VIDEO: First Look at Michael Urie in HAMLET at The Shakespeare Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - January 29, 2018 BroadwayWorld has a first look at The Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of HAMLET, directed by STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn and featuring acclaimed actor Michael Urie as the tortured Danish prince....
STUPID F**KING BIRD Comes to The Circuit Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2018 An aspiring young director rampages against the art created by his mother's generation. A desirable young actress wrestles with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist. And everyone discovers just how disappointing love, art, and growing up can be. This irreverent, contempo...
Anne Nolan To Star as The Fairy Queen in JACK & THE BEANSTALK at The Albert Halls
by Stephi Wild - July 08, 2018 Anne Nolan will lead the cast as The Fairy Queen in Jack & The Beanstalk at The Albert Halls, Bolton this summer!...
Photo Flash: Deafinitely Theatre & New Diorama Theatre present CONTRACTIONS
by A.A. Cristi - November 02, 2017 Artistic Director of Deafinitely Theatre, Paula Garfield, today announces a new, site-specific production of Mike Bartlett's play Contractions as the company marks its 15th anniversary. A co-production with New Diorama Theatre and staged on a disused trading floor at New Diorama's ND2, it will be De...
Maiden Phoenix and Simple Machine Present OR
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2017 Spy or poetess? Lust or love? Wrong or righteous? History or comedy? Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company and Simple Machine present the brilliant and bawdy Or, by Liz Duffy Adams, September 8 through 23 at the newly-opened black box at Chelsea Theatre Works in Chelsea, Massachusetts....
Cast Announced for World Premiere of Mike Bartlett's ALBION at Almeida Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2017 It's England really, isn't it? A climate without cloud and rain isn't honest....
Mark Lawson To Host Q&A With Olivier Award-Winning Mike Bartlett As NOT TALKING Opens At Arcola Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 01, 2018 As Mike Bartlett's first play Not Talking receives its world stage premiere at Arcola Theatre, Defibrillator and Arcola Theatre, today announce a post-show Q&A session with the Olivier Award-winning playwright. Journalist, Mark Lawson will host a post-show talk with Bartlett on Monday 14 May - the p...
Khalid Abdalla, Fisayo Akinade and More Will Star in the World Premiere Of SHIPWRECK At Almeida Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 23, 2018 Anne Washburn (The Twilight Zone, Mr Burns) returns to the Almeida with a sinister and sensational new play, directed by Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold....
Gwendoline Christie, Oliver Chris, David Moorst and Hammed Animashaun Will Lead Nicholas Hytner's Immersive A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - February 21, 2019 Gwendoline Christie, Oliver Chris, David Moorst and Hammed Animashaun lead the cast as Titania, Oberon, Puck and Bottom in Nicholas Hytner's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream which has its first performance in the Bridge Theatre's immersive format this summer on 3 June....
Breaking: Rupert Goold Will Bring Rupert Murdoch Play, INK, to Broadway in 2019
by Nicole Rosky - April 30, 2018 Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have just announced the American premiere of the Almeida Theatre production of Ink, written by Olivier Award winner James Graham (Labour of Love, Privacy, Finding Neverland) and directed by two-time Olivier Award winner, Tony and ...
BWW Review: NELL GWYNN at Folger Theatre - Be Prepared to Laugh and Learn about One of England's First Actresses on The Stage
by Charles Shubow - February 15, 2019 Go back in time to 1665 and learn about the theatre world in London....
Burning Coal Theatre Company Presents KING CHARLES III
by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2018 Burning Coal Theatre Company will present Mike Bartlett's future history play King Charles III directed by Karen O'Brien. The play will run April 12 - April 29, 2018 (April 12 - 14, 19 - 21, 26 - 28 at 7:30 PM, and April 15, 22, and 29 at 2:00 PM) at Burning Coal's Murphey School Auditorium, 224 Pol...
