WHAT'S COMING UP: Familiar names will be on Broadway, too Sep 11, 2008
Martha Plimpton is also in the cast. Shrek: The Musical Dec. 15Broadway Theatre. (USA Today)
CELEBS BREATHE LIFE INTO REVIVALS Sep 5, 2008
Friday, September 05, 2008 Last Update: 10:30 AM EDT. Last updated: 10:26 amSeptember 5, 2008 Posted: 2:19 amSeptember 5, 2008. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Al Pacino, Diane Keaton in Backstage Soap Opera Jun 17, 2008
Martha Plimpton, nominated for "Top Girls," came with dad Keith Carradine and mom Shelley Plimpton. I saw 90-year-old Arthur Laurents, who should have won Best Director for "Gypsy.". (Fox News)
New York Theatre - Shiver Factor Jun 12, 2008
An all star cast tackling dual, sometimes triple roles, from Martha Plimpton as the mythical Pope Joan to Marisa Tomei both as brazen Victorian traveler Isabella Lucy Bird and Marlene's hard living sister Joyce assist Elizabeth Marvel s Marlene, as they journey through searing text during England's Thatcher times. True Marlene and all her History Girls made great strides in their lives, but at what personal cost. (Suite101.com)
In the Heights heads list of Tony nominees May 14, 2008
Featured Actress-Play: Sinead Cusack, Rock n Roll; Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing; Laurie Metcalf, November; Martha Plimpton, Top Girls; Rondi Reed, August: Osage County. . (MSNBC -- News)
Tonys give newcomers' musicals their due May 14, 2008
And August's success highlights a banner year for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, whose members also include Martha Plimpton and Laurie Metcalf, featured actress nominees for Top Girls and November, respectively. "I say, 'Go, go, Steppenwolf women,' " says August's Amy Morton, one of the show's two leading-actress nominees. (USA Today -- Life)
See all the nominations May 14, 2008
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls. Rondi Reed, August: Osage County. (USA Today -- Life)
'Top Girls' sets the table for feminism May 9, 2008
Martha Plimpton shows similar range, appearing first as a commanding but vulnerable Pope Joan and then as Angie, the willful but transparently tender teenager who believes that Marlene is her mother, though Joyce raised her ... Full plates: Ana Reeder, left, Jennifer Ikeda, Elizabeth Marvel, Marisa Tomei, Mary Catherine Garrison, Mary Beth Hurt and Martha Plimpton. (USA Today -- Life)
Lucille Lortel winners announced May 6, 2008
Lortels were handed out at Off Broadways Union Square Theater, where Julie White ("The Little Dog Laughed") hosted an evening with presenters including S. Epatha Merkerson, Martha Plimpton, Cheyenne Jackson and Anika Noni Rose. As previously announced, special awards went to Circle in the Square co-founder Theodore Mann, Primary Stages, and New York Theater Workshops staging of "Horizon.". (Variety)
Can 'Top' pop on Broadway? May 3, 2008
"A lot of the matinee ladies really love it," says thesp Elizabeth Marvel, who plays Marlene opposite a cast that includes Marisa Tomei, Martha Plimpton and Mary Beth Hurt. MTC initiated the production in the wake of a reading a year ago with a different set of actors. (Variety)
Cupid's Arrow Feb 14, 2008
Others in the front row who saw the sparks fly: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Parker Posey, Amy Smart, Alan Cumming, Kim Raver, Aisha Tyler, Martha Plimpton and Tom Sachs. . (New York Post -- Gossip)
'August' actresses both eligible Jan 23, 2008
Martha Plimpton has been deemed a lead actress in "Cymbeline," while Roger Bart will be considered a lead actor for "Young Frankenstein.". Admin committee will meet twice more to determine kudos eligibility before the Tony nominations are announced May 13. (Variety)
Broadway plays its strong suit Dec 22, 2007
More rewarding was Lincoln Center's production of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," a convoluted, genre-hopping problem play given transporting treatment and a rich romantic heart in Mark Lamos' staging -- including a whip-smart Imogen in Martha Plimpton. Best of the bunch, however, was Daniel Sullivan's razor-sharp, impeccably acted revival of Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming," a savage examination of the insidious power plays within a family of men, which has lost none of its capacity to provoke and... (Variety)
