News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

MY BRILLIANT FRIEND - PAGE 2

My Brilliant Friend small logo


My Brilliant Friend tells the story of Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman who discovers the most important friend in her life, Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo, seems to have disappeared with a trace. A writer, immersed in a house full of books, Greco turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their tempestuous friendship, starting from the point when Elena met Lila their first year of primary school in 1950.

Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives as she tries to describe the mystery of Lila, Elena's brilliant friend and

National Theatre Announces New Productions, Including Emma Rice and Tony Kushner Adap Photo National Theatre Announces New Productions, Including Emma Rice and Tony Kushner Adaptations
by Stephi Wild - September 13, 2019

The National Theatre has announced its productions on-sale for October 2019 a?' March 2020...


New Muhammad Ali Musical ALI Will Have its World Premiere In Louisville in Fall 2024 Photo New Muhammad Ali Musical ALI Will Have its World Premiere In Louisville in Fall 2024
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2023

The World Premiere of ALI will be presented in Ali's hometown of Louisville, at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, in Fall 2024. Learn more about the show here!...


Natasha Barnes, Nathan Amzi and Mark Peachey Join BARD FROM THE BARN Photo Natasha Barnes, Nathan Amzi and Mark Peachey Join BARD FROM THE BARN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 06, 2020

The Barn Theatre have announced the extension and additional cast and creatives for their Shakespeare in lockdown series, Bard From The Barn....


Photos: Inside Rehearsal For PEGGY FOR YOU at Hampstead Theatre Photo Photos: Inside Rehearsal For PEGGY FOR YOU at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 26, 2021

Rehearsal images have been released for Hampstead Theatre’s production of Alan Plater’s Peggy For You, directed by Richard Wilson and starring Tamsin Greig in the title role, from 10 December until 29 January 2022.  ...


Casting Announced For Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Photo Casting Announced For Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
by Stephi Wild - July 30, 2020

Casting has been announced for Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatrea??s THE COMEDY OF ERRORS....


Sheryl Lee Ralph, Daniel Radcliffe & More Win Critics Choice Awards Photo Sheryl Lee Ralph, Daniel Radcliffe & More Win Critics Choice Awards
by Michael Major - January 17, 2023

Sheryl Lee Ralph, Daniel Radcliffe, Brendan Fraser, Jean Smart, Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Coolidge, and more were among the winners of Critics Choice Awards. The ceremony was hosted by Chelsea Handler. Check out the list of winners now!...


Photos: First Look at PEGGY FOR YOU at Hampstead Theatre Photo Photos: First Look at PEGGY FOR YOU at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - December 17, 2021

Tamsin Greig is joined by Josh Finan (The Responder, BBC One; Shook, Papatango Theatre Co - Southwark Playhouse/UK tour), Trevor Fox (My Brilliant Friend, National Theatre; The Jungle, New York/San Francisco/Playhouse Theatre/Young Vic), Danusia Samal (Maryland, Royal Court; The Great, Hula) and Jos...


Cast Announced For the UK and Ireland Tour of THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE Photo Cast Announced For the UK and Ireland Tour of THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE
by Stephi Wild - October 12, 2022

Casting is announced for the National Theatre's critically-acclaimed production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, based on the best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman. Adapted by Joel Horwood and directed by Katy Rudd, this thrilling adventure of fantasy, myth and friendship will visit 29 towns and cit...


Monte-Carlo Television Festival Announces Golden Nymph Awards Entries Call Photo Monte-Carlo Television Festival Announces Golden Nymph Awards Entries Call
by Michael Major - January 06, 2022

Previous fiction program winners of the globally regarded Golden Nymph Awards include Modern Family, Breaking Bad, Money Heist, The Marvellous Mrs Maisel, and My Brilliant Friend. A stellar rollcall of acting talent has also been recognized by the Festival including Patricia Arquette, Phoebe Waller-...


VIDEO: HBO Shares MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: THOSE WHO LEAVE AND THOSE WHO STAY Trailer Photo VIDEO: HBO Shares MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: THOSE WHO LEAVE AND THOSE WHO STAY Trailer
by Michael Major - January 26, 2022

My Brilliant Friend follows Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila. They met in the first year of primary school in 1950 and  their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives and explores the mystery of Lila, Elena’s br...


Saffron Coomber & Niamh Cusack Will Lead LEOPARDS and THE SEVEN POMEGRANATE SEEDS as Part of Rose Theatre's New Season
by Stephi Wild - July 26, 2021

In Leopards, by rising playwright Alys Metcalf, Niala will be played by Saffron Coomber. Niamh Cusack will be reuniting with director Melly Still in the world premiere of Colin Teevan’s The Seven Pomegranate Seeds....


BWW Review: MY BRILLIANT FRIEND, National Theatre Photo BWW Review: MY BRILLIANT FRIEND, National Theatre
by Anthony Walker-Cook - November 27, 2019

At the beginning of My Brilliant Friend, all there is on stage is a desk, a chair and a laptop. For the Olivier stage (and the for the National Theatre in general), it's noticeably, surprisingly bare, but one thing is clear: a story is about to be told....


