Beowulf Boritt News

Director Evan Cabnet's mounting of Helen Edmundson's adaptation looks like a somewhat faded oil painting come to life. 

The Broadway adaptation of THERÈSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley (Therese) in her Broadway debut, opens officially tonight, October 29, 2015 on Broadway at Studio 54. Let's see what the critics had to say...

The Broadway adaptation of THERÈSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley (Therese) in her Broadway debut, began preview performances on October 1, 2015, and opens officially tonight, October 29, 2015 on Broadway at Studio 54.

World-premiere musical Come From Away comes to Seattle Rep November 13- December 13 in the Bagley Wright Theatre. A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse, Come From Away is the first musical to be on the main stage of the Rep in over 15 years. Featuring book, music and lyrics by the Canadian husband-and-wife team of Irene Sankoff and David Hein (My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding), the production is directed by La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley. Tickets are available now through the Seattle Rep Box Office at 206-443-2222 as well as online at www.seattlerep.org.

Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Album of the hit, headline-making Off-Broadway musical Clinton The Musical on Friday, October 30; with international digital release and physical CDs in stores and online Friday, November 20. The production has book, music and lyrics by Paul Hodge, book by Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge, and was directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Dan Knechtges with musical direction by James Dobinson and orchestrations by Neil Douglas Reilly. Clinton The Musical was produced by Kari Lynn Hearn of CoolChic Productions, and with Ken Davenport serving as executive producer. The recording was produced by Dean Sharenow and Paul Hodge, with Kari Lynn Hearn serving as executive producer.  To pre-order the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.com/clintonthemusical.

The Playhouse on Rodney Square will kick off its new Broadway in Wilmington series with the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE December 1-6, 2015. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production is a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original. Tickets are $40-$90 and may be purchased by calling The Playhouse Box Office at 302.888.0200 or online at ThePlayhouseDE.org. Discounts are available to children ages 12 and under.

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg stopped backstage to praise the cast of HAND TO GOD after seeing Sunday's matinee performance. Fun fact: Tony nominee Steven Boyer currently appears onscreen with Tom Hanks in Spielberg's latest film BRIDGE OF SPIES. Scroll down for a photo of Spielberg with the company!

Set designer Beowulf Boritt recently took to Facebook to share more photos of the stars of PRINCE OF BROADWAY on opening night in Japan. Scroll down for a peek a scenes from SWEENEY TODD, FOLLIES, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and more! Click here for even more of his shots of the cast onstage.

PRINCE OF BROADWAY, a new musical celebrating the extraordinary six-decade Broadway career of producer-director Harold Prince, plays from tonight, October 23, through November 22, 2015 at Tokyu Theatre Orb in Tokyo, Japan and November 28-December 10, 2015 at Umeda Arts Theatre, Main Hall, in Osaka, Japan.

Broadway's non-profit theatre companies often get major name stars to work in limited runs for a surprisingly low salary.

Set designer Beowulf Boritt recently took to Facebook to share a first look at the stars of PRINCE OF BROADWAY in costume and onstage in Japan. Scroll down for a peek a scenes from SWEENEY TODD, EVITA, COMPANY, PHANTOM, CABARET, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and more!

In an all-new interview with today's The New York Times, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley speaks about making her Broadway debut in the current adaptation of Therese Raquin.

Matt Ryan says its about, 'what happens when two people give in to their most primal urges and instincts.'

Win tickets to see HAND TO GOD on Broadway!

A bit of sage wisdom from that kind and even-tempered patron saint of self-control, Tyrone McHansely.

s I was waiting for my theatre guest to arrive at the Pantages Tuesday night for the opening of ANNIE, a school bus pulled up. Within seconds, a gaggle of little girls spilled out onto the sidewalk shrieking in anticipation and taking pictures of the sparkly marquee on their smart phones. They were only minutes away from seeing her - that spunky little red-haired orphan, Annie, and they could barely contain themselves. 

Portland Ovations brings the National Broadway Tour of 42nd Street to Merrill Auditorium for two performances at 2pm and 7:30pm today, October 17th.

TROIKA Entertainment LLC and the Nederlander Organization are pleased to announce that the eagerly anticipated L.A. engagement of ANNIE has begun performances at Hollywood Pantages Theatre for a limited three-week engagement through Sunday, November 1, 2015. Tickets are are available for purchase at www.HollywoodPantages.com or www.Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-982-2787, and at the Hollywood Pantages Box Office (6233 Hollywood Boulevard). The box office opens daily at 10am except for Holidays. Check out a first look at the opening night below!

The Broadway adaptation of THERÈSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley (Therese) in her Broadway debut, began preview performances on October 1, 2015, and opens officially on Thursday, October 29, 2015 on Broadway at Studio 54. The new adaptation is written by Helen Edmundson, based upon the novel by Emile Zola, directed by Evan Cabnet. Check out a first look below!

ACT ONE, Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award-nominated production from last year, written and directed by James Lapine from the autobiography by Moss Hart, will air on PBS's LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER on Friday, November 13, 2015 from 9 to 11:30 p.m. ET.