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Today in 1940, three time Tony Award-winner Frank Langella was born. Langella won his first Tony Award for his performance in Edward Albee's Seascape and 1975 and was nominated for another for what may have been the performance for which he was best known for in the early part of his career: the title role of the 1977 Broadway production of Dracula. He then appeared on Broadway in such plays as Sherlock's Last Case, Strindberg's The Father (winning a Drama Desk Award), Match (Tony Award nomination), and Fortune's Fool, for which he won a second Tony Award. He was cast as Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon, which received enthusiastic reviews during a run at the Donmar Warehouse and Gielgud Theatre in London before moving to New York's Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in April 2007, culminating in Langella's third Tony Award. He reprised the role of Nixon in the 2008 film Frost/Nixon, directed by Ron Howard.

Auditions for the Baltimore premiere of FROST/NIXON by Peter Morgan will be held at the Vagabond Players on Sunday, December 4th and Monday, December 5th at 7:30 p.m.

As previously reported, Michael Grandage will be stepping down from his post as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse at the end of the year. Today, the New York Times' ArtsBeat reports that Grandage will form his own theater company. In an interview with the London's Evening Standard, Grandage spoke of his longevity in the industry and said, “It seems entirely appropriate to think about what I can take from those years, form a company that's buildingless and go out and make work.'

Digital Theatre today announces William Shakespeare's Macbeth as its latest release available to watch online or download to the desktop. The Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse production starred David Morrissey in the title role and was directed by Gemma Bodinetz. Macbeth is now available at www.digitaltheatre.com.

Auditions for the Baltimore premiere of FROST/NIXON by Peter Morgan will be held at the Vagabond Players on Sunday, December 4th and Monday, December 5th at 7:30 p.m.

Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut.

Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut.

The Vagabond Players, 806 S. Broadway in historic Fell's Point, is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Season. America's oldest continuously existing little theatre, the 2011-12 Season is the Vagabonds' 96th consecutive Season.

The Jeff Awards today announced 185 nominations in 35 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions which opened between August 1, 2010, and July 31, 2011.

Legendary journalist, Ted Koppel goes one on one with Academy Award nominee and Tony Award® winner Frank Langella in a memorable interview on stage before a live audience.

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the full cast joining star and three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella as 'Gregor Antonescu' in Terence Rattigan's drama Man and Boy, directed by Maria Aitken.

Sarah Drew, Calista Flockhart, Stacy Keach, Amy Madigan, Jean Smart, Matthew Rhys, Joanne Whalley and JoBeth Williams are among the stars set to record 10 plays as part of L.A. Theatre Works' 2011-12 season. Beginning this September, L.A. Theatre Works' acclaimed 'The Play's The Thing' radio theater series moves to the James Bridges Theater on the campus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. There, each performance will be recorded in front of a live audience for future radio broadcast.

The Vagabond Players, 806 S. Broadway in historic Fell's Point, is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Season. America's oldest continuously existing little theatre, the 2011-12 Season is the Vagabonds' 96th consecutive Season.

The Vagabond Players, 806 S. Broadway in historic Fell's Point, is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Season. America's oldest continuously existing little theatre, the 2011-12 Season is the Vagabonds' 96th consecutive Season.

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella will star as 'Gregor Antonescu' in Terence Rattigan's drama Man and Boy on Broadway, directed by Maria Aitken.

Cameron Mackintosh is currently developing a film of 'LES MISERABLES' with Working Title and Universal, and according to Deadline.com, Tom Hooper is the frontrunner to direct the picture.

TimeLine Theatre Company, dedicated to presenting plays inspired by history that connect to today's social and political issues, has finalized its four-play 2010-11 season. The Chicago premiere of In Darfur by Winter Miller, directed by Nick Bowling, joins three previously released titles: The Chicago premiere of Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, the world premiere of Mastering the Art by William Brown and Doug Frew, and The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

The LA Times 24 Frames blog has the scoop that Tom Hooper, who was recently Oscar-nominated for directing THE KING'S SPEECH has now been offered the film version of LES MISERABLES. The blog reports that it's being conceived as a fully 'big budget musical'.

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced the winners of the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City. BroadwayWorld TV was there!