Broadway: A Time to Kill, Cyrano de Bergerac, Julius Caesar.
Off-Broadway: Othello, Tamburlaine, The Father/A Doll's House (TFANA), Troilus and Cressida (The Public), The Iceman Cometh (BAM), Satchmo at the Waldorf (Westside Theatre), The Emperor Jones (Irish Rep), Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Mark Taper).
Film/TV: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," Wolves, The Bourne Legacy, Glass Chin, Michael Clayton, "Bull," "Person of Interest," "Madam Secretary," "Law & Order."
Awards: Obie, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, Ovation, AUDELCO, Samuel H. Scripps, NAACP and Robert Brustein awards.
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John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
John Douglas ThompsonThe Merchant of Venice
John Douglas Thompson, Julius Caesar
John Douglas Thompson, Jitney
John Douglas Thompson, Jitney
John Douglas Thompson, August Wilson's Jitney
John Douglas Thompson
John Douglas Thompson, Tamburlaine, Parts I and II
John Douglas Thompson, Tamburlaine, The Iceman Cometh
John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf
John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf
John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf
John Douglas ThompsonThe Emperor Jones
John Douglas ThompsonThe Emperor Jones
John Douglas Thompson, Othello
John Douglas Thompson, Othello
Shakespeare Theatre Company's final show this season is Mary Zimmerman's The Matchbox Magic Flute. Watch as adapter and director Mary Zimmerman describes what makes The Matchbox Magic Flute a unique operatic experience.
Alfred Molina and K. Ann McDonald will be honored at the Running of the Red Bulls Gala Benefit. Learn more about the benefit and see how to purchase tickets.
RED BULL THEATER has announced the complete cast for the next offering of a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: Antony & Cleopatra.
Carrie Coon, who has won audiences with her portrayal of Bertha Russell on HBO's The Gilded Age, wants to see the hit drama come to Broadway as a musical! Watch the video.
RED BULL THEATER has revealed updated casting for the next offering of a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. See who is starring!
Arin Arbus directs Shakespeare Theatre Company's D.C. premiere of The Lehman Trilogy, with a cast of three actors covering 160 years of family struggles, achievements, and missteps.
RED BULL THEATER has revealed details for the upcoming 20th Anniversary Festival, an all-star series of workshops and readings of Shakespeare, his contemporaries, & more. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets.
The Public Theater will present GO PUBLIC! A Festival of Free Shakespeare in the Park, featuring a suite of free summer programming taking place across all five boroughs. Learn more about The Public's summer 2024 season.
Audra McDonald's London Palladium Concert, The Public Theater’s production of Hamlet, Elton John And Bernie Taupin: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song concert special and a star-studded Rogers & Hammerstein celebration are coming to PBS. The specials will feature Ato Blankson-Wood, Aaron Tveit, Marisha Wallace, and more.
The American Theatre Wing has announced the recipients of The 67th Obie Awards. Check out the full list of winners here!
The Acting Company has revealed the cast for their reading of Hamlet. See the full cast and learn how to purchase tickets!
RED BULL THEATER has revealed the updated cast for the next offering of the new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: The Revenge by Edward Young, directed by Nathan Winkelstein.
Newly appointed Co-Artistic Directors of the RSC, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey have announced their inaugural season for the Company.
This morning, nominees for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honoring outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances for the past year were announced. Check out the full list of nominations, which include Danielle Brooks, Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Hannah Waddingham, the cast of The Gilded Age, and more.
The HBO Original drama series THE GILDED AGE, which features a stacked cast of Broadway talent, has been renewed for a third season.
RED BULL THEATER has revealed the cast for the next offering of the new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: The Revenge by Edward Young, directed by Nathan Winkelstein.
RED BULL THEATER has announced details of its plans for 2024, celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Highlights include the rolling world premiere of Medea: Re-Versed opening Off-Broadway; a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings with an all-star line-up (offered both in-person and online); and an all-new season of the popular Red Bull Theater Podcasts (formerly known as RemarkaBULL Podversations), intimate behind the scenes conversations with great artists.
THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE announces final extension of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' starring Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks. Don't miss this critically acclaimed production running through December 23.
A re-imagined production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind is currently playing on the Pasadena Playhouse stage, just extended through December 3, 2023. Michael Michetti directs the cast, led by Alfred Molina & John Douglas Thompson as the battling lawyers in a trial inspired by the Scopes Monkey trials in 1925. Rounding out the talented company: Chris Perfetti, Abubakr Al, David Aaron Baker, Rachel Hilson, Jared, Brian Calì, Marlene Forte, Matt Gomez Hidaka, Thomas Hobson, Michael Kostroff, John W. Lawson, Philip J. Lewis, Gabriella Pizzigoni, Rene Rivera and Pam Trotter. After the whirlwind of opening night and unexpected COVID cancellations, John Douglas graciously found some time to chat with me on the phone.
Theatre for a New Audience, responding to demand, will present a two-week extension of its production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by Arin Arbus. Learn how to purchase tickets!
John Douglas Thompson has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
John Douglas Thompson has not appeared in the West End.
John Douglas Thompson has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including: Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "Endgame," Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "Endgame," Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play (The Lortels) for "Endgame," Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "The Merchant of Venice," Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "Julius Caesar," Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "Jitney," Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "Jitney," Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for "August Wilson's Jitney," Special Award (Drama Desk Awards), Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "Tamburlaine, Parts I and II," Performance (Obie Awards) for "Tamburlaine," "The Iceman Cometh," Outstanding Solo Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for "Satchmo at the Waldorf," Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "Satchmo at the Waldorf," Outstanding Solo Performance (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "Satchmo at the Waldorf," Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "The Emperor Jones," Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for "The Emperor Jones," Performance (Obie Awards) for "Othello," and Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for "Othello."
John Douglas Thompson has won the following awards: Special Award from the Drama Desk Awards, Performance from the Obie Awards for Tamburlaine and The Iceman Cometh, Outstanding Solo Performance from the Drama Desk Awards for Satchmo at the Waldorf, Outstanding Solo Performance from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Satchmo at the Waldorf, Performance from the Obie Awards for Othello, and Outstanding Lead Actor from The Lortels for Othello.
John Douglas Thompson's next show will be Hamlet which opens on 6/28/2023 on Off-Broadway.
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