Hannah Waddingham News

Fresh off of her recent Emmy Award win for Ted Lasso, Hannah Waddingham has signed with the Creative Arts Agency for representation in all areas.

The ceremony garnered 7.4 million viewers, a 16% increase from last year's all-time low.

Today's top stories: Mrs. Doubtfire and Dear Evan Hansen casting confirmed, Hamilton accepts their Emmy, and more!

Just last night, West End actress turned television's favorite new star, Hannah Waddingham, accepted her first Emmy Award for her outstanding performance as Rebecca Welton on Ted Lasso. In her speech, she gave a shoutout to her fellow stage performers. 'West End musical theatre performers need to be onscreen more,' she cried. 'Please then a chance, because we won't let you down!' 

CBS and the Television Academy presented the 73rd EMMY® AWARDS, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, September 19 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/5:00-8:00 PM, live PT) on the CBS Television Network, and it is now available to stream on demand on Paramount+. Find out all of the winners!

Hannah Waddingham may now be best known for her role in Game of Thrones, and most recently, her Emmy-nominated role as Rebecca in Ted Lasso, but she has been known to theatre fans since long before her television stardom.

This morning, Hamilton star Jasmine Cephas Jones and Ron Cephas Jones announced the 2021 Primetime Emmy Nominations, which included 12 nominations for the Disney Plus recording of Hamilton in addition to nomination for Broadway veterans like Billy Porter, Cynthia Erivo, Julie Andrews, the Lopezes and so many more.

Nominees include Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Bryan Cranston, Colton Domingo, and more.

This dazzling cornucopia of music and song – originally staged last autumn to celebrate the musical legend’s 90th birthday year – sees CFT Artistic Director Daniel Evans joined on the Chichester Festival Theatre stage by stars from London’s West End to perform numbers from some of Sondheim’s major and lesser-known works, broadcast on the composer’s 91st birthday.

Today (March 22) in live streaming: CFT is Celebrating Sondheim, BKLYN is back, Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards, and more!

This dazzling cornucopia of music and song – originally staged last autumn to celebrate the musical legend’s 90th birthday year – sees CFT Artistic Director Daniel Evans joined on the Chichester Festival Theatre stage by stars from London's West End to perform numbers from some of Sondheim’s major and lesser-known works, broadcast on the composer’s 91st birthday.

This marks “Ted Lasso” star and executive producer Jason Sudeikis’ first Critics Choice Award nomination and win, on the heels of winning Best Actor in a Comedy Series at the Golden Globe Awards.  

Chichester Festival Theatre has announced its upcoming spring season of streamed events , including FACING THE MUSIC interviews with Sheila Hancock, Philip Quast, Patricia Routledge, Imelda Staunton and Giles Terera, an encore screening of Celebrating Sondheim, and more!

 The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the series nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards.  The winners will be revealed LIVE on The CW on Sunday, March 7, 2021 from 7-10pm ET/PT, with acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs returning to host for his third consecutive time.

You Will Be Found by #CheerUpCharlie & West End Friends, a fundraising charity single in aid of youth charity The Diana Award, has been released today (Sunday 15 November 2020) by Auburn Jam Music to tie in with the start of National Anti-Bullying Week, which runs from 16-20 November. 

Auburn Jam Music will be releasing You Will Be Found by #CheerUpCharlie & West End Friends, a fundraising charity single in aid of youth charity The Diana Award, on Sunday 15 November to tie in with the start of National Anti-Bullying Week (16-20 November).  

Érase una vez… en un teatro de Broadway llamado Martin Beck Theatre, se estrenaba el musical INTO THE WOODS en 1987 un día como hoy con un reparto de lujo, un libreto excelente de mano de James Lapine y una partitura que permanecería en el imaginario colectivo desde entonces como una de las grandes obras maestras de Stephen Sondheim.

Following its breakout first season and early second season renewal, Apple TV+ has renewed 'Ted Lasso' for a third season.

Chichester Festival Theatre's sell-out concert CELEBRATING SONDHEIM: Sunday In The Park With Daniel will be live-streamed from the Festival Theatre stage on Sunday 1 November at 7pm.

On 23rd September 2020, David Bedella, Hannah Waddingham and Joe Stilgoe along with a superb cadre of West End musicians gave of their time and talent in a show laced with equal parts emotion and humour to benefit charities that support the UK theatre community.