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My Brilliant Friend tells the story of Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman who discovers the most important friend in her life, Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo, seems to have disappeared with a trace. A writer, immersed in a house full of books, Greco turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their tempestuous friendship, starting from the point when Elena met Lila their first year of primary school in 1950.

Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives as she tries to describe the mystery of Lila, Elena's brilliant friend and

CAP UCLA Presents Max Richter Photo CAP UCLA Presents Max Richter
by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2019

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Max Richter on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall. Tickets for $28a?"$59 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box office....


& JULIET, Starring Lorna Courtney, Betsy Wolfe, Stark Sands and More, Will Open on Br Photo & JULIET, Starring Lorna Courtney, Betsy Wolfe, Stark Sands and More, Will Open on Broadway This October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 07, 2022

Currently playing a long-awaited pre-Broadway engagement in Toronto, & Juliet will transfer directly to Broadway, with previews beginning October 28, 2022 ahead of a November 17, 2022 opening at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Tickets are available now!...


THE FAREWELL, MARRIAGE STORY, WAVES Among Nominees for the 2019 GOTHAM AWARDS - See F Photo THE FAREWELL, MARRIAGE STORY, WAVES Among Nominees for the 2019 GOTHAM AWARDS - See Full List!
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 24, 2019

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation's premier member organization of independent storytellers, announced today the nominees for the 29th Annual IFP Gotham Awards. Ten competitive awards will be presented to independent features and series. In addition to the competitive awards, Gotha...


Photos: See New Production Shots From WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION At County Hall Photo Photos: See New Production Shots From WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION At County Hall
by A.A. Cristi - October 06, 2022

New photos have been released on the fifth anniversary of Agatha Christie’s Witness for  the Prosecution at London County Hall. The production’s eighth cast have now started  performances in the acclaimed production at the iconic London County Hall building where the play takes place.  ...


Rose Theatre Reopens and Announces Spring 2021 Season Photo Rose Theatre Reopens and Announces Spring 2021 Season
by Stephi Wild - December 08, 2020

Rose Theatre reopened its doors to audiences last week following the end of the second national lockdown and has announced several upcoming shows for spring 2021....


CAP UCLA Presents Max Richter Photo CAP UCLA Presents Max Richter
by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2019

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Max Richter on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall. Tickets for $28a?"$59 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box office....


Eighth Cast Announced For WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Agatha Christie's At London Cou Photo Eighth Cast Announced For WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Agatha Christie's At London County Hall
by Stephi Wild - September 02, 2022

As this iconic production approaches its fifth anniversary, producers Eleanor Lloyd and Rebecca Stafford have announced the eighth cast to join Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution. ...


HBO and RAI Renew MY BRILLIANT FRIEND Photo HBO and RAI Renew MY BRILLIANT FRIEND
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 30, 2020

HBO and RAI have renewed the drama series MY BRILLIANT FRIEND for a third season, it was announced today by Francesca Orsi, EVP HBO Programming and Eleonora Andreatta, Rai head of Drama....


Sphinx Theatre Announces Major Opportunity For Female Playwrights For Company's 30th Photo Sphinx Theatre Announces Major Opportunity For Female Playwrights For Company's 30th Anniversary
by Stephi Wild - April 15, 2020

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established and a leading women's theatre company, has announced Sphinx 30, a major new writing programme for female playwrights to mark the company's 30th anniversary....


Final Casting Announced For THE SEVEN POMEGRANATE SEEDS at Rose Theatre Photo Final Casting Announced For THE SEVEN POMEGRANATE SEEDS at Rose Theatre
by Stephi Wild - September 30, 2021

Shannon Hayes will join the previously announced Niamh Cusack in the world premiere of Colin Teevan's The Seven Pomegranate Seeds directed by Melly Still.  This will be the second Rose Original production in Christopher Haydon's inaugural season as Rose Theatre's Artistic Director....


Theatre Collingwood to Offer Drama Education Course for Seniors Photo Theatre Collingwood to Offer Drama Education Course for Seniors
by Marissa Tomeo - March 04, 2022

Theatre Collingwood has announced their newest drama education program- for seniors! If you have a story to tell, or simply wish to lift someone else’s story off the page, this six-week workshop may be just the opportunity you need to “regain your authentic voice” and “find an audience”. ...


Casting Announced For ARMS AND THE MAN at the Orange Tree Theatre Photo Casting Announced For ARMS AND THE MAN at the Orange Tree Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 19, 2022

The Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast for Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, marking Paul Miller's final production as Artistic Director, following his lauded rediscoveries of Shaw's other early plays How He Lied to Her Husband, Misalliance and The Philanderer. Miller directs Kemi Awoder...


Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley-Led ROMEO & JULIET Will Air on PBS This Spring Photo Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley-Led ROMEO & JULIET Will Air on PBS This Spring
by Nicole Rosky - January 25, 2021

The National Theatre's new filmed version of Romeo & Juliet for television is coming soon! The play was originally to have played to theatre audiences in the NT's Olivier auditorium from Summer 2020....


Rose Theatre Kingston To Appoint An Artistic Director As The Company's Creative Lead Photo Rose Theatre Kingston To Appoint An Artistic Director As The Company's Creative Lead
by Stephi Wild - September 23, 2019

Rose Theatre Kingston today announces that Chief Executive Robert O'Dowd and the Board have decided to appoint an Artistic Director as the creative lead for the company. This new appointment comes after the decision of Jerry Gunn to step down as Executive Producer. The role will be advertised this w...


Audra McDonald, Renée Elise Goldsberry & More Nominated For TV Critics Choice Awards Photo Audra McDonald, Renée Elise Goldsberry & More Nominated For TV Critics Choice Awards
by Michael Major - December 06, 2022

Audra McDonald, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christine Baranski, Daniel Radcliffe, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Carol Burnett, John Lithgow, Andrew Garfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Annie Potts, James Marsden, Chris Perfetti, and more have been nominated for TV Critics Choice Awards....


Photo Flash: First Look at MY BRILLIANT FRIEND at the National Theatre Photo Photo Flash: First Look at MY BRILLIANT FRIEND at the National Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2019

Following a sell-out run at Rose Theatre Kingston, the acclaimed two-part adaptation of Elena Ferrante's MY BRILLIANT FRIEND by April De Angelis is reworked for the Olivier stage by Melly Still. Niamh Cusack and Catherine McCormack return to the roles they originated as Lenu and Lila....


Billy Howle Joined By Niamh Cusack and Mirren Mack in HAMLET at Bristol Old Vic; Full Photo Billy Howle Joined By Niamh Cusack and Mirren Mack in HAMLET at Bristol Old Vic; Full Cast Announced
by Stephi Wild - September 01, 2022

The full cast of Bristol Old Vic's Autumn headline production Hamlet has been announced, bringing together some of the hottest young talent and theatrical heavyweights for a visceral new production running from 13 Oct - 12 Nov....


GIN CRAZE! Will Be Performed at Royal & Derngate Next Month Photo GIN CRAZE! Will Be Performed at Royal & Derngate Next Month
by Stephi Wild - June 22, 2021

Two lovers, each with hidden secrets, struggle to prosper as gin hawkers. At a time in the 18th century when the average Briton drank 1.5 litres of gin every day, women were being locked up in cells to sober up and disorder was breaking out on every street corner, panic spreads among the upper class...


Headlong and Century Films Partner With BBC Arts On UNPRECEDENTED: REAL TIME THEATRE Photo Headlong and Century Films Partner With BBC Arts On UNPRECEDENTED: REAL TIME THEATRE FROM A STATE OF ISOLATION
by Stephi Wild - April 09, 2020

BBC Arts has joined award-winning theatre company Headlong and BAFTA winning Century Films, as broadcast partner for Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation, a series of short, digital plays written and performed in isolation, which will be broadcast across the nation during lockd...


Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For MY BRILLIANT FRIEND at the National Theatre Photo Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For MY BRILLIANT FRIEND at the National Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 16, 2019

When the most important person in her life goes missing without a trace, Lenu Greco, now a celebrated author, begins to recall a relationship of more than 60 years. First meeting on the dangerous streets of post-war Naples, friends Lila and Lenu experience turbulent social and political change, from...


Apple TV+ Announces New FERRARI Racing Series From Oscar-Nominee Steven Knight Photo Apple TV+ Announces New FERRARI Racing Series From Oscar-Nominee Steven Knight
by Michael Major - July 13, 2022

Apple TV+ has announced a straight-to-series order for the electrifying new drama series “Ferrari,” inspired by bestselling book “Ferrari Rex” by Luca Dal Monte, named as “the definitive biography” on race car driver and visionary entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari. The series was created and written by Acad...


Kiran Landa Will Star In EXTINCT at Theatre Royal Stratford East Photo Kiran Landa Will Star In EXTINCT at Theatre Royal Stratford East
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2021

Theatre Royal Stratford East today announces that Kiran Landa will make her Stratford East debut and star in EXTINCT, a new one woman play written by April De Angelis and directed by Kirsty Housley.  ...


BWW Review: CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, Rose Theatre Photo BWW Review: CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, Rose Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 26, 2019

Selling millions of copies and adapted into a 2001 film, Louis de Bernieres' epic wartime novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is a literary tour de force. Now inventively, if not entirely faithfully, adapted for the stage by Rona Munro, it begins its new incarnation at the Rose Theatre....


WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Extends Until October 2023 Photo WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Extends Until October 2023
by Stephi Wild - November 02, 2022

An extension has been announced for Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution following the production's recent fifth anniversary.   Audiences will now be able to watch the trial of Leonard Vole at the magnificent London County Hall until 8 October 2023....


VIDEO: Watch a Behind-the-Scenes Look at MY BRILLIANT FRIEND on HBO Photo VIDEO: Watch a Behind-the-Scenes Look at MY BRILLIANT FRIEND on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - March 10, 2020

The cast and crew of My Brilliant Friend discuss how Elena and Lila's friendship will evolve and tease what's to come in season 2. Season 2 premieres Monday at 10pm....






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