Lincoln Center untangles `Cymbeline' Dec 3, 2007
In Martha Plimpton's robust, affecting performance, she dominates the action, complicated as it may be ... This undated photo provided by Philip Rinaldi Publicity shows Martha Plimpton (foreground) and Jonathan Cake. (Yahoo News)
All Bald Up, And Lots Of Places To Go Dec 3, 2007
"He's the best leading man a girl could ask for," sighs Martha Plimpton, who plays his beloved in "Cymbeline.". "I knew he was smart, but I had no idea how funny he was!". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Tomei, Plimpton join 'Top Girls' Nov 28, 2007
Mary Catherine Garrison, Elizabeth Marvel, Martha Plimpton and Marisa Tomei have been cast in Manhattan Theater Club's Broadway staging of the 1982 Caryl Churchill play about the personal price women pay to survive in a man's world, "Top Girls.". Directed by James Macdonald, the production begins previews at the Biltmore April 15 for a May 7 opening. (Variety)
Weekend Calendar Nov 23, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007 Last Update: 08:30 AM EST. "SNL" veteran and "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan yuks it up today and tomorrow at Carolines Comedy Club, where performances from the man also known as. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
This Day in History Nov 16, 2007
Actress Martha Plimpton is 37. Olympic gold medal. (Montana Standard, MT)
Stage-struck Broadway still has its moments Nov 16, 2007
Cymbeline Opens Dec. 2Stars: Cast members in this Lincoln Center Theater staging of the Bard's quirky drama include Michael Cerveris, John Cullum, Martha Plimpton and Phylicia Rashad ... Shakespeare at Lincoln Center: Martha Plimpton and Michael Cerveris star in tragi-comedy Cymbeline. (USA Today)
Today In History - November 16, 2007 Nov 16, 2007
Actress Martha Plimpton is 37. Olympic gold medal figure skater Oksana Baiul is 30. (CBS2.com, CA)
Six decades on, Rosemary Harris' career is still in the 'Pink' Sep 30, 2007
Speaking at the Radio City Music Hall ceremony, she shone with affection for the Lincoln Center ensemble of 44 (including Richard Easton, Ethan Hawke, Billy Crudup and Martha Plimpton) that had spent nine months rehearsing and unveiling Tom Stoppard's trilogy about mid-19th-century Russian intellectuals. Harris, who spent happy periods during her long career in such repertory companies, echoed her daughter's sentiments last week. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Broadway stage is set this fall for a Grinch and a mermaid Sep 28, 2007
Michael Cerveris, John Cullum, Martha Plimpton and Phylicia Rashad are among the players in Lincoln Center Theater's presentation of Shakespeare's romance. The Little MermaidDec. (USA Today)
Plays dominate Broadway's fall season Sep 8, 2007
This time around, the director is Mark Lamos and his cast includes Jonathan Cake, Michael Cerveris, John Cullum, Martha Plimpton and Phylicia Rashad. The curtain for the Lincoln Center Theater production at the Vivian Beaumont rises Dec. 2. (Yahoo News)
Broadway goes back to school Sep 1, 2007
Mark Lamos has assembled a strong cast, including Jonathan Cake, Michael Cerveris, John Cullum, Martha Plimpton and Phylicia Rashad, for the Lincoln Center revival of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," opening Dec. 2 at the Beaumont. Daniel Sullivan's staging of Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" opens Dec. 9 at the Cort, with Ian McShane, Raul Esparza, Michael McKean and Eve Best. (Variety)
Show goes on for 'Midsummer' Aug 28, 2007
The players, including Laila Robins, Martha Plimpton and Keith David, relaxed at the castle with a crowd of legit stars and film personalities such as Tony-winner Michael Cerveris, thesp Jeff Goldblum and screenwriter Paul Schrader. Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis said he was not surprised at Sullivan's speedy recovery. (Variety)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Aug 25, 2007
Theseus - Daniel Oreskes Hippolyta - Opal Alladin Egeus - George Morfogen Hermia - Mireille Enos Demetrius - Elliot Villar Lysander - Austin Lysy Helena - Martha Plimpton Peter Quince - Tim Blake Nelson Nick Bottom - Jay O. Sanders Francis Flute - Jesse Tyler Ferguson Robin Starveling - Ken Cheeseman Tom Snout - Jason Antoon Snug - Keith Randolph Smith Puck - Jon Michael Hill First Fairy - Chelsea Bacon Oberon - Keith David Titania - Laila Robins Philostrate - Herb Foster ... Hermia (Mireille... (Variety)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Aug 24, 2007
