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Andrew Leynse, whose 21-year tenure as the artistic director of the Off Broadway theater company Primary Stages saw the production of works by such prominent playwrights as Terrence McNally, A.R. Gurney, Theresa Rebeck, Charles Busch and Donald Margulies, died Jan. 20 after a sudden illness. His age was not immediately available.

“It is with endless sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Artistic Director, Andrew Leynse,” reads a statement released by Primary Stages, which concludes, “Andrew’s dedication to playwrights and the theater launched dozens of careers and brought hundreds of new plays to life. His work had an incredible and indelible contribution to the American theater, and his vision and generosity will never be forgotten.”

Leynse began his career at Primary Stages in a variety of different roles, including Production Manager and Literary Manager, after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University’s directing program. In 1999, he left Primary to...

Alley Mills will be reunited with her The Wonder Years husband Dan Lauria in the new Off Broadway production of Paul Osborn’s classic stage comedy Morning’s At Seven, a reteaming that comes as Mills replaces the recently injured Judith Ivey.

Mills, who stars on CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful, joins Lauria and other Morning’s At Seven cast members Lindsay Crouse, Alma Cuervo, Tony Roberts, John Rubinstein, Keri Safran, Jonathan Spivey and Patty McCormack (the latter most famously remembered as evil little Rhoda Penmark from 1956’s The Bad Seed).

The original Wonder Years mom was cast in the role of Arry after Ivey left the production due a torn tendon. (Nancy Ringham was a temporary replacement until Mills could join.)

“We are thrilled to have Alley Mills join our Morning’s At Seven family,” said producer Julian Schlossberg in a statement. “In the theatre, anything can happen,...

PBS is releasing a new batch of documentaries to usher in the 30th anniversary of one of its most acclaimed series, "American Masters." The five films, which will air over a four-month period beginning January 2016, will highlight some of the very artistic careers and modern personalities which helped usher in a sea change of American culture and identity. Jan. 29 at 9p: American Masters: Mike Nichols America's late director Mike Nichols ("The Graduate," "Angels in America") discusses his life and 50-year career, from the comedy duo Nichols & May to his final film "Charlie Wilson's War." The documentary directed by Nichols' old partner-in-crime, screenwriter-director Elaine May, and produced by Julian Schlossberg, includes new interviews with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.  Feb. 19 at 9p: American Masters -- Carole King: You've Got a Friend  This profile delves...

Primary Stages just held their annual Gala last night, November 3, 2014 at 583 Park Avenue. The event celebrated the company's 30th anniversary and honor Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies and award-winning producer, Julian Schlossberg. The Honorary Gala Co-Chairs are Brian d'Arcy James, Laura Linney, Elaine May, and Susan Stroman. The evening featured performances and tributes by Tony nominee Nick Corderoperforming from Bullets over Broadway, Charles Busch, Judy Gold, David Ives, the creators of In Transit, Tony winner Frank Langella, Elaine May, Tony winner Billy Porter, Marlo Thomas, Rachel York, and surprise guests. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the event below...

Shout! Factory has acquired Westchester Films, a distribution company with rights to such classics as Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent, John Ford’s Stagecoach and Merchant Ivory’s A Room With a View. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York-based Westchester, founded in 2006 by producers Mark Balsam and Julian Schlossberg, will operate as a subsidiary of Shout! Its strength lies in rights for platforms including digital broadband, pay TV, VOD, satellite and broadcast networks. Shout!, meanwhile, is seeking to diversify beyond DVD sales and aiming to launch a digital channel this year. “We want to continue to grow our

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New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, just honored five-time Tony Award winning directorchoreographer Susan Stroman with their 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 65th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute. Among the Stroman collaborators offering tributes was Theatre World Award winning actor Jason Danieley Next to Normal, Curtains, The Full Monty, Candide and New York City Ballet's Tiler Peck performing a selection from Little Dancer, Taylor Mac performing a selection from The Last Two People on Earth, Tony nominee Marin Mazzie performing from Bullets Over Broadway and Contact collaborator John Weidman, Karen Ziemba performing a selection from Crazy For You, and cast members from The Scottsboro Boys John Cullum, Brandon Victor Dixon, Shavey Brown, Max Kumangai, James T. Lane, Deandre Leatherbury, J.C. Montgomery, Justin Prescott, Clinton Roane, and David Bazemore. The event co-chairs are Letty Aronson, Roy Furman, and Julian Schlossberg.

