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STAGE CREDITS

[West End]
London Production, 1975
Countess Charlotte Malcolm

Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Director
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Director
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Director
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Director
 
[West End, 2006]
Director
 
[West End, ] [Replacement]
Director[Replacement]

Awards and Nominations

Helen Hayes Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Director of a Play, HAYES Production

Maria AitkenPrivate Lives

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Director of a Play

Maria Aitken , The 39 Steps

Tony Awards - 2008 - Best Direction of a Play

Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps

Olivier Awards - 1985 - Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role

Maria AitkenWaste

Olivier Awards - 1980 - Actress of the Year in a Revival

Maria AitkenPrivate Lives

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Review: THE 39 STEPS, Trafalgar Theatre

Patrick Barlow’s parody The 39 Steps creaks and groans in places but still has plenty of laughs. Wrapped around the central character of Richard Hannay, the story unfurls as we see him accused of murder, run from the police and then defeat a foreign cabal of spies. 
Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of THE 39 STEPS at Trafalgar Theatre?

See what the critics are saying about The 39 Steps at Trafalgar Theatre. Learn more about the show and read the reviews.
Photos: THE 39 STEPS Celebrates West End Return With a Gala Night

Last night, Patrick Barlow's adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps celebrated returning to the West End after a nine-year absence with a Gala Night at the Trafalgar Theatre. Check out phtoos here!
THE 39 STEPS Visits Brighton This Month

Award-winning comedy THE 39 STEPS will play Theatre Royal Brighton from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 July prior to a West End run. 
Cast Set For the West End Run of THE 39 STEPS

The current UK Tour cast of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS, will appear in the strictly limited West End season at the Trafalgar Theatre from 16 August to 28 September, with an opening night on Monday 19 August. 
THE 39 STEPS is Returning to the West End in August

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS, is returning to London’s West End for the first time since 2015, with a strictly limited seven-week season at the Trafalgar Theatre from 16 August to 28 September.
THE CROWN and FLEABAG Actors Join THE 39 STEPS at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Tom Byrne will play Richard Hannay in the UK Tour of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS.
Photos: First Look at the UK Tour of THE 39 STEPS

All new production photos have been released for the new UK Tour of  the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS. Check out the photos here!
Photos: First Look at New UK Tour of THE 39 STEPS in Rehearsal

The new UK tour of The 39 Steps has released rehearsal photos. Check them out here!
Tom Byrne to Star in THE 39 STEPS UK Tour

Tom Byrne will play Richard Hannay in the UK Tour of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS. Learn more about where the production is touring, and see how to purchase tickets.
Tom Byrne, Safeena Ladha, Eugene McCoy, and Maddie Rice Join the Cast of THE 39 STEPS UK Tour

Tom Byrne will play Richard Hannay in the UK Tour of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS, with Safeena Ladha as Annabella Schmidt / Pamela / Margaret, Eugene McCoy as Clown 1 and Maddie Rice as Clown 2. Learn more about the production here!
THE 39 STEPS Will Embark on UK Tour With Gala Night Set For This April

For the first time in eight years, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS, is to tour the UK this year.  The production will initially play at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch from 14 to 30 March 2024.  The production will then tour from Tuesday 2 April, with a Gala Night on Thursday 4 April at Richmond Theatre in London.
THE 39 STEPS Will Embark on New UK Tour Next Year

THE 39 STEPS triumphantly returns to embark on a tour across the UK, launching at winner of UK Theatre’s Most Welcoming Theatre award, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch on the 14 March, 2024 and ending by the sea at Southend Palace Theatre on 27 July, 2024. Learn more about the tour here!
Interview: Theatre Life with Francis Jue

Today’s subject Francis Jue is currently living his theatre life performing the role of Duch in Cambodian Rock Band at Arena Stage. The production continues through August 27th in Arena’s Kreeger Theater space. The production will then continue without Jue on to Seattle’s ACT Contemporary Theatre as a co- production with 5th Avenue Theatre.
Adam Driver Joins 65 From Producer Sam Raimi

Deadline reports that Adam Driver has signed on to '65,' a new film from directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. Sam Raimi produces.
Alex Birnie Appointed Executive Director Of The Actors Center

The Actors Center has announced the appointment of Alex Birnie as the organization's new executive director. Birnie most recently served as the Center's managing director and enters his first full season in his new role in September 2019.
Photo Flashback: Tony Nominee Adam Driver in 2009!

We're flashing back through the photo archives of BroadwayWorld's very own Walter McBride to bring you some shots of 2019 Tony nominee Adam Driver a decade ago, before the final performance of SLIPPING, at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre.
Broadway is Heating Up! Meet the Cast of BURN THIS- Now in Previews!

Three-time Emmy Award nominee Adam Driver (Pale) and Golden Globe Award Winner and Emmy Award Nominee Keri Russell (Anna) will lead the first revival of Pulitzer Prize Winner Lanford Wilson's Burn This. Directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, Burn This is set to begin performances on tonight, March 15, 2019. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!
MOULIN ROUGE, JAGGED LITTLE PILL & More Earn Nominations for 23rd Annual IRNE Awards

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) today announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual IRNE Awards, which honor the best of the previous year's actors, directors, choreographers, designers and companies across the full spectrum of large, mid-size and fringe theater companies. Moulin Rouge!, a new musical produced by Global Creatures, and An American in Paris, produced by the Ogunquit Playhouse, led with 12 and 11 nominations, respectively, in the Large Stage Musical Category. The Huntington Theatre led all companies with 31 nominations across seven productions, including 11 for Man in the Ring, the story of six-time world champion prizefighter Emile Griffith.
BWW Review: SHERLOCK'S LAST CASE: Anything But Elementary

There is much fun afoot in this cleverly written, earnestly acted, and crisply directed play being revived on the main stage at the Huntington Theatre Company. SHERLOCK'S LAST CASE had its world premiere in 1984 in Los Angeles before transferring to Broadway for a short run in 1987 with Frank Langella in the lead role. Huntington stalwart Maria Aitken returns to direct a tightly-synched cast with Rufus Collins (Holmes) and Mark Zeisler (Watson) as the long-time companions taking on a new nemesis. Has Holmes met his match, or will he live to sleuth again?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Maria Aitken been in?

Maria Aitken has not appeared on Broadway.

How many West End shows has Maria Aitken been in?

Maria Aitken has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

What was Maria Aitken's first West End show?

Maria Aitken's first West End show was A Little Night Music which opened in 1975

What awards has Maria Aitken been nominated for?

Outstanding Director of a Play, HAYES Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Private Lives, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The 39 Steps, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for The 39 Steps, Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role (Olivier Awards) for Waste and Actress of the Year in a Revival (Olivier Awards) for Private Lives.

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