Helen Mirren News

The world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, will begin performances at a Shubert theater on Broadway in February 2013. This stage adaption of Capote's classic novella will star Emilia Clarke (HBO's "Game of Thrones") in the iconic role of 'Holly Golightly' and will be directed by Sean Mathias.

Amphibian Stage Productions today announced its fall line-up of National Theatre Live screenings, presented in association with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Last of the Haussmans, and Timon of Athens, broadcast from the National Theatre in London, make up the fourth season of this critically acclaimed series.

The Calendar Girls will launch Seasons of Love, a unique celebration of words, music and film at the Royal Albert Hall, tonight, 7 October 2012, at 4pm and 8pm. The gala show will have contributions from the City of London Philharmonic, the West End Chorus, Stephen Disley and the Grand Organ of the Royal Albert Hall together with some of the VIPs and stars of the stage and screen The Calendar Girls have met along the way.

Deadline reports that Daniel Day-Lewis will receive the British Academy Of Film And Television Arts' Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. The actor will receive the award at the 2012 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards which will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 7.

The 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Times, is pleased to announce that the feature ARGO, directed by Ben Affleck, will receive the 'Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award.'

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that HITCHCOCK, starring Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren as his wife, Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel as Vera Miles and James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins, will have its World Premiere on Thursday, November 1, as the Opening Night Gala of AFI FEST 2012 presented by Audi.

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that HITCHCOCK, starring Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren as his wife, Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel as Vera Miles and James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins, will have its World Premiere on Thursday, November 1, as the Opening Night Gala of AFI FEST 2012 presented by Audi.

On Thursday, October 11, National Theatre Live will broadcast a live performance of The Last of the Haussmans, a new play by Stephen Beresford and directed by Howard Davies. The broadcasts will be shown at cinemas throughout North America with many encore dates available. National Theatre Live's fourth season continues with The Last of the Haussmans, directed by Howard Davies. Steven Beresford's acclaimed new play is a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that's losing its grip. The cast includes includes Julie Walters, Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory. The darkly comic drama is completely sold out at the National Theatre.

According to the Daily Mail, Helen Mirren will once again play the role of Queen Elizabeth II, though this time onstage in the play The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre.

The 25th annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and 'Women, Music and Diplomacy' All-Star Gala Concert will be presented by the world-renowned Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in partnership with Cadillac, this year's Presenting Sponsor, on September 22-23. Through the competition and its numerous educational programs, the Institute is committed to identifying and training the world's leading young jazz musicians who will preserve the traditions of jazz while expanding the music in new directions.

The National Theatre of Great Britain announced today that it will be opening a New York-based office to oversee all of its North American activities.

Amphibian Stage Productions today announced its fall line-up of National Theatre Live screenings, presented in association with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Last of the Haussmans, and Timon of Athens, broadcast from the National Theatre in London, make up the fourth season of this critically acclaimed series.

Theatre-Hikes presents William Shakespeare's The Tempest at The Morton Arboretum, 4100 IL Rte 53, Lisle, Ill., on Saturdays and Sundays at 1PM from tonight, September 8-30. Directed and edited by Thrisa Hodits, this production takes place where the play is set, in nature, and focuses on the magic, romance and music involved in telling this famous story.

National Theatre Live begins its fourth season with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time based on Mark Haddon's beloved and award winning novel, adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens. Marianne Elliott (War Horse) directs this richly theatrical exploration of Haddon's touching and bleakly humorous story. The production will be broadcast throughout the US, beginning today, September 6, 2012.

National Theatre Live begins its fourth season with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time based on Mark Haddon's beloved and award winning novel, adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens. Marianne Elliott (War Horse) directs this richly theatrical exploration of Haddon's touching and bleakly humorous story.

The first session of A Noise Within's new INsiders program (formerly known as Scholar's Society) led by Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad, took place August 29. The topic of the evening - The Dark Fantasy of CYMBELINE, which happens to be the first play of A Noise Within's fall season.

Theatre-Hikes presents William Shakespeare's The Tempest at The Morton Arboretum, 4100 IL Rte 53, Lisle, Ill., on Saturdays and Sundays at 1PM from September 8-30. Directed and edited by Thrisa Hodits, this production takes place where the play is set, in nature, and focuses on the magic, romance and music involved in telling this famous story.

British stars Dame Helen Mirren, Russell Brand and singer Jessie J will delve into their homeland's history as part of a new TV series about the U.K. The trio, along with several other celebrities, will discuss the story of Great Britain and Ireland in the new documentary THE BRITISH.

Following a sold-out run at the Finborough Theatre, the world premiere production of Kieran Lynn's dark comedy, AN INCIDENT AT THE BORDER, will transfer to the West End's Trafalgar Studios 2, opening tonight, Wednesday 22 August, for a strictly limited season until 15 September 2012. The production is directed by Bruce Guthrie and stars Tom Bennett as Arthur, Florence Hall as Olivia and Marc Pickering as Reiver.