Photo Flash: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Opens in West End
by Nicole Rosky - November 23, 2011 Opening last night at the Adelphi Theatre was Nicholas Hytner's five star award-winning production of One Man, Two Guvnors. After a sell-out run at The National Theatre, subsequent UK tour and National Theatre Live cinema broadcast, One Man, Two Guvnors is currently booking until 25 February 2012....
Kate Fleetwood, Anna Maxwell Martin and Olivia Vinall Join National Theatre's KING LEAR, Opening Jan 2014
by Jessica Showers - July 25, 2013 The Daily Mail reports that Kate Fleetwood and Anna Maxwell Martin will play KING LEAR's daughters Goneril and Regan, respectively, in the National Theatre's upcoming production of the Shakespearen tragedy. Olivia Vinall, who is currently appearing in the National's OTHELLO, will portray Cordelia....
Nicholas Hytner Announces Plans for New Theatre Company in 2015
by Nicole Rosky - January 09, 2014 According to the BBC, departing Director of the National Theatre Nicholas Hytner just revealed that after he leaves in 2015, he and executive director Nick Starr will create a new theatre company. He told BBC: 'I will make theatre for a new company that will, we hope, find new ways of making commerc...
National Theatre Celebrates 50th Anniversary Today
by Tyler Peterson - October 22, 2013 Today, October 22, 2013, marks the official 50th anniversary of the National Theatre of Great Britain. The National Theatre first opened its doors in 1963 at the Old Vic, under Laurence Olivier. 800 productions later, they are marking their half-century with a short season celebrating the remarkable...
TV: First Look at ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS on Broadway!
by Jessica Lewis - April 17, 2012 One Man, Two Guvnors, held its first Broadway preview, April 6, leading up to the show's Broadway opening at the Music Box Theatre on April 18, 2012. Directed by Nicholas Hynter and with songs by Grant Olding, One Man, Two Guvnors, showcases physical comedy director is Cal McCrystal, designs by Mark...
Chichester Festival Theatre's THE PAJAMA GAME, Starring Hadley Fraser and Joanna Riding, Will Begin April 22
by Kelsey Denette - March 12, 2013 Distinguished director Richard Eyre returns to Chichester to open Festival 2013 with THE PAJAMA GAME. Love is in the air at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory as handsome new Superintendent Sid Sorokin falls head-over-heels for firebrand Union rep Babe Williams. But when the employees are refused a seven...
Chichester Festival Theatre's SWEENEY TODD Moving to West End?
by Nicole Rosky - September 30, 2011 Chichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to be Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton....
Rufus Hound Joins ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS From Feb 2013
by Carrie Dunn - November 09, 2012 Actor, stand-up comic and presenter Rufus Hound will join the cast of Nicholas Hytner's five star West End production of One Man, Two Guvnors to play lovable chancer Francis Henshall in Richard Bean's award-winning version of Carlo Goldoni's classic Italian comedy The Servant of Two Masters. ...
Photo Flash: Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton in Rehearsal for Chichester Theatre Festival's SWEENEY TODD
by Nicole Rosky - September 22, 2011 Chichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to be Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton....
STAGE TUBE: Michael Ball & Imelda Staunton in SWEENEY TODD
by Robert Diamond - October 06, 2011 Chichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to beStephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton. ...
Nicholas Hynter's ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Transfers to Royal Haymarket in 2012
by Jessica Lewis - December 15, 2011 Nicholas Hytner's five star award-winning production of One Man, Two Guvnors will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket after two sell-out record-breaking runs at the National and Adelphi Theatres. Booking for performances at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2 March - 15 September 2012, will open on 1...
Michael Ball & Imelda Staunton Led SWEENEY TODD Headed to West End & Broadway?
by Robert Diamond - November 03, 2011 Baz Bamigboye reports in today's UK Daily Mail that the hit production of the Chichester Festival Theatre's SWEENEY TODD, starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton will indeed, as rumored, transfer to the West End's Adelphi Theatre, beginning on March 10, 1012. The transfer is said to have been appr...
