The world-premiere musical Gatsby, an adaptation of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald with music by international rock star Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine, has its design and music teams. The show begi…

The BBC has commissioned Dear England, a new drama series adapted from James Graham’s (Sherwood, The Way, Quiz) hit National Theatre play. Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale, Shakespeare in Love) will star…

Tom Wilkinson, the British actor best known for his roles in The Full Monty, Shakespeare in Love, and Shakespeare in Love, and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, passed away at home at the age of 75.

As his Velvet Revolution drama returns, the great writer talks about his mounting Israel-Gaza uncertainties, the epiphanies he has in every hot shower – and our one-star ‘corker’ review of The Crown Tom S…

Shakespeare North Playhouse | Taxing millionaires | Brewing annoyance | Precise apostrophes | Lynne Truss The director of Shakespeare in Love, John Madden, tells us how Judi Dench bought the Rose theatre set, h…

‘Judi Dench had to wear extra high heels to give her stature as Queen Elizabeth. I dubbed her Tudor Spice. She’s only on screen for a few minutes – but she still won an Oscar’ Shakespeare in Love had be…

Even if you’re familiar with the movie, this wonderfully acted and delightfully directed production brings a lovely and more intimate interpretation of the story. By JEN LOFQUIST

Queen’s theatre, HornchurchFearing the playwright’s works will be lost to history, former colleagues enact a rescue plan in Lauren Gunderson’s generous-hearted comedy Less giddy than Shakespeare in Love, …

The works of Shakespeare have led to many new great scripts from “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” to “Shakespeare in Love” and, recently “Gary.”  Some are based on the characters and some ab…

Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning Leopoldstadt begins performances at the Longacre Theatre on September 14 ahead of opening on October 2. The production premiered in London's West End in January 2020 and r…

With four centuries passed, it seems likely there will be new versions of “Romeo And Juliet” for at least several centuries more. One example, “Shakespeare in Love,” imagines a William Shakespeare suffe…

The play 'Shakespeare in Love,' based on the Oscar-winning 1998 film, follows the literary and romantic travails of the Bard.

In this exuberant adaptation of the Oscar-winning comedy, every actor has at least one scene during which they chew the scenery to tatters.

After a limited run, the movie-based stage play will return on Memorial Day weekend.

Antony Sher, the South Africa born theater actor known for his Shakespearean roles, has died of cancer. He was 72. The news was revealed by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) on Friday. Sher was born in South …

Welcome to this week's Meet the Festival, with guests Sara Farb and Steve Ross, hosted by Stephanie Johns. In this fun and informal digital Q&A sessions, they discuss the Finally There's Sun Cabaret. FINALLY T…

“Time is very long for those who wait,” wrote Shakespeare. The bard penned these words more than four centuries (and a couple of pandemics) ago. But those deprived of the joy of live theatre during the coro…

While theatres remain closed, the way we watch Shakespeare is changing. When I picture the audiences Shakespeare would have written for, I think of the groundlings in Shakespeare in Love(1998). They stand, arm…

Matt Pfeiffer talks love of Shakespeare and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Shakespeare in Love, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, based on the screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard. Matt Pfeiffer directs at Peoples Light, Malvern, PA through March 29.   Shakespeare In Love, o…

People’s Light brings ‘Shakespeare in Love’ to the stage as fan fiction exploring the inspiration of one of the most iconic love stories of all time. Christina Anthony reviews.

Women have come a long way since 1660 when the ban on female actors in England was finally lifted. As many probably already know, at least from Shakespeare in Love, female roles back then were played exclusi…

What is it about Shakespeare that even folks who aren’t necessarily theatergoers find so fascinating? In his own time, the legendary playwright had notable rivals, including Christopher “Kit” Marlowe and …

The $31 million complex in downtown Fayetteville is the theatre’s first permanent residence since its founding a decade ago.

We know very little about William Shakespeare, so we make stuff up. Thus we have Shakespeare in Love (John Madden–Tom Stoppard), which imagines the Bard falling for an aristocrat’s wife who wants to break t…

Texas Thespians pilot new high school edition The post Festival Preview: <br/><em>Shakespeare in Love</em> appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

Birmingham RepThis slapstick look at the classic play about Cyrano the long-nosed poet has been given a witty, kaleidoscopic staging It is not hard to see why Alexis Michalik’s play has clocked up more than 7…

The actor turned playwright is taking his work to the UK for the first time. He talks about his Shakespeare in Love-style comedy riffing on Cyrano de Bergerac Alexis Michalik has much in common with Edmond Rost…

Samuel French has announced that Shakespeare in Love is now available for licensing to schools across the United States and Canada. This new high school edition, developed in conjunction with the Disney Theatri…

The Oscar-winning screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman was adapted for the stage by Network and Billy Elliot playwright Lee Hall.

