Hamlet Videos & Multimedia

STAGE TUBE: Meet the Cast of Old Globe's 2013 Shakespeare Festival

The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the 2013 Shakespeare Festival. Festival Artistic Director Adrian Noble returns to San Diego for his fourth and final year of Festival programming. The internationally acclaimed director will helm productions of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Tom Stoppard's classic farce, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Laurence Olivier Award-nominated director Ian Talbot will make his Old Globe debut with the enduring Shakespeare favorite A Midsummer Night's Dream. The 2013 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, runs June 2 - Sept. 29. Subscription tickets from $66 to $270. Single tickets start at $29. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Brady Tutton and More at Drury Lane Theatre's OLIVER! Opening Night

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, begins its exciting 2013 season with a grand scale production of the Tony Award-winning musical OLIVER!, running through June 2, 2013. Click below to watch interviews with the cast and creative team on opening night! (more...)

BWW TV: TAI CHI HERO Trailer Released!

Lu Chan (Jayden Yuan) is on the verge of acceptance in Chen Village, but the cozy Hamlet still stands in the shadow of danger. A prodigal brother returns, Lu Chan brings a curse on the town, and Yuniang's scorned fiancee has an appetite for revenge, as well as some new partners in crime. The second in a trilogy from the creators of IP MAN and DETECTIVE DEE, action directed by the legendary Sammo Hung, TAI CHI HERO is a steampunk-infused kung fu throwdown that will knock you out of your seat. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Meet The National Arts Centre's 2013-14 Acting Ensemble!

During the launch of the 2013-14 National Arts Centre English Theatre season, Artistic Director Jillian Keiley introduced the members of the new season's acting ensemble. Watch the video below to hear the actors' thoughts on the upcoming season! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Vaquero Playground's FROM DENMARK WITH LOVE

Vaquero Playground presents its May production: the World Premiere of From Denmark With Love by John J King, a mash-up parody of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ian Fleming's Bond...James Bond. Click below to watch a teaser trailer for the show! (more...)

BWW TV: First Look at Goodman Theatre's MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls presents the revival of the rarely-produced Measure for Measure-William Shakespeare's 'last comedy and his blackest-pitched' in which the 'unquenchable influence of sex in society is a central theme' (New York Times). This production marks Falls' first return to Shakespeare's work since his critically-acclaimed 2006 revival of King Lear, starring Stacy Keach in the title role. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights of the production below. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Berkeley Rep's FALLACI World Premiere

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright premieres his new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It is a fictional play about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci. Don't miss this sizzling new script, which is directed by Oskar Eustis, stars Concetta Tomei and Marjan Neshat, and features an incredible team of designers. The 65th world premiere presented by Berkeley Rep, Fallaci is currently in previews in the Roda Theatre and opens March 13, running through April 21. Below, check out a sneak peek at FALLACI, Berkeley Rep's new world premiere about one of the first rock stars of modern journalism! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Artistic Director Tony Taccone Introduces FALLACI at Berkeley Rep

Even as his latest book attracts international attention, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright premieres his new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. A reporter renowned for his work with The New Yorker - and the bestselling author behind The Looming Tower and Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief - Wright is also the playwright who penned My Trip to al Qaeda and The Human Scale. Now he debuts a fictional play about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci. Don't miss this sizzling new script, which is directed by Oskar Eustis, stars Concetta Tomei and Marjan Neshat, and features an incredible team of designers. The 65th world premiere presented by Berkeley Rep, Fallaci begins previews in the Roda Theatre on March 8, opens March 13, and runs through April 21. Below, watch a video of Artistic Director Tony Taccone introducing the play! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Meet the Cast of Old Globe's PYGMALION

The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team of its 100th anniversary production of the George Bernard Shaw classic Pygmalion. Starring Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard (The Invention of Love, Born Yesterday) as Professor Henry Higgins and Charlotte Parry (The Importance of Being Earnest, The Real Thing) as Eliza Doolittle, the production coincides with the 100th anniversary of Pygmalion's 1913 premiere in Vienna, Austria. Directed by Nicholas Martin (Butley, Present Laughter), Pygmalion will run on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, Jan. 12 - Feb. 17, 2013. Preview performances run Jan. 12 - Jan. 16. Opening night is Thursday, Jan. 17 at 8:00 p.m. Meet the cast in the video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Mandy Bruno and the Cast of Maltz Jupiter's THE MUSIC MAN Spoof 'U Can't Touch This'

In the video below, the cast of The Music Man at The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, featuring Broadway's Mandy Bruno, star of the show Matt Loehr and more, gets down in this hilarious video spoof of MC Hammer's 'U Can't Touch This.' Click below! The show just closed on December 16th. (more...)

