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BBC America Announces January Highlights
by Caryn Robbins - December 07, 2011

BBC America announces January Highlights including 'Jamie's American Road Trip,' 'Absolutely Fabulous 20th Anniversary Special,' and 'The Fades'. Also on tap are season three of 'Mistresses,' a new 'Nerdist' special and Madonna on 'The Graham Norton Show.'...


SHAMELESS Returns to Showtime January 2012, WEEDS Back for Season 8?
by Nicole Rosky - August 04, 2011

SHOWTIME has just announced that the second season of Shamless will premiere on January 8 at 9PM. SHAMELESS stars William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum and Joan Cusack. SHAMELESS is SHOWTIME's best performing freshman drama series in the past seven years....


THE AVERAGE-SIZED MERMAID to Play Fringe Festival, Opens 8/13
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2011

Mind The Gap Theatre and Early Bird Theatricals will present Jessica Fleitman's award winning comedy The Average-Sized Mermaid in August 2011 at The New York International Fringe Festival. The production will be directed by Mind The Gap's Artistic Director, Paula D'Alessandris (Under The Blue Sky at...


Laura Haddock to Star in Starz DA VINCI'S DEMONS
by Caryn Robbins - March 27, 2012

Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions announced today that British actress Laura Haddock will play Lucrezia Donati, the mistress of Lorenzo Medici and lover of Leonardo da Vinci in the upcoming STARZ Original series DA VINCI'S DEMONS. ...


NOW.HERE.THIS. Opens at the Vineyard Theatre, 6/4
by Lauren Wolman - June 04, 2011

The Developmental Lab Production of NOW.HERE.THIS. - the newest work from the creators and cast of the legendary musical [title of show], will begin performances on Saturday, June 4 at the Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street), with a special performance to benefit the non-profit theatre company o...


BBC America January Highlights: Jamie's American Road Trip, Absolutely Fab
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 07, 2011

BBC AMERICA JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS, JAMIE'S AMERICAN ROAD TRIP - US PREMIERE...


Alan Cumming, James McAvoy, et al. Sign On for FILTH Movie
by Kelsey Denette - August 04, 2011

According to Collider.com, a film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel 'Filth' is in the works, and boasts the talents of James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, and Alan Cumming thus far....


David Harbour Signs on for NBC's MIDNIGHT SUN Pilot
by Nicole Rosky - March 05, 2012

According to Deadline.com, Tony nominee David Harbour has joined the cast of NBC's 'MIdnight Sun' pilot, opposite Julia Stiles. The series is about 'the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska.' Habour will play Ethan Davis....


David Harbour Signs on for NBC's MIDNIGHT SUN Pilot
by Nicole Rosky - March 05, 2012

According to Deadline.com, Tony nominee David Harbour has joined the cast of NBC's 'MIdnight Sun' pilot, opposite Julia Stiles. The series is about 'the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska.' Habour will play Ethan Davis....


BBC America's 'White Chapel' to Premiere 10/26
by Caryn Robbins - October 04, 2011

From the producers of Downton Abbey and starring Rupert Penry-Jones (MI-5, Persuasion), Phil Davis (Sherlock, Bleak House) and Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentlemen), the six part series focuses on two internationally resonant crime stories with a stylish, cinematic and contemporary spin. Whitech...


Jeff Daniels Will Star in Aaron Sorkin HBO Series
by Kelsey Denette - April 01, 2011

Stage and screen star Jeff Daniels has closed the deal to star in Aaron Sorkin's HBO series: MORE AS THE STORY DEVELOPS. Sorkin's long-developing drama, set behind the scenes at a nightly cable news show. 'Social Network' producer Scott Rudin will reunite with Sorkin for the project, which will be e...


Photo Flash: Almeida Theatre's REASONS TO BE PRETTY
by Nicole Rosky - October 31, 2011

Michael Attenborough directs the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons To Be Pretty. Reasons To Be Pretty will run at the Almeida Theatre from 10 November 2011 - 14 January 2012 with press night on 17 November. Designs are by Soutra Gilmour with lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Fergus O'Hare. ...


