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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Shakespeare's Globe reaps 'rare' reward at Critics' Circle awards by Matt Trueman

Multilingual Globe to Globe season recognised with special prize while Young Vic, National and Tricycle sweep the boardShakespeare's Globe has received a special award from the Critics' Circ…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AM
Monday, January 14, 2013

National Theatre of Scotland finds permanent home by Matt Trueman

Former warehouse in Glasgow will house company's administration, but performances will remain a 'theatre without walls'The National Theatre of Scotland has made a virtue of its nomadic exist…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AM
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Time Out sells Whatsonstage website after less than a year by Matt Trueman

Theatre and ticketing website bought by New York-based Theatremania.com after year of ownership by Time Out GroupTheatre news and ticketing website Whatsonstage.com has been bought by the Ne…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Cameron Mackintosh planning revivals of Moby Dick and Martin Guerre by Matt Trueman

Producer reveals two of his biggest flops are set for revivals while Miss Saigon may follow Les Miserables onto filmIs Cameron Mackintosh getting nostalgic in his old age? Having hinted that…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Bette Midler heading back to Broadway after 30 years by Matt Trueman

Actor to play legendary talent agent Sue Mengers in one-woman show by Skyfall writer John LoganBette Midler will return to Broadway for the first time in over 30 years this spring in a new o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:35AM
Friday, January 4, 2013

Actors to wear blackface for 'hackle-raising' new play by Matt Trueman

Controversial script receiving British premiere requires black actors to dress as minstrel performers – and wear makeupAn "incendiary" play at this year's HighTide festival in Suffolk is t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM
Thursday, January 3, 2013

National Theatre steals a march on theatre power list by Matt Trueman

National Theatre artistic and executive directors ranked joint top in Stage 100 list of influential theatremakersThe National Theatre's artistic and executive directors Nicholas Hytner and N…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:35AM
Friday, December 21, 2012

Judd Apatow moves into theatre for next venture by Matt Trueman

Knocked Up producer says he is 'excited to write something with a social conscience' and believes theatre is arena to do it inBridesmaids and Anchorman producer Judd Apatow is writing his fi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08AM
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Andrew Lloyd Webber reveals collaborators on Profumo musical by Matt Trueman

Composer to team up with Sunset Boulevard's Don Black and Christopher Hampton on new musical about 60s sex scandalAndrew Lloyd Webber has revealed that he will collaborate with Don Black and…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AM
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

John Tiffany steps down from National Theatre of Scotland by Matt Trueman

Award-winning director of Black Watch and musical Once leaves to focus on freelance projectsThe director behind the National Theatre of Scotland's biggest hit, Black Watch, has announced tha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AM
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

British plays storm New York Times top 10 theatre list by Matt Trueman

Four productions, including the Broadway transfer of One Man, Two Guvnors, recognised in influential yearly reviewAt the end of a year in which Brits walked away with several Tony awards, in…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AM
Monday, December 17, 2012

The Phantom of the Opera to celebrate 25 years on Broadway by Matt Trueman

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical opened at New York's Majestic theatre in January 1988, two years after West End debutThe Phantom of the Opera will become the first show to celebrate its 25th a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56AM
Saturday, December 15, 2012

Interviews: Payne’s window on the soul by Matt Trueman

Playwright Nick Payne discusses the themes running through his work with Matt Trueman

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Shia LaBeouf heads to Broadway – to kidnap Alec Baldwin by Matt Trueman

Transformers actor to play troubled brother who abducts a mobster in next year's staging of OrphansShia LaBeouf is preparing to make his debut on Broadway.The Transformers star will appear o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Miss Saigon will return to West End, says Cameron Mackintosh by Matt Trueman

Producer Cameron Mackintosh says that he intends to restage megahit Vietnam war musical 'as soon as I can find a theatre'It has been 25 years since Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AM
Monday, December 10, 2012

X Factor the Musical? Harry Hill plans spoof show for the West End by Matt Trueman

