Five-time Tony Award nominee Jan Maxwell, who currently stars in PTP/NYC's production of Scenes From an Execution, is retiring from theatre after a career spanning 26 years.

The New York premiere of the National Theatre of Great Britain's hit play Coram Boy plays its final performance at Broadway's Imperial Theatre May 27. The production played 18 previews and 30 regular performances.

The New York premiere of the National Theatre of Great Britain's hit play Coram Boy will play its final performance at Broadway's Imperial Theatre May 27 unless, as a press notice states, "business improves."

Jan Maxwell, the gifted actress who has delivered memorable performances in both dramas and musicals, is back on the stage this season in the British import Coram Boy at the Imperial Theatre.

An improbable powdered wig, resting uncertainly on the head of conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos, popped up from the orchestra pit of the Imperial Theatre on May 2, and we were suddenly, officially, off to 18th-century England for a chaotic, character-cluttered, nigh-on-three-hour ride with Coram Boy, accompanied by choral surges of Handel.

Principal casting has been announced for the New York production of Coram Boy, the hit National Theatre production that will begin previews at Broadway's Imperial Theatre April 16.

Playbill.com's series features brief chats with actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear from singing actress Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, who is currently starring in The York Theatre Company's critically acclaimed revival of Closer Than Ever.

Playbill.com's series features brief chats with actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear from singing actress Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, who is currently starring in The York Theatre Company's critically acclaimed revival of Closer Than Ever.

Nicholas Hytner, artistic director of the National Theatre, has revealed further plans for the 2009 season, including a new play by Alan Bennett that he will direct for a November premiere in the Lyttelton Theatre, as well as a new theatrical adaptation of Terry Pratchett's most recent novel, Nation, that Melly Still will direct as this year's family epic in the Olivier, also opening in November.

Two boys with disparate backgrounds meet in an English orphanage in Coram Boy, a gothic tale that explores humanity at its worst—and best.

Boyett Ostar Productions, led by producers Bob Boyett and Bill Haber, has renewed its partnership agreement with London's National Theatre.

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Hello, diva lovers. I'd like to dedicate today's column to one of the most gifted comedic actresses of her time, Madeline Kahn, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer last week. Kahn, who received a Tony Award for her riotous portrayal of Dr. Gorgeous Teitelbaum in Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig, was equally at home on the stage or on screen, earning Tony nominations for her work in In the Boom Boom Room, On the Twentieth Century and Born Yesterday while meriting Academy Award nominations for such screen roles as "Blazing Saddles" and "Paper Moon." Though difficult to choose from her eclectic array of characters, I think my favorite Kahn performance was in the aforementioned "Paper Moon" as the good-bone-structured Trixie Delight, opposite the father-and-daughter team of Ryan and Tatum O'Neill. The operatically-trained performer had the ability to make you laugh with a simple inflection of the voice, and she could also move you in both song and the spoken word. This unique, multi-talented actress will be much missed. In lieu of flowers, Kahn's family asks that donations be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (One Penn Plaza, Suite 1610, New York, NY 10001).

Hello, diva lovers. I'd like to dedicate today's column to one of the most gifted comedic actresses of her time, Madeline Kahn, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer last week. Kahn, who received a Tony Award for her riotous portrayal of Dr. Gorgeous Teitelbaum in Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig, was equally at home on the stage or on screen, earning Tony nominations for her work in In the Boom Boom Room, On the Twentieth Century and Born Yesterday while meriting Academy Award nominations for such screen roles as "Blazing Saddles" and "Paper Moon." Though difficult to choose from her eclectic array of characters, I think my favorite Kahn performance was in the aforementioned "Paper Moon" as the good-bone-structured Trixie Delight, opposite the father-and-daughter team of Ryan and Tatum O'Neill. The operatically-trained performer had the ability to make you laugh with a simple inflection of the voice, and she could also move you in both song and the spoken word. This unique, multi-talented actress will be much missed. In lieu of flowers, Kahn's family asks that donations be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (One Penn Plaza, Suite 1610, New York, NY 10001).