Sam Mendes News

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth in this gripping thriller based on true events. The film stars Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, also featuring Nnamdi Asomugha, Kim Dickens, Malik Yoba, Alix West Lefler, and Noah Emmerich.

A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical will begin preview performances tonight, November 2 ahead of a Sunday, December 4 opening night at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre. Meet the cast here!

Theatre for a New Audience will present Denis Johnson’s Des Moines, the final play from the late author, and the first play by Johnson TFANA has staged, November 29, 2022–January 1, 2023, at Polonsky Shakespeare Center.

Book by 6 November for special prices for Spectre In Concert

Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch have announced the first three shows in the Donmar's 30th anniversary season and plans for the theatre's birthday celebrations.

The Ridgefield Playhouse is celebrating its Fall Fundraising Gala with one of Broadway's most critically acclaimed performers - Bernadette Peters!

Teri Hatcher returns to the theatrical spotlight as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family opening October 14, 2022, at the Kavli Theatre at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks. Kirsten Chandler directs this creepy, spooky, mysterious and kooky regional premiere. I had the opportunity to ask Teri about her Morticia, as well as a few highlights of her prolific career.

Long Island-based director and actor Andrew J Beck makes his CM Performing Arts Center directorial debut with the theater's latest production of Kander and Ebb’s mid-20th century classic musical “Cabaret'

Florian Zeller will make his television debut as the writer, director, and co-producer of the upcoming series adaption of The Lehman Trilogy. Florian Zeller is most known for his trilogy of plays, The Father, The Son, and The Mother. Later this year, a film adaption of The Son will be released starring Hugh Jackman.

The Green Room 42 will present a special concert reading of the new musical, Fountain of You, on Monday, September 26 at 7:00 PM. Fountain of You features book and lyrics by Tasha Gordon-Solmon and music by Faye Chiao, and stars Jenni Barber, Jason Veasey and Maya Days.

OVO's autumn season at The Maltings Theatre St Albans leads with brand new productions of BEGINNING and MIDDLE by the critically acclaimed British dramatist and screenwriter, David Eldridge. 

Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Bernadette Peters on Thursday, September 29 at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Throughout her illustrious career, Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, film, and television, on recordings and in concert. Bernadette has been awarded three Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award, a Golden Globe, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The cast has been announced for A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical which will begin preview performances Wednesday, November 2 ahead of a Sunday, December 4 opening night at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre.

Brian d'Arcy James will join Emily Blunt and Chris Evans in the new Netflix film The Pain Hustlers. The cast will also include Andy Garcia (Father of the Bride, upcoming Book Club 2: The Next Chapter), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt's Creek, upcoming Argylle), Jay Duplass (Industry, The Chair), and Chloe Coleman (My Spy, Marry Me).

The People We Hate at the Wedding, starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, Ben Platt, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Karan Soni, Dustin Milligan, Tony Goldwyn, Isaach De Bankolé, Jorma Taccone, Julian Ovenden, and John Macmillan will be released on Prime Video on November 18, 2022. 

This Halloween season, award-winning film and television icon Teri Hatcher (“Desperate Housewives,” “Lois and Clark,” National Tour of Cabaret) will star as “Morticia Addams” in 5-Star Theatricals' regional premiere of The Addams Family.

Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF, has shared that Brendan Fraser will receive the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance for his outstanding performance in The Whale. The TIFF Tribute Awards presented by BVLGARI will return to an in-person gala fundraiser during the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF, has shared that Academy Award®–winning filmmaker Sam Mendes will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award. The TIFF Tribute Awards presented by BVLGARI will return to an in-person gala fundraiser during the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Brian D'Arcy James stars in a new film, The Cathedral, which follows an only child's account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades. Joining James in the cast of the film is Monica Barbaro, Mark Zeisler, Geraldine Singer, William Bednar-Carter. It was previously shown at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Audible, a world-wide leader in spoken-word entertainment, has announced an exclusive deal with Sam Mendes (1917, American Beauty), which will see the Oscar winning director executive produce audio dramas of three of Dickens' best-loved titles, brought to life by all-star British casts.