ACT Productions News

Frost/Nixon, the new play by Peter Morgan, directed by Michael Grandage, will open on Broadway this spring starring Frank Langella (as President Richard Nixon) and Michael Sheen (as Sir David Frost).

The hit musical WICKED, at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, has set a new all-time record for a single week's gross in the West End. For the week 26-30 December 2006, WICKED grossed a record-breaking £873,020. WICKED was the West End's top-selling show during Christmas week and also set a new Box Office record at the Apollo Victoria for the third time:

Idina Menzel gave her final performance as the unusually green witch, Elphaba, in the London production of the hit musical Wicked on the 30th December at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Her three-month contract, which paid a record-breaking $30,000 per week, is now over and Kerry Ellis takes over the role from 1st January 2007.

WICKED will take part in this year's prestigious Royal Variety Performance on Monday 4th December at the London Coliseum in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

The Drama League proudly announces DirectorFest 2006, its twenty-third festival of one-acts staged by the Fall Directing Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project.

Peter Morgan's London hit Frost/Nixon, starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen, will open on Broadway on April 22nd

Complete casting has been announced for the West End production of Wicked.

IDINA MENZEL, star of the original Broadway production of WICKED, will recreate her award-winning role in London in September for a limited season.

WICKED, the untold story of the Witches of Oz, went on sale to the general public yesterday (Sunday 5 March) at 9am and sold a record-breaking £100,000 of tickets in the first hour alone. Ticket buyers braved freezing temperatures and started queuing at the Box Office from 6.30am. The total advance now stands at over £1,700,000.

Broadway: The Golden Age Week starts officially on Monday featuring daily, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage from Rick McKay's Broadway: The Golden Age Vaults. To kick things off, we checked in with the filmmaker about the success of the film, its upcoming airing on PBS, the sequels and lots more...

From December 8th through 11th, four one-act plays will be presented as part of DirectorFest 2005

Nigel Harman replaces Ewan McGregor, Billy Elliot gets a new lead, Kevin Spacey announces second season, Mike Leigh's new play opens and David Grindley triumphs with Philanthropist

The hit West End production of Schiller's Don Carlos starring Sir Derek Jacobi may be heading for Broadway

RCA Victor is pleased to present the DVD release of Broadway: The Golden Age, By The Legends Who Were There. The DVD of the award-winning film by Rick McKay, featuring 88 minutes of bonus material, is available in stores now.