The complicated romantic travails of the love-struck couples at the play's center are handled in equally expert fashion, thanks to the charming performances by female leads Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos. The booming-voiced Keith David and the elegant Laila Robins make a dangerously sexy royal couple, and Jon Michael Hill is an admirably athletic Puck. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Corset Of True Love Aug 16, 2007
Poor Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos - the plays Helena and Hermia, the friends (briefly) turned rivals - are encased in lobster-cage bustles to puff out their petticoats, which get yanked off in Act 2. Its a lot of clothes to ask them to wear in the park in the summer, Hould-Ward concedes. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
On the London stage: Amid a dearth of laughs, a "Hobson's Choice" Aug 14, 2007
Given its north of England setting and accents that casual visitors to Britain might find puzzling, Harold Brighouse's play has somewhat surprisingly also found significant acclaim in the United States over time: its world premiere took place in 1915 in New York, while an Off-Broadway revival in 2002 garnered praise for Martha Plimpton in the play's defining role of the feistiest of the three Hobson daughters, Maggie. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Coast' and 'Spring' dominate the Tonys Jun 11, 2007
"Coast" won seven of its 11 nominations, but in two categories -- featured actor and featured actress -- two performers, Ethan Hawke and Martha Plimpton, lost out to their castmates. "I know what Everest feels like," O'Brien said of steering the massive "Coast" to victory. (Boston Globe -- Living)
2007 Theatre Fans' Choice Awards Winners Announced Jun 9, 2007
Best Book of a Musical Steven Sater Spring Awakening Best Choreography Bill T. Jones Spring Awakening Best Costume Design Martin Pakledinaz The Pirate Queen and Bob Crowley Mary Poppins Best Direction of a Musical Michael Mayer Spring Awakening Best Direction of a Play Jack O'Brien The Coast of Utopia Best Featured Actor in a Musical John Gallagher Jr. Spring Awakening Best Featured Actor in a Play Billy Crudup The Coast of Utopia Best Featured Actress in a Musical Mary Louise Wilson Grey... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
This Week: Winners & Losers May 26, 2007
This Week: Winners s. The Spotlight Shone Brightly On Jordin And Apolo; Others Weren't So Lucky. (CBS News)
'Utopia' sweeps Drama Desk Awards May 21, 2007
List of Drama Desk wins for "Utopia" included director (Jack O'Brien), featured actress (Martha Plimpton), music for a play (Mark Bennett) and three design awards. "Spring Awakening" took music (Duncan Sheik), lyrics (Steven Sater) and direction of a musical (Michael Mayer). (Variety)
Utopia, Spring Awakening take Drama Desk awards May 21, 2007
Besides the top drama prize, The Coast of Utopia took awards for director-play, Jack O'Brien; featured actress-play, Martha Plimpton; music-play, Mark Bennett; sets-play, Bob Crowley and Scott Pask; costumes, Catherine Zuber, and lighting, Kenneth Posner, Brian MacDevitt and Natasha Katz. Spring Awakening also took home awards for director-musical, Michael Mayer; music, Duncan Sheik, and lyrics, Steven Sater. (Globe and Mail)
'Awakening' leads Tony noms with 11 May 17, 2007
The Stoppard trilogy, a philosophical-political rumination on prerevolutionary Russia, earned noms for best play, director and five for acting: Brian F. O'Byrne (lead actor), Billy Crudup and Ethan Hawke (featured actor) and Martha Plimpton and Jennifer Ehle (featured actress) ... " and "Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway" will vie for the special theatrical event award, and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, the city's major nonprofit company, received the Tony for outstanding regional theater. The... (Hollywood Reporter)
O'Brien gets Tony nod for 'Utopia' May 17, 2007
