RIALTO CHATTER: HABIT OF ART Headed for Broadway in 2011?
by Robert Diamond
- Jan 1, 2010
The UK Daily Mail is reporting that Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is hoping to move to Broadway in the Spring of 2011. The production began playing at the National Theatre's Lyttleton Theater in November 5, 2009 and will be broadcast in April 2010 live to cinema screens worldwide. It's expected that the leads, Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour would accompany the production as well.
Richard Griffiths Repaces Michael Gambon In National Theatre's THE HABIT OF ART
by Jessica Lewis
- Oct 2, 2009
The National Theatre in the U.K. is reporting that actor Richard Griffiths will replace Michael Gambon in the thier production of Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art. Griffiths will be taking over the role of poet WH Auden opposite Alex Jennings as Benjamin Britten. Michael Gambon is said to be withdrawing from the production due to health reasons. The Nicholas Hytner-directed production is slated to begin previews on November 5.
Guthrie to Broadcast Complete Pilot Season of NT Live, Tickets For Upcoming Screenings Now Avaliable
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 23, 2009
The Guthrie announced today that it will continue its participation in the pilot season of NT Live - an initiative by the UK's National Theatre to broadcast high-definition performances of its plays to more than 300 venues worldwide - with screenings of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well (October 24 and 25 at 1 p.m.), Mark Ravenhill's exhilarating adaptation of Terry Pratchett's witty adventure story Nation (February 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m.) and Alan Bennett's new play The Habit of Art (May 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m.).
UK's National Theatre's ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL To Be Broadcast To 330 Cinemas Worldwide
by Jessica Lewis
- Sep 14, 2009
Shakespeare's ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, in a highly acclaimed production by Marianne Elliott, will be filmed live at the National Theatre in London on 1st October and broadcast by satellite to cinemas worldwide. All?s Well is the second play in the pilot season of NT Live, the National?s ground-breaking initiative which launched in June with the hugely successful broadcast of Phèdre with Helen Mirren, which was seen by 50,000 people in 19 countries around the globe. ALL'S WELL will be the first play broadcast from the largest of the National's three theatres, the Olivier, with its fan-shaped auditorium and open stage.
Almedia Performs A Reading In Ingmar Bergman Int'l Theatre Festival 5/28, 5/29
by Gabrielle Sierra
- May 20, 2009
The Almeida Theatre Company, who have been invited to take part in the Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival at the Dramaten (Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden) in Stockholm, will perform a rehearsed reading, script in hand, of Bergman's Through A Glass Darkly, adapted for the stage by Andrew Upton, under the Direction of Michael Attenborough.
Alex Jennings Joins Chenoweth & Spence in 'Candide' at ENO
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 9, 2008
Alex Jennings will make his ENO debut as Doctor Pangloss/Voltaire in Robert Carsen's new production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide; opens June 23, 2008 at the London Coliseum for 13 performances only.
NYMF's Three Sides: Caroline's Blog #1
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 15, 2006
Actress Caroline Sheen, of the New York Musical Theatre Festival Musical show 'Three Sides,' begins a four-part series of blog entries about her experiences with the new UK-born musical
Look-ahead: London 2004
by Jake Brunger
- Dec 12, 2003
In this years' final UK column Jake looks at the year ahead in London's West End, including Billy Elliot the Musical, Mary Poppins and the casting game for The Producers
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