Agatha Christie News

A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, an Agatha Christie tale, adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon, runs April 22 - May 8, 2016 at ActorsNET. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning actress Anne Archer will return to the UK to star as 'Jane Fonda' in a brand new production of THE TRIAL OF JANE FONDA, written by seven-time Emmy award-winner Terry Jastrow, and directed by Joe Harmston, opening at Park Theatre on 13 July until 20 August, with a press night on 14 July.

The Brokenwood Mysteries returns in Series 2 on DVD/Blu-ray on May 3, 2016 from Acorn,

McCarter Theatre Center Artistic Director and Resident Playwright Emily Mann is pleased to announce the lineup for the upcoming 2016-2017 Theater Series.

The Old Globe presents Nick Payne's Broadway hit play CONSTELLATIONS, directed by the Globe's own Richard Seer. Christian Coulson and Victoria Frings lead the two-person play, which runs now through May 8, 2016, in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Opening night is tonight, April 14 at 8:00 p.m.

If it's not one thing, it's your mother. McCarter Theatre Center is proud to present the World Premiere of Sharyn Rothstein's ALL THE DAYS, a blend of drama and comedy about the hectic history among eccentric mother, her grown daughter, and extended family.

Brian Mullin's debut drama is a frank and wry portrait of modern feminism, friendship and one extraordinary woman, determined to take on the world. WE WAIT IN JOYFUL HOPE is a funny and touching exploration of religion and capitalism in contemporary America.

The Old Globe presents Nick Payne's Broadway hit play CONSTELLATIONS, arriving tonight, April 9, directed by the Globe's own Richard Seer. BroadwayWorld is excited to report that Christian Coulson and Victoria Frings will star in the two-person play.

Prince George's Little Theatre will produce Agatha Christie's mystery "The Mousetrap" at the Bowie Playhouse from April 15-30.  All Friday performances and Saturday performances April 16 and 23 are at 8 p.m.  The Sunday performances April 17and 24 and the closing performance Saturday April 30 are 2 pm. matinees. The play is directed by Randy Barth and produced by Andrew Negri.

RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) has acquired all U.S. rights to the baseball drama THE PHENOM. Written and directed by Noah Buschel

The internationally award-winning musical Chicago will be the Christmas show at the New Alexandra Theatre this year, it was announced today.

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has today announced it is now booking through to its 100th birthday in 2052. The Mousetrap originally opened in 1952 starring Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim.

The Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, starring Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, opens tonight, March 31, at the Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 West 48 Street. Scroll down to learn more about the full company!

After a completely sold-out run in February, the popular improvisers behind Clued-In: An Improvised Murder Mystery has been invited back to The Beat Lounge in the Second City Training Center for an open run starting Saturday, May 14. The Beat Lounge is one of Second City's newest performance spaces, and will be a place for young talent to create humorous productions that are experimental, innovative and hilarious. One such show is an improv performance that is so challenging...it's murder.

Florida Rep announces its 2016-2017 Season! 

West End musical phenomenon WICKED, which tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has released the first pictures of Mark Curry as The Wizard. Actor and presenter Curry took over the role on March 25, alongside Emma Hatton (Elphaba), Savannah Stevenson (Glinda), Oliver Savile (Fiyero), Liza Sadovy (Madame Morrible), Sean Kearns (Doctor Dillamond), Daniel Hope (Boq) and Katie Rowley Jones (Nessarose).

Evening Star Productions will present Peter Gordon's comedic send-up of classic 'whodounnits', Murdered to Death, from April 14th through May 1st at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton.  (There will be a preview performance on April 14th)

Lakewood Theatre Company will begin its 64th season with six productions on its Mainstage and three productions on its Side Door stage beginning July 8, 2016.

Agatha Christie's first published novel, THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES, comes to the stage for the first time at Hedgerow Theatre from March 17 to May 8 in a world-premiere adaptation by Artistic Director Jared Reed.

Agatha Christie's classic who-done-it, THE MOUSETRAP, which opened March 11 at the McCarter Theatre Centre in Princeton, is splendid. It would be hard for anyone to create a better 'mousetrap' than this performance directed by Adam Immerwahr.