Keith Bartlett to Join WICKED as The Wizard from Julyby BWW News Desk - May 28, 2012Wicked, the hit musical now in its sixth year at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre, will welcome Keith Bartlett to the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from Monday 30 July. (more...)
BWW Reviews: LEANERFASTERSTRONGER, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, May 25 2012by Ruth Deller - May 26, 2012Chol Theatre and Sheffield Theatres offer an interesting take on the 2012 Olympics. (more...)
Photo Flash: KING'S RIVER Makes World Premiere at Medicine Show Theatreby BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012The world-premiere new play KING’S RIVER tells the intertwining stories of people living in a fictional small town in the American South, written by Andrew Rosenberg and Ean Miles Kessler and directed by David Delaney. KING’S RIVER opened on May 24 at the Medicine Show Theatre (549 West 52nd St., 3rd Floor) in Manhattan. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the production below! (more...)
Porters of Hellsgate Presents MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, 6/15-7/22by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012The Porters of Hellsgate present William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Charles Pasterna, running June 15 through July 22 at The Whitmore Theatre in North Hollywood. (more...)
Island Shakespeare Set for Immersive MUCH ADO - Directed by Punchdrunk's Thomas Keeby BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012Island Shakespeare will present an immersive celebration of Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING June 15 to July 1 on Roosevelt Island, NY. (more...)
Casting Announced for THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI in Chichester, Beg. June 29by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Keith Baxter, Michael Feast, William Gaunt, Joe McGann and Lizzie McInnerny are among those confirmed to appear alongside Henry Goodman in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, during Festival 2012. (more...)
Judi Dench on the Importance of Shakespeare in Schoolsby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012In a recent interview with BBC, Dame Judi Dench chatted about the importance of teaching Shakespeare in schools. Dench commented: " I would like to be doing a Shakespeare play every single night, and I do try to say a sonnet every day... Either it gives you goosebumps or it doesn't, and I heard this morning that some schools have stopped doing Shakespeare on the school curriculum." (more...)
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Frog & Peach Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Feat. Lenny Ciotti as Puckby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Starring Lenny Ciotti, Eric Doss, Amy Frances Quint, Erick Gonzalez and Jonathan Reed, Frog and Peach Theatre's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will play from April 26 to May 20, 2012 at the West End Theater, 263 West 86th St. Check out the production photographs below. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: KING'S RIVER Promo Video and Interview! Previews Tonight!by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012The world-premiere new play KING’S RIVER tells the intertwining stories of people living in a fictionAl Small town in the American South, written by Andrew Rosenberg and Ean Miles Kessler and directed by David Delaney. KING’S RIVER will begin previews May 23 prior to the official press opening of Thursday, May 24 at the Medicine Show Theatre (549 West 52nd St., 3rd Floor) in Manhattan.
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Stratford Shakespeare Festival to Host Shakespeare Symposium, 6/2by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012The Festival celebrates 60 years of excellence with a special symposium that will feature influential theatre artists and intellectuals in discussion about how Shakespeare’s work lends itself to a broad range of media, interpretations and settings. The event will be held at the Studio Theatre on June 2. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/22- Laurence Olivierby Stage Tube - May 22, 2012Happy Birthday, Laurence Olivier! Born in 1907, Olivier remains one of the most revered actors of the 20th century. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honour. Olivier's career as a stage and film actor spanned more than six decades and included a wide variety of roles, from the title role in Shakespeare's Othello and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night to the sadistic Nazi dentist Christian Szell in Marathon Man and the kindly but determined Nazi-hunter in The Boys from Brazil. Olivier played more than 120 stage roles: Richard III, Macbeth, Romeo, Hamlet, Othello, Uncle Vanya, and Archie Rice in The Entertainer. He appeared in nearly sixty films, including William Wyler's Wuthering Heights, Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca, Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake Is Missing, Richard Attenborough's Oh! What a Lovely War, and A Bridge Too Far, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Sleuth, John Schlesinger's Marathon Man, Daniel Petrie's The Betsy, Desmond Davis' Clash of the Titans, and his own Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III. (more...)