[TITLE OF SHOW] Team Returns to Vineyard Theatre with NOW. HERE. THIS. 6/4-19
by Kelsey Denette - May 20, 2011

Created by Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell and Jeff Bowen, the show will be given a Developmental Lab Production by the Vineyard Theatre from 4 to 19 June 2011....


Jeff Daniels Will Star in Aaron Sorkin HBO Series
by Kelsey Denette - April 01, 2011

Stage and screen star Jeff Daniels has closed the deal to star in Aaron Sorkin's HBO series: MORE AS THE STORY DEVELOPS. Sorkin's long-developing drama, set behind the scenes at a nightly cable news show. 'Social Network' producer Scott Rudin will reunite with Sorkin for the project, which will be e...


Digital Theatre Announces Release of Morrissey-led MACBETH
by BWW News Desk - November 24, 2011

Digital Theatre today announces William Shakespeare's Macbeth as its latest release available to watch online or download to the desktop. The Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse production starred David Morrissey in the title role and was directed by Gemma Bodinetz. Macbeth is now available at www.di...


Dame Helen Mirren to Present on Oscar Show
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 23, 2011

Academy Award®-winning actress Helen Mirren will be a presenter for the 83rd Academy Awards®, telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced today....


REASONS TO BE PRETTY Makes UK Premiere, Tom Burke, Sian Brooke Lead
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 02, 2011

Michael Attenborough will direct the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons To Be Pretty. Reasons To Be Pretty will run at the Almeida Theatre from 10 November 2011 - 14 January 2012 with press night on 17 November....


Tom Riley Joins Cast of Starz's DA VINCI'S DEMONS
by Nicole Rosky - January 23, 2012

Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions announced today that British actor Tom Riley will play a young Leonardo da Vinci in the upcoming Starz original series 'Da Vinci's Demons.' Riley's casting is the first announced for the series....


BILLY ELLIOT Plays DPAC, 11/2-11/14
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2010

niversal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions bring the 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Billy Elliot the Musical to the Triangle's DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center from November 2-14, 2010. Based on the international smash-hit film and featuring music by E...


THE HELP Cast To Be Honored at the Hollywood Film Awards 10/24
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 20, 2011

The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, have announced that the cast of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media's 'The Help' - Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Octavia Spenc...


David Morrissey Joins Cast of AMC's THE WALKING DEAD
by Caryn Robbins - February 27, 2012

AMC announced today that David Morrissey has been cast in the role of The Governor in the networks' critically acclaimed hit series, THE WALKING DEAD. The Governor, a character from Robert Kirkman's graphic novel, is the leader of Woodbury, a small settlement of survivors, and becomes the chief anta...


Arcelus, Davie, Graham & More to Star in Rupert Holmes' Pre-Broadway A TIME TO KILL at Arena Stage
by Robert Diamond - April 14, 2011

What is the true meaning of justice? That is the question posed to audiences in A Time to Kill, the world premiere and first stage adaptation of a novel by John Grisham. By special arrangement with Daryl Roth and adapted for the stage by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), ...


BBC America Announces December Highlights
by Kelsey Denette - November 29, 2011

Graham Norton brings his trademark style of wit and humor to BBC AMERICA's first original comedy series. Based on popular British panel-style shows, each week celebrities and comedians are asked to contemplate and discuss ridiculous predicaments and moral quandaries. Would you rather everything you ...


Further Casting Announced for Sheffield Theatres' BETRAYAL, Summer
by James T Harding - March 16, 2012

Sheffield Theatres today announces further casting for its production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, which takes to the Crucible stage from Thursday 17 May until Saturday 9 June. John Simm, already announced to play the part of Jerry in Pinter's masterpiece, will return to the theatre following his...


Jeff Daniels in Talks for Aaron Sorkin's HBO Series
by Nicole Rosky - March 21, 2011

According to the Hollywood Reporter, stage and screen star Jeff Daniels is currently in talks to star in Aaron Sorkin's HBO series: MORE AS THE STORY DEVELOPS. Sorkin's long-developing drama, set behind the scenes at a nightly cable news show. 'Social Network' producer Scott Rudin will reunite with ...






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