Lee Strasberg News

The Mirror Repertory Co. will premiere Leon Pownall's DO NOT GO GENTLE, a play about the famed and troubled poet Dylan Thomas with Geraint Wyn Davies in the starring role, on Monday, April 25th 2005 at the Arclight Theatre (152 west 71st St.) Previews begin April 22nd.

David Lan, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, will direct Helen McCrory, Sienna Miller, Dominic West and Reece Shearsmith in a new production of Shakespeare's great romantic comedy, As You Like It.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of André Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will continue its 20th Anniversary season with THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, a new musical with book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and direction by Bartlett Sher.

Broadway's best came out to honor the likes of Angela Lansbury and Johnny Depp

The legacy of the late legendary actor, director and teacher Stella Adler, will be celebrated with a gala fete and awards ceremony, Stella By Starlight, Monday November 8, in The Grand Ball Room, Pierre Hotel, New York. The evening benefits The Stella Adler Studio of Acting's scholarship programs, inner-city outreach and facilities expansion. The event's co-chairmen, Michael Medavoy, Roy Scheider and Benicio Del Toro head a committee of luminaries from the worlds of theater, film, television and business, many of them alumni of the famed school.

In this weeks column, Ray and Deborah cover what makes great performances...great!