VIDEO: 'Homeland' Star Mandy Patinkin Visits COLBERT

Homeland star Mandy Patinkin stopped by the THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central last night to discuss his hit Showtime series. Colbert grilled the actor on the issue of terrorism, and even asked the Broadway vet if his character ever feels like bursting out into lyrics from the classic musical Gypsy; 'Don't tell me not to live, just sit and putter.' Check out the interview below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Yale Rep's DEAR ELIZABETH - Backstage and Highlights!

Yale Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Sarah Ruhl's DEAR ELIZABETH, a play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again, directed by Les Waters, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street), November 30-December 22. Opening Night is tonight, December 6. The cast of DEAR ELIZABETH is Mary Beth Fisher and Jefferson Mays. Click below to go backstage with the stars, plus watch highlights from the show! (more...)

VIDEO: Damian Lewis Chats Patinkin, Sondheim on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE

Damian Lewis appeared on last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE on ABC and chatted about his Broadway experiences in Hamlet as well as his starring role in the award-winning Showtime drama 'Homeland' opposite Tony-Award winner Mandy Patinkin. The actor recalled a day on the set in which Patinkin caught him humming a tune from the Sondheim classic 'Into The Woods', and soon found himself singing a duet with the Broadway vet! Check out the interview below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Mandy Bruno, Matt Loehr and More Backstage at Maltz Jupiter Theater's THE MUSIC MAN

In the video below, go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team of Maltz Jupiter Theater's THE MUSIC MAN, featuring Broadway's Mandy Bruno and star of the show Matt Loehr. The show runs tomorrow, November 27 through Sunday, December 16 (more...)

VIDEO: Trailer for BBC America's New Winter Programming

BBC AMERICA announces the premiere dates for three brand new series coming to the network this winter. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury Talk Australia's DRIVING MISS DAISY

Five-time Tony AwardŽ and three-time Academy AwardŽ nominee Angela Lansbury, two-time Tony AwardŽ winner and Academy AwardŽ winner James Earl Jones, and just announced Four-time Tony AwardŽ winner Boyd Gaines are coming together in Brisbane in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic play Driving Miss Daisy. Check out the video below of James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury talking about the show. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 10/7- Alfred Drake

Happy Birthday, Alfred Drake! He is best known for his leading roles in the original Broadway productions of Oklahoma!; Kiss Me, Kate; Kismet; and for playing Marshall Blackstone in the original production of Babes in Arms, (in which he sang the title song) and Hajj in Kismet, for which he received the Tony Award. His 1964 stage performance as Claudius in the Richard Burton Hamlet was filmed live on the stage of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. His final stage appearance in a musical was in 1973 as Honore LaChaisse in Lerner and Loewe's Gigi. Two years later he starred in a revival of The Skin of Our Teeth. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 10/4- Liev Schreiber

Happy Birthday, Liev Screiber! Schreiber's performance as Ricky Roma in the 2005 Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross", directed by Joe Mantello, earned him his first Tony Award. He was again a Tony nominee for his portrayal of Barry Champlain in the 2007 Broadway revival of Eric Bogosian's "Talk Radio", directed by Robert Falls, Other stage work includes The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of "Macbeth", in the lead role opposite Jennifer Ehle, directed by Moises Kaufman; "Iago"; "Hamlet"; "Henry the V"; and "Cymbeline". (more...)

BWW TV: Meet SPIDER-MAN's New Green Goblin- Robert Cuccioli!

Broadway star Robert Cuccioli, best known for his Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle winning and Tony-nominated performance as the star of Jekyll and Hyde, is starring in another dual role in his long-anticipated return to Broadway: Norman Osborn / The Green Goblin in Broadway's SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark. Meet Broadway's newest villain in the video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Kenneth Branagh Stars in PBS's WALLANDER

The Kenneth Branagh-led PBS drama WALLANDER: AN EVENT IN AUTUMN returns for its third season on Sunday, September 9 at 9:00/8:00c. WALLANDER is based on the bestselling mystery series by Henning Mankell On MASTERPIECE Mystery! Get a sneak peek below! (more...)