The play also boasts nominees for leading actor (Brian F. O'Byrne), featured actor (Billy Crudup and Ethan Hawke) and featured actress (Jennifer Ehle and Martha Plimpton) ... Featured Actress-Play: Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia ; Xanthe Elbrick, Coram Boy ; Dana Ivey, Butley ; Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy ; Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Spring Awakening' tops Tony nominees May 16, 2007
Some of the cruelest competitions come in the supporting categories, especially for the members of the uniformly excellent and cohesive ensemble who appear in the three parts of "Coast" -- "Voyage," "Shipwreck," and "Salvage." Votes may split between Billy Crudup and Ethan Hawke for the men, and Jennifer Ehle and Martha Plimpton for the women. Besides "Radio Golf," Boston audiences had a chance to see a few other nominees before they hit New York -- including Anthony Chisholm, featured in... (Boston Globe)
2007 Tony Awards Announced May 16, 2007
Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia. Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical. (Suite101.com)
'Spring Awakening' leads 2007 Tony nods May 16, 2007
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Jennifer Ehle -- The Coast of Utopia Xanthe Elbrick -- Coram Boy Dana Ivey -- Butley Jan Maxwell -- Coram Boy Martha Plimpton -- The Coast of Utopia. Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Brooks Ashmanskas -- Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me Christian Borle -- Legally Blonde The Musical John Cullum -- 110 in the Shade John Gallagher, Jr. -- Spring Awakening David Pittu -- LoveMusik. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Yale grads, faculty gain Tony nods May 16, 2007
Featured Actress-Play: Jennifer Ehle, "The Coast of Utopia"; Xanthe Elbrick, "Coram Boy"; Dana Ivey, "Butley"; Jan Maxwell, "Coram Boy"; Martha Plimpton, "The Coast of Utopia.". Featured Actor-Musical: Brooks Ashmanskas, "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me"; Christian Borle, "Legally Blonde The Musical"; John Cullum, "110 in the Shade"; John Gallagher Jr., "Spring Awakening"; David Pittu, "LoveMusik.". (New Haven Register, CT)
Tony nominations announced May 16, 2007
Noms for "Utopia" include lead actor (Brian F. O'Byrne), featured performers (Billy Crudup, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Ehle and Martha Plimpton), director and design categories. Initially planned as a limited engagement through March, Jack O'Brien's production of the trilogy closed Sunday after a popular extended run that included several full-day marathon stagings. (Variety)
2007 Tony Nominees May 16, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Last Update: 08:30 AM EDT. May 16, 2007 -- Best Musical: "Curtains," "Grey Gardens," "Mary Poppins," "Spring Awakening.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Outer Critics laud 'Utopia,' 'Spring' May 14, 2007
"Utopia" won for play, director of a play (Jack O'Brien), set (Bob Crowley and Scott Pask), costumes (Catherine Zuber), lights (Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz) and featured actress (Martha Plimpton). "Spring Awakening" took musical, score (Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater) and director of a tuner (Michael Mayer). (Variety)
A Conversation With Feist, Canada's New 'It' Girl, By Martha Plimpton May 2, 2007
Emmy-nominated actress Martha Plimpton, currently starring on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's epic trilogy "The Coast of Utopia," is a veteran of film, television and theater. As you'll see in this guest column, she is also a big fan of Canadian. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Broadway marathon May 1, 2007
Standing ovations have become distressingly commonplace in the theater, devaluing their meaning, but after spending eight-and-a-half hours with pamphleteer Alexander Herzen, novelist-poet Ivan Turgenev, revolutionary hothead Michael Bakunin and Communist Manifesto writer Karl Marx, the sold-out Lincoln Center audience rose as one, in awe of the cast - which included the likes of Ethan Hawke, Billy Crudup, Amy Irving, Martha Plimpton and Tony winners Brian O Byrne and Jennifer Ehle. During the... (The Palm Beach Post)
'LoveMusik' tops Drama Desk Apr 27, 2007
