Howard Harrison News

According to a spokesperson for the Disney/Cameron Mackintosh National Tour of Mary Poppins, Ashley Brown, who originated the role on Broadway will head the cast the national tour scheduled to start March 25, 2009 in Chicago's Cadillac Theatre.

Macbeth star Patrick Stewart receives a caricature at Sardi's for the Macbeth after party.

Kathleen Turner and many other celebrity guests attended the opening night of Macbeth After playing sold-out, critically acclaimed engagements at BAM, The West End's Gielgud Theatre and UK's Chichester Festival Theatre, Patrick Stewart returns to Broadway in the five-time Olivier Award-nominated production of Macbeth. The show officially opened at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre. The Evening Standard Award-winning production will play 64 performances only, officially closing on May 24th. 'In one of Shakespeare's greatest dramas, Patrick Stewart plays Macbeth - a man utterly determined to obtain the royal crown. Aided by his even more ambitious and ruthless wife, Macbeth murders the king and a comrade only to lose everything by the play's end. In his New York debut, Rupert Goold takes inspiration from Stalin's Great Terror and directs this psychological and chilling tragedy in a stark, austere production that places Macbeth in a timeless, nameless, and lawless country,' describe press notes. Patrick Stewart received the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor and the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for this production. Rupert Goold received both the Evening Standard and Critics Circle Theatre awards for Best Director. The production also received the What's On Stage Award for Best Shakespearean Production. Macbeth has also been nominated for five Olivier Awards: Best Actor for Patrick Stewart, Best Director for Rupert Goold, Best Revival, Best Lighting Design for Howard Harrison, and Best Set Design for Anthony Ward and Lorna Heavey. The cast features Michael Feast as Macduff, Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth, and Martin Turner as Banquo, as well as Oliver Birch, Ben Carpenter, Polly Frame, Scott Handy, Sophie Hunter, Hywel John, Christopher Knott, Niamh McGrady, Bill Nash, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Mark Rawlings, and Tim Treloar. For tickets please visit www.ticketmaster.com

After playing sold-out, critically acclaimed engagements at BAM, The West End's Gielgud Theatre and UK's Chichester Festival Theatre, Patrick Stewart returns to Broadway in the five-time Olivier Award-nominated production of Macbeth. The show officially opened at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre. The Evening Standard Award-winning production will play 64 performances only, officially closing on May 24th.

'MAMMA MIA!', the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, will celebrate its 9th London birthday on 6 April. 'MAMMA MIA!' continues to break box office records at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

Disney's Broadway musical Mary Poppins will play the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles beginning November 2009, according to Center Theatre Group's Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, marking an early announcement for the 2009-2010 season...

A limited number of tickets are available to watch the March 28th final dress rehearsal of 'Macbeth,' starring Patrick Stewart, at 8 pm at The Lyceum Theatre in New York.

The 32nd Laurence Olivier Awards were be presented by actor Richard E. Grant on March 9, 2008 in London. Below are the winners, click here for the full list of nominees.

Gawn Grainger, Douglas Henshall, Susan Lynch and Joseph Mawle will be joined by LAByrinth Theatre Company member Ron Cephas Jones in the European premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Rupert Goold. The Almeida Theatre and Headlong co-production opens on March 28, 2008 with press night on April 3, and is running until May 10.

Direct from sold-out, critically acclaimed engagements at BAM, The West End's Gielgud Theatre and UK's Chichester Festival Theatre, Patrick Stewart comes to Broadway in the five-time Olivier Award-nominated production of Macbeth. Opening April 8 at the Lyceum Theatre; beginning previews March 28 with performances through May 24.

The North American tour of Mamma Mia! celebrated its 6th anniversary last night in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the Miller Auditorium, and plays its 2,500th performance tonight!

Ashley Brown, who stars in the title role of Broadway's classic musical, Mary Poppins and author Michael Lassell who wrote the new book 'Mary Poppins: Anything Can Happen If You Let It,' will appear at the Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center store at 1972 Broadway (at 66th Street) as part of Barnes & Noble's 'Live at Lincoln' series on Friday, March 7 from 4-6PM to celebrate the release of Lassell's new book

Rupert Goold's production of 'MacBeth', starring Patrick Stewart, is a frighteningly genius work of art.

Mamma Mia! sets yet another benchmark for Broadway musicals in Las Vegas as the show celebrates its fifth anniversary at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on February 13, 2008.

The new London cast for the global smash hit musical Mamma Mia! at the Prince of Wales Theatre will start performances on Monday March 3.

Gawn Grainger, Douglas Henshall, Susan Lynch and Joseph Mawle will be joined by LAByrinth Theatre Company member Ron Cephas Jones in the European premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Rupert Goold. The Almeida Theatre and Headlong co-production opens on March 28, 2008 with press night on April 3, and is running until May 10. Designs are by Anthony Ward, with lighting by Howard Harrison and sound and music by Adam Cork.

Rock 'n'n Roll playwright Tom Stoppard will appear on 'Theater Talk' tonight Friday, February 8 at 1AM. 'Theater Talk' airs locally on Thirteen/WNET and CUNY-TV.

The nominations were just released for the 2008 Olivier Awards and Haispray is leading the pack with 11 nominations.

Rock 'n' Roll star Rufus Sewell will be interviewed on NY-1's 'On Stage' by Patrick Pacheco in a segment that will air Saturday, February 2nd and Sunday, February 3rd at 9:30 AM and 7:30 PM, and Monday, February 4th (early Tuesday) at 12:30 AM.

Broadway's classic musical, Mary Poppins celebrated its 500th performance on Sunday, January 27 at the 1pm matinee. Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006 (previews began October 14), and quickly proved to be a hit with audience members and critics alike.