Tony Award winner Roger Rees and Matthew Kelly will join the West End's production of 'Waiting for Godot' at the Royal Haymarket, January 21-April 3. The Theatre Royal, Haymarket's hit production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot that ended a sell-out run in August of this year will return for an encore run early next year. The show also stars Ian McKellen.
Ian McKellen (Estragon) and Ronald Pickup (Lucky) will be joined by Roger Rees (Vladimir) and Matthew Kelly (Pozzo) in Sean Mathias' production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot which will have a further run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 21 January - 3 April 2010. Mathias' sell-out production opened in May this year following a national tour and played to packed houses through its run, breaking all previous Theatre Royal Haymarket Box Office records.
The Theatre Royal, Haymarket's hit production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot that ended a sell-out run in August of this year will return for an encore run early next year, according to the show's star, Ian McKellen. In his acceptance speech after winning the Lebedev Special Award for outstanding contribution to British Theatre at the Evening Standard Awards earlier today, McKellen remarked that he felt he had unfinished business with the production, which he called 'the most joyful professional experience I've ever had.'
Stage and screen stars Kevin Spacey and Ian McKellen are among the winners of the 2009 Variety Club Showbiz Award winners. Spacey took home the award for Outstanding contribution to British Theatre, while McKellen won The Bernard Delfont Award for outstanding contribution to Showbusiness. The awards were announced November 14th at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
Veteran British actor Sir Ian McKellen won a Variety Club Award for his 'outstanding contribution to showbusiness' at this year's Variety Club Awards in London while Kevin Spacey received an award for his 'outstanding contribution to the British theatre.'
The UK Daily Mail is reporting that the Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR is set to bring that Broadway 'free love' to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.
The 55th Annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards, honouring outstanding achievements in London Theatre, has released their shortlist of 2009 nominees. The award ceremony will take place on November 23 at the Royal Opera House, with nominees selected by a panel of London theatre critics.
Just days after opening in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Broadway stars James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Sanaa Lathan will headline one of the biggest events in the West End calendar, the launch of the 10th Annual Whatsonstage.com Awards, the "theatregoers choice".
Stage and screen star Helen Mirren has joined the cast of the upcoming thriller 'Red', Variety reports. Already announced for the cast are Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis. Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gregory Noveck, and Mark Vahradian, 'Red' is written by Erich and Joe Hoeber and directed by Robert Schwentke. Shooting is set to begin January 2010 with an expected release date of November 19th, 2010.
Sir Ian McKellen hosted the 10th Anniversary of the 'Only Make Believe' benefit at Broadway's Shubert Theatre on November 2nd.
The 55th Annual Evening Standards Theatre Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in London Theater, today has released their long list of 2009 nominees. The award ceremony, which will take place on November 23 at the Royal Opera House, will honor some of theater's biggest stars, including Ian McKellen, Kevin Spacey, Sam Mendes, and more. Sponsored by U.K'.s Evening Standard newspaper, with nominees selected by a panel of London theater critics, the shortlist of nominees will be sometime next week.
According to a report in Variety, stage and screen star Ian McKellen will star in the new mockumentary series 'The Academy,' a new show surrounding a fictional drama academy with McKellen starring as his fictitious brother and academy headmaster, Murray McKellen.
Only Make Believe, a non-profit organization that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals and care facilities, will celebrate their 10th Anniversary on November 2nd with an evening that will celebrate music, theatre and Broadway, at the Shubert Theatre.
Sir Ian McKellen will host the 10th anniversary of the Only Make Believe benefit at Broadway's Shubert Theatre on November 2.
Whatsonstage.com is reporting that Simon Callow star in a double bill of two little-seen one-man holiday plays by Charles Dickens: Dr. Marigold and Mr. Chops at Riverside Studios. The productions will run from December 12 - January 31.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present a one-night-only performance of Sir Ian McKellen's one-man show A KNIGHT IN HARMAN HALL on October 29. This benefit performance follows Sir Ian's acceptance of the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre as part of the Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala on Sunday, October 25.
Sir Ian McKellen is confirmed to be the 2009 recipient of the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre. He will be honored The Shakespeare Theatre Company at its annual gala on October 25th at the Harman Center for the Arts.
Only Make Believe, a non-profit organization that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals and care facilities, will celebrate their 10th Anniversary on November 2nd with an evening that will celebrate music, theatre and Broadway, at the Shubert Theatre.
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