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With his critically acclaimed production of King Lear soon to embark on a national tour, Michael Grandage today announces his farewell season as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, stepping down from the role in December 2011.

2010 was quite a year for Broadway with some spectacular opening nights. We'll be sharing highlights from the year in photos, videos, interviews and more throughout this final week of the year. First off is a look at some of the star and excitement filled opening night curtain calls of 2010. Photos by Walter McBride / WM Photos / Corbis

It was quite a year for BroadwayWorld.com's unmatched Photo Team, here's a look at some of the most popular photo coverages of 2010!

According to Deadline.com, HBO has chosen not to go further with John Logan's Miraculous Year pilot. The Broadway star packed pilot was directed by Kathryn Bigelow. HBO reortedly decided to pass on the series becuase it did not have a wide enough appeal.

According to a report by Baz Bamigboye in UK Daily Mail, Eddie Redmayne has been chosen to star in an upcoming Marilyn Monroe movie, in which he will play Monroe's caretaker. He will join Michelle Williams who is set to play Monroe in My Week With Marilyn. Filming is set to begin in ten days.

According to Theatermania, Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne, along with actor Naomi Watts, model Jourdan Dunn, chef David Chang, and others, will be in a featured fashion spread in the September 2010 issue of Vogue.

Erik Altemus, currently appearing as Matt in the Off Broadway production of The Fantasticks, has been cast in the HBO pilot The Miraculous Year, written by John Logan (Red) and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). Altemus will play Brandon, a dancer.

Deadline.com reports that Susan Sarandon has been cast in HBO's 'The Miraculous Year' pilot. The pilot is written by John Logan, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and includes music by Adam Guettel. Sarandon will play Patty Atwood, a director/choreographer.

Starz Entertainment has acquired U.S. television rights to TANDEM Communications' ground-breaking eight-hour television adaptation of Ken Follett's bestselling novel 'The Pillars of the Earth.' Starz kicks-off with a two-hour premiere of the series, produced by Tandem Communications, MUSE Entertainment and Ridley and Tony Scott's SCOTT FREE Films, on July 23 at 10pm et/pt. The hour-long eight-part series will air Fridays at 10pm et/pt.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, Tony Award winners Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella and Patti LuPone and Tony nominees Stark Sands and Hope Davis will be a part of the cast of The Miraculous Year, HBO's new drama pilot for about 'a charismatic, self-destructive Broadway composer,' written by Red scribe John Logan, reportedly inspired by Stephen Sondheim. The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow is directing the pilot, which begins shooting this summer. Both Logan and Bigelow are also executive producing the piece.

The first two hours of the epic 8-hour event series, 'The Pillars of the Earth,' are available for an early free preview and on-demand/online sampling through select Starz affiliate partners beginning July 21, 2010. The U.S. premiere of the epic original series based on the classic Ken Follett novel is set to begin on Starz for two hours on Friday, July 23 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT) and will continue airing Friday nights at 10:00 PM (ET/PT) for the remainder of the original series.

The first two hours of the epic 8-hour event series, 'The Pillars of the Earth,' are available for an early free preview and on-demand/online sampling through select Starz affiliate partners beginning July 21, 2010. The U.S. premiere of the epic original series based on the classic Ken Follett novel is set to begin on Starz for two hours on Friday, July 23 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT) and will continue airing Friday nights at 10:00 PM (ET/PT) for the remainder of the original series.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Tony Award winners Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella and Patti LuPone and Tony nominees Stark Sands and Hope Davis will be a part of the cast of 'Miraculous Year,' HBO's new drama pilot for about 'a charismatic, self-destructive Broadway composer,' according to ew.com.

he Donmar Warehouse production of RED broke the house record at the Golden Theatre in its final week on Broadway. RED, the biggest Tony Award winner of the 2009-2010 season, grossed $724,155.50 for eight performances in the week ending June 27, breaking the record set by Avenue Q on December 31, 2006 for a nine performance week.

RED, the biggest Tony Award-winner of the season, ends its strictly limited engagement on Sunday, June 27 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). The production will have played 101 performances and 22 previews.

RED, currently playing at The Golden Theatre on Broadway starring Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne, dedicated a special 7:00pm performance on June 20,2010 to The Actors Fund, granting proceeds to the fund in support of their programs and services. BroadwayWorld brings you Alfred Molina's curtain speech below.

Last weekend, I had the exceptional privilege of conducting an InDepth InterView with 2010 Tony-winning Best Featured Actress In A Play: the luminous and winsomely witty film and stage star Scarlett Johannson. We talked about her work in the theatre on this year's highly-praised revival of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, as well as her feelings on musicals, Stephen Sondheim, and growing up in New York, which then veered off into a considerable discussion of her film work and working with actors like Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr. and Penelope Cruz, as well as directors like Woody Allen and Christopher Nolan. Additionally, we discussed her love of musicals, her favorite shows, scores and cast albums, singing showtunes with Hugh Jackman, her thoughts on a Woody Allen musical, what Sondheim roles she would like to play, GLEE, and, of course, a detailed and descriptive discussion of the entire process of bringing BRIDGE to the stage. This is the complete InDepth InterView you have all been waiting for - of course, two sneek peek samples have gone up on BWW this week and have so far been quoted and reprinted in US WEEKLY, Perez Hilton and Oh No They Didn't, just to name a few, all of whom also reprinted her e-mail response to me. She is without a doubt one of the brightest stars of our age and it was a extreme privilege for me to help her shine some light on the more obscure corners of her career, as well as the highs - on Broadway, in Hollywood and elsewhere. Enjoy!

The Donmar Warehouse production of RED has recouped its $2.25 million production costs as of the week ending June 20, 2010, officially entering the hit column. The production, the biggest Tony Award-winner of the 2009-2010 season, ends its strictly limited engagement on Sunday, June 27 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), playing 101 performances and 22 previews.

This weekend, I had the exceptional privilege of conducting an InDepth InterView with 2010 Tony-winning Best Featured Actress In A Play: the luminous and winsomely witty film and stage star Scarlett Johansson. We talked about her work in the theatre on this year's highly-praised revival of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, as well as her feelings on musicals, Sondheim, and growing up in New York, which then veered off into a considerable discussion of her film work and working with actors like Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr. and Penelope Cruz, as well as directors like Woody Allen and Christopher Nolan. In this second sample portion of the forthcoming interview we talk about her love of musicals, her favorite shows, scores and cast albums, singing showtunes with Hugh Jackman, her thoughts on a Woody Allen musical, what Sondheim roles she would like to play, GLEE, and more. The complete InDepth InterView will be available next Friday, but here is another small sampling to curb your appetite until then. A special early-summer treat!