ESPECIAL: Mujeres que están dando forma al Teatro Musical moderno
Como muchas otras áreas de trabajo, el Teatro Musical ha sido tradicionalmente una industria en la que los hombres dominaban la cartelera y rara vez se daba a las mujeres la plataforma para expresar su creatividad más allá del escenario.
Aunque todavía queda mucho por hacer en este campo, por suerte esto está cambiando y hoy hay nombres de mujeres muy prevalentes en Teatro Musical tanto nacional como internacionalmente, trayéndonos algunos de los títulos más relevantes, rompedores y exitosos de la actualidad.
Jake Smith Appointed as New Artistic Director & CEO of Eastern Angles
Eastern Angles has announced the appointment of Jake Smith as their new artistic director and CEO. He succeeds Ivan Cutting who has been at the helm of the company for 40 years. In a unique first for an arts institution, both will work together until the end of the year as part of a handover to ensure the philosophy is carried forward into the next era of work.
Guest Blog: Michael Coveney On Stephen Jeffreys' VALUED FRIENDS
When the late Stephen Jeffreys' award-winning comedy Valued Friends opened at the Hampstead Theatre in 1989, one or two critics, suspicious of its brilliant structure and well-crafted narrative, declared it a?oesafea?? and a?oeold-fashioned' - by which they meant that the London fringe, or alternative, theatre had gone soft.
Cast Announced For Site-Specific Production Of David Hare's THE PERMANENT WAY
David Hare's award-winning play roars to life in a provocative new site-specific staging performed in The Vaults, London's alternative subterranean venue beneath Waterloo Station, running from Friday 13 September - Sunday 17 November, with a press night on Thursday 19 September. Casting has been announced for the first major revival of The Permanent Way, which first had an award-winning run in York and then at the National Theatre in 2003
Casting Announced For THE PERMANENT WAY at The Vaults
David Hare's award-winning play roars to life in a provocative new site-specific staging performed in The Vaults, London's alternative subterranean venue beneath Waterloo Station, running from Friday 13 September - Sunday 17 November, with a press night on Thursday 19 September. Casting has been announced for the first major revival of The Permanent Way, which first had an award-winning run in York and then at the National Theatre in 2003
Site Specific Production Of David Hare's THE PERMANENT WAY Comes To The Vaults
David Hare's award-winning play roars to life in a provocative new site-specific staging performed in The Vaults, London's alternative subterranean venue beneath Waterloo Station, running from Friday 13 September - Sunday 17 November, with a press night on Thursday 19 September. This first revival of The Permanent Way since its award-winning run in York and then at the National Theatre in 2003 will be directed by Alexander Lass, nominated for Best Director at the 2017 Stage Debut awards, and whose credits include Associate Director on Shakespeare in Love at the Theatre Royal Bath and on tour, and on No Man's Land in the West End. Casting to be announced.
MTC Presents A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Steve Bastoni (Wentworth) and Daniela Farinacci (Glitch) will star as Eddie and Beatrice Carbone in Arthur Miller's tragic masterpiece A View from the Bridge alongside Marco Chiappi (The Father), Simon Maiden (Glitch), Zoe Terakes (A Doll's House, Part 2), Damian Walshe-Howling (Janet King) and newcomer Andrew Coshan, when it opens on Thursday 14 March at Southbank Theatre.
CSC Presents Caryl Churchill Double-Bill BLUE KETTLE & HERE WE GO
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler, announced the cast of the first production of its 2018-19 Season: Universe Rushing Apart: Blue Kettle & Here We Go, two one-act plays by Caryl Churchill, directed by Bryn Boice. The production runs November 7-18 at the Black Box Theater, Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College in Wellesley.
Empowerment and Togetherness Win at Second Annual Tonic Awards
'There is a magic that can happen when you bring people together' Lucy Kerbel welcomes the audience to the Second Annual Tonic Awards at the May Fair Hotel on a chilly March evening. The shared sentiments of empowerment and togetherness are the real winners of the night.
BWW Interview: Jessica Swale On Getting Into Writing & Theatre
Jessica Swale is a director, screenwriter and Olivier award winning playwright. Her most recent stage adaptation The Jungle Book is currently touring, and she is working on no less than six separate screen projects. To say she's busy is an understatement. But, in her own words: 'I wanted to do everything!'
In the first of our two part interview, Jessica looks back on her career so far.
BWW Review: RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO, Royal Court
It hasn't been an easy journey for this piece to get to the Court. The theatre initially removed the show from its programming, because of its links with ousted Out of Joint director Max Stafford-Clark, who left the company in September 2017, amidst allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour.
Out of Joint's RITA SUE AND BOB TOO Back on at the Royal Court
Earlier this week, the Royal Court Theatre and Out of Joint released a joint statement following the sexual assault allegations against director Max Stafford-Clark, stating that the company would no longer be running its production of Rita Sue and Bob Too.
UK Theatres Release Joint Statement on 'Abuse of Power' in the Industry
Led by the National Theatre, a group of the UK's top stages have joined together to release the following statement in relation to the recent allegations against former Royal Court artistic director and UK theatre director Max Stafford-Clark, and the ever-burgeoning controversy surrounding Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.