Besides the play award, "Coast," Tom Stoppard's three-play epic that was the top-nommed nonmusical at the Drama Desks, took noms for director (Jack O'Brien), music for a play (Mark Bennett), set (Bob Crowley and Scott Pask), actor (Brian F. O'Byrne), supporting actor (Billy Crudup) and actress (Martha Plimpton). Musical revivals in the running are Broadway's "110 in the Shade," "The Apple Tree," "Company" and "Les Miserables," plus Off Broadway's "Di Yam Gazlonim!" (a Yiddish version of "The... (Variety)
Pulling some strings to get a movie made Mar 18, 2007
Martha Plimpton lends her voice as a singing lobbyist and Lizzie Borden. "Dante's Inferno" was completed last September, just in time for festival season. (Boston Globe -- Living)
The lights (and new shows) are bright on Broadway Mar 4, 2007
Among the stars are Amy Irving, Billy Crudup, Ethan Hawke and Martha Plimpton. Their roles and characters change throughout the series of plays. (Herald-Tribune)
Smart, successful 'Voyage' in NYC Mar 1, 2007
Most tragic among Michael's victims is his sister Verenka; she's seen in a lovely and grounded portrayal by Martha Plimpton. Easton, as natural as the weather throughout, tells Michael he's driven his confused sister out of both of her minds. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Actors gamely take on 'Utopia' (Mark Kennedy) Feb 24, 2007
It has required a nine-month commitment from some very sought-after actors, including Mr. Crudup, Martha Plimpton, John Hamilton, Amy Irving and Ethan Hawke. Page 1 of 2. (Washington Times, DC)
Michael Jackson: King of Pop Really Wants to Be Prince Feb 22, 2007
Scattered throughout were Susan Sarandon, Lee Grant, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Steve and Jo Buscemi, Sidney Lumet, Jim Jarmusch, Marisa Berenson, Elaine Kaufman, Jules Feiffer, Fisher Stevens, Phyllis Newman, Dominick Dunne, Paris Match's Dany Jucaud, Bobby Zarem, Joel Grey, Patricia Neal, NBC's Brian Williams, Jill Krementz and Kurt Vonnegut, Lauren Bacall, Martha Plimpton with dad Keith Carradine, Cynthia Nixon, Richard E. Grant, Glenn Close and Sally Kellerman, the actress who played... (Fox News -- Views)
A masterful end to a monumental trilogy Feb 20, 2007
Martha Plimpton is flinty and impressive as Ogarev's high-spirited wife who eventually shares both men with equal tempestuousness. The invaluable Richard Easton, a centerpiece of weary aristocracy in the first part, returns as Polish royalty in service of revolution. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
The Coast of Utopia: Salvage Feb 19, 2007
Alexander Herzen - Brian F. O'Byrne Malwida von Meysenbug - Jennifer Ehle Colonel Stanlislaw Worcell - Richard Easton Michael Bakunin - Ethan Hawke Nicholas Ogarev - Josh Hamilton Natasha Tuchkov - Martha Plimpton Ivan Turgenev - Jason Butler Harner Doctor at the Seashore - David Harbour ... Martha Plimpton gains complexity here as Natasha Tuchkov Ogarev, the high-spirited best friend of the late Natalie who marries Alexander's poet buddy Nicholas Ogarev (Josh Hamilton) and becomes emotionally... (Variety)
Sarasota Opera finds gem with "Halka" Feb 6, 2007
Amy Irving, Josh Hamilton, Martha Plimpton, Richard Easton and Brian OByrne are among the better-known actors in the impressive and large cast. I wasnt in love with the show, but by the end of Voyage, I was involved enough to feel eager to see what happens in part two, Shipwreck, and the final chapter, Salvage. (Herald-Tribune)
Searching for life in "Utopia" Feb 5, 2007
Amy Irving, Josh Hamilton, Martha Plimpton, Richard Easton and Brian OByrne are among the better-known actors in the impressive and large cast ... Amy Irving, Josh Hamilton, Martha Plimpton, Richard Easton and Brian OByrne are among the better-known actors in the impressive and large cast. (Herald-Tribune)
Details build story of family Feb 4, 2007
Read by Martha Plimpton ... Actress Martha Plimpton is the narrator of the recorded version. (Herald-Tribune)
Booze Backers Doom Benefit Jan 30, 2007
Last April, a performance at the Promenade Theater featuring Trudie Styler, Chris Sarandon and Martha Plimpton, earned more than 170,000. Last night's show was to have featured a cast of top British personalities, including TV hostess Denise Van Outen and comic Christopher Biggins. (New York Post -- Gossip)
