Could a Larry David/Jerry Seinfeld Collaboration Appear on Broadway?

According to a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" interview, Jerry Seinfeld revealed that a "big, huge, gigantic" secret project is in the works with Larry David. That project is a play written by David which will Seinfeld will star, direct, or produce. Though no word on what exactly the play is or any timeline, it is rumored to be a priority for David.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is Broadway Bound

Based on the Mark Haddon best selling novel, the London hit The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will arrive on Broadway this Fall. The drama follows Christopher, fifteen year old kid with an antisocial disorder, who solves a neighborhood mystery and comes to a greater understanding of his own family. The play was the recipient of 7 Olivier Awards. What other British plays or musicals do you think should pond hop to Broadway?

Tupac Shakur Musical Coming to Broadway

The music of late rapper Tupac Shakur will be featured on Broadway in Holler If Ya Hear Me, set to debut at the Palace Theater on May 26. Directed by Kenny Leon, choreographed by Wayne Cilento, and featuring a book by Todd Kriedler, the musical is a non-biographical story about "friendship, family, revenge, change, and hope." How do you think Holler If Ya Hear Me will stack up with jukebox musicals of late? And what other musician's songbook do you think needs to done on Broadway?

Spotlight On...John Pastore

Name: John Pastore

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Education: B.A. - English Writing

Favorite Credits: Family of Strangers, Sidetracked

Why theater?: Because we have the opportunity to make a live audience uncomfortable in the best possible way. I love making a live audience think and / or cringe. Also, as a writer, theater affords me the luxury to maintain focus on a limited number of characters within one or two sets.

Tell us about Panic at the Riverside Motel?: What are your options when you are $50,000 short on an extravagant wedding? What happens when you've exhausted every avenue of help? Thankfully for Jake and Kaitlin, they have the opportunity to sell $50,000 worth of cocaine at the Riverside Motel. But things go wrong...immediately.

What inspired you to create Panic at the Riverside Motel?: I've always wanted to write a show that took place in a seedy motel. I think they're fun. I had the general idea in my head, but nothing else. A lot of things happen in these motels, so I felt my idea had potential. I eventually realized that combining the sleazy motel environment with desperation based on superficiality would naturally cause even more trouble for these characters. It felt very comfortable.

What kind of theater speaks to you? What or who inspires you as an artist?: The best theater for me makes you think, even if it's a comedy. The audience should be able to sit there and put themselves in whatever position a character is in, and just wonder..."what would I do?" My first inspiration was Sam Shepard. I read a lot of his plays in college, and they were the first ones that I related to. After that, I felt I had permission to write my own plays.

If you could work with anyone you’ve yet to work with, who would it be?: High hopes here: Melissa Leo, Ethan Hawke

What show have you recommended to your friends?: Revivals of Waiting for Godot and True West

Who would play you in a movie about yourself and what would it be called?: Edward Norton- “Hanging By A Thread”

What’s your biggest guilty pleasure?: WWE Wrestling! Been a fan since I was a kid!

If you weren’t working in theater, you would be _____?: Back in the office job that I quit.

What’s up next?: I just finished a script that I'm considering turning into a short film. It's pure comedy.

Spotlight On...Maria Riboli

Name: Maria Riboli

Hometown: I was born and raised in Pesaro, a small town on the Adriatic sea in Italy. I toured the Old Boot a lot back then, working with different shows, and in 1998 I arrived in NYC and I finally felt at home. The moment I arrived in New York I knew I belonged here. The energy of the city fed my mind and my soul. I feel very thankful to live in such an amazing place. I’m inspired every day.

Education: I graduated from the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in NYC, but I’ve always felt very lucky because since I started in this business as a child, I had many opportunities to study with some amazing teachers from all over the world, from experimental theater, to the Japanese “Theater No”, to the Russian masters of the Theater Academy “Viera Kamissergevscaia”, to the physical Grotovsky technique with Ceasar Brie, to the Theatre du Soleil from Paris, just to name a few.

