Soho Theatre Appoints New Board Member
Soho Theatre has announced the appointment of Farzana Baduel to its Board of Trustees, as the organisation continues to deliver its ambitious growth programme.
Soho Theatre Announces Walthamstow Committee Co-Chairs Alongside New Head Of Creative Engagement
Soho Theatre's re-opening of the former Granada/EMD in Walthamstow takes a stride forward with the appointment of key posts: Jessica Draper in the newly created role of Head of Creative Engagement, and the new Co-Chairs of the board for the revitalised venue, Olivier Award-winning performer and Waltham Forest resident Alessandro Babalola and the Royal Court's Executive Director Lucy Davies.
Bradley Cooper-Led THE ELEPHANT MAN Transfers to London Tonight
Having just finished a recorded-breaking run on Broadway, Scott Ellis' acclaimed production of The Elephant Man will transfer to London with the US cast starring Bradley Cooper, Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola this spring. The production is now confirmed to play a strictly limited season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from tonight, May 19th until August 8th.
USA Orders New Half-Hour Comedy DIVIDE & CONQUER
USA Network today greenlit a new original half hour comedy pilot with an order for DIVIDE & CONQUER from executive producer and writer Peter Ocko (FAIRLY LEGAL, "The Office," "Pushing Daisies"). The news comes on the heels of the network's first comedy series pickups for SIRENS and PLAYING HOUSE and a pilot order for LOVE IS DEAD. The network's first original comedies are slated to premiere in first quarter 2014, following the launch of the award-winning and top-rated comedy MODERN FAMILY, on USA on Tuesday, September 24 at 8/7c.
Denis Leary's SIRENS Among USA's First-Ever Original Comedies
USA Network today greenlit its first original half-hour comedies, with series orders for SIRENS from Denis Leary ('Rescue Me') and Bob Fisher ('Wedding Crashers') and PLAYING HOUSE from Jessica St. Clair ('Bridesmaids,' 'Best Friends Forever') and Lennon Parham ('Best Friends Forever,' 'Accidentally On Purpose').
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON Coming to DVD & On Demand 4/9
Focus Features' Hyde Park on Hudson is available on Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet, on DVD and On Demand on April 9, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment; and is available on Digital Download beginning March 26, 2013.
Video Feature: Inside the Bill Murray-Led HYDE PARK ON THE HUDSON
Check out a new behind the scenes feature for Hyde Park on the Hudson as Academy Award nominees Bill Murray and Laura Linney star in a historical tale that uniquely explores the all-too-human side of one of history's iconic leaders. Blending literate wit and drama, Hyde Park on Hudson is directed by Roger Michell from a screenplay by Richard Nelson.
USA's Denis Leary Comedy Pilot SIRENS Sets Cast, Director, Production to Begin in Chicago
The USA Network half-hour comedy pilot SIRENS cast Michael Mosley ('30 Rock,' 'Pan Am'), Kevin Daniels ('Modern Family'), Jessica McNamee ('The Vow') and Kevin Bigley ('Game Change') to star. Leary will co-write with Fisher ('Wedding Crashers,' 'Traffic Light'), and both will executive produce the series along with Jim Serpico ('Rescue Me'), and Hal Vogel and David Aukin ('Hyde Park on the Hudson,' End Game,' 'The Promise') of Daybreak Pictures. Apostle and Fox Television Studios will produce in conjunction with Daybreak Pictures. The pilot, set to shoot in Chicago later this month, will be directed by Victor Nelli ( 'Happy Endings,' 'Wilfred,' 'Ugly Betty,' 'Scrubs'), who will also executive produce.
USA Network Joins Denis Leary & Jim Serpico to Develop Comedy Pilot
Denis Leary has signed on to develop and co-write a half-hour pilot, an adaptation of the highly anticipated British Channel 4 television series 'Sirens,' which follows the humorous antics and dramatic conflicts of young paramedics, it was announced today by Bill McGoldrick, senior vice president, original scripted programming, USA.
Hare's SOUTH DOWNS Written in Response to BROWNING VERSION
According to Baz Bamigboye for UK Daily Mail, David Hare's new play, SOUTH DOWNS was writted in response to THE BROWNING VERSION by Terence Rattigan. The show is set for a run at Chichester, where, according to artistic director Jonathan Church, BROWNING VERSION will appear during the same season.