Friday, October 25, 2013
London's Donmar Warehouse has announced plans for the New Year, featuring new plays by Peter Gill and James Graham, plus a major Brian Friel revival. According to press materials, the se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM[SHARE]The longlist of potential nominees for this year's 59th Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been revealed. The shortlist of nominees will be announced Nov 8, prior to the awards ceremony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AM[SHARE]1984, a new stage adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece jointly written and co-directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, will transfer to London's Almeida Theatre, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 24, 2013
Lyric Hammersmith, London: "Your last meal - what would it be?" The Lyric Hammersmith's Secret Theatre season is now offering more tantalising clues on its website about the c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AM[SHARE]Shaftesbury Theatre, London: It's often said that they don't make them like they used to, but From Here to Eternity is a valiant, spirited attempt to do just that. The template is …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Additional late-night screenings will take place in New York City Oct. 23 for the highly anticipated cinema broadcast of the acclaimed London revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Rol…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PM[SHARE]Hairspray, the 2003 Tony winner for Best Musical that premiered on Broadway in 2002, will be revived in a brand-new production at the U.K.'s Curve in Leicester, beginning performances Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PM[SHARE]Grease 2 will be staged in concert for one night only at the West End's Lyric Theatre Jan. 27, 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:47AM[SHARE]The critically acclaimed West End revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman, is screened in cinemas across the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 22, 2013
London's Theare Royal Stratford East will revive Joan Littlewood's Oh What a Lovely War, beginning performances Feb. 1, 2014, prior to an official opening Feb. 11, for a run through …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:58AM[SHARE]Monday, October 21, 2013
The original cast recording for the musical Sleeping Arrangements, which premiered at London's Landor Theatre in April 2013, is released Oct. 21 by independent British label SimG Records.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:23AM[SHARE]The West End's Monty Python's Spamalot, currently running at the Playhouse Theatre, welcomes Michael Ball, who, beginning Oct. 21, plays God on screen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AM[SHARE]The U.K.'s Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has announced that global private equity firm Providence Equity Partners have become a major shareholder in the company, after successfully reac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:05AM[SHARE]Hippodrome, Birmingham: War Horse has already made it into the history books as the single most widely seen production in National Theatre history. Now, on the same weekend that its first fo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 20, 2013
Cush Jumbo, Janie Dee and Siân Phillips have won the top acting honors at the 2013 UK Theatre Awards, presented Oct. 20 at London's historic Guildhall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 18, 2013
The inaugural S&S Award for yet-to-be produced musicals will be presented Nov. 24 in an event being held at London's St. James Theatre, with songs from the winning entry being perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM[SHARE]Two-time Olivier winner Ruth Wilson, who can currently be seen in Disney's "Saving Mr. Banks" opposite Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, will star in the London premiere of The El. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AM[SHARE]The U.K. premiere of John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys begins performances at London's Young Vic Oct. 18 prior to an official opening Oct. 29 for a run that has now been…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The U.K. premiere of John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys begins performances at London's Young Vic Oct. 18 prior to an official opening Oct. 29 for a run that has now been…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 17, 2013
The recent, critically acclaimed West End revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman, will be screened Oct. 23 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM[SHARE]The original puppet horse of Joey from the West End production of War Horse has been acquired by the U.K.'s Victoria and Albert Museum, who will put it on display in the V&A's Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:14AM[SHARE]Adelphi Theatre, London: I welcomed The Bodyguard when it first arrived in the West End last November, and now that it has settled into a long, healthy run, re-visiting it confirms the smart…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Full casting has been announced for a new production of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago, which begins performances Nov. 29 at Leicester's Curve Theatre prior to an official openin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:53AM[SHARE]Choreographer Drew McOnie will launch his own theatre dance company, called the McOnie Company, whose first production Drunk will premiere at Leicester's Curve Theatre, beginning perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 15, 2013
A new U.K. tour of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's 2005 Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, starring Darren Day and "X Factor" semi-finalist Niki Ev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PM[SHARE]The Only Way is Downton, a solo show written and performed by Luke Kempner that was seen on the Edinburgh Fringe, is to transfer to the West End's Trafalgar Studios, beginning performanc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AM[SHARE]Let It Be, the Beatles tribute show that recently celebrated its first birthday at the West End's Savoy Theatre, has announced that it has now extended its run there through Feb. 8, 2014…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:58AM[SHARE]Rufus Norris has been appointed to succeed Nicholas Hytner as director of the National Theatre beginning in April 2015.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:54AM[SHARE]Rufus Norris has been appointed to succeed Nicholas Hytner as director of the National Theatre beginning in April 2015.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:54AM[SHARE]Scrooge, the musical by Leslie Bricusse that is based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and which last enjoyed a Christmas run at the London Palladium in 2012, has delaye…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:46AM[SHARE]Monday, October 14, 2013
On Oct. 15 Britain's National Theatre will announce the successor to Nicholas Hytner, who earlier this year announced that he would be stepping down as director of the theatre he has run…
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