VIFF Announces Audience Award Winners
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 12, 2024
Discover the audience award winners from the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, highlighting standout films and filmmakers as chosen by festival attendees.
GRAND THEFT HAMLET Documentary to Follow Actors Who Staged HAMLET Inside Video Game
by Michael Major - Mar 11, 2024
Grand Theft Hamlet, a new documentary following out-of-work actors who staged a production of Hamelt inside a video game follows Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen. During the U.K.'s third COVID-19 lockdown three years ago, they staged an entire production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet inside Grand Theft Auto 5.
THE RAGE OF NARCISSUS Extends For Further Week At Pleasance Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2020
Tangram Theatre and Pleasance today announce that their production of Sergio Blanco's The Rage of Narcissus extends for a further week. The production, which stars Sam Crane and is directed by Daniel Goldman, will now run until 13 March at Pleasance Islington.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE RAGE OF NARCISSUS at Pleasance Islington
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2020
Sam Crane (Farinelli And The King, 1984) stars as Sergio Blanco in the UK première of Sergio Blanco's The Rage of Narcissus, directed by Daniel Goldman. The production opens at Pleasance Theatre on 21 February, with previews from 18 February, and runs until 8 March.
Sam Crane Will Star In THE RAGE OF NARCISSUS At Pleasance Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2020
Sam Crane (Farinelli And The King, 1984) will star as Sergio Blanco in the UK première of Sergio Blanco's The Rage of Narcissus, directed by Daniel Goldman. The production opens at Pleasance Theatre on 21 February, with previews from 18 February, and runs until 8 March.
Shakespeare's Globe Announces Full Casting For Matt Hartley's New Play EYAM
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2018
Shakespeare's Globe has announced full casting for Matt Hartley's new play Eyam, directed by Adele Thomas, opening in The Globe on Saturday 15 September. When the plague arrives surprisingly in the Derbyshire village of Eyam in 1665, the community face a moral dilemma. They must decide whether to flee and risk spreading the vicious disease, or stay, protect others from the risk, and face the potential of their own slow and painful death.
FARINELLI AND THE KING Recoups On Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2018
Producers Sonia Friedman, Shakespeare's Globe and Paula Marie Black have announced that the Shakespeare's Globe production of FARINELLI AND THE KING, starring three-time Tony Award-winner and Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, recouped its capitalization costs on Broadway, officially entering the hit column.
Photo Coverage: Take a Look Back on 2017's Top Curtain Call Moments!
by Walter McBride - Dec 30, 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, BroadwayWorld takes you back through this year's top curtain call moments. From the opening nights of every new show this year, to the anniversary performance of The Lion King which featured a performance by Elton John, check out photos of these curtain call moments to remember!
Simon Jones Joins The Cast Of FARINELLI AND THE KING On January 9
by Stephi Wild - Dec 27, 2017
Simon Jones (The Real Thing, Benefactors), will join the cast of the Shakespeare's Globe production of FARINELLI AND THE KING on Tuesday, January 9, playing the role of opera impresario John Rich. Colin Hurley, who was scheduled for a limited run in the role, will play his final performance as John Rich on Sunday, January 7.
Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet at Opening Night of FARINELLI AND THE KING
by Walter McBride - Dec 18, 2017
The critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award-winner (Twelfth Night, Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing) and Academy Award-winner (Bridge of Spies) Mark Rylance, opened last night, December 17, 2017 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). The production plays a strictly limited engagement for 16 weeks only through Sunday, March 25, 2018. BroadwayWorld attended the opening night and you can check out photos from the red carpet arrivals here!
Photo Coverage: Inside FARINELLI AND THE KING's Opening Night Cast Party
by Walter McBride - Dec 18, 2017
The critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award-winner (Twelfth Night, Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing) and Academy Award-winner (Bridge of Spies) Mark Rylance, opened last night, December 17, 2017 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). The production plays a strictly limited engagement for 16 weeks only through Sunday, March 25, 2018. BroadwayWorld attended the opening night cast party and you can check out photos here!
Photo Coverage: Inside FARINELLI AND THE KING's Opening Night Curtain Call
by Walter McBride - Dec 18, 2017
The critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award-winner (Twelfth Night, Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing) and Academy Award-winner (Bridge of Spies) Mark Rylance, opened last night, December 17, 2017 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). The production plays a strictly limited engagement for 16 weeks only through Sunday, March 25, 2018. BroadwayWorld attended opening night and you can check out photos from the show's opening night curtain call below!
BWW Review: Mark Rylance Returns To Broadway in Unamplified and Candlelit FARINELLI AND THE KING
by Michael Dale - Dec 18, 2017
Fans of trained actors filling Broadway houses with the richness of their unamplified voices (not to mention those who believe electric lights are overrated) have reason to rejoice. Shakespeare's Globe, the British theatre company that in 2014 arrived on Broadway with their productions of TWELFTH NIGHT and RICHARD III that replicated Elizabethan theatre technological, is back in town with a new play that is also witnessed solely by candlelight and graced with actors who project.