Mira Nair News

Award-winning film director Mira Nair brings  Monsoon Wedding to life in a new musical adaptation set to light up the stage in Qatar this fall.

They will join the women previously announced to receive Crystal Awards—”Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson, “The Woman King” director Gina Prince-Bythewood, and “Don’t Worry Darling” writer and director Katie Silberman and Olivia Wilde—as well as Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award recipient Michaela Coel.

The Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company MFA Programs in Acting and Directing present Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn with music by Michael Friedman, directed by Molly Houlahan. 

Drawing inspiration from concerts that evolved from Brooklyn front porches to its own rooftop balcony and large-scale exhibitions mounted on its exterior facade, St. Ann’s Warehouse will return, merging public art, theater, and activism at a whole new level.

The ensemble cast of My Policeman — Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett — will be honoured with the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance. As previously scheduled, My Policeman by director Michael Grandage will have its World Premiere at this year’s Festival.

Akshara Theatre presents TIME FOR SHAKESPEARE on August 5 at 7pm.

Watch the teaser with stars Zuri Reed ('Flatbush Misdemeanors') as Tasha, Jess' ride-or-die friend who joins the treasure hunt but is forced to reevaluate her belief system to help her best friend; Antonio Cipriano ('Jagged Little Pill' on Broadway) as Oren, a lovable but self-obsessed goofball with an knowledge of conspiracy theories.

In this episode of The Theatre Podcast With Alan Seales, Maliakel discusses touring with Phantom of the Opera as the Raoul understudy, his love for Broadway's Spring Awakening, and Bridges of Madison County, and more.

The live-action series is an expansion of the 'National Treasure' movie franchise centered on a young heroine, Jess (Lisette Alexis), a brilliant and resourceful DREAMer who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about her family's mysterious past and save a lost Pan-American treasure.

Catherine Zeta-Jones will play a leading series regular role in the Disney+ original series 'National Treasure.' The series also stars Zuri Reed ('Flatbush Misdemeanors') as Tasha, Jordan Rodrigues as Ethan ('Lady Bird'), Antonio Cipriano as Oren ('Jagged Little Pill' on Broadway') and Jake Austin Walker ('Rectify') as Liam.

The Revivals section showcases important works from renowned filmmakers that have been digitally remastered, restored, and preserved with the assistance of generous partners.

Chastain stars in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, an intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage will present performances this week from George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic in partnership with Blue Note Jazz Festival and Falu along with a screening of Monsoon Wedding in partnership with Rooftop Films.

n the five-episode series hosted by Kal Penn, competitors showcase their impressive palates in a series of increasingly complex tasting challenges that push their senses and culinary knowledge to the limits. 

Harriet “Harry” Wild (Seymour) is a retiring university literature professor who is finding herself at one of life’s crossroads. Jolted from a mugging, she reluctantly agrees to recover in the home of her son, Charlie, a senior police detective.

Love, in its many forms, can be beautiful, complicated, funny and everything in between. Bill Connington's new indie romantic comedy LOVE, REPEAT tells the uplifting, New York City-steeped story of James, who with the help of his 11-year-old son and quirky, close-knit circle of family and friends, sets out to win the heart of his ex-wife Barbara.

One of the BBC’s most ambitious and cinematic TV series ever makes its highly-anticipated Stateside debut on Acorn TV this December: A Suitable Boy, an epic tale of life and love set in vibrant 1950s India in the first screen adaptation of the classic, bestselling, 1,349-page novel of the same name by Vikram Seth.

In 2013, at least 23 students died, and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in India after eating lunch contaminated with pesticide. The incident was a moment of mundane carelessness that resulted in horrific consequences. Karishma Dev Dube's BITTU was shot in the foothills of the Himalayas and is based on this tragic event. This important film recently won a Student Academy Award.

AMC Networks' Acorn TV secures the exclusive U.S. and Canada premieres of the highly-anticipated, critically-acclaimed period drama

The musical adaptation of Mira Nair's hit film Monsoon Wedding will now open in India in 2021. Prior to the global health crisis, the musical was set to open at Leeds Playhouse on June 17th 2020 before transferring to London's Roundhouse to play a limited season from 17th July to 29th August.