The Paley Center to Celebrate Christopher Plummer, 5/29by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012The Paley Center will celebrate Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award–winner Christopher Plummer’s television work (including Hamlet at Elsinore, Little Moon of Alban, and The Thorn Birds) on May 29 at 6pm. (more...)
Photo Flash: Emily Berrington, Darrell D'Silva et al. in CHILDREN'S CHILDREN at Almeidaby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012Jeremy Herrin directs the World Premiere of Matthew Dunster’s Children’s Children running at the Almeida now through 30 June 2012, with press night on 24 May. Designs are by Robert Innes Hopkins with lighting by Neil Austin and sound by Ian Dickinson. The cast comprises Emily Berrington (Effie), Beth Cordingly (Louisa), Darrell D’Silva (Michael), Trevor Fox (Gordon), John MacMillan (Castro) and Sally Rogers (Sally). See photos of the full cast on stage below! (more...)
9 US Premieres Plus URBAN Set for New Victory Theatre 2012-13 Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012The New Victory Theater will launch its 2012-13 season with the U.S. premiere of URBAN by Circolombia, an edgy, thrilling and inspiring circus featuring young Colombian performers who share their real-life stories through acrobatics, aerial work and tremendous feats of strength. URBAN, which was originally commissioned by Roundhouse London as part of CircusFest 2010, will run from October 12 through October 21. (more...)
Noah Stewart, Deborah Voigt and More Join Glimmerglass Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012The Glimmerglass Festival, the Central New York summer opera and musical company, has announced its full schedule for the 2012 season, including concert performances by Eric Owens, Deborah Voigt and Dolora Zajick. (more...)
THE SLUTS OF SUTTON DRIVE Are Set for The Finborough Theatre, London, 24 June to 9 Julyby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012As part of the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's Summer Season, acclaimed US playwright Joshua Conkel makes his UK debut with the world premiere of the darkly comic The Sluts of Sutton Drive, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited run of six Sunday and Monday performances from Sunday, 24 June 2012 to the 9th of July. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at Shakespeare Festival's OTHELLO!by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012Shakespeare Festival St. Louis will present a free production of OTHELLO from 5/25 to 6/17, 2012 at Shakespeare Glen, Forest Park nightly at 8pm with previews 5/23-24.
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BWW Reviews: 'Tommy (Tour)' Admiralspalst Berlinby Marcel Konrath - May 20, 2012Als Kind sieht Tommy Walker einen Mord mit an – mit verheerenden Auswirkungen. Durch dieses Trauma wird Tommy blind, taub und stumm. Er wird von vermeintlichen Freunden und sogar seiner Familie über Jahre misshandelt. Schließlich wird Tommy wie durch ein Wunder zum "Pinball Wizard" (Flipperkönig) und versammelt bald als Heilsbringer eine große Anhängerschaft um sich. Doch auch als Star nutzt man ihn aus. Als er das erkennt, beschließt er, alles radikal zu ändern... (more...)
Jackie Hoffman, Noah Racey and More Join Berkshire Theatre Group's Summer Castsby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012Berkshire Theatre Group today announced its acting ensemble for the Summer of 2012 with a mixture of Berkshire Theatre Group alumni, newcomers, up and coming talent and seasoned professionals. (more...)
Stacy Keach Champions Michigan Shakespeare Festivalby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, the official Shakespeare Festival of the State of Michigan, has announced that award winning actor Stacy Keach, regarded as perhaps America's greatest interpreter of the Bard's greatest roles, has given his support to the MSF mission and 2012 season. Currently starring on Broadway in John Robin Baitz’s Tony-nominated “Other Desert Cities,” the well known TV, stage, and film actor is excited to lend his voice to the Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s renewed outreach both in Michigan and the Midwest. (more...)
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