Review: A SOLDIER'S PLAY at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
by Shanti Kennedy - Jan 26, 2024
A Soldier’s Play was originally performed off Broadway, opening in November 1981 through January 1983 after 468 performances. The original cast included Adolph Caeser, Denzel Washington, Larry Riley, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Riverside Studios Announces 'Riverside Reads'
by Stephi Wild - Aug 19, 2020
A season of new plays and musicals are to get their world première as part of 'Riverside Reads', a series of read-through events at Riverside Studios on the first Tuesday of every month that will also be streamed live online to a global audience.
Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For THE SEAGULL at the Playhouse Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 24, 2020
The Jamie Lloyd Company presents Anya Reiss' adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. The cast is led by Emilia Clarke (Nina) with Danny Ashok (Medvedenko), Robert Glenister (Sorin), Tom Rhys Harries (Trigorin), Daniel Monks (Konstantin), Tamzin Outhwaite (Polina), Patrick Robinson (Dorn), Seun Shote (Shamrayev), Indira Varma (Arkadina), and Sophie Wu (Masha). The production opens at Playhouse Theatre on 19 March, with previews from 11 March, and runs until 30 May.
Full Cast Announced For THE SEAGULL At Playhouse Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 6, 2020
The Jamie Lloyd Company today announces the full cast for Anya Reiss' adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Joining the previously announced Emilia Clarke (Nina) to complete the cast are Danny Ashok (Medvedenko), Robert Glenister (Sorin), Tom Rhys Harries (Trigorin), Daniel Monks (Konstantin), Tamzin Outhwaite (Polina), Patrick Robinson (Dorn), Seun Shote (Shamrayev), Indira Varma (Arkadina), and Sophie Wu (Masha). The production opens at Playhouse Theatre on 19 March, with previews from 11 March, and runs until 30 May.
Michael Nardone and Kirsty Besterman Will Lead The UK Tour Of MACBETH
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2018
Scottish actor Michael Nardone (BBC One's The Night Manager and Rellik, HBO's Rome) will play the title role in National Theatre Director Rufus Norris' touring production of MACBETH, with Kirsty Besterman (Genesis Inc. at Hampstead Theatre, They Drink It in The Congo at the Almeida Theatre, and BBC One's Father Brown) joining the cast as Lady Macbeth.
Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards; Just One Week Left!
by Alan Henry - Dec 22, 2017
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
Sinead Cusack Joins Ian Mckellen in KING LEAR at The Chichester Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 21, 2017
The Daily Mail has reported that Sinead Cusack is set to star alongside Sir Ian McKellen an upcoming production of Shakespeare's King Lear. Cusack will portray Lear's loyal courtier Kent. The Mail describes her approach as playing the Earl as 'an Angela Merkel-esque, straight-talking woman.'
Photo Flash: Disney's ALADDIN Lands in Hamburg for European Premiere - First Look!
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 7, 2015
Disney Theatrical Productions and Stage Entertainment celebrated the European premiere of Disney's hit Broadway musical Aladdin last night at the Stage Theatre Neue Flora in Hamburg, Germany. The production was cast locally and is performed in German. Check out a first look at the cast in action below!
Ian Kelsey & Patrick Robinson to Lead THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION UK Tour
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 22, 2015
On announcing he was to bring to an end his role as practice manager Howard Bellamy in BBC One's Doctors, there was immediate speculation as to what would be next for IAN KELSEY, who, having hardly been off our screens for over two decades, has become one of TV's best loved and most prolific leading men.