David Hare News

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2005. The 37th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony will take place Monday, March 13 at the El Portal Theatre, located at 5269 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood.

Previews for David Hare' political drama Stuff Happens have been pushed back from March 21st to March 28th

We Will Rock You closes after four years, Judi Dench's Hay Fever opens with a top price of £60, Evita is officially launched and Caroline or Change plans London run

Dakin Matthews and Sarah Aldrich will headline the American premiere of Terry Johnson's Hitchcock Blonde at the South Coast Rep from February 3rd through March 12th

Stuff Happens, a new political drama by David Hare, has joined the Public Theater's 2005-2006 season line-up for a spring production

The New York Times reports that the bestseller written by Joan Didion is being adapted by the author for stage, and is expected on Broadway in Spring 2007.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that the World Premiere of MEASURE FOR PLEASURE, a play by David Grimm, will feature Suzanne Bertish, Wayne Knight ('Seinfeld'), Euan Morton (Tony Award-nominee, Taboo), Michael Stuhlbarg (Tony Award-nominee, The Pillowman) and Emily Swallow.

Vanessa Redgrave is interested in starring in a planned transfer of the London hit The Breath of Life

Legendary playwright Harold Pinter has been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature

Judi Dench returns to the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Jerry Springer and Mike Leigh go on tour and Nicole eyes up a London Hedda Gabbler

A gay adaptation of La Ronde makes its American debut at the Fringe Festival.

While the Broadway world was honoring its best of the year on Sunday evening at the Tony Awards, Los Angeles Theatre was celebrating its own greatness in theatre with the American Premiere of David Hare's Stuff Happens at the Mark Taper Forum.

Chitty in London Bangs no more whilst Bedella goes to Heaven and Stoppard premieres a new translation. Plus news on the new Almeida season..

European premieres of David Mamet's Romance and Sam Shepherd's The Late Henry Moss feature in the Almeida's 2005/6 season

Jake looks back at 2004 in the UK theatre industry, including the summer's disastrous closing trend and the 'big 3' winter..

Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the world premiere of 'Harold & Maude: The Musical,' starring Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons, Eric Millegan, Donna English, Donna Lynne Champlin and Danny Burstein.

Ewan McGregor plays Sky Masterson in the West End next year and English reality TV finally catches up with the musical..

Estelle Parsons gives an artful performance in David Hare play at Hartford Stage

Barrowman goes to Chicago and Lloyd Webber's in town!

As the 28th Laurence Olivier Awards are announced, Jake looks at the disappointment behind an increasingly political ceremony. Other news includes a ticket slashing scheme and a play about.. trains.