• In development: A new one-act play entitled Reportage, scheduled to begin workshopping Fall 2007. -- (tAB)

Reportage, hmm? I wonder if Simon was a consultant in the writing of this one aldfasjk. Fall 07. That would be just when all of Randy's plays end, right? Should we hope he'll be in this new one, too?

• Also, new Playbill announcement for Cuckoo.

Harrison and Hamilton Will Fly Over the Cuckoo's Nest at Berkshire Theatre Festival

By Adam Hetrick
21 Jun 2007

The Berkshire Theatre Festival will present Dale Wasserman's 1963 drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest July 10-28 with an official opening set for July 13.

As previously announced, Jonathan Epstein will star as Randall Patrick McMurphy, Linda Hamilton (known for her work in the "Terminator" action films and BTF's Night of the Iguana) as Nurse Ratched and Randy Harrison (Showtime's "Queer As Folk" and the recent Guthrie production of The Glass Menagerie) as Billy Bibbit. The cast will also include Ron Bagden, Crystal Bock, Austin Durant, Jerry Krasser, Tommy Schrider, Robert Serrell, E. Gray Simons III and Anthony Stockard.

Adapted from Ken Kesey's novel about life in a mental institution, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was made into a successful film starring Jack Nicholson.

Tickets are $37 to $64. Contact the BTF box office at (413) 298-5576 or visit www.berkshiretheatre.org


• Gayest Sounding Teevee Show: MTV's improve show, Wild & Out.

• And now I'm off to make the bestest lasagna with extra ricotta. Ohhh, ricottaaaaaa... *Homer slobber sounds*