Sedos Revives Epic Play EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2018 From the writer of Doctor Foster and King Charles III, Mike Bartlett's Earthquakes in London is set in the politically charged post-election summer of 2010. Combining a strong sense of humanity with epic ambition, this new production will be staged in traverse at the Bridewell Theatre by Sedos, the ...
Casting Announced For Revival Of HONOUR At Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - September 17, 2018 Henry Goodman, Imogen Stubbs and Katie Brayben have been confirmed to star in Joanna Murray-Smith's compelling drama Honour at Park Theatre. With a cast boasting three Olivier Awards between them,?Honour?paints an unflinching portrait of what happens when a secure marriage suddenly stalls, and when ...
BWW Review: NELL GWYNN at Dolphin Theatre
by Monica Moore - November 25, 2018 Director Syd Mannion and his team have encapsulated the essence of what this story is about and this is the crucial success of this production. The characters are sensationally played; they are charismatic, exquisitely presented in delicious period costume and the story is supported with a craftil...
Toto Announced As One Of First Artists To Perform Live At Chelsea Concert Series 2019
by Tori Hartshorn - December 03, 2018 Toto have been announced as one of the first artists to perform at the Live At Chelsea Concert Series 2019, which is celebrating its 5th year of bringing live music to the spectacular outdoor grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea home of the Chelsea Pensioners....
PTC Presents Readings Of ART & CLASS By Matthew Ivan Bennett
by A.A. Cristi - October 02, 2018 Pioneer Theatre Company begins the sixth season of Play-by-Play's New Play Reading Series with Art & Class by Utah playwright, Matthew Ivan Bennett. The staged readings will take place at the Babcock Theatre on Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6, 2018....
BILLY GRAHAM: AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY To Air March 4th on FOX
by Macon Prickett - February 28, 2018 The never-before-seen documentary BILLY GRAHAM: AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY will air this Sunday, March 4 (7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX....
Headlong's Acclaimed Production Of William Shakespeare's RICHARD II At Home In Manchester
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2019 After decades of civil war, the nation hangs in the balance. Enter Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to change the course of history. Richard was not born to be a king; that role was destined to be filled by his brother, King Edward IV, but he's set his sights on the crown. So begins his campaign of dece...
Nick Hern Books Announces Amateur Theatre Fest
by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2018 Nick Hern Books has today (2 May) announced Amateur Theatre Fest, an exciting new event for amateur theatre-makers to be held on Saturday 8 September 2018 at The Questors Theatre, Ealing, West London....
BWW Review: KING CHARLES III
by E.H. Reiter - April 06, 2018 KING CHARLES III raises fascinating questions on family, political power, and the future of the monarchy. It also may make you glad America left all the past, present, and future royal drama behind in 1776. KING CHARLES III is playing at the Coronado Playhouse through April 22nd. For ticket and p...
Colorado Shakespeare Festival Announces 2019 Season
by A.A. Cristi - October 28, 2018 Next summer, June 7-Aug. 11, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) will present a season of Shakespeare's most popular plays, featuring iconic romances, heroines and an award-winning new play with a Shakespearean twist....
Kate Aldrich to Play 'Joan of Arc' in Odyssey Opera's THE MAID OF ORLEANS
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2017 One of the nation's most innovative opera companies, Odyssey Opera, kicks off Trial by Fire: Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years' War, a season-long exploration of operatic works inspired by martyr, saint, and military leader Joan of Arc (1412-1431). ...
CHICAGO's Renee Zellweger to Portray Judy Garland in Upcoming Biopic
by Caryn Robbins - October 23, 2017 Ren e Zellweger will take on the role of famed singer and actress Judy Garland in an upcoming biopic. Principal photography will get underway in February 2018 on the film which will center on the star's final concerts in London....
Pioneer Theatre Company presents Readings of THE ENVELOPE by Alex Lewin
by A.A. Cristi - January 30, 2018 Pioneer Theatre Company continues its 2017-2018 Play-by-Play new play reading series with Alex Lewin's The Envelope. The staged readings will take place at the Dumke Auditorium of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) on Friday, Feb. 2 and Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. ... |