Bruntwood Prize For Playwriting 2015 Sets Judging Panel
by Tyler Peterson - November 28, 2014 The 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting today announced its judging panel ahead of this year's official launch on 29 January 2015, which will also mark the Prize's 10th anniversary. The competition, a unique partnership between the Royal Exchange Theatre and property company Bruntwood, will accept ...
M.T. Smith Releases 5-Part Dark Fantasy Book Series
by Tyler Peterson - August 27, 2015 Broadway performer, M.T. Smith (@AuthorMTSmith) is releasing the first book of his 5-part dark fantasy novel series, Cry The Fables. ...
Official: Clark, Stubbs & Andoh Join West, McTeer & Dockery In LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
by Carrie Dunn - September 04, 2015 In addition to the previously announced Michelle Dockery, Janet McTeer and Dominic West, the production will feature Adjoa Andoh, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Morfydd Clark, Edward Holcroft, Jennifer Saayeng and Una Stubbs....
Stage Veteran Russell Tovey Boards ABC's QUANTICO
by Tyler Peterson - June 03, 2016 After Jay Armstrong Johnson boarded the FBI drama at midseason, the show has now enlisted Broadway and West End alum Russell Tovey as a series regular for its second season, according to TVGuide....
Richard Eyre's GHOSTS, Starring Lesley Manville and Jack Lowden, Out Online Today
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2014 Digital Theatre is delighted to announce its next title; Richard Eyre's five-star, multi award-winning revival production of Ibsen's Ghosts starring Olivier Award-winners Lesley Manville and Jack Lowden will be available to buy and watch online around the world from today 18 September 2014....
Hackney Empire Announces Full Cast for SLEEPING BEAUTY
by Liz Cearns - October 04, 2016 Hackney Empire today announced the full cast of its brand new pantomime for 2016, Sleeping Beauty. The West End's leading lady Alexia Khadime (Wicked, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King) will be returning to the site of her stage debut to star as Princess Tahlia (Sleeping Beauty). She will be joined ...
Birmingham Repertory Theatre to Present OF MICE AND MEN
by Tyler Peterson - September 15, 2014 John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men is to be brought to life in a major new production at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from October 10 - November 1 (press night Tuesday, October 14)....
Isla Blair & David Cardy to Join Gemma Arterton in New Musical MADE IN DAGENHAM
by Tyler Peterson - August 01, 2014 Renowned stage and screen actors ISLA BLAIR and DAVID CARDY will complete the cast of MADE IN DAGENHAM, the heartwarming new musical that will open at the Adelphi Theatre on Wednesday 5 November, with previews from Thursday 9 October. Isla andDavid will play Connie and Monty respectively, in the mu...
Birmingham Repertory Theatre's New Installation #MadeAtTheREP Opens This Month
by Tyler Peterson - May 05, 2016 Birmingham Repertory Theatre's new family-friendly foyer installation #MadeAtTheREP opens this month, revealing the secrets and skills that lie behind the scenes....
Full Cast Set for English Touring Theatre & York Theatre Royal's BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
by Tyler Peterson - March 11, 2016 The full cast is announced today for the first ever large-scale stage production of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel Brideshead Revisited, adapted by Bryony Lavery, touring this spring and summer in the 50th anniversary year of Waugh's death....
Meet the Cast of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE; Opens Tonight at the Lyceum Theatre!
by Nicole Rosky - November 12, 2015 The Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, directed by Ivo van Hove, opens tonight at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). It will play an 18-week limited engagement through Sunday, February 21, 2016....
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Announces Casting for PETER PAN, THE SEAGULL and More
by Christina Mancuso - April 01, 2015 Casting for Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's 2015 production of J.M Barrie's Peter Pan has today been announced, with lead casting for The Seagull and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers also confirmed. The season opens for previews on 15 May....
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Begins Tonight at the Lyric Hammersmith
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2016 The Lyric Hammersmith and Filter Theatre Production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, co-directed by Sean Holmes and Stef O'Driscoll, begins tonight 19 February through 19 March. Press night is slated for 25 February 2016....
