Ian McDiarmid News

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

First Production in Gate's 78 Year History to Sell Out Before First Performance

Ralph Fiennes and Ian McDiarmid will be seen in Faith Healer in Dublin beginning February 2nd and will be joined by Cherry Jones when the show opens on Broadway in May

Variety reports that the show will start previews on April 18, and open on May 4 for a 15 week run at Broadway's Booth Theater.

Variety has reported that Cherry Jones, who won a Tony this season for Doubt, will appear in Brian Friel's 'Faith Healer.' Already cast in the show are Ralph Fiennes, and Ian McDiarmid.

The 2004/05 season continues in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield with LEAR which runs from Wednesday 9 March - Saturday 2 April 2005. Bond's epic masterpiece, brought to vivid life in a new Crucible production that reunites Ian McDiarmid and Jonathan Kent for the first time since leaving the Almeida Theatre in London.