Jude Law News

According to showbizspy.com, Jude Law, who most recently starred on Broadway in Shakespeare's HAMLET, will play a blogger in Steven Soderbergh's upcoming thriller, Contagion

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the Chicago premiere of the international hit FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP (from the creators of De La Guarda), a non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion and kinetic aerial imagery that resembles nothing less than a fantastic mash-up between aerial theater and a late-night dance party. Individual tickets for this international sensation go on sale Friday, March 12, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

The 2010 Olivier Awards will take place on 21 March 2010 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, with Spring Awakening, Enron, Jerusalem and A Little Night Music among the standouts of the season with the most nominations. The Laurence Olivier Awards were established in 1976 as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, and Lord Olivier agreed to have his name associated with them in 1984. The Awards are run by The Society of London Theatre but are adjudicated by panels that are equally made up of members of the theatregoing public and experts chosen for their knowledge and professional experience. For more information and updates, visit www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the Chicago premiere of the international hit FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP (from the creators of De La Guarda), a non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion and kinetic aerial imagery that resembles nothing less than a fantastic mash-up between aerial theater and a late-night dance party. Individual tickets for this international sensation go on sale Friday, March 12, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

For the first time, the prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2. The awards celebrate the very best of London theatre and are the highlight of the theatrical year.

Jude Law, who most recently starred on Broadway in Shakespeare's HAMLET, will be the guest host on the March 13th episode of the hit late-night television comedy, 'Saturday Night Live.' Alongside Law will be musical guest Pearl Jam.

BWW took a slightly boozy if extremely fun trip to the Whatsonstage Awards

The Donmar take the prizes for individual performances in plays, while Oliver!, Wicked, Priscilla and Sister Act mop up for musicals

The next Olivier Awards will take place on 21 March 2010.

The Society of London Theaters released figures today revealing 2009 was an extremely strong year for West End theater as it broke both box office and attendance records, according to a report in Variety. Attendance was up 5.5% from 2008 with a total of over 14 million, which in turn put the rise in box office profits at a 7.6% rate of increase from 2008.

The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2010 were hosted today by its Chairman, Mark Shenton, theatre critic for the Sunday Express and daily blogger for The Stage website at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. For the sixth year, the awards were presented in association with Nyman Libson Paul Chartered Accountants, leading entertainment industry specialists; and supported by Delfont Mackintosh Theatres and lastminute.com.

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit 'An Intimate Night,' an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show on Monday, January 25, 2010 at The Plaza (Fifth Avenue and Central Park South).

The Market Theatre has announced its upcoming productions and events thru December 2010.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the Chicago premiere of the international hit FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP (from the creators of De La Guarda), a non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion and kinetic aerial imagery that resembles nothing less than a fantastic mash-up between aerial theater and a late-night dance party.

In this week's Variety, Gordon Cox writes about bringing A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE to Broadway.

Michael Riedel reports this morning in the Post that Broadway may be welcoming another U.K. import this spring in John Logan's RED, which is currently playing at the Donmar Warehouse through February 6.

Weekend Movie Box Office Update: January 15 - January 17, 2010

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, January 17, 2010.

The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project will bring William Shakespeare's rarely produced, controversial, tragicomedy THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN to the Medicine Show Theatre through January 17, 2010.

For theatre aficionados who may have missed some of the star-studded productions that have recently graced the Broadway stage, comes a calendar of photographs snapped by celebrity photographer Walter McBride. The calendar features celebrities during their opening night curtain calls.