Playwright Residencies 2009 To Be Held At Donmar Warehouse
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Dec 19, 2008
New York's premier play festival, the Summer Play Festival (SPF), is partnering with London's Donmar Warehouse for the fifth year in a row to create an international playwriting program for emerging writers. The Donmar Warehouse / SPF Residency Program brings together professional theatre makers from the highly acclaimed Donmar to work with selected SPF playwrights in a focused collaboration of classroom experiments, workshops, and rehearsals, culminating in a full reading of their play. The writers will spend up to three weeks in London becoming immersed in the local theatre scene, and exchanging ideas and techniques with professional artists. The Donmar staff will guide and support the writers throughout their time in London, offering them a unique insight into the dynamics and complexities of the British theatre industry.
Cooper Officially Confirmed for PHEDRE, Set For June 2009 Start
by Eddie Varley
- Dec 18, 2008
Actor Dominic Cooper has been cast in the role of Hippolytus in the National Theatre's upcoming revival of Ph?dre. Co-starring Helen Mirren in the title role and directed by Nicholas Hytner, Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Jean Racine's 1677 classic tragedy is based on a Greek myth about a queen who falls passionately in love with her stepson in her husband's absence.
Countryman, Hickey, Rudko, Tucci, Murray & More Join MARY STUART Cast; Previews Begin 3/30
by Robert Diamond
- Dec 17, 2008
Additional casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of MARY STUART, Friedrich Schiller's classic play in a new version by Peter Oswald, which opens April 19, 2009 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). The production, starring its acclaimed original London leads Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, begins previews on March 30, 2009 for a limited run of 20 weeks only.
MAMMA MIA! DVD Takes In 30 Million In First Day Of Sales
by Eddie Varley
- Dec 17, 2008
Universal is reporting that consumers said 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' to Mamma Mia! The Movie, the most successful film musical of all time worldwide, as first day domestic DVD and Blu-rayTM consumer spend totaled over $30 million.
MAMMA MIA Released On Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD 12/16
by BWW News Desk
- Dec 16, 2008
Two-time Oscar? winner Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada) and Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day) lead an all-star cast in the most infectiously fun movie of the year, Mamma Mia! The Movie, coming to DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on December 16, 2008 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. For a limited time only, the worldwide movie phenomenon is available in 2-disc Special Edition widescreen DVD and 2-Disc Blu-ray Hi-Def with digital copy.
MAMMA MIA! Bollywood Bound?
by Eddie Varley
- Dec 10, 2008
UK paper the Telegraph is reporting that Michael Caine's classic film The Italian Job is to be remade as a Bollywood release with Indian cars replacing the famous Mini Coopers. But what was most interesting in the article was Sandeep Bhargava, the Chief Executive of Indian Film Company, comments that Bollywood versions of Mamma Mia! and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels might follow. To read the entire feature click here.
'MAMMA MIA' DVD Breaks UK Sale Records
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Nov 25, 2008
MAMMA MIA has broken records and become the top selling DVD in the UK. The DVD sold 1.7 million units on Monday alone, and this was only the first day of release. This record shatters the old one, previously held by Titanic which sold 1.1 million copies on it's first day of sales.
MAMMA MIA Released On Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD 12/16
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Nov 24, 2008
Two-time Oscar? winner Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada) and Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day) lead an all-star cast in the most infectiously fun movie of the year, Mamma Mia! The Movie, coming to DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on December 16, 2008 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. For a limited time only, the worldwide movie phenomenon is available in 2-disc Special Edition widescreen DVD and 2-Disc Blu-ray Hi-Def with digital copy.
Krill, Case, and Peluso Join 'Mamma Mia!' 9/24
by Faetra Petillo
- Sep 24, 2008
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! welcomes Sean Alan Krill as 'Sam Carmichael,' Allison Case as 'Sophie Sheridan' and Chris Peluso as 'Sky' to the Broadway company when they begin performances at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway), tonight, Wednesday, September 24th, 2008.
Tickets On Sale Friday for Last 'Mamma' Mia! in Las Vegas
by Robert Diamond
- Sep 23, 2008
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, based on the songs of ABBA, will play its final performance at Mandalay Bay Theatre in Las Vegas on Sunday, January 4, 2009. Tickets for the final performance go on sale this Friday, September 26, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
Krill, Case, and Peluso Join 'Mamma Mia!' 9/24
by Faetra Petillo
- Sep 22, 2008
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! welcomes Sean Alan Krill as 'Sam Carmichael,' Allison Case as 'Sophie Sheridan' and Chris Peluso as 'Sky' to the Broadway company when they begin performances at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008.
'Mamma Mia!' Still Ruling in Foreign Box Office
by Faetra Petillo
- Sep 20, 2008
Mamma Mia! The Movie is still going strong in the foreign box office. During the weekend of September 12th- 15th the film grossed $20.3 million bringing the total gross up to $306.9 million. So far it has internationally grossed almost three times that of Chicago. When the film debuted in France last weekend it brought in $3.3 million.
Mamma Mia! The Movie Still Number One Overseas
by Faetra Petillo
- Sep 8, 2008
Mamma Mia! The Movie is still hitting it big in the international box office. The movie came in at number one for the weekend, bringing in a total of $15 million dollars. The total international gross for the film is now $280 million dollars-- more than double the domestic gross for the film.
Photo Coverage: Mamma Mia! Becomes 16th Longest Running Show in Broadway History
by Peter James Zielinski
- Sep 5, 2008
On September 4th, 2008 MAMMA MIA! became the sixteenth longest running show in Broadway history, surpassing Hello Dolly! Nearly seven years after opening at the Winter Garden Theatre, MAMMA MIA! has remained in the Million Dollar Club, and among Broadway top five selling musicals for the past seven consecutive weeks, a landmark not achieved since 2002.
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