Carl Foreman News

Award-winning playwright Ayub Khan Din's first play, East is East, which premiered at the Royal Court and was later turned into a much-loved feature film, returns to the London stage after 17 years. This hilarious and ever-pertinent modern classic about growing up in multiracial England will star the multi award-winning stage and screen actress Jane Horrocks (Young Vic's Annie Get Your Gun,Sunshine on Leith, The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, Absolutely Fabulous) as Ella Khan, one of the greatest female roles written for modern theatre.

The Bridge on the River Kwai will be shown at Hershey Theatre on Saturday, September 8 at 7:30 p.m. The 1957 classic stars William Holden, Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for the legendary British filmmaker David Lean and Best Actor for Guinness. It also won Best Screenplay for Pierre Boulle, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman.

Judy Craymer, producer of the global film and theatre smash hit, Mamma Mia!, has announced an agreement with Simon Fuller's new XIX company, The Spice Girls and Universal Music. Judy Craymer Productions is to create and produce a new musical, under the working title Viva Forever, based on the songs of another world-wide phenomenon, The Spice Girls.

Local favorites propel colorful and diverse outings as Boston area theaters wind down their 2008-2009 seasons in style

If you think you know David Mamet, think again. This famously terse playwright is a master of biting comedy. The A.R.T. - producer of the world premieres of Mamet's Oleanna, Cryptogram, The Old Neighborhood, and Boston Marriage - is pleased to present Mamet's wildest and most politically incorrect farce - Romance.

If you think you know David Mamet, think again. This famously terse playwright is a master of biting comedy. The A.R.T. - producer of the world premieres of Mamet's Oleanna, Cryptogram, The Old Neighborhood, and Boston Marriage - is pleased to present Sex, Satire, Romance, and Ducks - a celebration of comic work spanning Mamet's career.

If you think you know David Mamet, think again. This famously terse playwright is a master of biting comedy. The A.R.T. - producer of the world premieres of Mamet's Oleanna, Cryptogram, The Old Neighborhood, and Boston Marriage - is pleased to present Mamet's wildest and most politically incorrect farce - Romance.

If you think you know David Mamet, think again. This famously terse playwright is a master of biting comedy. The A.R.T. - producer of the world premieres of Mamet's Oleanna, Cryptogram, The Old Neighborhood, and Boston Marriage - is pleased to present Sex, Satire, Romance, and Ducks - a celebration of comic work spanning Mamet's career.

The full list of winners for the British Academy of Film and Television arts were given out in London on February 8, 2009.

The full list of nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television arts was announced this morning. FROST/NIXON received 6 nominations and DOUBT 3 amongst other theatre-related nominees. The awards will be given out on February 8, 2009 in London.

The New Group's U.S. premiere of Kevin Elyot's Mouth to Mouth directed by Mark Brokaw, officially celebrated Opening Night, November 6th on Theatre Row. This production features New Group artists David Cale, Lisa Emery and Elizabeth Jasicki.