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Actor Bill Heck (Broadway’s Cabaret, Hulu’s The Old Man) will join the return Broadway engagement of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out co-starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams.

Sophia Scorziello editor All Art’s upcoming non-fiction feature “Manhattan Theatre Club, a Home for Artists” will explore the 50-year history of one of the most impactful off-Broadway theaters in New York. Helmed by the club’s very own Lynn Meadow and Barry Grove, the film stitches together archival footage and photos and interviews with stars like Laura Linney, Edie Falco, Sam Waterston and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Barry Grove will step down as the Executive Producer of Manhattan Theatre Club, a major Broadway and Off Broadway institution, at the conclusion of the 2022-2023 season.

UPDATE: Last season’s Tony-winning Broadway production of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out proved so popular that producers made the unusual decision to bring the show back, its cast largely in tact, for some extra innings. Take Me Out begins a 14-week Broadway run today, playing through January 29, 2023. The original cast remains except for one: Bill Heck will replace Patrick J. Adams in the role of Kippy Sunderstrom.

"Take Me Out" is coming back to Broadway with "Modern Family" actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and former "Grey's Anatomy" star Jesse Williams both reprising their roles. The Tony award-winning play written by Richard Greenberg, directed by Scott Ellis and produced by Barry and Fran Weissler will be playing for 14 weeks at the Schoenfeld Theatre, beginning on October 27.  The play ran for a limited run this past spring and received four Tony nominations.The play is about Darren Lemming, a fictional baseball professional baseball player played by Williams who comes out as gay.

Take Me Out is going for another run!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Take Me Out,” the Tony Award winning best revival of a play, will make a rare return engagement on Broadway after taking its final curtain call in June.The comedic drama about a star baseball player who comes out as gay and the impact that has on the team’s clubhouse, nabbed four Tonys, including a best featured actor in a play prize for Jesse Tyler Ferguson. It also generated a lot of buzz for its ample on-stage nudity (that aspect led the show’s producers to require patrons to lock their phones in Yondr pouches to prevent photos from leaking online).Ferguson will return for the production, as will Jesse Williams, the “Grey’s Anatomy” star who won raves for his lead performance. “Take Me Out” will open its doors on Thursday, October 27 at the Schoenfeld Theatre.

François Arnaud (Surface, Midnight Texas), Joshua Close (Monica, Fargo) and Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars) will be joining the CBC original drama series Plan B, set for a winter 2023 debut.

Baptist minister, civil rights activist, presidential candidate and talk show host are just four of the hats Al Sharpton has worn since his days growing up in the public housing projects of the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.Now his life, which has sometimes been caught under the shadow of controversy, is the focus of the new documentary Loudmouth, which premiered on Saturday at the Tribeca Festival in New York City.EGOT winner John Legend, who served as one of the executive producers on the project, and Grey's Anatomy alum and Broadway star Jesse Williams were among the stars who hit the red carpet for the event atBMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Star power: Jesse Williams and John Legend were among the artists who brought some star power to the premiere of Loudmouth, a documentary about the life and times of Al SharptonWilliams, 40, stepped out in front of admiring photographers in black and white-patterned pants with a grey shirt and a tan jacket.He also donned white sneakers, and had his dark hair closely shaven to go along with a full beard and mustache.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson is now a Tony Award winner. The former star earned his first-ever trophy for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his acclaimed turn in the revival of the gay baseball play,, during the 75th annual ceremony. With his win in the category, Ferguson beat out co-stars Michael Oberholtzer and Jesse Williams, who has garnered headlines for his performance as well as leaked images of his onstage nude scenes. Ferguson, meanwhile, previously explained to ET the significance of reviving this story for Broadway and why Richard Greenberg’s play still resonates as much today as it did 20 years ago. “When I saw this play, it was very timely.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson had already endeared himself to countless fans through his 11-season run on the hit ABC sitcom Modern Family, but he no doubt added to the tally with both his Tony-nominated turn in Broadway’s Take Me Out and his forceful denunciation of the video-taking scofflaws who posted surreptitiously filmed footage of the play’s nude scenes featuring Ferguson’s co-stars Jesse Williams and Michael Oberholtzer.

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick J. Adams (Suits) and Karine Vanasse (Cardinal) have been cast as the leads in an English-language adaptation of time travel drama Plan B for Canada’s CBC.

Jesse Williams has spoken out regarding the leak of a nude scene from his Broadway revival of Take Me Out, saying that he’s “not down” about it.

