Lewis Carroll News

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. 

The Music Institute of Chicago presents "The Pinocchio Suite," a chamber opera created and performed by accomplished musicians Ron and Ann Surace, Sunday, May 22, 2 p.m. at the Music Institute's Lake Forest campus at Dickinson Hall, 100 East Old Mill Road. Admission is free and open to the public.

This summer, 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.

Para celebrar los 150 años del cuento magico de Lewis Carroll, la compañia Escapade presenta su ALICE IN WONDERLAND añadiendo un especial toque musical y de locura al estilo Steampunk. Estrenaran un cuento de hadas victoriano modernizado, mucho mas impactante, irreverente, sexy y valiente.

NEW YORK, NY - On the first morning Wendy E. Simmons was in North Korea the news broke: the controversial film, 'The Interview,' starring James Franco and Seth Rogen had set off an international flurry with North Korea promising 'merciless retaliation' against America. She watched the news on the hotel TV and then the screen went black. And then like Lewis Carroll's Alice, Wendy Simmons found herself dropped through to another reality.

Award-winning playwright David Greig has announced the details of his first season as Artistic Director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Scotland's largest producing theatre. The 2016/17 season features 11 main stage productions, including the revival of an iconic political play, a new twist on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Caryl Churchill's A Number, and a large-scale production featuring the citizens of Edinburgh.

Director Peter Hinton's highly anticipated adaptation of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale Alice in Wonderland begins previews today at The Shaw's Festival Theatre.