Comedian claims to be 'workshopping' stage show poking fun at long-running TV singing contest – starting with Simon Cowell's trousersIt's time to face the musical. Or at least it will be i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM
Friday, December 7, 2012

The Bodyguard out in front at Whatsonstage awards by Matt Trueman

New musical shares lead position with three others in a public vote that drew more than 50,000 submissionsWithin a week of its official opening, the new West End musical The Bodyguard lea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

David Mamet's The Anarchist bombs on Broadway by Matt Trueman

David Mamet's latest play – and Broadway debut for Debra Winger – announces closure just a day after opening to bad reviews"Always be closing" is the great motto for the salesmen in Davi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:53AM
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones to reunite for Old Vic's Much Ado by Matt Trueman

Pair who combined for Driving Miss Daisy to appear as Shakespeare's sparring sweethearts, directed by Mark RylanceAt the age of 75, Vanessa Redgrave might have thought she'd missed her chanc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AM
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Valentino thinks British theatregoers too casual by Matt Trueman

He may have 'a big love' for the UK, but designer Valentino Garavani thinks we need to dress more smartly at the theatreTheatre may have embraced fashion in recent years, with Hugo Boss team…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

London Road wends it way to Canada by Matt Trueman

Award-winning musical about 2006 serial killings in Ipswich to receive production by Canadian Stage Company in 2014Ipswich might be a long way from Ontario, but the distance will shrink in j…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AM
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Shakespeare's indoor Globe to glow by candlelight by Matt Trueman

The Sam Wanamaker Theatre, a new indoor Jacobean theatre, will stage plays illuminated by candles in keeping with 17th-century practice, when it opens in London in January 2014"How far that …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AM
Monday, November 26, 2012

Evening Standard theatre awards honour Danny Boyle's Olympics ceremony by Matt Trueman

Director and team behind Olympic opening ceremony scoop prize, Nick Payne becomes youngest ever playwright to take the award for best play, and Hattie Morahan triumphs over Cate BlanchettThe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AM
Friday, November 23, 2012

The cabaret theatre in Berlin found under 30 tonnes of rubbish by Matt Trueman

The three-storey building, part of the city's thriving Latin Quarter in the 1920s, is to be restored as an art galleryA century-old cabaret theatre has been discovered in Berlin, under 30 to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Headlong to tackle Chekhov's The Seagull by Matt Trueman

Play to receive a 'dynamic, modern adaptation' when Rupert Goold's theatre troupe take it on tour next yearRupert Goold's Headlong theatre will produce a new version of The Seagull next year…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

R Kelly to unleash Trapped in the Closet on Broadway by Matt Trueman

R&B singer-songwriter plans stage version of successful 'hip-hopera' about one-night stand gone surreally awryDefecating midgets are hardly a Broadway staple, but R&B star R Kelly has raised…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AM
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Rocky musical knocks out critics in Hamburg by Matt Trueman

Rocky: Das Musical, produced by Sylvester Stallone and the Klitschko brothers, opens to enthusiastic notices in GermanyRocky: Das Musical, the stage adaptation of the much-loved Sylvester St…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:59AM
Monday, November 19, 2012

Batsheva Dance Company braces for Gaza protests in London by Matt Trueman

Sadler's Wells theatre steps up security ahead of performances by Israeli dance troupeSadler's Wells has increased security in advance of pro-Palestinian protests planned to coincide with th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AM
Friday, November 16, 2012

Hallelujah! Jeff Buckley musical in development by Matt Trueman

The Last Goodbye, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet directed by Alex Timbers, will feature several of songwriter's worksHallelujah indeed: a Jeff Buckley musical is in development, with a seri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AM

Hallelujah! Jeff Buckley musical in development by Matt Trueman

The Last Goodbye, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet directed by Alex Timbers, will feature several of songwriter's works Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AM
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Southwark Playhouse announces details of new temporary home by Matt Trueman

The London venue will be relocating to a new site with greater capacity during the redevelopment of its current home at London BridgeBig-hitting London Fringe venue the Southwark Playhouse h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PM

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