Mary Norton News

 Maryland Ensemble Theatre’s Fun Company will present a devised retelling of The Borrowers based on the book by Mary Norton. 

'Where did all the happy endings go? Where can all the good times be?' When West End stalwart Dianne Pilkington enchanted the audience yesterday evening at the press night of Bedknobs and Broomsticks with The Sherman Brothers' 'The Age of Not Believing', perhaps the 1971 Disney film's most iconic number, I couldn't help but think about we have all endured over the past year and a half.

Hoy cumple 95 años la leyenda de las tablas y la pantalla (tanto grande como pequeña) Angela Lansbury, que lleva décadas regalándonos algunos de los papeles más icónicos de la historia.

A new adaptation of the children's classic The Borrowers, by Bryony Lavery and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Henry V will be staged at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre this summer.

Bristol Old Vic today announced the latest recipients of The Leverhulme Arts Scholarships for 2019-20. Bristol Old Vic's Ferment initiative has once again partnered with The Leverhulme Trust to offer five exceptional local artists a year-long opportunity to explore their practice. This year's recipients are Jenny Davies, Stephanie Kempson, Ania Varez, Caroline Williams and Rebecca Wood.

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre announces its 2019 season is on sale as it prepares to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.

This Christmas, instead of merely treading the boards at Tobacco Factory Theatres, the actors are treading in between the boards in a delightful adaptation of Mary Norton's The Borrowers, a story about a family of tiny people, no bigger than a crayon.

Tobacco Factory Theatres has announced the programme for its Dec 18 - May 19 season. The new season is packed full of theatrical delights, including the second Factory Company season, featuring a brand new resident professional ensemble, and a co-commissioned piece made in Bristol and developed during an artist residency at Tobacco Factory Theatres.

Chicago Shakespeare announces today fourteen productions in the Theater's 2018/19 Season-encompassing the dynamic and diverse range of offerings which have come to characterize a company that defies theatrical category. The season features programming across Chicago Shakespeare's performance spaces-the Courtyard Theater, the theater Upstairs, The Yard, and even in the lobby's Pub-fully activating the Theater's vibrant and multifaceted campus on Navy Pier.

The Watermill Theatre's Christmas show, The Borrowers, Mary Norton's classic adventure story, runs from 16 November to 31 December.

The Watermill Theatre announces the second part of its 50th anniversary season which goes on sale on 22 May with priority booking for Friends of The Watermill opening on 15 May.

Just in time for the holidays, Tacoma Little Theatre brings to life the classic story of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, directed by Maria Valenzuela.

Just in time for the holidays, Tacoma Little Theatre brings to life the classic story of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, directed by Maria Valenzuela.

Just in time for the holidays, Tacoma Little Theatre brings to life the classic story of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, directed by Maria Valenzuela.

Just in time for the holidays, Tacoma Little Theatre brings to life the classic story of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, directed by Maria Valenzuela.

The Charles Lafitte Foundation (CLF) is pleased to announce the Kid's Corner Summer Adventure Essay Contest. Students in grades 3-12 attending a public or private school in the U.S. are invited to participate. To enter, students must read one of the books listed under their upcoming grade level and tell Charles Lafitte how the adventures of the main character helped them grow, and how it influenced the reader to grow as well.

BNY Mellon Grand Classics: The Sound of a Modern Symphony highlights the power and range of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra this weekend, May 15-17 under the baton of British conductor Michael Francis.

BNY Mellon Grand Classics: The Sound of a Modern Symphony highlights the power and range of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on May 15-17 under the baton of British conductor Michael Francis. This program features the Pittsburgh Symphony premiere of Mason Bates' Alternative Energy and the orchestral world premiere of Jake Heggie's The Work at Hand, a Pittsburgh Symphony co-commission for principal cellist Anne Martindale Williams.

Atlantic Theater Company presents the world premiere production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' play BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, directed by Austin Pendleton and starring Victor Almanzar, Elizabeth Canavan, Rosal Colon, Liza Colon-Zayas, Tony Award nominee Stephen McKinley Henderson,Michael Rispoli, and Ray Anthony Thomas. The production began previews on July 10 and opened last night, July 31 for a limited engagement through Saturday, August 16, 2014 off-Broadway at Atlantic's main stage Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street). BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening nigth below!

SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE, now playing UpStage at Warren's 2nd Story Theatre, provides pure theatrical entertainment of the highest order. In line after line of this thoroughly-enjoyable production, 2nd Story delivers an ever-deepening mystery, an eclectic set of engaging characters, spot-on verbal and physical comedy, and sparkling wit.