Playbill - A buffet of 20 plays, running 10 minutes each, will be laid out June 14-July 1 to celebrate the opening of Atlantic Theater Company's new second stage, Atlantic Stage 2.

Playbill - Kevin Kline, who is slated to open the Public Theater's 2006-07 season with an unnamed Shakespeare play, will be part of an upcoming workshop of King Lear at the nonprofit, a Public spokesperson confirmed.

Reuters - It's Tony time, and in the theater community there seems to be more enthusiasm than in the past several seasons.

Playbill - The 2006-07 Public Theater season will begin with a mystery. The nonprofit has announced that leading stage actor Kevin Kline will star in a James Lapine-directed Shakespeare work. But what will that play be? That's yet to be decided.

Playbill - Satellites, the new play by Diana Son, whose Stop Kiss was previously embraced at the Public, begins previews at the same theatre on May 30.

Playbill - Broadway's Footloose and Rent star Jeremy Kushnier will play Jamie, the coked-up wastrel bouncing in the pinball machine of 1980s Manhattan in the Prince Music Theater production of Bright Lights, Big City.

Playbill - One of two public readings of the new musical, White Noise, is sold out May 25 at the Kirk Theater on West 42nd Street.

Reuters - Los Angeles has a long tradition of splicing musical theater into a rock club environment. In the early '70s, long before it became a midnight movie sensation, the stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show" enjoyed a lengthy run at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip. In the late '90s, "White Trash Wins Lotto," Andy Prieboy's Guns N' Roses spoof, graduated from a three-year residency at Largo on Fairfax to a Roxy stand.

Playbill - The House in Town, a new play by Richard Greenberg, will begin previews for its world premiere at Lincoln Center Theater on May 24. Doug Hughes directs the work. Opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse is June 19.

Reuters - "The Drowsy Chaperone," a well-received sendup of 1920s musicals, and "The History Boys," Alan Bennett's drama about English prep school boys, were the big winners on Sunday at the 51st annual Drama Desk awards in New York.

Reuters - Beyond the bright lights of London's West End, small, independent theatres, tucked away in tiny makeshift spaces, provide an arena for young actors to make their mark.

Playbill - Liev Schreiber's Macbeth now has his full contingent of rivals and opponents. The full cast of the Central Park production was announced by The Public Theater.

Playbill - The Public Theater has announced the cast and creative team for Satellites, the new play by Diana Son, whose Stop Kiss was previously embraced at the Public.

Reuters - Little Egypt is like a wacky half-hour sitcom that grew up into an adorable two-act musical. With Lisa James contributing fast-paced, precisely timed direction, and the cast contributing both tour-de-force solo work and outstanding ensemble work, the result is a rollicking night at the theater.

Playbill - The new musical, White Noise, will receive its first public viewing in an Equity-approved reading, produced by Nasser Productions, May 25 at the Kirk Theater on West 42nd Street.

Reuters - Kevin Spacey has opted for Shakespearean comedies and other likely stage hits in an bid to reverse his critical fortunes at London's Old Vic theater.

Reuters - Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey has opted for the safety of Shakespeare comedies and sure-fire hits in his attempt to revive the flagging fortunes of London's Old Vic theater.

Reuters - Returning to the same Broadway theater in which it had its premiere more than a half-century ago, Herman Wouk's "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" unfortunately shows its age in this revival directed by Jerry Zaks.

Reuters - With a new production about Libya's colorful leader Muammar Gaddafi, the English National Opera boldly goes where no opera house has gone before.

Reuters - The young, pretty actress appears before a capacity crowd at a Beirut theater and says she was forced to shave her pubic hair to please her husband in bed after finding out he was cheating on her.