Agatha Christie News

ENCOUNTERS: Performers on Performance is a unique series of one to one conversations with high profile performers talking personally, candidly and entertainingly about their life and art. ENCOUNTERS will open at the Lyric Theatre on 20th January 2014 over monthly Monday evenings. Fiona Lindsay will conduct the interviews with Lenny Henry (Monday, 20th January, 2014) and David Suchet (Monday, 24th February, 2014) appearing as the first two guests.

The Daily Mail reports that Fiona Lindsay will host a series of conversations called ENCOUNTERS: PERFORMERS ON PERFORMANCE at the Lyric Theatre, beginning in January 2014. The first two guests will be Lenny Henry (Jan 20) and David Suchet (Feb 24).

Ten strangers, each with a dark secret, are summoned to the island mansion of an eccentric millionaire, but when the guests arrive their host is nowhere to be found. Lured away and isolated from everything but each other, the guests soon find they are haunted by more than just the shadows of their past. One by one the guests reveal their guilty secrets, and one by one...they begin to die. Who's the murderous culprit? And who will be next? An all-star cast brings this classic murder-mystery to life!

Agatha Christie's SPIDER'S WEB is a regular whodunit mystery. It's smart. It's humorous. And it always keeps you guessing. Instead of the expected holiday-focused production Theatre in the Round Players is offering up a little something different this season and I am more than happy to accept.

The Walker sisters will soon learn money can't buy happiness. Today, Nov. 19, 2013, Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, brings you the She's Still Not Our Sister on DVD. Directed by Roger Melvin and starring Kellita Smith, Christian Keyes, Drew Sidora, Jazmin Lewis, Azur-De Johnson, Jackee Harry, Tony Grant and Clifton Powell, the Dove approved She's Still Not Our Sister will be available for an SRP $14.98 on DVD.

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of Rod Serling's groundbreaking, science fiction anthology The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series, available on DVD today, Nov. 19, 2013, at an SRP of $169.98.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the famous and fun whodunit play The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie and directed by Paul Mason Barnes. This classic mystery will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, December 4-29, 2013.

Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) presents Spider's Web by Agatha Christie in weekend performances tonight, November 15 through December 15, 2013.

One Village Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of Home Again

Nach 'Dear World' prasentiert das Vienna English Theatre nun „Witness for the Prosecution", basierend auf einem Roman von Agatha Christie mit Katharina Stemberger in der Rolle der Mrs. Vole' die aufgrund der Besetzung mit Marlene Dietrich in Billy Wilders Verfilmung des Gerichtskrimis 1957 Weltberuhmtheit erlangte.

Lady Somerset finds herself hosting an amicable if mysterious weekend on her estate only to be...wait...haven't we done this before?!? A classic murder mystery setup gets a wry post-modern bludgeoning with real and smart surprises.

Remy Bumppo will present this Tony and Olivier Award-winning masterpiece as the second production of its 17th season. An Inspector Calls plays almost constantly in England, but this is a rare opportunity to see it on an American professional stage. Press Opening is Monday, December 9, at 7:00 pm.

An old English mansion. A raging thunderstorm. Ten strangers. Murder, myster, music and comedy abound when the guests disappear one by one -- knocked off by cleverly fiendish devices. Join the fun as Miss Tweed, the amateur sleuth, sets out to solve the crimes -- but the butler didn't do it! With songs like 'I Owe It All to Agatha Christie,' it's a zany whodunit for all to enjoy.

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of the horror-thriller Mischief Night, starring Noell Coet.

Producers Jayson Raitt, Barbara Whitman, Steven Chaikelson and Second Stage Theatre present Murder For Two, currently playing Off-Broadway at New World Stages - Stage 5 (340 West 50th Street). Direct from a critically-acclaimed, sold-out run at Second StageTheatre Uptown (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Casey Reitz, Executive Director and Christopher Burney, Curator and Associate Artistic Director), Murder For Two began performances at New World Stages - Stage 5 on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 and officially opens tonight, November 6, 2013.

Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) presents Spider's Web by Agatha Christie in weekend performances November 15 through December 15, 2013.

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the box set release of Naked City: The Complete Series starring Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, James Franciscus, John McIntire and an incredible cast of guest stars. Naked City: The Complete Series will be available on DVD today, November 5, 2013, for an SRP of $179.98.

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of a thrilling double feature: Galactic Adventures: 3D Sun/Mars 3D is available on Blu-ray for an SRP of $24.98 on Dec. 3, 2013.

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the DVD, Blu-rayTM and Digital Download release of PARADISE on November 12, 2013.

The Armonk Players presents Something's Afoot with Book, Music and Lyrics by James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach, and additional music by Ed Linderman. The production is directed by Pia Haas, with music direction by Assaf Gleizner, and choreography by Anthony Valbiro.