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Friday, November 21, 2014

Shakespeare's Globe battles Ebola, Isil and Kim Jong-un to complete world tour by Hannah Furness

Shakespeare's Globe is determined to visit every country in the world, despite coming up against a few obstacles

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:12AM
Friday, November 7, 2014

Sir Derek Jacobi's plea for mumbling actors to speak up by Hannah Furness

Sir Derek Jacobi says he struggles to hear what actors are saying on television

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:31PM
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Judi Dench: Bad teaching put me off Shakespeare play for life by Hannah Furness

Dame Judi Dench argues there is still too much 'fear and prejudice' about Shakespeare thanks to bad teaching

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AM
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

English National Ballet in 'risk-taking and experimental' partnership with Sadler's Wells by Hannah Furness

The English National Ballet is to create a new "risk-taking, experimental" repetoire in partnership with Sadler's Wells

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:20PM

Sylvie Guillem retires from dance after 39 years by Hannah Furness

Sylvie Guillem, hailed as one of the greatest dancers of her generation, has announced her retirement after 39 years

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:21AM
Monday, November 3, 2014

Live play set in the final minutes of the general election to be broadcast in TV first by Hannah Furness

A live play set in the final 90-minutes of the general election is to be broadcast in a television first

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:12PM
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Actress Sheila Hancock reveals surprising delights of growing older by Hannah Furness

Actress Sheila Hancock says growing older has "liberated" her by allowing her to do "dreadful" things with her grandchildren to escaping from parties by telling the hosts they are "dull".

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 03:00PM
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Emma Thompson returns to the London stage for first time in 25 years by Hannah Furness

Emma Thompson speaks of her nerves and "nausea" as she returns to the London stage for the first time in 25 years for Sweeney Todd

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:57AM
Friday, September 12, 2014

Government pays £1.5m to translate entire works of Shakespeare into Chinese by Hannah Furness

The Royal Shakespeare Company received £1.5m grant to translate entire works of Shakespeare into Chinese

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:58AM

Alan Titchmarsh to make West End debut in Wind in the Willows by Hannah Furness

Alan Titchmarsh to make his West End debut

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AM
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Little-known play to be staged for first time in 400 years, as the RSC turns the tables on its critics by Hannah Furness

The Royal Shakespeare Company is to stage a long-forgotten play for the first time in 400 years, as it announces its 2015 season

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:30PM
Monday, August 25, 2014

Shakespeare could have been depressed when he wrote Timon of Athens, Simon Russell Beale says by Hannah Furness

Shakespeare could have been depressed when he wrote King Lear and Timon of Athens, the actor Simon Russell Beale suggests

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AM
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Adrian Mole, the musical: Sue Townsend's last hurrah by Hannah Furness

A stage musical of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ is given the go-ahead after the family of the late Sue Townsend give their blessing to the project

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:00AM
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Terry Gilliam promises 'Pythonic' new opera with fire eaters, trapeze artists and a cucumber phallus by Hannah Furness

Terry Gilliam brings Monty Python to the opera in his new production of Benvenuto Cellini, with circus performers, and outsize statue and a prosthetic cucumber phallus

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:00PM
Friday, May 30, 2014

Cressida Bonas treads the boards after split from Prince Harry by Hannah Furness

Cressida Bonas plays a health and safety obsessed singing wolf in a comedy play in Hay-on-Wye

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 03:09PM
Sunday, May 11, 2014

British politicians 'scared to show their faces' at opera by Hannah Furness

British politicians are scared to show their faces at the opening night of opera, the Royal Opera House's music director argues

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00PM
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Alan Bennett: Nothing pleases me more than annoying people at 80 by Hannah Furness

Nothing pleases me more than knowing I can still p--- people off at 80, Alan Bennett says

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:43AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Globe audience faints at 'grotesquely violent' Titus Andronicus by Hannah Furness

Five faint after seeing the 'grotesquely violent' Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare's Globe, as theatre-goers warn of feeling sick and sleepless nights

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:32AM
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Shakespeare's Globe up for eight Tony Awards by Hannah Furness

The first foray onto Broadway for Shakespeare's Globe theatre has proved a success after it was nominated for eight Tony Awards

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:28PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Shakes on a Plane: Actors break world record to perform Shakespeare at 37,000ft by Hannah Furness

Actors break world record by performing the works of Shakespeare at 37,000ft, while on board a flight to Verona

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:34AM
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Olivier Awards: how a tiny theatre in north London trounced the West End by Hannah Furness

The local Almeida Theatre in Islington, north London, was the big winner at the coveted Olivier Theatre awards on Sunday night, picking up eight accolades, a third of the total

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:00PM
Saturday, April 12, 2014

Shakespeare would be 'shocked' to see his plays today, directors claim by Hannah Furness

Theatre directors argue William Shakespeare would be surprised to see how few actresses were on stage if he were alive today

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AM
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Dame Gillian Lynne, 88, releases exercise DVD for 'oldies' by Hannah Furness

Dame Gillian Lynne, the award-winning choreographer, releases an exercise DVD inspired by 'ancient people who haven't given up yet'

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AM
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Michael Palin: A lot of Monty Python was 'c--p' by Hannah Furness

Michael Palin discloses the highlights and lowlights of his long career and admits a lot of Monty Python was 'not really that good'

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:01AM
Friday, March 28, 2014

Dench: I've wanted to tell the audience to go home by Hannah Furness

Oscar-winning actress among leading lights of stage and screen who reveal their insecurities in new book    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 04:40PM

Judi Dench admits wanting to tell theatre audience to go home in new book by Hannah Furness

New book uncovers traumas of theatre's best-known performers    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 04:40PM
Monday, March 17, 2014

Trevor Nunn: Shakespeare is 100 times more relevant than the Bible by Hannah Furness

Shakespeare is "one hundred times" more relevant today than the Bible, the theatre director Sir Trevor Nunn says    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 03:00AM
Friday, March 14, 2014

Tim Rice: 'Failure is the best thing for some people' by Hannah Furness

Failure is the "best thing" for some people, Sir Tim Rice says, as he admits he worries about a society where "everybody has to pass"    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 03:00AM
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Hilary Mantel: 'I never patronise my readers' by Hannah Furness

As the award-winning author announces that stage adaptations of her novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies will transfer to London, she tells the Telegraph that modern authors should not t…

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 03:59AM
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Michael Grandage: Cheap theatre seats for the young to stop West End stagnating by Hannah Furness

Theatres should offer cheap seats to attract a new generation of fans, the director Michael Grandage argues    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Alan Ayckbourn: Theatre must get its 'liveness' back to compete with film by Hannah Furness

Theatre must get its "liveness" back to compete with films for audience attention, Alan Ayckbourn argues    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:55AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards