Vivien Leigh News

No matter how bad things get, there's always coffee. Sometimes there's even wine. And when there's both, well that's a good day. 2 Sugars, Room for Cream is a series of scenes and original music loosely tied together by coffee created and performed by the 2013 Ivey Award winning duo of Shanan Custer and Carolyn Pool. In their own words, the show is about 'Scenes from life. Stuff we think is funny.'

The Girl Who Came to Supper is set in 1911 London at the time of George V's coronation.

The Girl Who Came to Supper is set in 1911 London at the time of George V's coronation.

Considered one of the biggest film events of all time, the Gone with the Wind premiere was a three-day extravaganza for over 300,000 movie fans and citizens of Atlanta, Georgia in 1939. MGM and Gone with the Wind publicist William R. Ferguson kept detailed records and memorabilia leading up to and during the historical and magical movie event. Ferguson's premiere tickets, shooting script, vintage publicity materials, and studio photographs are just a few of the Gone with the Wind items that will be available in Profiles in History's October 17-20, 2014 Hollywood Entertainment Auction.

New York Deaf Theater, the longest running company of its kind in New York City, under the Artistic Direction of James W. Guido, will celebrate its 35th anniversary season with a new spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale, THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Adapted by Noah Smith, the production is told in American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English for deaf and hearing audiences. Previews begin on Friday, November 7th at the June Havoc Theatre (Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex - 1st floor). The official opening is on Tuesday, November 11th at 7:30PM. Marlee Faye Koenigsberg directs.

Considered one of the biggest film events of all time, the Gone with the Wind premiere was a three-day extravaganza for over 300,000 movie fans and citizens of Atlanta, Georgia in 1939. MGM and Gone with the Wind publicist William R. Ferguson kept detailed records and memorabilia leading up to and during the historical and magical movie event. Ferguson's premiere tickets, shooting script, vintage publicity materials, and studio photographs are just a few of the Gone with the Wind items that will be available in Profiles in History's forthcoming October 17-20, 2014 Hollywood Entertainment Auction.

Today we are saluting one of the most celebrated and acclaimed films of all time in honor of its Fathom & TCM re-release, GONE WITH THE WIND.

The production is the fastest-selling in the history of London's Young Vic Theatre. That's a tribute to its star, Gillian Anderson (from television's X-Files) and to the new generation that's discovering Tennessee Williams' masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire. The production will be broadcast on the big screen at Town Hall Theater today, September 26.

California Stage will revive Rick Foster's smash-hit show Love, Isadora today, September 20th-October 12th, 2014.

California Stage will revive Rick Foster's smash-hit show Love, Isadora September 20th-October 12th, 2014. Professional actress Lori Russo reprises her Elly Award-winning turn as Isadora Duncan, the mother of modern dance, with Janis Stevens' inspired direction.

The production is the fastest-selling in the history of London's Young Vic Theatre. That's a tribute to its star, Gillian Anderson (from television's X-Files) and to the new generation that's discovering Tennessee Williams' masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire. The production will be broadcast on the big screen at Town Hall Theater on Friday, September 26.

Following the Paris World Premiere season in 2013, and special performances celebrating Vivien Leigh's 100th anniversary, Donald Macdonald's new VIVIEN: Letter to Larry plays Jermyn Street Theatre's inaugural Matinee Seasons, in Autumn 2014, starring Susie Lindeman. The show runs 29 September - 5 November 2014 at Jermyn Street Theatre. Press performance October 1 2.30pm.

Scarlett O'Hara won and then lost Rhett Butler, Atlanta burned and the antebellum South was shown in all its splendor and decimation in one of cinema's most treasured and most successful films, “Gone With the Wind.”

Director of Drama Desk nominated performance 'Vivien', Peter Sander collaborates with Theatre Arts Japan (Eriko Ogawa, Artistic Director), and theater company Ku Na'u Ka's music director/composer/percussionist Hiroko Tanakawa to present work of Japan's master playwright, Asaya Fujita's 'Robinson (to) Crusoe', an adaptation of D'Introna and Ravicchio's comedy, 'Robinson and Crusoe'.

California Stage will revive Rick Foster's smash-hit show Love, Isadora September 20th-October 12th, 2014. Professional actress Lori Russo reprises her Elly Award-winning turn as Isadora Duncan, the mother of modern dance, with Janis Stevens' inspired direction.

The 'Alley Theatre @ UH' season begins with Betty Buckley, Hallie Foote, Annalee Jefferies and Veanne Cox in award-winning Texas playwright Horton Foote's The Old Friends, a Southwestern premiere.

Sharon Tate in Heaven, presented by This American Blonde Actress and Mississippi Mud Productions, returns for a limited special New York City run today, August 8th-11th, followed by two special dates in Lido Beach, New York August 16th and 17th.

Sharon Tate in Heaven has a new home in New York City for the August 8-11 run. The White Box Studio C at The Alchemical Theatre Laboratory. Sharon Tate in Heaven, presented by This American Blonde Actress and Mississippi Mud Productions, returns for a limited special New York City run this August 8th-11th, followed by two special dates in Lido Beach, New York August 16th and 17th at Theresa Academy for Performing Arts.

It's all about the love story in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and this one has at its core the epic romance of the ages - Mark Antony and the notorious Queen of the Nile - two dramatic individuals consumed with passion of whom much has been written. It's a perfect choice for Kingsmen Shakespeare Company's final offering of the 2014 summer season and delivers another lovely night of Shakespeare under the stars just a short drive up the 101 to Thousand Oaks.

Director of Drama Desk nominated performance 'Vivien', Peter Sander collaborates with Theatre Arts Japan (Eriko Ogawa, Artistic Director), and theater company Ku Na'u Ka's music director/composer/percussionist Hiroko Tanakawa to present work of Japan's master playwright, Asaya Fujita's 'Robinson (to) Crusoe', an adaptation of D'Introna and Ravicchio's comedy, 'Robinson and Crusoe'.