Lewis Carroll News

CLD - THE REAL LEWIS CARROLL tells the story of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (CLD), the shy young mathematician at Christ Church College who wrote the 'Alice' books as Lewis Carroll. This ultimate Oxford musical, which runs at St Columba's United Reformed Church from Thursday 14th July to Saturday 6th August, uses his absurd 'Alice' characters, text and songs to reveal the tragic story of his love affair with Lorina Liddell - Alice's mother in real life.

The Drama Book Shop welcomes an acclaimed cast, comprised of actors from the original New York production and from the play's Bermuda premier, for a reading of Steven Carl McCasland's play Little Wars. The 12:30pm reading will take place in the shop's downstairs Arthur Seelen Theatre. It will be followed by a signing with the playwright.

?Award-winning playwright/performer Roxanne Fay, whose "Home Fires Burning" was cited at one of the highlights of the Capital Region theater season in 2015, returns to Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre for eight performances only in a brand new work called "Dream Child: The Trial of Alice in Wonderland". This New York premiere, the second production the play has ever received, opens on June 9 and plays Thursdays through Sundays through June 19 in the BST Speakeasy, 44 West Bridge Street in Catskill.

Beginning today, 27 May, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch presents the celebrated playwright Christopher Bond's ROMFORD ROSE, a sparkling yet heartfelt new musical, brimming with foot-stomping, original country melodies by Jo Collins and featuring some of the UK's most talented musicians performing on a wonderful selection of instruments from the mandolin and banjo to the mighty pedal steel.

Tickets for Third Rail Projects' critically acclaimed hit THEN SHE FELL has added a new block of tickets for performances through September 25th, 2016. THEN SHE FELL takes place at The Kingsland Ward at St. Johns, a century-old institutional building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where the action plays out on 3 floors.

Hollywood Boulevard shut down on Monday, May 23 for the stars of Disney's “Alice Through the Looking Glass” attending the film's premiere at the El Capitan Theatre, which included Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska and Sacha Baron Cohen

The anchor of the Shaw Festival's 2016 season is an ambitious musical adaptation of the beloved, ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Veteran Shaw visionary Peter Hinton breaths new life into the classic Lewis Carroll tale featuring 19 original songs under the musical direction of Allen Cole. Tara Rosling stars as Alice and leads a large cast which also stars Graeme Somerville, Moya O'Connell, Kyle Blair, Donna Belleville, Ben Saunders and Jennifer Phipps.

Johnny Depp returns as the Mad Hatter in Disney's ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS opening in U.S. theaters in Digital 3D, Real D 3D and IMAX® 3D on May 27, 2016.

If ever a story captured the wonder of childhood dreams and fantasies, then Lewis Carroll's novel 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland' travels to this hidden places in the heart and mind. Milwaukee Ballet's absolutely astonishing production of Alice (in wonderland) transports Carroll's magical stories to the stage in captivating theatrical style. Septime Webre's choreography, Liz Vandal's concept and costume design, James Kronzer's scenic design and Clifton Taylor's lighting design recreate Carroll's surreal world with those wonders of wonders completely intact. A ballet conceived for The Washington Ballet in 2012, Artistic Director Michael Pink imported the lush, full length ballet for his brilliant company, the Ballet Program II and students of the Milwaukee Ballet School and Academy.

Tumble down the rabbit hole with STAGES St. Louis this summer for its Theatre for Young Audiences production, Disney's Alice in Wonderland, June 15th - July 3rd, at The Playhouse at Westport Plaza in Maryland Heights. This whimsical journey to a land beyond imagination is a fantastic adventure the whole family can enjoy!

Having announced the first half of a UK tour earlier this year, the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated Frank Wildhorn's Wonderland announces its second set of dates.

How curious and curiouser an English children's fantasy written in 1865 for three sisters has been translated into 174 languages and never been out of print since, never once. Lewis Carroll's surreal tale 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' usually shortened to 'Alice in Wonderland,' appears on stage at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts when Artistic Director Michael Pink and Milwaukee Ballet present their version of Alice in Wonderland, which first premiered at the Washington Ballet in 2012, With this immense production of Alice, MKE Ballet Costume Manager Mary Piering completes 32 years in the company's costume shop at 5th and National to refit the more than 120 costumes for the one weekend only performances. A visit to the shop the week of rehearsals found Piering stitching on a small headpiece, putting the finishing touches on the entire cast's wardrobe.

Broadwayworld.com interviewed Jessica Burr of Blessed Unrest 'theatre for the adventurous' about her career and 'Body: Anatomies of Being' now being performed at New Ohio Theatre.

As the audience walks into the lobby of the performing arts center, we are greeted with glittery visions of teacups and saucers, large animated flowers, and welcoming oversized characters beckoning us with which to take a photo-op. Life is good and happy...just like a Disney Parade.

International recording artist and multi-award winner P!nk will serve as a superstar advisor to the top eight remaining artists on tonight's May 16 telecast (8 p.m. ET/PT) of NBC's two-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series THE VOICE.

Having announced the first half of a UK tour earlier this year, the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated Frank Wildhorn's Wonderland announces its second set of dates.

From somewhere in Wonderland, Johnny Depp brought a little surprise madness to some unsuspecting fans at Disneyland.

Throngs of eager fans turned out to cheer stars from DISNEY'S ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS including Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska and Sacha Baron Cohen as they arrived at the film's premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square Theatre in London on Tuesday, May 10.

International recording artist and multi-award winner P!nk will serve as a superstar advisor to the top eight remaining artists on the Monday, May 16 telecast (8 p.m. ET/PT) of NBC's two-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series THE VOICE.

An extremely rare and important album of photographs by the celebrated early Victorian photographer, Oscar Gustav Rejlander, most of which have never been exhibited before, has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, it was announced today, Monday 9th May 2016.