village, with an official opening Sept. 22 for a limited run through October 12. Labute is McC’s Playwright-In-Residence; the director is Terry Kinney.

In the play, Graham (Boogie Nights, Drugstore Cowboy, etc.) was to play...

Heather Graham will appear in Neil Labute's The Money Shot.

The off-Broadway production will be directed by Terry Kinney.

The Money Shot will chronicle Graham as a former movie star trying desperately to secure a hit, Deadline reports.

Graham will share the stage with Gia Crovatin, Callie Thorne and Frederick Weller.

The production will bow at the at Bernard Telsey and Robert LuPone's McC Theater on in Greenwich Village on September 22.

Graham is best known for her work in Boogie Nights.

The Hangover actress is currently filming the drama My Dead Boyfriend.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director just announced that film star Heather Graham, Gia Crovatin, Golden Globe nominee Callie Thorne, and Frederick Weller will star in the world premiere of McC Playwright-in-Residence Neil Labute's new play, The Money Shot, directed by Terry Kinney. Performances for The Money Shot begin at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, NYC on September 4, 2014. An official opening is set for September 22, 2014and it is currently scheduled through October 12, 2014. Tickets are now on sale. For info, please visit www.mcctheater.org.

Heather Graham, absent from the New York stage since 2003′s Recent Tragic Events at Playwrights Horizons, will return to off-Broadway next month to star in the world premiere of Neil Labute‘s new play, The Money Shot, directed by Terry Kinney. The play is the season opener at Bernard Telsey and Robert LuPone’s McC Theater, which operates at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Greenwich Village. Performances begin September 4, with an official opening on September 22 for a limited run slated to end October 12. Labute is McC’s Playwright-In-Residence. Graham (Boogie Nights, Drugstore Cowboy, etc.) co-stars with Gia Crovatin, Callie Thorne and Frederick […]...

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey,William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director presents the New York Premiere of John Pollono's celebrated Small Engine Repair, the comic thriller that premiered to rave reviews and sold-out audiences at L.A.'s Rogue Machine Theatre, where it won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Playwriting, among many other honors. Keegan Allen, James Badge Dale, playwrightactor John Pollono, and James Ransonestar in the production directed by longtime McC collaborator Jo Bonney McC's The Break of Noon, Some Girls, Fat Pig. Small Engine Repair begins at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, NYC on October 30, 2013. An official opening night is set for November 20, 2013.In the video below, go inside rehearsal with the cast and creative team...

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director just announced that two-time Tony Award winner Judith Light The Assembled Parties, Other Desert Cities has been elected to the McC Board of Directorseffective immediately. Ms. Light began her relationship with McC in 1999 with a universally-acclaimed performance in Margaret Edson's Wit, and most recently in March 2013 was the honoree at McC's annual Miscast gala celebrating her illustrious screen and stage career her appearances in McC productions, which in addition to Wit includes 2005's Colder Than Here and her impassioned advocacy of several causes, most especially Arts in Education.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director today announced that single tickets have gone on sale for the New York Premiere of John Pollono's celebrated Small Engine Repair, the comic thriller that premiered to rave reviews and sold-out audiences at L.A.'s Rogue Machine Theatre, where it won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Playwriting, among many other honors. Keegan Allen, James Badge Dale, playwrightactor John Pollono, and James Ransone star in the production directed by longtime McC collaborator Jo Bonney McC's The Break of Noon, Some Girls, Fat Pig. Small Engine Repair begins at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, NYC on October 30, 2013. An official opening night is set for November 20, 2013.

Manhattan Theatre Club Lynne Meadow, Artistic Producer Barry Grove, Executive Producer andMCC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey,William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director present the world premiere of The Snow Geese, a new play by Sharr White, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. The cast and creative team met the press earlier this week and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with them about the upcoming production. Check out what they had to say below...

Manhattan Theatre Club Lynne Meadow, Artistic Producer Barry Grove, Executive Producer and McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey,William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director present the world premiere of The Snow Geese, a new play by Sharr White, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. The cast and creative team met the press earlier today and you can check out photos of the whole gang below...

Manhattan Theatre Club Lynne Meadow, Artistic Producer Barry Grove, Executive Producer and McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director will co-produce the world premiere of The Snow Geese, a new play by Sharr White, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, starring Tony and Emmy Award winner Mary-Louise Parker. BroadwayWorld brings you the just-released artwork below...

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director has just announced that Leslie Bibb Iron Man, ABC's 'Gcb' and Jenna Fischer NBC's 'The Office' will be making their New York City stage debuts opposite Josh Hamilton The Coast of Utopia and Fred Weller McC's Still Life and In a Dark Dark House in the world premiere of McC Playwright-in-Residence Neil Labute's new play, Reasons to Be Happy, which Labute will also direct. Reasons to Be Happy is a companion piece to Labute's critically-acclaimed award-winning play, Reasons to Be Pretty, first produced at McC Theater in 2008 before moving to Broadway where it was nominated for three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Play. Performances begin at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, NYC on May 16, 2013 and continue through June 23, 2013. An official opening is set for June 11, 2013 at 630 p.m. Tickets are now on sale.