The internet went wild when leaked video and images of Jesse Williams' on-stage nude scene in Broadway play Take Me Out were posted online earlier this week.And he has finally addressed the incident.The 40-year-old actor talked to the Associated Press on Thursday as he revealed that he will not be discouraged after the clip was posted online without his knowledge. Controversial:The internet went wild when leaked video and images of Jesse Williams' on-stage nude scene in Broadway play Take Me Out were posted online earlier this week 'I'm not down about it':The 40-year-old actor talked to the Associated Press on Thursday as he revealed that he will not be discouraged after the clip was posted online without his knowledgeHe told the publication: 'I'm not down about it. Our job is to go out there every night, no matter what.'The leaked video and images prompted an outcry from the show's producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.

nude footage of Jesse Williams in Take Me Out was shared on social media.The Grey’s Anatomy actor is currently performing at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway, alongside Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Patrick J Adams.In one scene, the 40-year-old appeared on stage completely naked in a shower scene, with a video of the intimate moment making the rounds on social media soon after, causing him to trend on Twitter.There was already a ban on the use of phones in the audience and viewers were asked to keep their devices in a pouch while watching, but organizers have reportedly stepped things up a gear, installing an infrared camera to monitor this more comprehensively.Peter Dean, the director of production for Second Stage, revealed that the security team put special cameras in place, allowing them to have a clearer picture of audience members.‘This will allow us to focus on an audience member who looks like they’re doing something suspicious, and assess whether they’re just going through a purse to get a breath mint or pulling out a phone,’ he told the New York Times.Ushers and the house manager will then be alerted if a phone is detected, and can decide whether to stop the show, or have the person in the audience removed.Take Me Out was written by Richard Greenberg and is currently playing in New York until next month.Much of it is set in the locker room of a professional baseball team, with an all-male cast that explores themes of homophobia, racism, class, and masculinity in sports.Jesse plays Darren Lemming, a baseball star who comes out as gay and is confronted with homophobic and racist prejudices.He has yet to speak out over the leak himself, but Second Stage Theater condemned the situation in a lengthy statement,

Jesse Williams‘ name has recently experienced a spike in buzz and searches due to his appearance in Take Me Out on Broadway, but not just for his moving Tony Award-nominated performance. Williams currently stars in the limited engagement revival of Richard Greenberg’s 2002 play about a fictional bi-racial professional baseball player publicly coming out of the closet.

trended on social media earlier this week after footage of him full-frontal nude during a Broadway production of play Take Me Out emerged online.While former Grey’s Anatomy star Williams had previously shrugged off the scene by claiming ‘it’s just a body’, an actors’ organisation has blasted the person who filmed the footage – which went against house rules.The act was also labelled ‘both sexual harassment and an appalling breach of consent.’Much of Take Me Out – written by Richard Greenberg and currently on at the Helen Hayes Theater in New York – is set in the locker room of a professional baseball team, with an all-male cast that explores themes of homophobia, racism, class, and masculinity in sports.Williams plays Darren Lemming, a mixed-race baseball star, who comes out as gay and is confronted with homophobic and racist prejudices off the field.Kate Shindle, president of the Actors’ Equity Association, which is made up of 51,000 members of the theatre industry, said in a statement: ‘We condemn in the strongest possible terms the creation and distribution of photographs and videos of our members during a nude scene.‘As actors, we regularly agree to be vulnerable onstage in order to tell difficult and challenging stories. This does not mean that we agree to have those vulnerable moments widely shared by anyone who feels like sneaking a recording device into the theater.

Some good news from Broadway: Take Me Out, the well-received revival of Richard Greenberg’s baseball play, has extended its run by two weeks at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater.

If the last week in our entertainments has shown us anything, it’s that even the most ordered, traditional of ceremonies can be disrupted by an unkind explosion of id, with ramifications splashing like crocodile tears on even the most unexpected of our heroes. Take Me Out, Richard Greenberg’s 2002 play that charts the ramifications when a star baseball player comes out as gay, opens on Broadway tonight in a revival that has the perfect timing of a triple play.

Frank Rizzo Public and personal identities are constantly being examined, teased and tested in Richard Greenberg’s “Take Me Out,” his grand paean to baseball and ontological quandaries, which is receiving a starry and satisfying Second Stage revival at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway.It’s been 20 years since the play first stunned audiences with its rich writing, provocative themes and a locker room full of naked men. (And still an active major league player has yet to step up to the bat and come out as gay.)Directed by Scott Ellis, this revival, too, is a solid hit, despite a few grounding errors.

now in previews, the first official images of the cast, including Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jesse Williams and Patrick J. Adams, have been released.