Peter Brook News

Tune in to see Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, who star in Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT, on Charlie Rose tonight, Tuesday, November 26. McKellen and Stewart sat down with Charlie Rose to talk about starring on Broadway together in these two fascinating plays which just opened to rave reviews last Sunday, November 24. Charlie Rose airs nationally in the New York area at 11:00pm Eastern on WNET Channel 13 (check local listings for times outside the NY area).

The Broadway repertory season of Harold Pinter¹s NO MAN¹S LAND and Samuel Beckett¹s WAITING FOR GODOT opens today, November 24.

Tonight, November 23, Deborah Warner's new production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, which opened the current Met season, will return with a new cast in the central roles.

Tune in to hear Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, who star in Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT, and director Sean Mathias on NPR's "Weekend Edition" this Sunday, November 24. McKellen, Stewart and Mathias talk with NPR's Jeff Lunden about bringing these two fascinating plays to Broadway in repertory. "Weekend Edition" airs nationally between 8am and 10am Eastern (on WNYC Radio in the New York area).

The Broadway repertory season of Harold Pinter¹s NO MAN¹S LAND and Samuel Beckett¹s WAITING FOR GODOT opens this Sunday, November 24. The shows are led by Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup, Shuler Hensley and Ian McKellen, who recently revealed that this will likely be his last hurrah on Broadway.

The Broadway repertory season of Harold Pinter¹s NO MAN¹S LAND and Samuel Beckett¹s WAITING FOR GODOT opens this Sunday, November 24. Starring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley and directed by Sean Mathias, this limited engagement repertory season plays throughSunday, March 2 at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). For performance schedule and more information, visit TwoPlaysInRep.com.

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, who star in the Broadway repertory season of Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT, will be featured live on tomorrow's episode of 'The View.' Locally the program can be seen on WABC7 at 11AM.

On November 23, Deborah Warner's new production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, which opened the current Met season, will return with a new cast in the central roles. Peter Mattei, recently seen at the Met as Amfortas in Wagner's Parsifal and in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni, will sing his first Met performances of the brooding title character. Marina Poplavskaya, star of recent Met productions of Verdi's La Traviata and Don Carlo and Gounod's Faust, sings Tatiana, the lovesick girl who evolves into a sophisticated woman over the course of the opera. Rolando Villazón, whose past starring roles at the Met include Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème and the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, returns for his first company performances since 2009 as Lenski, the poet whose friendship with Onegin is destroyed by jealousy. Russian conductor Alexander Vedernikov makes his Met debut leading the opera, which will also star Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova in her Met debut as Tatiana's sister Olga and Štefan Kocán as the wealthy Prince Gremin.

In order for Gifted Companies to present their work in London and for the Fringe/Studio Theatres to afford to book them, this subsidy has been established. The annual Mark Marvin Rent Subsidy Award of £1500, covering 2 weeks @ £750 per week will be awarded each year in perpetuity with the hope that matching funds will be made available. The annual Peter Brook/Equity Ensemble Award of £2000 is to help establish deeper development of ensemble work within the studio theatres.

Empty Space.....Peter Brook Awards 2013 given by London TheatReviews + V&A Theatre Dept & National Theatre Studio present: 24th Empty Space...Peter Brook Awards 2013. The awards ceremony will take place at The National Theatre Studio tonight, November 5, 2013.

Due to popular demand and incredible ticket sales, American Conservatory Theater announced today the extension of Glen Berger's captivating solo drama Underneath the Lintel, starring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn (Lincoln, Good Night, and Good Luck, Scorched at A.C.T). Tickets are now on sale through Saturday, November 23.

Performances of Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND begin tonight (Thursday, October 31) at 8pm. Playing in rep with Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT, the two plays star Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley and are directed by Sean Mathias. This limited engagement repertory season officially opens on Sunday, November 24, 2013 and will play through Sunday, March 2 at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). For performance schedule and more information, visitTwoPlaysInRep.com.

Tony Award winners Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley will join Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in the limited season repertoire of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, directed by Sean Mathias, on Broadway at the Cort Theatre, 138 West 48th Street, this fall. Performances will begin today, October 26 at 8pm. The official opening is Sunday, November 24, 2013. This limited season will run for 14 weeks only.

Adelaide Festival Centre cements its position as one of the nation's leading cultural precincts as it unveils its 2014 program. It is the largest season ever at the Festival Centre, featuring two large-scale musicals, an exciting array of family entertainment and several groundbreaking collaborations with local companies. The program features some big names both nationally and internationally with Lior, Ludovico Einaudi, Helen Reddy, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Tan Dun among the line-up with a total of 233 shows, 77 events, 13 world premieres and 10 Australian premieres.

Manhattan Concert Productions has announced the final cast of Broadway Classics at Carnegie Hall, which takes place on Friday November 29, 8PM at the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall. Previously announced cast members include Phillip Boykin, Carolee Carmello, Cheyenne Jackson, and now esteemed soprano Julia Bullock, star of The Indian Queen, has been added to complete this star-studded line-up.

'Leaving Ziller Valley' is going to be performed on November 2nd, 7:30 PM at the annual United Solo Theater Festival.

The Broadway repertory season of Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT has just been extended for 4 weeks and will now play through Sunday, March 2. Starring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley and directed by Sean Mathias, this limited engagement repertory season will begin previews on Saturday, October 26 in advance of the official opening on Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). For performance schedule and moreinformation, visit TwoPlaysInRep.com.

Theater for a New Audience has announced its 2013-2014 inaugural season, featuring A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, directed by Julie Taymor, KING LEAR, featuring Michael Pennington, and THE KILLER, starring Michael Shannon. Details below!

Featuring a lively cast of dozens, delightful music, gorgeous costumes, and those deliciously spooky ghosts, the Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition returns with American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)'s celebrated production of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. Now in its 37th year, this version of A Christmas Carol, adapted by Paul Walsh and Carey Perloff, stays true to the heart of Dickens's timeless story of redemption and brings a playful sensibility to his rich language. A Christmas Carol runs December 6-28, 2013, at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater (415 Geary Street, San Francisco). Press night is Wednesday, December 11 at 7 p.m. VIP seating is available for all performances. VIP ticket holders enjoy the best seats in the house and complimentary drinks during intermission. Tickets (ranging in price from $20-$95), are available by calling the A.C.T. Box Office at 415.749.2228 or online at www.act-sf.org. Groups of 15 or more save up to 50% and enjoy free tickets for group leaders. For group sales, call 415.439.2373.

Renowned designer Lloyd Burlingame pulls back the curtain to reveal the triumphs, trials, tribulations, and travesties of a stage designer in his upcoming memoir, Sets, Lights, and Lunacy: A Stage Designer's Adventures on Broadway and in Opera. Sets, Lights, and Lunacy (Design Adventures, ISBN: 9781489587527, Full color illustrations) will be available wherever fine books are sold today, October 15, 2013. Sets, Lights, and Lunacy will also be available in an eBook edition.