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Broadcast Today Through National Theatre Live
by BWW - September 15, 2011 Nicholas Hytner's five star production of One Man, Two Guvnors will transfer to the West End for a 16 week run following its sell-out run at the National Theatre, subsequent UK tour and National Theatre Live cinema broadcast. Nearly 200,000 tickets go on sale on Thursday 14 July for performances at ...
Christopher Fitzgerald Headlines Chichester Festival Theatre's Revised BARNUM
by Kelsey Denette - April 26, 2013 Chichester Festival Theatre will unveil its temporary state-of-the-art auditorium, Theatre in the Park, with a major new production of the musical Barnum, presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh. The production will be co-directed by Timothy Sheader, Artistic Director of the Open Air Theatr...
Kate Fleetwood, Anna Maxwell Martin and Olivia Vinall Join National Theatre's KING LEAR, Opening Jan 2014
by Jessica Showers - July 25, 2013 The Daily Mail reports that Kate Fleetwood and Anna Maxwell Martin will play KING LEAR's daughters Goneril and Regan, respectively, in the National Theatre's upcoming production of the Shakespearen tragedy. Olivia Vinall, who is currently appearing in the National's OTHELLO, will portray Cordelia....
Photo Flash: First Look at THE PAJAMA GAME at Chichester Festival
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2013 Distinguished director Richard Eyre returns to Chichester to open Festival 2013 with THE PAJAMA GAME. The production is at the Minerva Theatre, now through 8 June. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!...
9 US Premieres Plus URBAN Set for New Victory Theatre 2012-13 Season
by James T Harding - May 21, 2012 The New Victory Theater will launch its 2012-13 season with the U.S. premiere of URBAN by Circolombia, an edgy, thrilling and inspiring circus featuring young Colombian performers who share their real-life stories through acrobatics, aerial work and tremendous feats of strength. URBAN, which was ori...
Robert Sheehan To Lead PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD At The Old Vic
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2011 J M Synge's comic masterpiece and one of Ireland's greatest plays, The Playboy of t he West ern World will preview at The Old Vic from 17 September 2011 with a press night on 27 September....
Photo Flash: Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton in Rehearsal for Chichester Theatre Festival's SWEENEY TODD
by Nicole Rosky - September 22, 2011 Chichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to be Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton....
Royal & Derngate Announce 2014 MADE IN NORTHAMPTON Season
by Carrie Dunn - November 29, 2013 Building on the successes of recent years at Northampton's Royal & Derngate, new Artistic Director James Dacretoday announced details of his first Made In Northampton season....
The New Victory Theater Presents THE FIREWORK MAKER'S DAUGHTER, Premiering 5/3
by Kelsey Denette - April 01, 2013 Co-produced by the United Kingdom's The Opera Group and Opera North in association with ROH2 and Watford Palace Theatre comes the U.S. premiere of David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell's THE FIREWORK MAKER'S DAUGHTER, based on the novel by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials trilogy) and directed by John Full...
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS to Play Broadway in April with UK Cast?
by Nicole Rosky - September 09, 2011 According to the NY Post, Nicholas Hytner's West End production of One Man, Two Guvnors, which will soon begin a run at the Adelphi Theatre is looking to make its way to Broadway in the sprig 2012 season. Micheal Reidel writes: 'Producer Bob Boyett is laying the groundwork for a Broadway transfer in...
A WALK ON PART Transfers to The Arts Theatre, Now thru July 14, Starring John Hodgkinson
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2012 Live Theatre and Soho Theatre previously announced that following its critically acclaimed sell-out double run at Live Theatre, Newcastle and Soho Theatre, A WALK ON PART: THE FALL OF NEW LABOUR is transferring to the Arts Theatre in London's West End, with John Hodgkinson reprising his highly accla...
STAGE TUBE: Michael Ball & Imelda Staunton in SWEENEY TODD
by Robert Diamond - October 06, 2011 Chichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to beStephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton. ...
Patricia Hodge, Caroline Quentin & Rory Bremner to Lead West End's RELATIVE VALUES
by Tyler Peterson - February 11, 2014 Following a sold out run at the Theatre Royal Bath, Sir Trevor Nunn's acclaimed production of Noel Coward's RELATIVE VALUES transfers to London's Harold Pinter Theatre for a limited season, from Wednesday 19th March to Saturday 21st June 2014, with press night on Monday 14th April.... |