DOWNTON ABBEY's Michelle Dockery to Star in THE SENSE OF AN ENDING Film
by Jessica Khan - August 06, 2015 Michelle Dockery is headed to the big screen after DOWNTON ABBEY ends....
WAKE UP with BWW 12/15/14 - POCATELLO, MR. MAGOO, NOT THE MESSIAH and More!
by Jessica Showers - December 15, 2014 Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: POCATELLO opens off-Broadway, MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS and 26 PEBBLES benefit good causes, and NOT THE MESSIAH begins tonight at Carnegie Hall!...
Stage Veteran Russell Tovey Boards ABC's QUANTICO
by Tyler Peterson - June 03, 2016 After Jay Armstrong Johnson boarded the FBI drama at midseason, the show has now enlisted Broadway and West End alum Russell Tovey as a series regular for its second season, according to TVGuide....
Hackney Empire's JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Announces Full Cast, Including Debbie Kurup
by Matt Smith - September 23, 2015 Hackney Empire has today announced the full cast of its much-anticipated 2015 pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk. The full cast will be joining previously announced Olivier Award-nominee Debbie Kurup as Jack, everybody's favourite dame, Olivier Award-winning Clive Rowe as Dame Daisy Trott and Kat B a...
Family Musical MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS to Launch West End Tour, Nov. 26
by Matt Smith - November 11, 2015 The producer of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Hetty Feather and What the Ladybird Heard today announces the world premiere of brand new family musical Mr Popper's Penguins which is making a splash this winter touring around the country from November 2015 to January 2016. Mr ...
Blackeyed Theatre, in Association with South Hill Park, Presents FRANKENSTEIN
by Nora Dominick - August 02, 2016 Marking the 200th anniversary of the creation of Frankenstein, Blackeyed Theatre's brand new stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic horror masterpiece embarks on a five-month UK tour....
Chichester's Festival Theatre Reopens With AMADEUS, Starring Rupert Everett, Now thru Aug 2
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2014 Chichester's Festival Theatre reopens today with a new production of Amadeus, featuring West End and Hollywood star Rupert Everett alongside acclaimed young actor Joshua McGuire....
Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Samuel Anderson and Frances de la Tour Join Film Adaptation of West End's THE LADY IN THE VAN
by Movies News Desk - October 09, 2014 According to the Daily Mail, THE HISTORY BOYS stars Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Samuel Anderson and Frances de la Tour have signed on for the upcoming film adaptation of the West End's THE LADY IN THE VAN, starring Maggie Smith....
THE RULING CLASS Revival, Starring James McAvoy, Begins Previews in the West End
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2015 Ron Cook (Mr Selfridge, Henry V, King Lear, Hot Fuzz) as Sir Charles Gurney, Kathryn Drysdale (Suspects, Love's Labour's Lost, Tripping Over, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps) as Grace Shelley, Joshua McGuire (Privacy, Posh, About Time, Mr Turner) as Dinsdale Gurney and Anthony O'Donnell (T...
Photo Flash: First Look at REGENERATION UK Tour, Starring Tim Delap & Stephen Boxer
by Tyler Peterson - September 02, 2014 Pat Barker's Booker-nominated novel, Regeneration, has been adapted for the stage by Olivier Award-winning playwright Nicholas Wright (His Dark Materials, Vincent in Brixton), opening at Royal & Derngate, Northampton from 29 August to 20 September, with press night on 2 September, prior to a nationa...
Full Cast Announced for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Lyric Hammersmith
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2016 Full casting has been announced for the Lyric Hammersmith and Filter Theatre Production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, co-directed by Sean Holmes and Stef O'Driscoll. Jonathan Broadbent, Ed Gaughan, John Lightbody, Victoria Moseley and Ferdy Roberts return to the cast and they will be joined by Hamme...
Family Musical MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS Launches West End Tour Today
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2015 The producer of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Hetty Feather and What the Ladybird Heard today announces the world premiere of brand new family musical Mr Popper's Penguins which is making a splash this winter touring around the country now through January 2016. Mr Popper and... |