Mark Hamill to Receive Cinema Icon Honor at CinemaCon
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 1, 2025
Mark Hamill will receive this year’s Cinema Icon Award at CinemaCon, being held this week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Hamill will be presented with this special honor later tonight at the Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony.
Which AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Cast Members Have Appeared on Stage?
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 27, 2025
On Wednesday, Marvel slowly unveiled the star-studded cast of the upcoming film Avengers: Doomsday. Several of the newly announced cast members are Broadway and West End veterans, including Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Kelsey Grammer, and more. Check out the full list!
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld February 21, 2025
by - Feb 21, 2025
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 21, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Review Roundup: Jamie Lloyd's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 20, 2025
Tom Hiddleston is Benedick and Hayley Atwell is Beatrice. Two of their generation’s finest actors collaborate with director Jamie Lloyd again in this savagely funny and beautifully tender battle of wits. Much Ado About Nothing is now open at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. What did the critics think?
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 20, 2025
After a rather muted reception of The Tempest, fans of director Jamie Lloyd’s work can breathe a sigh of relief. It seems that he has discovered both fun and colour in this brilliant and bold version of Much Ado About Nothing starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell.
Ke Huy Quan To Be Immortalized at TCL Chinese Theater
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 29, 2025
On Monday, February 3, at 10:30 A.M., Oscar® winner Ke Huy Quan will have his hands and feet immortalized in cement at an official ceremony at the legendary TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on Hollywood Blvd.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld January 8, 2025
by - Jan 8, 2025
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 8, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Photos: Sigourney Weaver and More in THE TEMPEST
by Stephi Wild - Dec 13, 2024
All new production photos have been released for The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver in her West End debut.
REVIEW: JOURNEY FREEDOM TOUR JAPAN 2024
by Ayaka Ozaki - Nov 18, 2024
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, the legendary American rock band JOURNEY made a triumphant return to Japan after seven years. Their Osaka performance on November 19, 2024, marked a resounding start to their tour, captivating the audience with iconic hits such as “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Open Arms,” and “Separate Ways.” The two-hour set left an indelible impression on all who attended.
Hunter Regian Launches New Entertainment Venture
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2024
Theatre producer Hunter Regian has just announced the launch of Regian Entertainment- a boutique firm focused on the many layers of theatrical business from producing, general management, consulting, event management to investor relations with more to come. Find out more about the new company here.
Recap the Works of Jamie Lloyd
by Sidney Paterra - Oct 12, 2024
In just over a week, one of the most-anticipated shows of the season officially opens on Broadway. Sunset Boulevard is back, straight from its acclaimed run in London, and this time, Tony-nomintaed and Olivier-winning director Jamie Lloyd is at the helm.
Check out the director's extenisve list of London and New York credits here or recap on some highlights below!
In 2008, Lloyd was made the associate director of the Donmar Warehouse. His 2008 production of Piaf transferred to the West End and to Buenos Aires. In 2008 he directed The Pride at the Royal Court, for which he won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. His 2010 production of Passion won the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical.
Elena Roger sings from Passion at the 2010 Olivier Awards:
In 2013, the Ambassador Theatre Group launched The Jamie Lloyd Company. As the artistic director at Trafalgar Studios in 2013, Lloyd featured three productions: a revival of The Pride, The Hothouse starring Simon Russell Beale and John Simm, and Macbeth, starring James McAvoy and Claire Foy, which received an Olivier nomination for Best Revival. A second Trafalgar Transformed season opened in July 2014 with Richard III starring Martin Freeman, East is East, and The Ruling Class, again starring James McAvoy. In the same year, Lloyd directed Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory, starring Catherine Tate, Aaron Tveit, and Jamie Parker.
Starry productions in the following years included The Homecoming starring Gemma Chan and John Simm; The Maids , starring Uzo Aduba, Zawe Ashton, and Laura Carmichael; and Doctor Faustus starring Kit Harington.
Lloyd's 2019 production of Evita, which played the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, earned two Olivier nominations and was lead by Samantha Pauly. Soon after, he brought Harold Pinter's Betrayal to Broadway, starring Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton and Carlie Cox. The production marked his first Tony nomination.
Hightlights from Evita:
Ad for Betrayal on Broadway:
In 2019, Lloyd revealed plans to direct and produce a series of three plays at the Playhouse Theatre in collaboration with The Jamie Lloyd Company. The lineup included a new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac featuring James McAvoy; a version of The Seagull starring Emilia Clarke, adapted by Anya Reiss; and A Doll's House with Jessica Chastain in the lead role. The latter opened on Broadway in 2023 (second Tony nomination). Cyrano de Bergerac would go on to play BAM in 2022.
Highlights from The Seagull:
Highlights from Cyrano de Bergerac:
Highlights from A Doll's House:
Lloyd returned to the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with his revival of Sunset Boulevard in late 2023. The musical, starring Nicole Scherzinger, won an Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and Lloyd won for Best Director.
Earlier this year, Lloyd returned to the West End to direct Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, which played a limited engagement in 2024.
Lloyd and Scherzinger talk Sunset Boulevard:
Sunset Boulevard will open on October 20, 2024 at the St. James Theatre.