Nell Gwynn News

The London Evening Standard today announces the shortlist for its 61st Theatre Awards, in partnership with The Ivy. The winners will be announced at an Awards ceremony presented by Rob Brydon, and co-hosted by Evgeny Lebedev, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen, at the Old Vic on Sunday 22 November.

They've disgraced our trade. Ruined our art. They've put a woman on the stage. It is 1660. The Puritans have run away with their drab grey tails between their legs. Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things loud, French and sexy. And at Drury Lane, a young Nell Gwynn is selling oranges for sixpence. Little does she know who's watching. 

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. Or so we thought, until now.

This October offers an unusual theatergoing experience - see the fictionalized story of pioneering English female playwright Aphra Behn in Or, by Liz Duffy Adams at the Dragon Theatre in Redwood City, then see The Rover, one of Aphra Behn's most successful plays, at Shotgun Players in Berkeley as a part of their season of plays by women.

Dobama Theatre's mission statement indicates that it is its purpose to 'premiere the best contemporary plays by established or emerging playwrights.' Why, then, are they opening their 2015-16 season with a play set in 1666-1670?

From a Disney classic to new work onstage, Gugu Mbatha-Raw is stretching her range this year. According to the Daily Mail, the upcoming live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST star will lead a new play by Jessica Swale at Shakespeare's Globe this fall.

The Encore! Producers' Awards return for the sixth year with extended runs of the best productions of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, running July 5-31, 2015 at six Los Angeles venues. Produced by Combined Artform, this year's extensions feature an exciting selection of exceptional ensemble and solo work performances at Theatre Asylum, The Complex, The Hudson Theatre, The Lounge, Actors Company, The Three Clubs and Bootleg Theater. Catch over 50 of the top productions from this years explosive Hollywood Fringe.

Continuing our unique legacy of producing new plays by Utah playwrights, Plan-B Theatre Company announces its 25th season with a slate of world premieres. The season offers a peek into the mind of a madman and the music that created it, a spooky radio play, a humorous look at the dreariness of holiday retail, a journey through relationships past and future, and Plan-B's first-ever new musical that features a housewife who dreams of something more.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the comedy I Hate Hamlet by PAUL RUDNICK, today, March 20 - April 4, 2015. Visiting guest artist ART MANKE directs the production.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the comedy I Hate Hamlet by PAUL RUDNICK, March 20 - April 4, 2015. Visiting guest artist ART MANKE directs the production.

Salt Lake Acting Company will present a free reading of Tony Kushner's TINY KUSHNER, a series of five short one-act plays. This reading, a part of SLAC's New Play Sounding Series, will take place on February 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Salt Lake Acting Company and is presented in conjunction with the Tanner Humanities Center's lecture by the celebrated playwright on February 5 at Kingsbury Hall, with support from Lee and Audrey Hollaar. SLAC would like to thank the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Foundation for their support of the New Play Sounding Series.

Hampstead Theatre has announced that Shaun Evans and Miranda Raison will be joined by Bathsheba Piepe and Luke Neal to complete the cast of Peter Souter's comedy Hello/Goodbye.

Great plays, bold choices, talented artists. off the WALL is announcing the 2014-15 season, featuring three Pittsburgh premieres in the Acting Company's four-play program, as well as repertory theater.

Tyler Hinton's Picks: 1. RAGTIME at Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley Blair Howell's Picks: 1. GOOD PEOPLE at Salt Lake Acting Company in Salt Lake City

Pulitzer Prize-winning David Lindsay-Abaire's 'Good People' is strengthened by Salt Lake Acting Company's expert staging of his fascinating play.

On the 350th anniversary of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Lord Lloyd Webber and The Really Useful Theatres Group are delighted to announce the stunning restoration of the Rotunda, Royal Staircases and Grand Saloon.

Spies, secrets, and sensuality abound as Park Square Theatre presents the regional premiere of Liz Duffy Adams' stylish play OR, on stage February 22-March 17, 2013. A comedic romp set in 1666 Restoration England, OR, combines fact with fiction in a tale complete with secret agents, cross dressing, rhyming couplets, and lovers hiding in cupboards. Playwright Adams brilliantly weaves Elizabethan verse and clever transitions into modern prose, all in a style reminiscent of the film Shakespeare in Love.

Crown City Theatre presents Jeffrey Hatchers' Compleat Female STAGE BEAUTY. The official press opening is tonight, May 31. The show runs through July 1.

Crown City Theatre presents Jeffrey Hatchers' Compleat Female STAGE BEAUTY. Previews begin May 25, with an official press opening of May 31. The show runs through July 1.