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The new West End production of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical magnum opus Long Day's Journey into Night led by Emmy-winner Brian Cox has added Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) and more to its cast.

Stage and screen star Alex Lawther stars in Hamlet at the Park Avenue Armory and he is telling BroadwayWorld all about playing the iconic role, the tricks of taking on Shakespeare, and so much more. Watch the full video!

Due to ongoing Covid-related issues within the company, previews for Robert Icke’s adaptation of Oresteia at Park Avenue Armory will now begin on Wednesday, July 13. The previews originally scheduled for Monday, July 11 and Tuesday, July 12 are cancelled, and ticketholders have been notified.

Due to Covid-related issues within the company, previews for Robert Icke’s adaptation of Oresteia at Park Avenue Armory will now begin on Monday, July 11. The previews originally scheduled for Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9 are cancelled.

Today's top stories include a first look at the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of 13 the Musical, featuring Debra Messing and more! Plus, the Broadway cast of Into The Woods takes their first bows, Broadway Barks lineup announced, and more!

Hamlet, now open at Park Avenue Armory, is directed and interpreted by Robert Icke, and features Alex Lawther (The Imitation Game, The Last Duel, The French Dispatch, Black Mirror) as the brooding protagonist. Read all of the reviews for Hamlet here.

From June through August, Park Avenue Armory will present the North American premieres of Robert Icke's award-winning modern adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Aeschylus’ Oresteia, performed in repertory in the grand Wade Thompson Drill Hall.

The readings will take place in a uniquely intimate setting inside the historic Master Shipwright's House on the river in Deptford.  The new season also includes the return of Shipwright's sold-out musical, The Pied Piper, which thrilled audiences last Christmas. 

Park Avenue Armory announced today its programming for the coming year, returning with a robust 2022 season of multidisciplinary productions and installations-–including new commissions, and world and North American premieres-–that offer bold visions for our future and timely reexaminations of our past.

The season two guest voice cast includes Peter Gallagher ('The O.C.'), Felicia Day ('The Guild'), Harvey Guillén (FX's 'What We Do in the Shadows'), Nik Dodani ('Atypical'), Alex Lawther ('The End of the F***ing World') and Debra Wilson ('MADtv').

A group of professionals from television, film and theatre, brought together by theatre company Moya Productions, have launched ReadThrough – a brand new online play reading service designed to improve the comprehension of exam-body English plays for students across the UK, with a particular focus on students from less privileged backgrounds.

Warts and All Theatre has announced their new season of LINK: UP, a series of Q&A's and Masterclasses with industry creatives, including some of the UK's leading playwrights Dennis Kelly, Simon Stephens and John Godber, as well as Stars of The End Of The F***ing World.

As part of BBC Arts' Culture in Quarantine initiative (partnering with Headlong and Century Films), 14 plays were filmed and produced during lockdown to reflect the diversity of experiences and emotions that are being felt across the world. Episode 4 begins with Deborah Bruce's Kat and Zaccy, which looks at how family loyalties are tested as children with divorced parents must choose where they stay during the lockdown. This well-observed play expertly pinpoints the side of the mother who feels she has been abandoned and the child who says he cannot come home.

The cast of over 50 UK actors taking part in Unprecedented: Theatre from the State of Isolation has been announced.

Today, Declan McKenna premieres the new music video for “The Key To Life On Earth,” the second single from his forthcoming album Zeros (August 21st), via Flaunt Magazine.

Winners of the 64th Annual Obie Awards were announced this evening in a ceremony held at New York City's Terminal 5.

St. Ann's Warehouse presents the U.S. Premiere of The Jungle, the immensely acclaimed Good Chance Theatre co-production with the National Theatre and Young Vic. The show officially opened last night. Let's see what the critics are saying...

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced 2018's BAFTA Breakthrough Brits, in partnership with Burberry – Nineteen of the UK's most promising future stars of film, games and television.

The critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated Netflix original series, The End of The F***ing World will return for a second season.

The National Theatre announces new information, and recaps its upcoming season.