Favorite Credits: Every show I do, whether I’m acting in it or directing it, holds a very special place in my heart. But there are a few who truly stand out in my memory. The first one is BAAAHHH!!!, a satirical comedy that I directed and also acted in. It was bizarre look at bureaucracy that at the end would leave the audience feeling like it could actually happen to them as well. I did the show at the Fringe Festival here in NY and then we extended for a full month in the theater district. After that, I was able to bring the show to London at the Pleasance Theater. Two other shows that I hold dear to my heart are Want & Need a romantic comedy from a male point of view. I directed and acted in that one as well. We had a sold out run here in NY in November 2012, and right after that I directed Family of Strangers written by John Pastore. It was another sold out run here in NY. It was a very compelling drama that touched the audience deeply.

Why theater?: Because there’s nothing like a live audience. In an era where human contact is limited to ‘poking’ someone on FB, I find the reward of hearing an audience laugh, cry and cheer for the characters they meet for just an hour or so, absolutely magical. The power of being able to connect to someone you’ve never met before and who you might never meet or see again, but being able to move them in some way, for me is priceless.

Tell us about Panic at the Riverside Motel?: Panic at the Riverside Motel is a fast paced dark comedy that will keep you on the edge of your seat…unless you will fall off of it, laughing…It’s a very powerful show that will make you laugh out loud and cheer for all the wrong reasons.

What inspired you to direct Panic at the Riverside Motel?: When I read the script, I immediately had a vision for it. I could see the characters and the place they were at. I could ‘feel’ them. I want this to be a wild ride for the audience as much as it is for the characters. I want the audience to leave the theater laughing and wondering if maybe they shouldn’t be laughing at this situation…I want them to talk about the ending and figure out if they are happy for the characters or if they wish it would have gone in a different direction…No matter what, I always want the audience to think. John Pastore’s writing is very inspiring to me. This is the second production I've worked on with him and his words always spark creativity in me. I was also blessed to find some amazing actors to bring this great show to life, and they’ve been inspiring me every day in the rehearsal room. I’ve been known for being a director that will push my actors to their limits…I always do that…because I want them to see that they have none. I’m extremely proud of the very hard work they put into it. And I cannot wait for all of you to see them!

What kind of theater speaks to you? What or who inspires you as an artist?: I like anything that will make me think, that will inspire me. I love to be surprised in art. I have deep respect for creativity. I’m inspired by life. I’m a Method actress myself and a “Method director”, I love to go deep with the emotion. I never stop at the first layer. Passion inspires me as well - To see in people that undivided love for something. The moment I feel someone’s heart beating with hope and vision for something they love…that inspires me.

If you could work with anyone you’ve yet to work with, who would it be?: Sir Ian McKellen would be on top of list.

What show have you recommended to your friends?: Many different ones depending on what they are in the mood for. I have to say if they ask me for a musical The Book of Mormon is the first one I suggest. I loved to see something so not-Broadway on a sold out, laugh-out-loud, Broadway theater! Very refreshing!

Who would play you in a movie about yourself and what would it be called?: Oh my…I’m gonna go with Cate Blanchett in “Nothing to lose”

What’s your biggest guilty pleasure?: Not sure I can disclose that.

If you weren’t working in theater, you would be _____?: Wondering how it all went wrong…

What’s up next?: I have a couple of short films on my plate that I will direct and another one that I’ll be starring in. But you can follow me here www.mariariboli.com trust me it’s a pretty interesting ride.

Spotlight On...Tim Eliot

Name: Tim Eliot

Hometown: Pembroke, New Hampshire. The woods.

Education: I got my undergrad degree at Yale, and spent a semester of that studying at the Moscow Art Theater. I went back to Moscow and trained with more Russians during grad school at the ART/MXAT Institute at Harvard.

Favorite Credits: I loved playing Hamlet a few years ago, directed by my great teacher, David Hammond, and when I was in Moscow in 2009, I got to play Walsingham in Pushkin's Little Tragedies, which is a fantastically mind-bending, heart-exploding piece. I've been having a blast directing in the past few years. Romeo and Juliet in a taxi garage, a half-open-air Much Ado at the cell this summer. I've been dabbling in film, too, and I'm in awe of the efficiency and expertise of a great set. My two-day bit part on "Boardwalk Empire" was glorious.

Why theater?: Why not theater, right!? Uh, I got hooked in high school after I experimented with improv and being a bit girly. Got to be hammy and deep at the same time, hang out with the funniest weirdos.. And then in college, I got really sucked in discovering the rich history and theory of theater. Schechner, Brook, Soyinka, Brecht. Directed the Undergrad Shakespeare Company for a while, played Tamora, Romeo, Horatio, and directed Merchant. I've never made much money, but there's a value in doing this thing that so wildly surpasses our ability to monetize it. All we can do is charge admission, but everyone knows how endlessly valuable play is.

