Jeremy Sams News

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, adapted for the stage from the MGM Motion Picture by Jeremy Sams and Ray Broderick with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman will open at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from the 16th of November. The show will be directed in Australia by Roger Hodgman and features sets and costumes by renowned English designer Anthony Ward. (more...)

THE WIZARD OF OZ, featuring Sophie Evans as Dorothy and Russell Grant as The Wizard, ust celebrated 500 performances at the London Palladium. Check out a photo of the cast on the big day, as featured on the show's official website! (more...)

Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and René Pape in New Production of Gounod’s Faust on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances at the Met, Sunday, May 13 at 12 p.m. on PBS stations, with director Des McAnuff in his Met debut, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the classic opera for the first time at the Met, Three of the opera world’s leading stars—Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and René Pape—sing the principal roles in a new production of Gounod’s Faust, directed by Tony Award winner Des McAnuff in his Met debut. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of the opera, which airs on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances at the Met Sunday, May 13 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). In New York, THIRTEEN will premiere the program Thursday, May 10 at 8:30 p.m. with an encore presentation Sunday, May 13 at 12:30 p.m. (more...)

Quintessence Theatre Group’s production of Jean Anouilh’s 1943 adaptation of Sophocles’ ANTIGONE, in a translation by Jeremy Sams, directed by Alexander Burns has been extended to April 1st. ANTIGONE has added performances on Friday, March 30th at 8pm, Saturday, March 31st at 8pm and will now close on Sunday, April 1st at 3pm at the Sedgwick Theate. To purchase tickets, visit www.QuintessenceTheatre.org or call 1.877.238.5596. (more...)

Quintessence Theatre Group continues its second season with Jean Anouilh’s 1943 adaptation of Sophocles’ ANTIGONE, in a translation by Jeremy Sams, directed by Alexander Burns. (more...)

Quintessence Theatre Group presents a one day only reading of Sophocles’ OEDIPUS CYCLE, directed by Alexander Burns. (more...)

Quintessence Theatre Group presents a one day only reading of Sophocles’ OEDIPUS CYCLE, directed by Alexander Burns. (more...)

Check out this new footage of THE WIZARD OF OZ at the London Palladium. It features Sophie Evans as Dorothy and Russell Grant as The Wizard, plus the two songs "We're Off to See the Wizard" and "The Land of Oz". (more...)

Quintessence Theatre Group continues its second season with Jean Anouilh’s 1943 adaptation of Sophocles’ ANTIGONE, in a translation by Jeremy Sams, directed by Alexander Burns. (more...)

Quintessence Theatre Group continues its second season with Jean Anouilh’s 1943 adaptation of Sophocles’ ANTIGONE, in a translation by Jeremy Sams, directed by Alexander Burns. (more...)

Original cast members Michael Crawford and Danielle Hope both recently departed the West End production of THE WIZARD OF OZ, and have been replaced by Over the Rainbow finalist Sopie Evans and Russell Grant and Dorothyand the Wizard respectively. Check out production images of the newcomers in action below! (more...)

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE WIZARD OF OZ is slated to have its North American premiere in Toronto in 2013. (more...)

It's now official that both Michael Crawford and Danielle Hope will both depart the West End production of THE WIZARD OF OZ on February 5, 2012. Both have been with the show since the beginning, and audiences had been following the yellow brick road over the rainbow to see Crawford (as the Wizard) and Danielle Hope (as Dorothy), winner of BBC TV's Over the Rainbow, at The London Palladium where the show began previews in early February and opened in March to great reviews. (more...)

Quintessence Theatre Group continues its second season with Jean Anouilh’s 1943 adaptation of Sophocles’ ANTIGONE, in a translation by Jeremy Sams, directed by Alexander Burns. (more...)

Anthony Roth Costanzo will sing the role of Prospero tonight in this season’s final performance of The Enchanted Island, replacing David Daniels, who is ill. (more...)

Anthony Roth Costanzo will sing the role of Prospero in The Enchanted Island tomorrow evening, January 28, replacing David Daniels, who is ill. Jeffrey Mandelbaum will replace Mr. Costanzo in the role of Ferdinand. (more...)

On Saturday, January 21 The Met: Live in HD series continues at the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre with a live simulcast of The Enchanted Island at 1pm. (more...)

Both Michael Crawford and Danielle Hope will both depart the West End production of THE WIZARD OF OZ on February 5, 2012. Both have been with the show since the beginning, and audiences had been following the yellow brick road over the rainbow to see Crawford (as the Wizard) and Danielle Hope (as Dorothy), winner of BBC TV's Over the Rainbow, at The London Palladium. But before they leave, the cast celebrated Crawford's 70th birthday at a recent curtain call. (more...)

The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in her highly anticipated first North American performances of the tour-de-force title role, will be the 2012 season opener of THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Friday, January 20 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (more...)

On Saturday, January 21 The Met: Live in HD series continues at the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre with a live simulcast of The Enchanted Island at 1pm. (more...)