Ben Hall News

Voting is NOW OPEN and the first votes are in for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Oklahoma Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The nominees are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized!

A female led comedy series, SLUT (Sex Loving Union Traveller) is currently shooting in Los Angeles, with Australians behind it. Incorporating musical and spoken word/rap elements, it's a show that reclaims and redefines what it means to be a slut.

UK bass duo Delta Heavy today confirm the release of their second studio long player, 'Only In Dreams', coming March 22nd on Ram Records and accompanied by a slew of international tour dates that take them across the length and breadth of UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.

Casting has been announced for CityRep's Oklahoma professional premiere of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning play THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Simon Stephens, adapted from Mark Haddon's bestselling novel. CityRep's production will play the Civic Center Music Hall's Freede Little Theatre April 4-7, 2019.

Carpenter Square Theatre begins the New Year with DANCING LESSONS - January 11-26. Mark St. Germain's romantic comedy is about an autistic man who seeks a lesson from a Broadway dancer before a special event. All performances are at the theater, located at 800 W. Main in downtown Oklahoma City.

Carpenter Square Theatre begins the New Year with DANCING LESSONS - January 11-26. Mark St. Germain's romantic comedy is about an autistic man who seeks a lesson from a Broadway dancer before a special event. All performances are at the theater, located at 800 W. Main in downtown Oklahoma City.

Carpenter Square Theatre begins the New Year with DANCING LESSONS - January 11-26. Mark St. Germain's romantic comedy is about an autistic man who seeks a lesson from a Broadway dancer before a special event. All performances are at the theater, located at 800 W. Main in downtown Oklahoma City.

In 1935, Country music's “first family recording group,” The Carter Family, released “Can the Circle Be Unbroken.” The song (a hymn reworked lyrically by the group's patriarch, A.P. Carter) would become one of the genre's early commercial hits. Later, it would become symbolic of the “family of Country music,” in recognition of its roots and the artists who would carry those traditions forward for future generations. In celebration of this idea, Gabriel Communications is pleased to announce its latest 'reunion' series and DVD collection, “Country's Family Reunion Presents: Country's Unbroken Circle,” which affirms that, even today, traditional country music is alive and well and the “circle” remains enjoyably intact. 

Acclaimed Bristol-based theatre company Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory brings Shakespeare's greatest history to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre next month.

Like the English at Agincourt, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory aren't unshaken, but they are victorious. Elizabeth Freestone's direction is austere, with the action playing out in a darkly industrial dystopia characterised by Lily Arnold's greyed costumes and frayed edges, steely drama and gravel underfoot.

Acclaimed Bristol-based theatre company Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory brings Shakespeare's greatest history to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre next month.

Production images are today released for a new adaptation of Henry V presented by Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory at Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio where it runs until Saturday 21 July with opening night for press on Thursday 28 June. The production which stars Ben Hall and is directed by Elizabeth Freestone, launches Artistic Director Jonathan Church's 2018 Summer Season of five plays at Theatre Royal Bath.

Jonathan Church, Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Bath's Summer Season, today announces further casting for the 2018 summer programme with actors Ralf Little (The Royle Family, Ugly Lies the Bone) and Nigel Lindsay (Victoria, Four Lions) joining the previously announced Elizabeth McGovern and Amanda Abbington in the 10th anniversary production of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage. 

A lively autumn season at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre includes comedy, cabaret, drama and drag.

Jonathan Church, Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Bath's Summer Season, today announces the full 2018 programme. Some of the country's most prolific actors will star in a selection of both UK premieres and renowned classics in the theatre's historic Main House and the intimate Ustinov Studio.

Theatre Royal Bath today announces the opening productions for its summer season 2018 across the Ustinov Studio and Main House. Launching at the Ustinov Studio will be the highly acclaimed, Bristol based theatre company, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory with their new production of Henry V directed by Elizabeth Freestone. Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband will transfer to Theatre Royal Bath's Main House direct from the West End, marking the first production in Jonathan Church's 2018 summer season. Priority booking will open to members on Saturday 10 February at 10am, with general on-sale from 21 February. The full programme will be announced in due course.

Writing a successful play with only two actors and very minimal technical elements can be quite a challenge. How do you maintain the energy? Keep the plot driving forward? Hold the audience's interest and attention?  Playwright Simon Stephens has accepted and answers those challenges with his surprising and stellar play, Heisenberg, now receiving a production from CityRep at the Civic Center's CitySpace venue.

It's been nearly 20 years since Lucinda Williams melded roots, rock and country into the Grammy-winning classic Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. For the album's anniversary, Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers) took on the challenge of interpreting it on solo blues guitar for Solo Sounds. As described by Mathus, This one is my favorite so far. Solo blues guitar with no vocals, no overdubs, in super hi-res sound quality. These are really hard to do but very cool to listen to. Listen to the album here.

Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2017, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday 22 January 2018 at 6pm at the Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre.

The Twelfth Annual Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF) will host thousands of film lovers from around the world starting Feb. 21 and continuing to Feb 25 in the historic coastal town of Beaufort, SC.