Judi Dench News

Peter Hall's production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM will star Dame Judi Dench, Charles Edwards and more. Dench will play the role of Titania with Edwards taking the role of Oberon. The rest of the cast will include William Chubb, Oliver Chris, Msimisi Dlamini, Richard Keightley, James Laurenson, Ben Mansfield, Reece Ritchie, Susan Salmon, Annabel Scholey, Simon Scott, Sophie Scott, Timothy Speyer, Rachael Stirling, Julian Wadham, Leon Williams, and Tam Williams.

A brand new audio clip from the the upcoming motion picture NINE has hit the web and you can hear it right here on STAGE TUBE! This new clip features Marion Cotillard singing 'Take It All', one of the new songs written expressly for the film.

NINE will have a limited release on December 18th in New York and Los Angeles and will then go on wide release on December 25th.

A brand new clip of the upcoming motion picture NINE has hit the web and you can watch it right here on STAGE TUBE! This brief peek gives us a glimpse of Kate Hudson singing 'Cinema Italiano' from the film.

A brand new clip of the upcoming motion picture NINE has hit the web and you can watch it right here on STAGE TUBE! This brief peek gives us a glimpse of Oscar winner Penelope Cruz singing and dancing the sultry, 'A Call From The Vatican.'

Variety reports that Harvey and Bob Weinstein of the Weinstein Company have turned to an old friend to help promote their new film, 'Nine,' set for a limited release on December 18. Disney is the parent company of Miramax Films, which was founded and once operated by the Weinstein Brothers. Once upon a time, the split was nasty.

NINE will have a limited release on December 18th in New York and Los Angeles and will then go on wide release on December 25th.

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".

Richard O'Hagan meets Cubbington Players' very own Maid Marian, Cathy McKenzie

Variety reports that stage and screen stars Annette Bening and Anthony Hopkins will star in Andy Garcia's latest film, Hemingway and Fuentes. The film is a period piece that Garcia co-wrote with Hilary Hemingway, granddaughter of author Ernest Hemingway. Garcia will also direct and star in the piece alongside Bening and Hopkins. Filming will begin next summer.

Roger Rees, a 22-year veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), will return to the stage with WHAT YOU WILL, a side-splitting one-man-show that combines the Bard's greatest soliloquies with colorful observations about the acting life and offbeat (and occasionally bawdy) tales of theatrical disaster.

The brand new website for the upcoming motion picture NINE has gone 'live' and you can visit it by clicking here. The NINE site features dynamic images of the leading actors as their characters and you can get a sneak peek of them all right here on BWW!

Variety reports that screen star and Drama Desk-winning actor Anthony Hopkins will star in Thor, the Kenneth Branagh helmed film for Marvel Studios. Production begins in January and Paramount Pictures will distribute the film on May 20, 2011.

Broadway Across America (John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams), Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Candy Spelling and The Weinstein Company will present the first-ever Broadway revival of PROMISES, PROMISES this spring at the Broadway Theater (1681 Broadway). Previews will begin on Sunday, March 28th, 2010 with an opening night slated for Sunday, April 25th, 2010. The musical is written by legends Neil Simon (book), Burt Bacharach (music), and Hal David (lyrics). Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes will make his Broadway debut starring in the role of Chuck Baxter opposite Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, returning to Broadway as Fran Kubelik. Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford will also make his Broadway directorial debut and choreograph. More casting and creative team members will be announced in the near future.

The upcoming film adapation of Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's 'Nine' will be available for purchase beginning December 22nd. The soundtrack, to be released by Geffen Records, will include the full score with the addition of three new songs written specifically for the film, entitled 'Guarda la Luna', 'Cinema Italiano' and 'Take It All'.

The Donmar Warehouse (producer of the current Broadway production of Hamlet starring Jude Law) announced that its yearlong West End season at the 750-seat Wyndham's Theater played to 98% of capacity. The Donmar is also making quite the mark on the Broadway stage with a number of current productions this season.

The anticipated new Broadway production of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Tony Award® winning musical RAGTIME has announced complete casting of its 40 member company.

A brand new rehearsal montage video of the upcoming motion picture NINE has hit the web and you can watch it right here on STAGE TUBE!

Vogue is putting the spotlight on the leading ladies of NINE for its November issue. Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz and Kate Hudson grace the cover as they take a walk on a Malibu beach for famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. You can see a behind the scenes video of the shoot right here on STAGE TUBE!

According to a report from IMBD News, Actress Dame Judi Dench has a thing or two to say to the young acting community for bypassing careers in theatre in favor of instant fame as television or movie stars.