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Two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law captains the cast of BLACK SEA, the suspenseful adventure thriller being directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald

Boldly continuing its push for quality long-form event series, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) announced today a series order for BROADCHURCH (working title), an American version of the the U.K.'s most-watched new drama of the year.

Producers of the Tony Award winning MATILDA THE MUSICAL announced today that Craig Bierko and Jill Paice will join the company as Miss Trunchbull and Miss Honey, respectively, on September 3. Bertie Carvel and Lauren Ward will play their final performances in those roles on September 1.

Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES is now playing until August 25 at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

This morning on 'LIVE with Kelly and Michael,' the four young actresses who share the lead in Matilda the Musical performed 'Naughty' all together, for the first time in the United States. Check out the appearance below!

The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit MATILDA THE MUSICAL recently celebrated its 100th performance at the Shubert Theatre, and according to the Sydney Telegraph's Jo Litson, the show will continue to thrive, opening in Australia in 2015.

David Mirvish has announced announce a one week extension of the national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, now playing until August 25 at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

The Roundabout Theatre Company revival production of the hit 1940's musical Anything Goes opened this past Thursday night at The Princess of Wales Theatre, during one of the worst heat waves the city of Toronto had ever had. With ushers dressed in sailor uniforms and clever social media photobooths assembled in the theatre, the production was quickly being touted as a fantastic way to 'beat the heat' and enjoy three hours of blissful airconditionning. But if you're trekking to the theatre in large part to escape the heat you are in for one heck of a surprise - Anything Goes may just be the go-to hit musical of the summer in Toronto.

David Mirvish is proud to present the national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece. ANYTHING GOES plays a strictly limited engagement, July 17 - August 18 at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit MATILDA THE MUSICAL, in collaboration with Penguin Young Readers Group, continues its monthly book club in celebration of Roald Dahl this Thursday, July 11. Fans can tune in at 7:00 PM EST to watch a Google+ Hangout video chat with Lucy Dahl, daughter of the best-selling author, and actress Missi Pyle, who starred in Tim Burton's film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Mrs. Beauregarde. They'll be discussing Dahl's book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and sharing stories of their own experiences with the novel. To watch the Google+ Hangout, visit www.MatildaTheMusical.com/bookclub.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit MATILDA THE MUSICAL celebrated its 100th performance on Sunday, July 7, closing out another record-breaking week at the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street). The production broke a Shubert house record for the fourth week in a row, grossing $1,307,167 over eight performances for the week ending July 7, 2013.

Theatre503, Euan Borland Productions and Tara Finney Productions present the debut full-length play by resident writer Chris Urch - Land of our Fathers. Set during Thatcher's Britain and directed by Artistic Director Paul Robinson, this darkly comic drama looks at the dramatic two weeks of a group of Welsh miners who are trapped underground in a collapsed coal mine. It will run at Theatre503, above The Latchmere in Battersea, between 17 September and 12 October 2013.

MATILDA THE MUSICAL's performance on “The Late Show with David Letterman” will be rebroadcast on Thursday, July 4. Led by Bertie Carvel as Miss Trunchbull, the cast initially appeared on June 11. “The Late Show” airs on CBS at 11:35 PM (Channel 2 in New York). Check local listings.

In the video below, the West End cast of the Matilda The Musical takes part in the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Roald Dahl's creation, Matilda, featuring Pass the Parcel and a surprise finale for the cast on stage. Puffin have published a large format colour edition of Matilda earlier this year to join the celebrations. Watch to the end to find out what happens!

Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the brand-new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, the story is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman (Grammy winners for Hairspray; Smash), with a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig (The Bacchae; Tintin In Tibet). The show opens tonight, June 25. Let's see what the critics had to say...

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature intermission shots from Paper Mill Playhouse's THE LITTLE MERMAID, off-Broadway's THE FANTASTICKS, and BERENSTAIN BEARS LIVE, Instagram videos from THE BOOK OF MORMON and Gateway's GREASE, and pics from KINKY BOOTS, PIPPIN, WICKED, TOP HAT, WEST SIDE STORY, Barrington Stage's ON THE TOWN and more!

Soon after Instagram Video launched yesterday, Broadway jumped on the bandwagon, with many shows uploading their very first videos. MATILDA posted its own promo video, featuring the pint-sized title character's anthem- 'Naughty'. Watch it HERE!

The national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, will make its Atlanta premiere August 20-25, 2013 at The Fox Theatre as part of the Theater of the Stars 2013-2014 series.

It may not be 1934 anymore, but ANYTHING GOES, running now through July 7 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., proves that classics just get better with age.

BroadwayWorld.com's Richie Ridge sat with all of the 2013 Tony Winners right after they came off stage from their big wins. The winners were filled with joy, memories and excitement and we've got it ALL! Here's Dennis Kelly, who won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for MATILDA.