Tell us about Suicide!??: I've never actually seen this play, but when I first read it aloud, I knew that I had to be a part of a production some day. First, it's just effing funny. It's audacious, right, to write a comedy about a potential suicide and just call it Suicide. Erdman had balls, theatrically and politically. The play was shut down several times and never officially produced in Russia until the 90's. It just savaged orthodox Communist thought, so it was continually censored. That's the other part that I love: it takes apart so many illusions we have about our political and philosophical convictions. So it's dark, dark, dark, and yet it inspires such fun and joy and togetherness. I've been laughing to tears every day and had such a blast with this cast. We're all busting our asses to make it as good as possible, and even though the material is real and heavy and difficult emotionally, we're having so much fun.

What inspired you to direct Suicide!??: I think the intensity of the media rampup to the 2012 election got me really thinking about this play, and what it asks us about what we believe in and why. What would you die for? An end to war? An end to poverty? Misogyny, homophobia? Would you be willing to die if you knew it would make the world a better place for everyone else? Now, would you be willing to let someone else die for it? Rediscovering the Interart Annex space made us all really excited. It's a play about people on the edge, living illegally, and this space is both incredibly raw and beautifully theatrical.

What kind of theater speaks to you? What or who inspires you as an artist?: I love theater that really connects with both our primal eldest fascinations, fears, and desires, and with what's going on in our culture. I got really excited about the possibility of directing Romeo and Juliet in an incredibly divided community next summer. I mean, really, who needs that play the most? Who has the most to bring to it and the most to take away? So theater of any kind that engages with its source material fully and asks how that matters to contemporary culture, and then takes that into a wildly imaginative realm. Kama Ginkas has a production of Black Monk, a Chekhov short story about a young mathematician losing his mind, on a thrust stage that's populated with a field of peacock feathers. As the actors work through the story, they lazily pull at or angrily demolish the field. It's a breathtaking metaphorical gesture. Sumptuous, elegant, simple, and devastating.

If you could work with anyone you’ve yet to work with, who would it be?: Wow, a whole ton of people. Bob Woodruff, Kama Ginkas, Steve McQueen, Janosz Szasz, Dmitri Krymov, John Tiffany, P.T. Anderson, Rebecca Miller (are you all paying attention, please!?). I'd also love to direct some of my favorite actors, you know? Tilda Swinton, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Day-Lewis!

What show have you recommended to your friends?: I got a few people to check out Krymov's Opus No. 7 when it came to St. Ann's. The second act of that made me love theater again. I've always been a fan of Nick Jones, and I really hope his Trevor comes back to New York. If it does, don't miss it!

Who would play you in a movie about yourself and what would it be called?: I'm told constantly that I look like James McAvoy, although I'd prefer a Baldwin brother. Really, I would only demand that the title be "Cowboy Shakespeare".

What’s your biggest guilty pleasure?: Ugh, Facebook. Sucks me in, and I love seeing pictures of friends, but it's bad for my left parietal cortex.

What’s the most played song on your iPod?: Oohhhh, the dirty secrets! “Skating” by Vince Guaraldi or “Valerie” by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse.

If you weren’t working in theater, you would be _____?: Hopefully teaching people to ski or meditating a lot.

What’s up next?: On Saturday I start rehearsals for MacBeth with the Shelter Theater Group, directed by Julia Campanelli. Careena Melia and I will be playing Lady M and MacBeth, and we're doing it in St. Theresa's Church in the LES. It's a huge, active Catholic Church, and we're running January 26th-30th. Lots of current and alums of Sleep No More and the ART/MXAT Institute at Harvard. If you like immersive, site-specific, and/or Shakespeare, come check it out!

Spider-Man Costume to Smithsonian

It certainly is history! Reeve Carney's costume from Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark will be inducted to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.  The iconic costume was designed by Tony nominated costume designer Eiko Ishioka and specifically fitted for the original star. Spider-Man will turn off the dark on Broadway on September 4th. What other iconic Broadway costumes do you think should be honored at the Smithsonian?