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Helen Mirren, Benedict Cumberbatch and Christopher Eccleston have joined the starry cast for the National Theatre of Great Britain's 50th anniversary celebration "LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL THEATRE: 50 YEARS ON STAGE," directed by Nicholas Hytner. This special event will be broadcast by National Theatre Live to cinemas internationally on Saturday, November 2, 2013 (with many encore dates in U.S. cities). From Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to The History Boys, from Antony and Cleopatra to Angels in America, from Guys and Dolls to London Road, this will be a thrilling evening of live performance and rare glimpses from the archive, featuring many of the most celebrated actors who have performed on their stages over the past five decades.

Chicagoans can have the full Shakespeare experience this fall with three unique opportunities to attend viewings of Othello, Macbeth and Hamlet at the Music Box Theatre. The Music Box continues its partnership with the UK's National Theatre Live to exhibit captured live stage performances beamed to Chicago from the prestigious National Theatre in London. Macbeth brings Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn, Hamlet) back to the Shakespearean stage after a decade to perform the role of the Scottish king. Othello shows on Sunday, Oct 13, 11:30am, Macbeth is Saturday, Oct 26, 1:00 pm and Hamlet is Wednesday, Nov 20, 3:00pmat Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue. Tickets to National Theatre Live events are $15 in advance at the Music Box Theatre box office and online at http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/collections/nt-live-2013; $18 at the door.

The epic production of National Theatre's "War Horse," based on the novel by English author, poet, playwright and librettist and 2003-05 Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, is the latest addition to a series of hit London plays that will be broadcast this season at Northwestern University. Single tickets to "War Horse" go on sale today (Sept. 27).

Infatuation. Seduction. Grandeur. It's all in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin starring diva Anna Netrebko with Mariusz Kwiecien from the Met Live in HD on Saturday, October 5, at 12:55 p.m. at The Ridgefield Playhouse. Britain's premier theatre experience, National Theatre Live in HD, comes to the Playhouse with the award-winning Macbeth on Monday, October 21, at 6:30 p.m. For dinner-and-theater, Bernard's (22 West Lane, Ridgefield) is offering a special $45 prix-fixe menu, or a free glass of wine with dinner, before this event when tickets are presented; reservations suggested; opens at 5 p.m. Visit ridgfieldplayhouse.org for video previews of the Met Live in HD Series. These opera and NTL series are underwritten by the following supporters: Jeanne Cook, Anita and Nicholas Donofrio, Liz and Steven Goldstone, Marilyn and Joe Kreitz, Joanne and John Patrick, Starbucks Coffee, Sabina and Walter Slavin, Taylor Zemo Foundation and The Ridgefield Press.

The U.S. premiere of Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh's staging of MACBETH will take over Park Avenue Armory's 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall in June 2014.

Amphibian Stage Productions today announced an additional offering in its National Theatre Live screening series for 2013, presented in association with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

Three award-winning plays will be broadcast Live in HD from Britain's National Theatre to The Ridgefield Playhouse in October. First up is Othello on Tuesday, October 15, followed by Macbeth on Monday, the 21st, and Frankenstein on, very fittingly, Thursday, October 31, all at 6:30 p.m.

Several high profile Shakespearean productions gear up to hit stages and movie theatres around the globe in the latter months of 2013. Here is a preview of three of the most anticipated events to watch for in the coming months.

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Shakespeare's tragedy MACBETH opened at Manchester International Festival on July 4th, 2013, starring Kenneth Branagh in the title role and Alex Kingston as Lady Macbeth. Let's see what the critics had to say...

National Theatre Live ist ein Programm des National Theatre London, das ausgewahlte Produktionen an je einem Abend filmt und live in Kinos rund um die Welt ausstrahlt. Damit bieten sie Theaterliebhabern die einzigartige Moglichkeit Inszenierungen aus einer der Theaterhauptstadte der Welt zu erleben ohne eine Reise nach London zu unternehmen. Etwas 6-8 Theaterstucke werden jedes Jahr gefilmt und umspannen ein breites Spektrum, von Klassikern von Shakespeare bis zu Werken von neuen Dramatikern.

National Theatre Live is pleased to announce that the June 13 live broadcast of Peter Morgan's Olivier Award-winning new play The Audience was seen by nearly 30,000 people in North America and nearly 80,000 people in the UK - the largest audience ever for a live broadcast from National Theatre Live. Due to the record-breaking response to the National Theatre Live broadcast of The Audience, many encore screenings have already been added, and more encores will be added throughout the summer internationally. In North America, there are currently 700 screenings scheduled throughout the summer, with additional encores to be added still; in the UK, nearly 800 screenings will take place - the largest number of screenings for a National Theatre Live broadcast in both North America and the UK ever. The Audience played its final performance at London's Gielgud Theatre on June 15, starring internationally acclaimed actress Helen Mirren as The Queen, directed by Stephen Daldry, and won two 2013 Olivier Awards for Best Actress (Helen Mirren) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Richard McCabe).

Internationally regarded Shakespearean Sir Kenneth Branagh is making his mark on one of the Bard's most well-known roles at the Manchester International Festival in July - the Scottish Play itself, MACBETH - and it has now just been announced that the production will be filmed and broadcast as part of NT Live.

According to the Daily Mail, Seth Numrich, star of Broadway's War Horse and Golden Boy, will join Kim Cattrall in the Old Vic's production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, directed by Marianne Elliott (War Horse). The production is set to begin June 12.

According to the Daily Mail, Alex Kingston (Doctor Who) will play the role of 'Lady Macbeth' opposite Kenneth Branagh in the 2013 Manchester International Festival production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, beginning July 5. Rehearsals start next month. Directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, this interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy will unfold within the walls of an intimate deconsecrated Manchester Church.

On the heels of its ratings success with original series Song by Song, Ovation, the only network dedicated to the arts, will launch an Easter weekend event with the premiere of its four-hour miniseries BEN HUR, tonight, March 31 at 8:00 pm ET.