Dr. Ruth looking for stage treatment

Dr. Ruth is going to be reimagined on stage this summer time on the planet premiere of "Dr. Ruth, Completely," a 1-hander starring Debra Jo Rupp (TV's "The Simpsons," "That '70s Show") and composed by Mark St. Germain ("Freud's Last Session"). Show will have on Barrington Stage's Stage 2 in Pittsfield, Mass., June 19-This summer 15 inside a production helmed with a.deb. Julianne Boyd. St. Germain's "Freud's Last Session," another counselor-centric tale, bowed at Barrington just before Off Broadway, in which the still-running production continues to be around the boards for any year . 5. "Dr. Ruth" marks the very first manufacture of BSC's New Works Initiative, by which playwrights and musical theater writing teams is going to be commissioned to create work that BSC will produce. Also around the BSC summer time slate may be the New England premiere of "Its Northern Border Pool" by Rajiv Frederick ("Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo"). The mental cat-and-mouse thriller in regards to a Middle Eastern student and the assistant senior high school principal, to become helmed by Giovanna Sardelli, runs This summer 26-August. 11 at BSC Stage 2. The 2nd stage will even feature the brand new England preem of Duncan Macmillan's two-character drama "Lung area," directed by Aaron Posner (May 23-June 10). Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theater Lab, under composer William Finn and Boyd, begins its seventh season having a workshop manufacture of garage rock musical "The Black Suits," which runs August. 16-Sept. 2. Music and lyrics are by Joe Iconis, having a book co-written with Robert Maddock. John Simpkins helms. Mainstage shows is going to be "Fiddler on the topInch (June 13-This summer 14) Arthur Miller's "The Cost," with Shaun McCarthy (This summer 19-August. 4) and Philip King's 1945 Brit farce "Observe How They Run" (August. 9-26), helmed by John Rando. Nigel William's stage adaptation of "The almighty from the Flies" runs March. 3-21. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

'Glee Project' gets second season

"The Glee Project" is officially getting a second verse, and Ryan Murphy will be on board for it. Though the reality series had begun casting for season two back in September, only now is the show finally getting the network-approved greenlight.Murphy and co-producer Dante Di Loreto were the last pieces the net needed to seal the deal, the net says - the former has been hard at work on "American Horror Story," which recently finished its first season on FX.The multi-city casting call for "Project" included Gotham, Chicago and Nashville and will include 14 contenders as opposed to season one's 12. The series is skedded to debut in the summer and will again offer a seven-seg arc on "Glee" to the winner.To be gin with, the series' ratings didn't exactly set the world on fire: ratings started off at a weak 455,000 total viewers and didn't break 1 million until its final episode. Still, ratings growth on the show had been steady and the show's season-long average came out to 1.19 million total viewers. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

Hallmark finishes Martha Stewart run

Martha Stewarts show, that is costly to create, won't carry on Hallmark Funnel beyond the finish of summer time. "The Martha Stewart Show" rarely is in around the air past this summer time, based on sources. This news was initially reported through the NY Publish. For some time, it appeared the Hallmark Funnel was practically becoming the Martha Stewart Network, however the lifestyle guru's live show, which first showed six years back, is placed to cease production in April and will not stick to the environment beyond the finish of summer time. The network and Stewart's company stated that this program was confirmed to complete the summer time which "MSLO and Hallmark Funnel have been in discussions about potential new programming and ideas for daytime," but individuals options must be more cost-effective compared to current model. The show is apparently very costly to create, and also the rankings gains Hallmark has seen around the program don't justify its ongoing existence. The block of programming being debated includes "Emeril's Table," "Mad Hungry" and "Martha Bakes." The network still plans to pay attention to lifestyle programming throughout the daytime, however with the pricey lease around the "Martha Stewart" studio set to run out this season, expect a really different slate to become given to marketers come upfront season. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com