James Ii News

Brooke Shields has officially been elected as president of Actors’ Equity Association. Learn more about the full results of the election here.

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) has announced the return of its quintessential play development series, Test Flight, back with four up-and-coming Northeast Ohio playwrights. Learn more here!

Wigmore Hall celebrates the coronation of King Charles III with a concert featuring George Frideric Handel's music for the 1727 coronation of King George II on Tuesday 6 June. The programme includes all four of Handel's coronation anthems, rarely performed together, and the Dettingen Te Deum, which celebrated the British victory over the French during the War of the Austrian Succession.

RED BULL THEATER has announced the kick-off of a new season of in-person OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings, beginning with The Relapse by John Vanbrugh, directed by Marc Vietor. This event will premiere LIVE, in person, at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space at 7:30 PM ET on October 24th.

The Town Hall presented Broadway By The Year: The New Wave on Monday, March 21 at 8pm. Created, written, hosted and directed by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, the event launched Broadway By The Year's 21st landmark season at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street).

On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 7:00pm, the London Handel Festival presents their 2022 Opening Night Celebration, featuring the world premiere of London-born composer Anna Clyne's In thy Beauty.

As announced earlier this year, in autumn 2022 Rona Munro returns to Scottish stages with a bold new production:  James IV – Queen of the Fight, directed by Laurie Sansom - the formidable duo who brought us James I, II and III. T

Today Raw Material and Capital Theatres in association with the National Theatre of Scotland announce a new large-scale production James IV – Queen of the Fight that will come to stages across Scotland in autumn 2022.

This summer will be an entirely outdoor rep season in various locations across the Pitlochry campus. This twenty-two strong acting Ensemble will be performing in Pitlochry for different lengths of time throughout the summer, some for a week, some for two and others for many months.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre have today announced the casting for the long-awaited stage premiere of David Greig's new play, Adventures with the Painted People, which will open in Pitlochry from 10 June to 4 July as part of the theatre's outdoor Summer Season. 

A look back at one of the dance numbers from DCPA Theatre Company's Oklahoma!, The Ragtime.

As part of the BSMS free SM Tech Friday webinar series, the Broadway Stage Management Symposium (BSMS), in partnership with The Stage Managers' Association (SMA) and Year of the Stage Manager 2020/21 (YSM), present an important panel discussion.

Election results are in! Actors Equity Association members have voted and Kate Shindle will remain the National President of the organization. Dee Hoty will serve as Eastern Regional Vice President and Kelley Faulkner as Central Regional Vice President. 

Members of New York City's theatrical community created a musical commercial in the form of the world's first socially-distanced flash mob in response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 'Wear a Mask' PSA campaign. The commercial received Cuomo's first honorable mention and was picked up by additional New York State departments such as the Department of Health, Department of Mental Health, Division of Homeland Security, and Office for New Americans.

School of Rock's Jaygee Macapugay wants to tell Filipino American stories through musical theatre. See behind the scenes photos of The Language Lesson, her debut musical short film

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) announced details of its 2020-21 subscription series presented by Carnegie Hall. Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie, a specialist in music of the Baroque and Classical era, will lead the three programs.

Coming to the Durham Performing Arts Center from January 14th-19th is the national tour of Come From Away. I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing actor James Earl Jones II, who is currently in the production playing Bob & others.

Hanukkah has a new anthem thanks to Boyz II Menorah, a supergroup with James Corden, Zach Braff, Charlie Puth, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Josh Peck. So, girl, don't light the candles without the light from 'A Week and a Day.'

A lifelong passion for Liza Minnelli has brought Haley Swindal to the hearts of audiences who will, now, have a lifelong passion for Haley Swindal.

Netflix today announces a multi-year overall deal with James Honeyborne to produce new nature and science series.