The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced casting for the role of Berthe in Pippin, which continues its run through February 25. Gay Soper will take over the role from Caroline Quentin on J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:39AMAn initial lineup of presenters has been announced for the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be handed out January 29 in Los Angeles and aired live on TNT and TBS. Among t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:26AMSusannah Fielding and Eve Myles will join previously announced star Zach Braff in the West End production of his comedy All New People, according to a report on the website for the U.K. maga…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:14PMThe Directors Guild of America's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials have been announced. The awards will be presented at the Grand Ballroom …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:45PMParker Posey will host Sundance Film Festival's awards ceremony to be held on January 28, according to a report in Variety. The Festival will run January 19-29. Posey's stage cre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09PMShakespeare & Company has announced its slate of productions for 2012. The company will offer five productions in its Founders Theatre, including King Lear, to be directed by Rebecca Ho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:35AMDavid Auburn will write the screenplay for the movie version of Deborah Harkness' book A Discovery of Witches, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story centers on a direct descen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMReports on Chimera, In the Solitude of Cotton Fields, and Word Becomes Flesh.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:53AMNBC has released a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the new series Smash. As previously reported, the network will begin streaming the pilot episode on January 16 and the broad…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:41AMNBC has released a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the new series Smash. As previously reported, the network will begin streaming the pilot episode on January 16 and the broad…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:41AMRichard Schiff has joined the cast of Superman: Man of Steel, according to a report in Variety. He will be playing a character named Dr. Hamilton. As previously reported, the film will st…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Metropolitan Opera will offer a broadcast of The Enchanted Island as part of The Met: Live in HD series on January 21 at 12:55pm (ET)/9:55am (PT). Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch hav…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:11PMSeth Rudetsky will offer his one-man show Deconstructing Broadway for Reprise Theatre Company at UCLA's Freud Playhouse on February 23 at 8pm. In the piece, Rudetsky uses his private …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMAn initial lineup of presenters for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards has been announced. As previously reported, the prizes will be awarded in a ceremony to be held on Sunday, January 15…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:24PMChristopher Hampton will write the script for the movie version of Kurban Said's book Ali and Nino, according to a report on Variety. The story, which takes place in Azerbaijan, cent…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:15PMReports on El pasado es un animal grotesco, The Bee, and Goodbar.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMOff-Broadway's Close Up Space will offer a benefit performance for The Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter on January 24. The play, directed by Leigh Silverman, cente…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMJim Caruso's Cast Party will play two performances at The Coterie in Los Angeles, February 29 and March 1. Caruso hosts and Billy Stritch serves as musical director. The open mic even…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced its winter 2012-2013 season for its theaters in Stratford-upon-Avon. There will be two productions In the company's Royal Shakespeare …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMJill Halfpenny will star in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party, to run March 2 - April 21 at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. Lindsay Power will direct the production, which will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:20AMTony Award winner Alice Ripley and Elliot Norton Award winner Paula Plum will be honored at SpeakEasy Stage Company's 21st Annual Benefit Gala and Silent Auction to be held Tuesday, Mar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMEmmy and Grammy Award winner Harry Connick, Jr. will join the cast of NBC's Law & Order: SVU, according to a report on TVGuide.com. Connick will play a prosecutor who is assigned…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMThe longlist for the 2012 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) has been released. The shortlist of nominees will be released on January 17 and the winners will be announced at the Orange Br…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:38AMReports on Sontag: Reborn, Super Night Shot, and Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AMComplete casting has been announced for the world premiere of Richard Nelson's Farewell To The Theatre, to run March 1 - April 7 at the Hampstead Theatre. Roger Michell will direct the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:56AMFrances Conroy has joined the cast of the NBC pilot Beautiful People, according to a report on Deadline.com. The show, which is written by Michael McDonald, is set in a future society where…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMRicky Martin has posted a picture of himself and the cast of the hit FOX series Glee to his Twitter account. As previously reported, Martin is slated to play a Spanish teacher when he guest…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:18AMActor William Duell has died of respiratory failure, according to a report in The New York Times. He was 88. Duell's credits include the original Broadway production of 1776, as well …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:11AMTony Award nominee Alex Timbers will direct the movie adaptation of Dale E. Basye's Heck. Timbers received a Tony nomination for his direction of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Among…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09PMWriters Guild Award nominations have been announced. Among the nominees is Woody Allen, who has been nominated in the Original Screenplay category for Midnight in Paris. Also nominated are…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:54PM13P has announced complete casting for Erin Courtney's A Map of Virtue, to run February 6-25 at the 4th Street Theatre. Ken Rus Schmoll will direct the production. The play explores a…
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