New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, just honored five-time Tony Award winning directorchoreographer Susan Stroman with their 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 65th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute. Among the Stroman collaborators offering tributes was Theatre World Award winning actor Jason Danieley Next to Normal, Curtains, The Full Monty, Candide and New York City Ballet's Tiler Peck performing a selection from Little Dancer, Taylor Mac performing a selection from The Last Two People on Earth, Tony nominee Marin Mazzie performing from Bullets Over Broadway and Contact collaborator John Weidman, Karen Ziemba performing a selection from Crazy For You, and cast members from The Scottsboro Boys John Cullum, Brandon Victor Dixon, Shavey Brown, Max Kumangai, James T. Lane, Deandre Leatherbury, J.C. Montgomery, Justin Prescott, Clinton Roane, and David Bazemore. The event co-chairs are Letty Aronson, Roy Furman, and Julian Schlossberg.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced today a one-night-only event, From Screen to Stage Bullets Over Broadway, on Monday, May 5 at 630Pm. The evening will include a screening of an archival print of Woody Allen's rollicking Oscar-winning jazz-age ensemble comedy Bullets Over Broadway, followed by a conversation with five-time Tony-winning directorchoreographer Susan Stroman and lead producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg. The event celebrates the April opening of Bullets over Broadway The Musical, starring Zach Braff and Marin Mazzie, at the St. James Theatre.

Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg present the world premiere production of the brand new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath for the 1994 film. Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway officially opens tonight, April 10, 2014 at The St. James Theatre 246 West 44th Street. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg present the world premiere production of the brand new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath for the 1994 film. Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway began preview performances on Tuesday, March 11 and will officially open tomorrow, Thursday, April 10, 2014 at The St. James Theatre 246 West 44th Street. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action below...

Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg present the world premiere production of the brand new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath for the 1994 film. Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway began preview performances on Tuesday, March 11 and officially opens tonight, Thursday, April 10, 2014 at The St. James Theatre 246 West 44th Street.

Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg present the world premiere production of the brand new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath for the 1994 film. Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway began preview performances on Tuesday, March 11 and will officially open tomorrow, Thursday, April 10, 2014 at The St. James Theatre 246 West 44th Street. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...

New Dramatists,Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, proudly announces that they will honor five-time Tony Award winning directorchoreographer Susan Stroman with their 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 65th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held Thursday, May 22 at the New York Marriott Marquis. Among the Stroman collaborators offering tributes will be Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines and New York City Ballet's Tiler Peck performing a selection from Little Dancer, Taylor Mac performing a selection from The Last Two People on Earth, Tony nominee Marin Mazzie performing from Bullets Over Broadway and Contact collaborator John Weidman, and cast members from The Scottsboro Boys.The event co-chairs are Letty Aronson, Roy Furman, and Julian Schlossberg.

Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg today announced a General Rush policy for preview performances of Bullets Over Broadway. For each preview, a limited number of orchestra Rush tickets will be available each morning when the box office opens at 10 Am. Rush tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis for 37 each, with a limit of two tickets per person.

Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg have just announced that Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba Contact, Curtains, Steel Pier will play the role of Eden Brent in the world premiere production of the brand new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, with Preston Truman Boyd, Bryn Dowling, Kelcy Griffin, Dan Horn, Synthia Link and Kevin Worley rounding out the complete Broadway cast of 29.

Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway is set to become a stage musical - if producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson get their way.

The duo is working on an all-singing, all-dancing theatrical adaptation of the 1994 crime caper, which starred John Cusack and Dianne Wiest.

The show, which will debut next year, will feature classic songs from the 1920s.

Producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson announced today that Allen is adapting his 1994 gangsters-meet-divas movie Bullets Over Broadway as a musical. Allen and original Bullets co-writer Douglas McGrath will collaborate on the stage version. The musical’s songs will be apparently culled from Prohibition-era Broadway, which at least means that U2 won’t be called in. The opening is set for sometime in 2013, which leaves Allen fans plenty of time to ponder the essential questions: Will Allen cast an actual mobster’s talentless girlfriend for verisimilitude? Can Manhattan: The Musical be far behind? And if so, can Waffles ...

Woody Allen's 1994 film "Bullets Over Broadway" explored the travails of an aspiring playwright struggling to bring his creation to the Great White Way. And now, in a possible case of art imitating, um, art, Allen is working on a musical adaptation of the film, with a Broadway premiere tentatively slated for 2013. Allen will pen the book for the musical, which will feature existing music from 1920s, in which "Bullets Over Broadway" is set, producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson said Thursday. "Bullets Over Broadway" tells the story of an aspiring...

New York – The steady stream of movies being retooled into stage musicals so far has not tapped into the extensive Woody Allen vaults, but that will change when Bullets Over Broadway hits its title destination in 2013. Producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson have announced that a musical based on Allen’s 1994 crime-caper comedy is in preparation for next year. The show will feature a book by Allen, with additional creative team, dates, theater and casting to be announced. Rather than using a new score, the musical will draw upon existing songs from the 1920s, when the story

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A new Broadway production will present three one-act plays by acclaimed writer-directors Woody Allen, Elaine May and Ethan Coen. Producer Julian Schlossberg announced this week that the upcoming Relatively Speaking will feature Allen's Honeymoon Motel, May's George is Dead and Coen's Talking Cure. Actor John Turturro will make his Broadway directorial debut to helm Relatively Speaking. Allen and May were previously paired, along with David Mamet, for Schlossberg's 1995 omnibus Death Defying Acts, which proved to be a great financial success in its near year-long New York run. Discussing his submission with The New York Times, (more)...