Tom Stoppard News

According to published reports, Tony winner Stephen Dillane has signed on to join the cast of HBO's 'Game of Thrones.' Dillane will play Stannis Baratheon, brother of the recently deceased King of Westeros.

Leave it on the Floor tells the story of Brad, our hero, who is thrown out of his dysfunctional home by his mother, Deondra.

Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley will lead the cast in Trevor Nunn's production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter. The Lion in Winter will run from 4 November - 28 January, with press night on 15 November 2011. The Lion in Winter is produced by the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company. Further casting will be announced shortly.

Joining Ralph Fiennes, who leads the company as Prospero in Trevor Nunn's Theatre Royal Haymarket Company production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, are Nicholas Lyndhurst as Trinculo, Chris Andrew Mellon (Sebastian), Michael Benz (Ferdinand), Tom Byam Shaw (Ariel), Jim Creighton (Adrian), Ian Drysdale (Francisco), Elisabeth Hopper (Miranda), Andrew Jarvis (Gonzalo), James Simmons (Alonso), Giles Terera (Caliban), Julian Wadham (Antonio) and Clive Wood (Stephano) as well as Steven Butler, Eke Chukwu, Meline Danielewicz, Gisele Edwards, Hayley Ellenbrook , Grahame Fox, Charlie Hamblett, Jami Reid-Quarrell and Itxaso Moreno.

Joining Ralph Fiennes, who leads the company as Prospero in Trevor Nunn's Theatre Royal Haymarket Company production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, are Nicholas Lyndhurst as Trinculo, Chris Andrew Mellon (Sebastian), Michael Benz (Ferdinand), Tom Byam Shaw (Ariel), Jim Creighton (Adrian), Ian Drysdale (Francisco), Elisabeth Hopper (Miranda), Andrew Jarvis (Gonzalo), James Simmons (Alonso), Giles Terera (Caliban), Julian Wadham (Antonio) and Clive Wood (Stephano) as well as Steven Butler, Eke Chukwu, Meline Danielewicz, Gisele Edwards, Hayley Ellenbrook , Grahame Fox, Charlie Hamblett, Jami Reid-Quarrell and Itxaso Moreno.

Panicked Productions presents Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, opening July 13 at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre. The all-female, all-existentialist cast takes on the ultimate play-within-a-play. Audiences will get a new twist on its favorite late-16th-century comedy duo as they go on the road trip of a lifetime. Running July 13 to 29, in association with the Midtown International Theatre Festival.

Currently celebrating its 5th season, Holland Productions proudly presents the regional premiere of HIDEOUS PROGENY, a witty and salacious story of Mary Shelley and her peers, by playwright Emily Dendinger, July 9 - July 23 at The Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.

Writers' Theatre opens its 2011/12 Season with The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard, directed by Artistic Director Michael Halberstram. The production runs September 13-November 20, 2011 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.

First Run Features is proud to announce the US premiere of SPECIAL TREATMENT, the darkly erotic drama from cult filmmaker Jeanne Labrune.

Edward Hastings, who served as American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)'s second artistic director from 1986 to 1992, died yesterday at his Santa Fe home from natural causes.

Panicked Productions presents Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, opening July 13 at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre. The all-female, all-existentialist cast takes on the ultimate play-within-a-play. Audiences will get a new twist on its favorite late-16th-century comedy duo as they go on the road trip of a lifetime. Running July 13 to 29, in association with the Midtown International Theatre Festival.

Stephen Poliakoff will direct the world premiere of My City, his first new play for 12 years, running at the Almeida Theatre from 8 September - 5 November, with press night on 15 September 2011.

Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross will star on Broadway this autumn in Noël Coward's Private Lives directed by Richard Eyre at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). Previews will begin on Sunday November 6; opening night is Thursday November 17. The limited engagement runs through February 5 2012.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, David Strathairn is set to join previously announced Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field in the film version of 'Team of Rivals,' based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of Abraham Lincoln. Steven Spielberg will direct the film titled, 'Lincoln,' featuring a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.

Following a three week run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Trevor Nunn directs a company led by Samuel Barnett and Jamie Parker in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead which runs at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 16 June - 20 August, with press night on 21 June 2011.

Following a three week run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Trevor Nunn directs a company led by Samuel Barnett and Jamie Parker in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead which runs at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 16 June - 20 August, with press night on 21 June 2011. Set design is by Simon Higlett, with costumes by Fotini Dimou, lighting by Tim Mitchell, sound by Paul Groothuis and music by Steven Edis. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is produced by the Chichester Festival Theatre, the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Triumph Entertainment Limited.

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The Tony® nominated revival of Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA directed by David Leveaux, concludes its limited engagement tonight at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). ARCADIA will have played 73 regular performances and 35 preview performances.

The Tony® nominated revival of Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA directed by David Leveaux, begins the final week of its limited engagement tonight at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street).

Alan Ayckbourn's comic triumph House & Garden pits actors, directors and crew against the clock!