Rose Theatre's New Artistic Director Announces New Season Photo Rose Theatre's New Artistic Director Announces New Season
by Stephi Wild - June 08, 2021

Under Haydon's stewardship, the Rose's own work will be the priority, as demonstrated by the five Rose Originals in this upcoming season, but there will always be room on the theatre's stage for the country's leading touring shows as well.  This season's Rose Originals are a blend of new plays tackl...


Sphinx Theatre Announces Full Details Of Sphinx 30 and £30,000 Funding For Female Pla Photo Sphinx Theatre Announces Full Details Of Sphinx 30 and £30,000 Funding For Female Playwrights
by Stephi Wild - June 23, 2020

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, has announced full details of Sphinx 30, its 30th anniversary programme. This includes providing £30,000 funding to support 30 female playwrights over the course of the next year, supported by Arts Council England funding and 15 l...


Audra McDonald, Renée Elise Goldsberry & More Nominated For TV Critics Choice Awards Photo Audra McDonald, Renée Elise Goldsberry & More Nominated For TV Critics Choice Awards
by Michael Major - December 06, 2022

Audra McDonald, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christine Baranski, Daniel Radcliffe, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Carol Burnett, John Lithgow, Andrew Garfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Annie Potts, James Marsden, Chris Perfetti, and more have been nominated for TV Critics Choice Awards....


Headlong And Century Films Announce 'Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From A State Of Photo Headlong And Century Films Announce 'Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From A State Of Isolation'
by Stephi Wild - March 24, 2020

Award winning theatre company Headlong, in association with the BAFTA winning Century Films, have today announced a new creative response to the current global crisis, Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From a State of Isolation....


GIN CRAZE! Will Be Performed by Royal & Derngate's Made in Northampton 2021 Season Photo GIN CRAZE! Will Be Performed by Royal & Derngate's Made in Northampton 2021 Season
by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2021

The ensemble cast includes Debbie Chazen (The Girls, West End), Rosalind Ford (Once, UK Tour), Aruhan Galieva (King John, Royal & Derngate and Shakespeare’s Globe), Paula James (The Snow Queen, Park Theatre), Alex Mugnaioni (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Rose Theatre Kingston and West End), Peter Pear...


SAVING GRACE Comes to the Riverside Studios Next Month Photo SAVING GRACE Comes to the Riverside Studios Next Month
by Stephi Wild - October 04, 2022

The first run has been announced of the new musical Saving Grace which will have twelve performances only at the Riverside Studios from Tuesday 22 November – Sunday 4 December 2022....


MY BRILLIANT FRIEND is Now Playing at Wroclawski Teatr Wspolczesny Photo MY BRILLIANT FRIEND is Now Playing at Wroclawski Teatr Wspolczesny
by Stephi Wild - October 25, 2021

The novels by Elena Ferrante – collectively known as the Neapolitan Novels or, after the title of the first book, My Brilliant Friendó – are a literary phenomenon of the last few years that has caused the Ferrante fever in many readers. The Italian author is an identity specialist: her full name is ...


MY BRILLIANT FRIEND Will Be Performed at Wroclawski Teatr Wspolczesny Photo MY BRILLIANT FRIEND Will Be Performed at Wroclawski Teatr Wspolczesny
by Stephi Wild - July 31, 2021

The novels by Elena Ferrante – collectively known as the Neapolitan Novels or, after the title of the first book, My Brilliant Friendó – are a literary phenomenon of the last few years that has caused the Ferrante fever in many readers....


Sphinx Theatre Announces Partnerships With Leading Theatres For 30th Anniversary Photo Sphinx Theatre Announces Partnerships With Leading Theatres For 30th Anniversary
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2020

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, has announced the first group of partnerships with leading theatres as part of Sphinx 30, a major new writing programme for female playwrights to mark the company's 30th anniversary....


Graham Phillips & Krystina Alabado to Star in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Pasad Photo Graham Phillips & Krystina Alabado to Star in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Pasadena Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 12, 2023

Pasadena Playhouse has announced the cast for Sunday in the Park with George, the first production of the theater’s six-month-long celebration of Stephen Sondheim. See performances dates and how to purchase tickets!...


FAMILY FEUD Will Air a Special Disney Episode Aug. 16 Photo FAMILY FEUD Will Air a Special Disney Episode Aug. 16
by TV News Desk - August 10, 2021

Plus, in honor of this special Disney-themed episode, the winning family will go home with a bonus surprise prize of a five-day, four-night vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida....


Sphinx Theatre and 15 Leading UK Theatres Announce Female Playwrights Selected For La Photo Sphinx Theatre and 15 Leading UK Theatres Announce Female Playwrights Selected For Landmark Programme
by Stephi Wild - July 17, 2020

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, and 15 of the UK's leading theatres have announced the playwrights they will be supporting via Sphinx 30, the landmark programme for female playwrights in the UK being launched to mark Sphinx's 30th anniversary....


Comedian Mike E. Winfield to Perform In AMERICA'S GOT TALENT: SUPERSTARS LIVE Photo Comedian Mike E. Winfield to Perform In AMERICA'S GOT TALENT: SUPERSTARS LIVE
by Blair Ingenthron - January 20, 2023

Mike E. Winfield, stand-up comedian from season 17 of “America’s Got Talent” and Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer recipient on the current season of “America’s Got Talent: All-Stars,” takes the stage as guest host for the variety-style spectacle America’s Got Talent Presents SUPERSTARS Live at Luxor Hot...






Videos

Recommended For You