James Bond News

The New Island Festival will provide many theatrical shows, art installations and music acts that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Daniel Craig has signed on to star in the Morgan Creek psychological thriller Dream House, it was announced today by James G. Robinson and Rick Nicita, co-chairmen of Morgan Creek Productions.

The world's greatest quick-change artist Arturo Brachetti presents the world premiere of his new show written and directed by Sean Foley.

Broadway comes to Ambler, as Act II Playhouse opens its 11th season in September with the Tony Award-winning hit play Boeing-Boeing. Act II Associate Artistic Director Harriet Power directs the post-Broadway world premiere of the smash-hit revival of Marc Camoletti's 1960s effervescent farce.

This fall, a once-in-a-lifetime experience comes to New York as Howard Shore's Grammy® and Academy Award®-winning score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring comes to life at the world-famous Radio City Music Hall for two performances only, on Friday, October 9th and Saturday, October 10th. Beneath an immense 60-foot screen, Mr. Shore's complete original score will be performed live to Peter Jackson's award-winning epic.

The legendary 'Empress of Soul,' Gladys Knight has had a deep influence on the music world throughout her five-decade career. From August 7-9, Knight will be bringing her one-of-a-kind performance to The Orleans Showroom.

Hollywood favorites, and theatre's newest stars, Anne Hathaway and Daniel Craig have been included on Vanity Fair's 2009 International Best-Dressed List.

The national tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang soars into Starlight Theatre on July 28-August 2 for six adventurous evening performances.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the most fantasmagorical Broadway musical in the history of everything, will fly into Denver's Buell Theatre July 23-26! Based on the timeless novel by famed James Bond author and creator Ian Fleming, the production features the music and lyrics by the legendary Sherman brothers, composers of Mary Poppins.

The national tour of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG inspires child-like wonder for the young and young-at-heart with its familiar Sherman Brothers score and its gravity-defying title character

The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that A STEADY RAIN scribe, Keith Huff has sold the film rights to James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. WIlson, who are also among the producers of the play.

La Jolla Playhouse announced today the addition of the world-premiere musical Bonnie & Clyde, to its 2009-10 season, replacing The Big Time. This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell (The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde will run November 10 - December 20, 2009 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.

Geffen Records has announced the signing of one of the most celebrated British singers of all time, Dame Shirley Bassey.

Producers Frederick Zollo, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Raymond L. Gaspard, Frank Gero, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Jeffrey Sine, Michael Rose and Robert Cole announced today that Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman will star together on Broadway in A STEADY RAIN, a critically acclaimed two-character play by Keith Huff. Directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, A STEADY RAIN begins previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009 and opens Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) for a strictly limited 12 week engagement through Sunday, December 6, 2009.

The legendary 'Empress of Soul,' Gladys Knight has had a deep influence on the music world throughout her five-decade career. From August 7-9, Knight will be bringing her one-of-a-kind performance to The Orleans Showroom.

You'll believe a car can fly when CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG makes a 2-week stop in Dallas at Musical Hall at Fair Park, beginning Tue., Jun. 23 through Jul. 5.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the most fantasmagorical Broadway musical in the history of everything, has cast six children from around Arizona to make their stage debut with CHITTY at ASU Gammage, June 16-21 for an eight performance engagement.

Variety is reporting that 'Frost/Nixon' playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan has signed on to the writing team for the upcoming James Bond 23.

La Jolla Playhouse announced today the addition of the world-premiere musical Bonnie & Clyde, to its 2009-10 season, replacing The Big Time. This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell (The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde will run November 10 - December 20, 2009 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the most fantasmagorical Broadway musical in the history of everything, has cast six children from around Arizona to make their stage debut with CHITTY at ASU Gammage, June 16-21 for an eight performance engagement.