Today, we're featuring Patti and Robert LuPone circa 1981. Patti LuPone created the role of Lucia in the new musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown music and lyrics by David Yazbek, for which she was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. She is the winner of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress in a Musical and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Performance of the Season for her performance as Rose in the most recent Broadway production of Gypsy.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director presents Matt Lauria NBC's 'Friday Night Lights' amp 'Parenthood', Zosia Mamet HBO's 'Girls', AMC's 'Mad Men', Lauren Culpepper Signature's Really Really, David Hull Broadway's Wicked amp How to Succeed..., Evan Jonigkeit Broadway's High with Kathleen Turner, Kobi Libii Off-Broadway's Cqcx, and Aleque Reid Hair 1st National Tour in the New York premiere production of Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo. The production, which marks Colaizzo's New York playwriting debut, is directed by David Cromer, the Obie Award and Lucille LortelAward-winning director of hits Our Town, Adding Machine and Tribes.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director presents Matt Lauria NBC's 'Friday Night Lights' amp 'Parenthood', Zosia Mamet HBO's 'Girls', AMC's 'Mad Men', Lauren Culpepper Signature's Really Really, David Hull Broadway's Wicked amp How to Succeed..., Evan Jonigkeit Broadway's High with Kathleen Turner, Kobi Libii Off-Broadway's Cqcx, and Aleque Reid Hair 1st National Tour in the New York premiere production of Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo. The production, which marks Colaizzo's New York playwriting debut, is directed by David Cromer, the Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award-winning director of hits Our Town, Adding Machine and Tribes.The cast met the press earlier today and you can catch a photo preview from the festivities below...

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director announced today that Matt Lauria NBC's Friday Night Lights amp Parenthood, Zosia Mamet HBO's Girls, AMC's Mad Men, Lauren Culpepper Signature's Really Really, David Hull Broadway's Wicked amp How to Succeed, Evan Jonigkeit Broadway's High with Kathleen Turner, Kobi Libii Off-Broadway's Cqcx, and Aleque Reid Hair 1st National Tour will star in the New York premiere production of Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo. The production, which marks Colaizzo's New York playwriting debut, is directed by David Cromer, the Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award-winning director of hits Our Town, Adding Machine and Tribes. Performances of Really Really begin at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, NYC on January 31, 2013 and continue through March 10, 2013. An official opening is set for Tuesday, February 19th at 700 p.m.

Ghostlight Records released the long-awaited cast recording of Carrie The Musical yesterday, September 25, 2012, preserving the recent McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director Off-Broadway revival. Just yesterday, the cast gathered at Barnes amp Noble to celebrate the release with a special performance and CD signing. BroadwayWorld was there for the big event and we bring you full photo coverage below...

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director today announced that Jon Bernthal AMC's The Walking Dead and actorplaywright John Pollono will star in the New York Premiere of Small Engine Repair, by John Pollono, directed by Jo Bonney Neil Labute's The Break of Noon, Some Girls, Fat Pig. The production will be the third and final production of MCCs 2012-13 three-play mainstage season, which marks the companys 27th consecutive year producing and developing new work by today's most provocative and vibrant artists. Small Engine Repair will be performed at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, NYC May 16 June 23, 2013.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director announced today that Emmanuelle Chriqui Entourage, The Borgias and Cheyenne Jackson 30 Rock, Xanadu have joined the cast of Playwright-in-Residence Neil Labutes The Heart of the Matter, which the company will present for four nights only next week. The company will also feature actor Krysten Ritter Dont Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Breaking Bad, with additional cast members to be announced. The special benefit performances will take place June 13, 14, 15 and 16, 2012 at 700 p.m. at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, NYC. Directed by Carolyn Cantor Regrets at Manhattan Theatre Club, MCCs production of Labutes In a Dark Dark House, proceeds will support McC Theaters Playwrights Coalition program, free PlayLab reading series and literary development activities.

McC Theater Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director will tonight present the companys highly anticipated annual gala. Complimenting the glittering, previously announced Miscast will be Josh Gad Modern Family, The Book of Mormon, Norm Lewis The Gershwins Porgy and Bess, Jan Maxwell Follies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Rory OMalley The Book of Mormon, Constantine Maroulis American Idol, Rock of Ages, and Nicole Parker Mad TV, a Miscast favorite returning for her 4th time. The event will be held Monday, March 26, 2012 at The Hammerstein Ballroom 311 West 34th Street.

Like many who go to graduate school, playwright Jon Robin Baitz has found his passion for his craft renewed, reinvigorated, and refocused. Fortunately for Bob LuPone, the director of the New School for Drama in New York, Baitz's students have found the same things."For younger artists and younger writers to be committed as they are here, I find I get much more out of it than they probably do," Baitz said Friday night, as the reigning distinguished artist in residence at the New School fielded questions from LuPone and about 50 students at a town hall–style meeting. Topics included the rewriting process, Baitz's experience in film and television, and his relationship with actors.Speaking just before the event, he explained how he came to be at the school: "I left L.A., where I had been, where I had created and was running this television show which was pulling...

McC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that Adam James (Last Chance Harvey) will join the sexy, young cast of The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell in the multiple roles of ‘The Doctor,' ‘The Man' and ‘Peter,' under the direction of Joe Mantello (Glengarry Glen Ross, Take Me Out).

McC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) presents the world premiere of Alexander Dinelaris' Still Life, directed by Will Frears. The cast will feature Dominic Chianese, Halley Feiffer, Ian Kahn, Adriane Lenox, Kelly McAndrew, Sarah Paulson, Matthew Rauch and Frederick Weller. Performances began at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on September 16 and continue through November 1, 2009.

McC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) have announced that, in order to accommodate ticket demand, they will extend the New York Premiere of Charles Busch's The Third Story. Directed by Carl Andress. the six-character play will now continue through Sunday, March 15 (two additional weeks) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC). The production, which opened on February 2, features Mr. Busch, Scott Parkinson, Sarah Rafferty, Jennifer Van Dyck, Jonathan Walker and Kathleen Turner (and marks Ms. Turner's return to Off Broadway in more than 30 years).

McC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) have announced that, in order to accommodate ticket demand, they will extend the New York Premiere of Charles Busch's The Third Story. Directed by Carl Andress. the six-character play will now continue through Sunday, March 6th (an additional week) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC).