Long-Awaited Title and Cover to Philip Pullman's First BOOK OF DUST Novel Revealed
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - July 05, 2017 A few months ago, BroadwayWorld helped spread the news about the fact that best selling author Philip Pullman had finished writing The Book of Dust, which fans of His Dark Materials have been anticipating for twelve years. We now have a title for book one, a summary, AND a cover!!! The book will ...
DOWNTON ABBEY's Michelle Dockery to Lead New Netflix Miniseries 'Godless'
by Caryn Robbins - July 25, 2016 'Downton Abbey' star Michelle Dockery will take on the female lead role in Netflix's upcoming mini-series GODLESS....
HEATHER by Dancing Brick Explores Relationship with Favorite Authors at EdFringe Next Week
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2017 What matters more, the storyteller or the story?...
Gate Theatre Adds Extra Performances for ASSATA TAUGHT ME
by Rebecca Russo - May 19, 2017 Gate Theatre, Notting Hill today announces, due to high demand, an additional six performances for its world premiere production of Kalungi Ssebandeke's debut play Assata Taught Me. The play tells the story of an imagined friendship between Assata Shakur, former Black Panther and the FBI's most wan...
ART OF MAKE BELIEVE: STAGING CHILDREN'S STORIES Exhibition on View at the National Theatre Gallery
by BWW News Desk - December 22, 2016 Theatre is an amazing way to tell stories. Art of Make Believe: Staging Children's Stories is a playful exhibition aimed at families with children aged 5-14 years and exploring how children's classic stories have been transformed into extraordinary theatre....
Breaking News: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Will Apparate to Australia
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2017 Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, have today confirmed the record-breaking production will open in early 2019 in Melbourne, Australia, exclusively and only at Melbourne's Princess Theatre....
UK Tour and NY Dates Announced for MR POPPER'S PENGUINS
by Liz Cearns - September 16, 2016 Kenny Wax Family Entertainment today announced Mr Popper's Penguins will be visiting 6 venues in the UK from the 27 September to 11 December prior to a West End Christmas season. The Penguins will also be sailing across the Atlantic for their US premiere at New York's renowned New Victory Theatre th...
M.T. Smith Releases 5-Part Dark Fantasy Book Series
by Tyler Peterson - August 27, 2015 Broadway performer, M.T. Smith (@AuthorMTSmith) is releasing the first book of his 5-part dark fantasy novel series, Cry The Fables. ...
DOWNTON ABBEY's Michelle Dockery to Star in THE SENSE OF AN ENDING Film
by Jessica Khan - August 06, 2015 Michelle Dockery is headed to the big screen after DOWNTON ABBEY ends....
Stage Veteran Russell Tovey Boards ABC's QUANTICO
by Tyler Peterson - June 03, 2016 After Jay Armstrong Johnson boarded the FBI drama at midseason, the show has now enlisted Broadway and West End alum Russell Tovey as a series regular for its second season, according to TVGuide....
UK Tour and NY Dates Announced for MR POPPER'S PENGUINS
by Liz Cearns - September 16, 2016 Kenny Wax Family Entertainment today announced Mr Popper's Penguins will be visiting 6 venues in the UK from the 27 September to 11 December prior to a West End Christmas season. The Penguins will also be sailing across the Atlantic for their US premiere at New York's renowned New Victory Theatre th...
Official: Clark, Stubbs & Andoh Join West, McTeer & Dockery In LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
by Carrie Dunn - September 04, 2015 In addition to the previously announced Michelle Dockery, Janet McTeer and Dominic West, the production will feature Adjoa Andoh, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Morfydd Clark, Edward Holcroft, Jennifer Saayeng and Una Stubbs....
Russell Tovey, Mark Bonnar & More Announced For QUEERS At Old Vic
by Marianka Swain - July 04, 2017 The Old Vic today announces casting for Queers, a series of eight monologues curated by Mark Gatiss. Staged on 28 and 31 July at The Old Vic, they mark 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 began the decriminalisation process for homosexuality between men. Queers celebrates some of the most...
Hackney Empire Announces Full Cast for SLEEPING BEAUTY
by Liz Cearns - October 04, 2016 Hackney Empire today announced the full cast of its brand new pantomime for 2016, Sleeping Beauty. The West End's leading lady Alexia Khadime (Wicked, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King) will be returning to the site of her stage debut to star as Princess Tahlia (Sleeping Beauty). She will be joined ...
Re-Reading THE GOLDEN COMPASS as an adult: Does the love last???
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - June 30, 2017 Growing up, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials was one of my all-time favorite series, surpassed only by The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. I read both series again and again. The books shattered and broke me, but also filled my heart and took me away on dangerous, captivating adventures....
BWW Review: SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, National Theatre
by Rona Kelly - October 12, 2017 Saint George and the Dragon is a story you likely heard as a child. 'He's a picture in a storybook,' notes one of the characters, 'But that's not who we are anymore'. Neither is the audience at the National Theatre. Harking back to a golden age of storytelling, Saint George and the Dragon falls on d...
Gary Beadle, Ian Gelder, Ben Onwukwe, and More Complete the Cast of THE TREATMENT at Almeida Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2017 Joining Aisling Loftus and Matthew Needham in THE TREATMENT will be Gary Beadle, Ian Gelder, Ben Onwukwe, Julian Ovenden, Ellora Torchia, Indira Varma, and Hara Yannas. The Treatment begins previews at the Almeida Theatre on Monday 24 April and runs until Saturday 10 June....
Cast Announced for THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE at Hampstead Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2017 Hampstead Theatre presents the world premiere of Nicholas Wright's The Slaves of Solitude directed by Jonathan Kent....
National Theatre Commissions Tonic Initiatives to Support Gender Equality in Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2017 Tonic has been commissioned by NT Director Rufus Norris and Executive Director Lisa Burger to support the NT in achieving its aspirations around equality and diversity....
Birmingham Repertory Theatre's New Installation #MadeAtTheREP Opens This Month
by Tyler Peterson - May 05, 2016 Birmingham Repertory Theatre's new family-friendly foyer installation #MadeAtTheREP opens this month, revealing the secrets and skills that lie behind the scenes....
HEATHER by Dancing Brick Explores Relationship with Favorite Authors at EdFringe Next Week
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2017 What matters more, the storyteller or the story?...
Full Cast Set for English Touring Theatre & York Theatre Royal's BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
by Tyler Peterson - March 11, 2016 The full cast is announced today for the first ever large-scale stage production of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel Brideshead Revisited, adapted by Bryony Lavery, touring this spring and summer in the 50th anniversary year of Waugh's death....
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Blackeyed Theatre's FRANKENSTEIN
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2016 Marking the 200th anniversary of the creation of Frankenstein, Blackeyed Theatre's brand new stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic horror masterpiece embarks on a five-month UK tour. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!...
Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville to Star in West End Transfer of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2017 Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic's 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville will reprise their roles in Richard Eyre's acclaimed production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night....
EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Q&A- Heather
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 21, 2017 BWW speaks to Thomas Eccleshare about bringing Heather to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.... |