Friday, December 3, 2021
Antony Sher, one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors of his generation, has died at 72, the Royal Shakespeare Company said Friday. Sher played most of Shakespeare's meaty male roles i…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 08:56AMFriday, June 19, 2020
Holm gained a supporting-actor Oscar nomination for portraying pioneering athletics coach Sam Mussabini in the hit 1982 film “Chariots of Fire.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:40PMThursday, November 16, 2017
LONDON (AP) -- London's Old Vic Theatre said Thursday it has received 20 allegations of inappropriate behavior by its former artistic director Kevin Spacey, and acknowledged …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:32AMLONDON (AP) -- London's Old Vic theater said Thursday it has received 20 allegations of actions that spanned "a range of inappropriate behavior" against Kev…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:09AMTuesday, May 23, 2017
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert attended by thousands of young music fans in northern England, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:02AMWednesday, February 8, 2017
He achieved global success with “St. Mark’s Gospel,” a one-man show about the life of Jesus.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:06PMFriday, March 18, 2016
To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard’s death, Christie’s is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:23PMWednesday, August 26, 2015
LONDON (AP) -- It's a "Hamlet" with Hollywood-level hype and an A-list star in Benedict Cumberbatch. But London's latest stage sensation is more than a Shakespearean star vehicle....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:13AMMonday, May 25, 2015
Thursday, September 4, 2014
VENICE, Italy (AP) -- William Shakespeare is not usually considered the godfather of pulp fiction....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:59AMThursday, July 24, 2014
LONDON (AP) -- A hit. A very palpable hit....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:49AMThursday, June 19, 2014
LONDON (AP) -- London is a city of bridges, but it's not a City of Bridges. It has never been graced with the elegant arches of Venice or Paris....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:15PMFriday, May 23, 2014
LONDON (AP) -- Here's a tip: Don't tell Kathleen Turner what to do....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:59AMFriday, April 25, 2014
LONDON (AP) -- "Privacy," a new drama that has London buzzing, is probably the first play to open with a request that the audience keep their smartphones switched on. It's certainly the …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:45AMMonday, April 7, 2014
LONDON (AP) -- Four decades on from the flares, fame and fabulousness, the members of ABBA say they have no regrets - not even about the clothes....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:21PMMonday, March 24, 2014
LONDON (AP) -- Martha Plimpton is an American in London, grappling with all that ails the United States....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:23PMFriday, December 20, 2013
LONDON (AP) -- Reviewers were largely seduced, rather than scandalized, on Friday by the latest musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber - surely the first in the impresario's highly successful …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:18PMFriday, August 23, 2013
LONDON (AP) -- Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey says television has overtaken cinema as the home of quality character-driven drama, but the industry risks failure if it doesn't recognize…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:48AMFriday, June 21, 2013
LONDON (AP) -- "What a drag it is getting old," a young Mick Jagger sang five decades ago - though he may have changed his mind since....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:26AMFriday, March 22, 2013
LONDON—Broadway sensation "The Book of Mormon" has landed in London, to a warm reception from theatergoers and mixed notices from critics Reviewers delivered their verdicts on the …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:11AMMonday, March 11, 2013
LONDON (AP) -- The time is coming - maybe sooner than you expect - when you look at Daniel Radcliffe and don't think "Harry Potter."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:05AMWednesday, December 12, 2012
LONDON—The critics have spoken—"Viva Forever" did not spice up their lives. British reviewers were scathing Wednesday about the big-budget stage show built around the songs o…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:57AMThursday, December 6, 2012
LONDON (AP) -- Does "The Bodyguard" have the muscle to be a hit?...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:15AMSunday, October 21, 2012
LONDON (AP) -- She dreamed a dream, and it came true. But what happened next for Susan Boyle?...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:04AMThursday, July 19, 2012
LONDON (AP) -- As the world comes to Britain for the Olympics, Britain is celebrating arguably its greatest gift to the world - the plays of William Shakespeare....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:50AMTuesday, June 26, 2012
The Spice Girls reunited onstage Tuesday to announce details of a musical based on their songs — a tale of fame and female friendship that will open in London in the fall.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:01AMLONDON (AP) -- The Spice Girls reunited onstage Tuesday to announce details of a musical based on their songs - a tale of fame and female friendship that will open in London in the fall.…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:45AMWednesday, June 6, 2012
Archaeologists in London have discovered the remains of an Elizabethan theater where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed -- a venue immortalized as "this wooden O" in th…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:19AMTuesday, March 6, 2012
LONDON (AP) -- Songwriter Robert B. Sherman, who wrote the tongue-twisting "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and other enduring songs for Disney classics, has died. He was 86....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:00AMThursday, January 26, 2012
The ballet world is spinning after one of the art's brightest stars walked away from Britain's Royal Ballet without explanation, days before he was due to take the lead in a new production.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:29AMWednesday, January 25, 2012
A new Alan Bennett play, a behind-the-scenes drama about Parliament, and a swashbuckling adventure from "One Man, Two Guvnors" author Richard Bean are part of the upcoming season at Britain'…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:20AM 
