Victoria Hamilton News

WhatsOnStage has confirmed that Southwark Playhouse's IN THE HEIGHTS will transfer to London. No word yet on dates or a venue, but BroadwayWorld will bring you the news as soon as we have the official details! 

The Daily Mail reports that Victoria Hamilton is the latest actress to join the Netflix series THE CROWN, based on Peter Morgan's THE AUDIENCE. She will play Queen Elizabeth -- the Queen Mother -- in the TV adaptation, helmed by Stephen Daldry. Queen Elizabeth died in 2002 at the age of 101.

?Tickets are now on sale for a West End revival of the song cycle Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, taking place at the Criterion Theatre on Sunday 31 May 2015.

According to Page 6, Blue Rider Press has just announced plans to publish a memoir by comedian Eddie Izzard. The book, which is still untitled, is set for an early 2016 release.

THE GAME, a suspenseful six-part edge-of-your-seat thrill ride created by TOBY WHITHOUSE (Being Human, Doctor Who) The show premieres TONIGHT, NOV 5 at 10/9c only on BBC AMERICA, presented by Dramaville. Check out the trailer below!

This season's revival of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU opens on Broadway tonight, and in honor of the playwriting pair's long list of contributions to the theatre, we've rounded up some of their most notable works. Scroll down to learn more about the duo's canon!

THE GAME, a suspenseful six-part edge-of-your-seat thrill ride created by TOBY WHITHOUSE (Being Human, Doctor Who) The show premieres WED NOV 5 at 10/9c only on BBC AMERICA, presented by Dramaville.

Possibly today's coolest show in London, Lin Manuel-Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes's stunning rap musical inpires a generation to learn rumba break dancing.

On Twitter Watch, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote 'Happy opening night @intheheightsldn !!!

Full casting is announced today for Tony Award-winning Broadway musical In The Heights, which receives its London Premiere in a brand new production in The Large at Southwark Playhouse from Friday 9 May

The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2013 will take place tonight, 28 January 2014, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, celebrating the 25th anniversary of these unique awards.

BBC AMERICA announced new Cold War spy thriller, The Game, set in the secretive world of 1970s espionage. The six-part drama series will premiere this fall as part of BBC AMERICA's Dramaville programming block, the home of groundbreaking British drama.

The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2013 will take place on Tuesday 28 January 2014, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, celebrating the 25th anniversary of these unique awards. Hosted by Critics' Circle Drama Section Chairman Mark Shenton, with regular guest speaker comedian Arthur Smith introducing proceedings, the ceremony is firmly established as a highlight of the theatrical calendar and, this year, marks a quarter of a century of recognising the best in British Theatre.

Variety reports that funnyman Eddie Izzard has signed a talent 'holding deal' with NBC to possibly become the network's next leading man.

Stage Left Theatre announces their upcoming revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg written by Peter Nichols and directed by ensemble member Greg Werstler. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is the second production of Stage Left's 32ndseason. Press opening is Tuesday, January 14th at 7:30 PM at Theater Wit, 1229 W Belmont. The show runs through February 16th.

The recent revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway mega-hit A CHORUS LINE in the West End closed short of its anticipated limited run earlier this month, yet the production lives on via the stories of its cast members in a fascinating and very meta new documentary on the production and its players, OFF THE LINE.

Robert Gould reports on the fourth Giggin4Good charity concert at the Actors' Church on August 25.

Stage Left Theatre is pleased to announce the programming for its 32nd season. The company will offer three mainstage productions that examine the concept of responsibility. Parents, teachers, law enforcement officers-they have a responsibility to guide us and look out for us. Season 32 examines what happens if they can't. Or won't.

Actor and comedian Eddie Izzard plans to run for Mayor of London in 2019, according to a report in The Mirror. 'People say, 'Well, you're a bit woolly' and 'You're really not informed'; 'You're not this' and 'You're not that,' Izzard said, 'But I realise those attacks are going to happen and you have to push through to get to a better place.'

The 2013 Olivier nominations were announced today - and the nominees have been chatting about it on Twitter!