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Joyce DiDonato stars in the Met premiere of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, in a new production by Scottish director David McVicar, opening with a gala performance on New Year's Eve.

There's just one week left to catch SHAKESPEARE'S QUEENS And THE MADNESS OF KING LEAR, the audacious Shakespeare adaptations from Australia at London's Arts Theatre. These two plays fascinated audiences at this year's Edinburgh Festival and are now together in London's West End as the two halves of Double Bill: SHAKESPEARE'S QUEENS and THE MADNESS OF KING LEAR.

Deadline reports that The CW is developing a new teen drama based on the life of Mary Queen of Scots. The historical British monarch will be featured in the new pilot, REIGN, which the network is pitching as 'Game of Thrones meets Marie Antoinette'.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced that Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave will star in the world premiere of Eisenberg's The Revisionist, directed by Kip Fagan, which begins its limited run on Wednesday, February 6 and opens Thursday, February 21 at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street. The Revisionist is scheduled to run through March 31, 2013.

The Wooden O Symposium is a cross-disciplinary conference exploring Medieval through Early Modern Studies, through the text and performance of William Shakespeare's plays. Scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to submit papers that offer insights and new ideas springing from the era of Shakespeare. His plays are replete with the language, thoughts and arts of the Renaissance and Western culture and represent an inexhaustible source for creative ideas and research.

Award-winning actress and screenwriter Eileen Atkins will recreate the persona of the most famous British actress of the 19th century to deliver two timeless speeches on Shakespeare's Women at Theatre on the Fly in Chichester.

Antoni Cimolino today announced the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's playbill for 2013, his first season as Artistic Director, and began to outline his vision for the Festival's future during his tenure.

Antoni Cimolino today announced the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's playbill for 2013, his first season as Artistic Director, and began to outline his vision for the Festival's future during his tenure.

Following a sell out run at the Traverse Theatre during the 2011 Fringe, A Slow Air, written and directed by David Harrower, arrives at the Tricycle Theatre for a limited run tonight, May 7 to June 2. A Slow Air is being produced by Tron Theatre Company.

Following a sell out run at the Traverse Theatre during the 2011 Fringe, A Slow Air, written and directed by David Harrower, will tour to 59E59 Theatres, New York (4-28 April) before arriving at the Tricycle Theatre for a limited run from 7 May to 2 June, with opening night on 10 May. A Slow Air is being produced by Tron Theatre Company.

Following a sell out run at the Traverse Theatre during the 2011 Fringe, A Slow Air, written and directed by David Harrower, will tour to 59E59 Theatres, New York (4-28 April) before arriving at the Tricycle Theatre for a limited run from May 7 to June 2. A Slow Air is being produced by Tron Theatre Company.

An abundance of Verdi and Wagner, in celebration of their 200th birthdays, will be featured in the Metropolitan Opera's 2012-13 season, which will showcase the world's greatest singers, conductors, and directors in seven new productions-two of them Met premieres-and 21 revivals, including three complete Ring cycles. Twelve of the season's Saturday matinees will be transmitted worldwide as part of the Met's increasingly popular, award-winning Live in HD series.

Performance Space 122 is set to present the New York premiere of Newyorkland, from performance group Temporary Distortion.

Performance Space 122 will present the highly anticipated U.S. debut of renegade Lebanese artist Rabih Mroué.

It's that time of year again - when critics and bloggers alike put forward their highlights and low points of the year's theatre. As I can't pass a bandwagon without jumping on it, here is my best - and worst - of 2011.

Performance Space 122 will present the highly anticipated U.S. debut of renegade Lebanese artist Rabih Mroué.

Performance Space 122 is set to present the New York premiere of Newyorkland, from performance group Temporary Distortion.

Performance Space 122 is set to present the New York debut of Chicago performance collective Every house has a door in the New York premiere of Let us think of these things always.

Performance Space 122's 2012 COIL Festival to premiere experimental dance, theater and performance works from around the world, January 5-29.

This September, ACT - A Contemporary Theatre brings power, passion, and politics to the Mainstage in Peter Oswald's astonishingly relevant and thrilling adaption of Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller, while The Central Heating Lab welcomes Collektor with Sam Shepard's haunting and timeless drama A Lie of the Mind and the return of Short Stories Live at Town Hall.

Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, DRIVING MISS DAISY will end its extended Broadway premiere engagement April 9 at the John Golden Theatre with its three original stars: Tony Award winners James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave and Boyd Gaines.

According to Deadline.com, Janet McTeer is set to star in the Fox's pilot 'Weekends at Bellevue.' The series is based on a memoir by Dr. Julie Holland. As described by Deadline, 'Weekends at Bellevue' is about 'a psychiatrist in charge of the weekend shift of Bellevue Hospital psychiatric unit.'

Did the United States government sanction torture in the wake of 9/11? Legendary actor and activist Vanessa Redgrave, joins international lawyer and acclaimed author Philippe Sands to examine this question in a staged presentation of his book Torture Team.

Did the United States government sanction torture in the wake of 9/11? Legendary actor and activist Vanessa Redgrave, joins international lawyer and acclaimed author Philippe Sands to examine this question in a staged presentation of his book Torture Team.

Two hundred years ago in England, or yesterday in America? The showdown between Elizabeth, Queen of England, and Mary, Queen of Scots plays itself out like a juicy political thriller, replete with intrigue, plot twists, and several stabbed backs. Mary Stuart begins October 6th and runs through November 7th at The Ashby Stage.