Patrick Stewart News

Special matinee at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for the Actors' Benevolent Fund announced for August 5

The cast has been announced for the eagerly awaited ATC and Arcola Theatre production Ibsen's Ghosts. The new version of the classic subtitled Those Who Return, translated by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (An Enemy of The People, Her Naked Skin) and directed by ATC Artistic Director Bijan Sheibani (The Brothers Size, Gone Too Far!) will star Harry Lloyd as Osvald, Suzanne Burden as Mrs Alving, Paul Hickey as Pastor Manders, Natasha Broomfield as Regine and Jim Bywater as Engstrand.

Special matinee at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for the Actors' Benevolent Fund announced for August 5

The cast has been announced for the eagerly awaited ATC and Arcola Theatre production Ibsen's Ghosts. The new version of the classic subtitled Those Who Return, translated by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (An Enemy of The People, Her Naked Skin) and directed by ATC Artistic Director Bijan Sheibani (The Brothers Size, Gone Too Far!) will star Harry Lloyd as Osvald, Suzanne Burden as Mrs Alving, Paul Hickey as Pastor Manders, Natasha Broomfield as Regine and Jim Bywater as Engstrand.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) has announced that Dances with Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, a collaboration with the New York City Ballet (NYCB), will take place on Monday, June 8, at 7:00pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues.

Playing Shakespeare (Home Video Debut) - Royal Shakespeare Company's John Barton's intimate acting workshop featuring nine master classes on Shakespearean performance with 21 of Britain's finest actors, including Oscar® winners Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love, Casino Royale), Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Schindler's List), and Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings, Gods and Monsters), Patrick Stewart (X-Men), and David Suchet (Agatha Christie's Poirot).

Actor David Tennant has signed on to reprise the title role he played on stage in 'Hamlet' in a BBC television production of the drama.

Sean Mathias' Theatre Royal Haymarket production of Waiting for Godot, starring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Simon Callow and Ronald Pickup, today announces a further 2 weeks, making the final performance Sunday 9 August 2009. Mathias' production of Waiting for Godot previewed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 30 April following a nation wide tour and has since been playing to sell-out houses in the West End.

Sean Mathias is to direct Anna Friel as Holly Golightly and Joseph Cross as William ?Fred' Parsons in Samuel Adamson's new stage adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella Breakfast at Tiffany's, currently in its 50th anniversary year.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) has announced that Dances with Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night?s Dream, a collaboration with the New York City Ballet (NYCB), will take place on Monday, June 8, at 7:00pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues. All tickets $25. For single tickets call the Kaye Playhouse at (212) 772-4448. For information about The Shakespeare Society, membership and member tickets, call 212-967-6802 or visit www.shakespearesociety.org. The evening is made possible by the generous support of the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Sean Mathias is to direct Anna Friel as Holly Golightly and Joseph Cross as William ?Fred? Parsons in Samuel Adamson's new stage adaptation of Truman Capote?s classic novella Breakfast at Tiffany's

Playing Shakespeare (Home Video Debut) - Royal Shakespeare Company's John Barton's intimate acting workshop featuring nine master classes on Shakespearean performance with 21 of Britain's finest actors, including Oscar® winners Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love, Casino Royale), Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Schindler's List), and Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings, Gods and Monsters), Patrick Stewart (X-Men), and David Suchet (Agatha Christie's Poirot).

Sean Mathias directs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot which is his first production as Artistic Director of the 2009 Theatre Royal Haymarket Company officially opened on Wednesday, May 6th.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2008-09 season with Boleros for the Disenchanted, the brilliant new work by José Rivera (A.C.T.'s Brainpeople, Marisol), the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Motorcycle Diaries. One of Rivera's most personal plays, Boleros for the Disenchanted explodes with pungent humor and visceral longing and desire, filtered through his unique poetic language.

Sean Mathias directs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot which is his first production as Artistic Director of the 2009 Theatre Royal Haymarket Company officially opens tonight, May 6th

'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' slashed the box offices over the weekend with a $160 million worldwide debut, slashing to the No. 1 on ticket charts in a solid start to Hollywood's summer.

Sources Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood that Fox's X-Men Origins: Wolverine 'clawed' a whopping $35 million debut Friday in part to heavy attendance at evening shows and the studio's widest release ever into 4,099 theaters.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) has announced that the Shakespeare Birthday Marathon, a FREE five-hour celebration of the Bard's 445th birthday, will take place Sunday, April 26, 3:30 - 8:30pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street. There will be free general admission and no reservations are taken.

Scotland's Daily Record reports that Patrick Stewart upset fans following a theater performance of 'WAITING FOR GODOT' in Scotland by launching a 'foul-mouthed tirade at a man who allegedly took a picture of him onstage', according to people who attended the show.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) has announced that the Shakespeare Birthday Marathon, a FREE five-hour celebration of the Bard's 445th birthday, will take place Sunday, April 26, 3:30 - 8:30pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street. There will be free general admission and no reservations are taken.