Judi Dench News

The National Park Service has released its Draft General Management Plan for Governors Island - and despite overwhelming public support for the inclusion of the New Globe Theater proposal in the national monument, the NPS alternatives unveiled do not include this project.

Antic Disposition return to the Jermyn Street Theatre in central London with Romeo and Juliet, their searing interpretation of Shakespeare's enduring tale of love and devotion, deceit and despair, from Monday 21 April to Saturday 17 May 2008.

Comedian Billy Connolly brings his hilarious, oxygen-depriving show Billy Connolly Live! to San Francisco's Post Street Theatre (450 Post St., 2nd floor) for 10 performances only (April 1 - 12, 2008). Opening night is set for Wednesday, April 2, 2008.

On Monday night Christine Pedi will be receiving a New York Nightlife Award for Great Dames, her 2007 salute to notable ladies of the stage and screen. But as award-worthy as that cabaret show was, her latest, Now I Have Everything: The Lyrics of Sheldon Harnick, is even better. This is a master class in musical theatre acting and a heck of an entertaining night out.

Well known to film audiences for roles as varied as Professor Sprout from the Harry Potter films and her BAFTA Award-winning performance in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, acclaimed stage and screen actress Miriam Margolyes will make her Broadway debut as Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, beginning performances January 22.

Passion starring Ana Gasteyer and directed by Gary Griffin at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier is a difficult production to wrap one's head around.

Her new show contains much of the familiar material that has made her every Broadway diva's worst nightmare, but what makes it work so beautifully is the range of artistry she shows as a song interpreter when the masks are lowered and it's just Christine Pedi up there.

Producer Harvey Weinstein is planning a high-wattage star cast for the upcoming film version of Nine, directed by Tony- and Oscar-nominee Rob Marshall

The hit West End revival of Cabaret will soon welcome a trio of new cast members.

The Queen star Helen Mirren, who plays Elizabeth II in the hit film, has just been announced as the winner of the Best Actress Oscar.

The 79th Annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC from the Kodak Theatre in L.A. this Sunday, February 25th at 8 PM ET.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company will host its 20th Annual Gala on Sunday, March 4, 2007, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium (1301 Constitution Avenue NW).

Judi Dench, Sacha Baran Cohen and playwright Peter Morgan are among this year's winners of the Evening Standard British Film Awards, which were presented on February 4th in London.

TVGuide.com reports that Dreamgirls' Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy will appear alongside Dame Helen Mirren and this year's Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres on Barbra Walters Oscars Special.

Scenes from The Eternal Romeo and Juliet, a play written by University of North Texas theatre professor Andrew Harris, will debut in London on February 7th at the remains of the historic Rose Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse where William Shakespeare is believed to have performed and his plays Henry VI Part I and Titus Andronicus were originally presented.

The 79th Annual Academy Award nominations, with Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett among the nominees.

Dick Van Dyke and Anne Hathaway - both among Julie Andrews' film co-stars - will present the legendary actress and singer with the Screen Actors' Guild's 43rd Annual Life Achievement Award, which will air live on TNT and TBS at 8 PM ET

Theatre veterans Richard Griffiths, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep are among the nominees of this year's British Academy Film Awards

After several long campaigns to stall or halt the decision, London's Theatre Museum in Covent Garden will unfortunately close its doors on Sunday 7th January. But it will continue its education and outreach work until August 2007.

Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench and Helen Mirren were among the nominees of the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards