Wednesday, August 8, 2012
New cast members will join the London company of Wicked at London's Apollo Victoria beginning Oct. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:50AM[SHARE]Full casting has been announced for the new production of Brandon Thomas' classic play Charley's Aunt at London's Menier Chocolate Factory, which begins performances Sept. 20 pri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AM[SHARE]Rachael Stirling will play the title role in a new contemporary adaptation of Medea for a new touring production, inheriting a role once memorably played by her mother, Diana Rigg, at London…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The world stage premiere production of Kieran Lynn's dark comedy An Incident at the Border is to transfer from London's Finborough Theatre to the Trafalgar Studios 2, beginning perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:21AM[SHARE]Tennessee Williams' rarely-seen autobiographical play Vieux Carre, recently produced at London's King's Head fringe theatre in Islington, is to transfer to Central London's C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:12AM[SHARE]I'm now in Edinburgh, where of course I'm seeing a ton of shows (some of which I'll be reviewing for The Stage). But I'm also doing two other things here: I'm holding seminars at Fringe Cent…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 3, 2012
Louise Dearman, who has previously played the role of Glinda in the London production of Wicked, is to take over as Elphaba, beginning performances Oct. 29 at the West End's Apollo Victo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM[SHARE]Billie Piper, best known for her role as the doctor's assistant on TV's "Doctor Who," will star in the world premiere of Lucy Prebble's The Effect at London's Natio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:50AM[SHARE]Full casting has been announced for the world premiere production of The Bodyguard that begins performances at the West End's Adelphi Theatre Nov. 6, prior to an official opening Dec. 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:26AM[SHARE]I can remember only too well the day I stood in Tower Records, a block from Lincoln Center on New York's Upper West Side, and turned to my friend Barry Kleinbort (a New York director and wri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The World Cities Culture Report 2012, an international survey of the cultural offerings of 12 cities from London and New York to Paris, Sydney, San Paolo, Mumbai and Tokyo, has found that Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Chichester Festival Theatre, the U.K. summer producing powerhouse currently represented in the West End by the transfers of Sweeney Todd, Singin' in the Rain and Yes Prime Minister, has …
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As theatrical models go, the example of a New York company called 13P, founded by a group of 13 "midcareer playwrights" seeking to break out of the cycle of "endless readings and new …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 27, 2012
A 20th anniversary gala will be held Oct. 14 at the West End's Novello Theatre for Mercury Musical Developments, the U.K. organization dedicated to promoting the craft of writing book, m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AM[SHARE]Phil Cornwell and Rhona Croker will join the West End cast of the National's production of One Man Two Guvnors, beginning performances Sept. 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:58AM[SHARE]Frances de la Tour, 2006 Tony Award winner for Featured Actress for her performance in the Broadway transfer of Alan Bennett's The History Boys from London's National Theatre, is ret…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 26, 2012
Will Power, U.S. performance poet, playwright and hip hop artist, has created a new hip hop version of Caliban's "The isle is full of noises" speech from The Tempest for the Ro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM[SHARE]The cast has been announced for the world premiere of Caryl Churchill's Love and Information, beginning performances Sept. 6 at London's Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, prior…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:36AM[SHARE]Final casting has been announced for the new production of Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval, which begins performances Sept. 17 prior to an official opening Sept. 27 at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:20AM[SHARE]The public editor of the New York Times Arthur S Brisbane, who deals with public complaints to the paper, recently wrote about the responses he's had to deal with to the paper's many critics…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Ben Forster has won the Andrew Lloyd Webber/ITV television search, "Superstar," to play the title role in the forthcoming UK arena stage tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:25PM[SHARE]Amongst the bill of performers set to appear at London's Matcham Room at the Hippodrome Casino in the coming months are Dionne Warwick, Maria Friedman, Adam Guettel, Ruthie Henshall, Ker…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM[SHARE]Will Eno's Thom Pain (based on nothing) will be revived at London's Print Room in Notting Hill, beginning performances Sept. 15 prior to an official opening Sept. 20, for a run throu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 24, 2012
David Birrell, who played Colonel Ricci in the Donmar Warehouse's 2010 production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion, is suing the theatre after losing the sight in his r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AM[SHARE]The new West End production of Neil Simon's 1972 vaudeville comedy The Sunshine Boys, starring Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths, may be headed to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM[SHARE]The last year or so has seen a number of women coming to the fore to take over the leadership of major venues, including the Donmar Warehouse (Josie Rourke), Tricycle (Indhu Rubasingham) and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 23, 2012
New York performance artist Penny Arcade, whose 20th anniversary revival of her show Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! (B!D!F!W!) recently played at London's Arcola Tent, is to transfer to Old…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 21, 2012
London's Gate Theatre will present the U.K. premiere of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Bruce Norris' Purple Heart. It will begin performances Feb. 28, 2013, prior to an official o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM[SHARE]The West End's Dreamboats and Petticoats, a rock 'n' roll jukebox musical that has been running at the Playhouse since 2010, is to shutter Aug. 4. It was originally booking throu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM[SHARE]Friday, July 20, 2012
A new U.K. tour of Hairspray will launch in 2013, beginning performances Feb. 11 at the Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays, starring Mark Brenton as Edna Turnblad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM[SHARE]Erica Whyman, currently chief executive and artistic director of Northern Stage in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is to join the Royal Shakespeare Company as deputy artistic director to Gregory Doran …
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