From The Cherry Orchard with no trees to a Russian-language Shakespeare in Love, Pushkin Drama Theatre artistic director Evgeny Pisarev tells Natasha

Bill Kenwright presents the long-awaited return of Rough Crossing written by Academy, Tony and Olivier award-winning writer Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Thin…

Top-notch comic performances and a production that purrs like a Rolls-Royce mean that the touring production of Shakespeare In Love from Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Theatre Royal Bath is extremely seductive.

More casting has been announced for the highly anticipated movie-musical version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway smash Cats. Joining the cast is Oscar and Tony winner Judi Dench, who is set to play Old De…

Among the many joys of the Oscar winning film Shakespeare in Love is the tongue-in-cheek thespian banter from writers Marc Norman and

Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love was first adapted for the stage in 2014, and hailed as a triumph on the West End. Four years on, a new production sets out on a UK tour, and prov…

Tim Albery directs Arabella with an ensemble cast and captivating music. The lyric comedy opens on October 16 and will run through November 3 at the San Francisco Opera House.The story revolves around Arabella,…

The production plays at Theatre Royal Bath through October 13.

Get a first look below at the brand new tour of the critically acclaimed West End hit playShakespeare in Love,currently playing at Theatre Royal Bath until13 October, with opening night for press onThursday 11 …

Following three critically-acclaimed, sold-out seasons on stage in London's West End, Simon Callow Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love brings Charles Dickens' beloved classic A Christmas Carol to t…

By Douglas Mayo The Shakespeare In Love UK Tour opens at the Theatre Royal Bath on 4 October 2018 with full casting announced. This post Shakespeare In Love UK Tour first appeared on British Theatre. Hurrah!

Full casting was announced todayfor a brand new production and UK tour of the critically acclaimed West End playShakespeare in Love.

This autumn, Proud Haddock will bring Tony Harrison's lyrical play Square Rounds to the Finborough Theatre for its first UK production in nearly 30 years since its rediscovery. This all-female ensemble cast wil…

A vacant theatre in north London that was originally touted as permanent home for the set from Oscar-winning film Shakespeare in Love

AC Horton is a director, teaching artist and producer. Directing credits include: Thom Pain (based on nothing) [The Know Theater of Cincinnati], Requiem for Millennials [Dixon Place], The Gospel of Fat Kathy [P…

A new production of Shakespeare in Love will tour the UK later this year, it has been announced. Lee Hall’s stage adaptation

A new production and UK tour of the critically acclaimed West End play Shakespeare in Love, based on the Oscar-winning film by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, is today announced by Eleanor Lloyd Productions and T…

Mark Williams, star of The Fast Show, Father Brown, 101 Dalmatians, The Borrowers, Shakespeare in Love and seven of the Harry Potter films, will star as Doctor Dolittle at the first ten venues of the new UK and…

By: Michael J. Roberts Feature Photo: Rachel Rockwell in rehearsal for “Shakespeare in Love” at Chicago [...]

Mark Williams, star of The Fast Show, Father Brown, 101 Dalmatians, The Borrowers, Shakespeare in Love and seven of the Harry Potter films, will star as Doctor Dolittle at the first ten venues of the new UK amp…

Mark Williams, star of The Fast Show, Father Brown, 101 Dalmatians, The Borrowers, Shakespeare in Love and seven of the Harry Potterfilms, will star as Doctor Dolittle at the first ten venues of the new UK amp …

Next season at the Colorado Springs theatre will include 'Shakespeare in Love,' 'Anna in the Tropics,' and 'Hands on a Hardbody.'

Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions announce the new cast for Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie, starring television actor Harry Reid as the accused, Leonard Vole. Reid is be…

Are you ready for this? Tony winner Ben Platt has signed on for The Politician, a new hourlong comedy series produced by TV hitmaker Ryan Murphy, according to Deadline. If that isn't exciting enough, a…

"Shakespeare in Love" at South Coast Rep captures the rom-com spirit of Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's Oscar-winning screenplay, while Philip Whitchurch's “Shakespeare his wife and the dog” at the Broad Sta…

SpeakEasy Stage Company's production of Shakespeare in Love comes off as lovely, temperate, and at least a little trite.

An adaptation of the beloved film is turned into an antic ode to the theater.

Will’s Charismatic Crew Leaps from Screen to Stage by Barry David Horwitz Marin Theatre Company has crafted a whirligig of theater, holding our attention with a kaleidoscope of color, song, and favorite lines…

The Bay Area finally gets to see Shakespeare in Love on stage thanks to Marin Theatre Company, and while the cast boats some of the Bay Area's best actors – Stacy Ross, Lance Gardner, Megan Trout, Mark Anders…

The Marin Theatre Company brings an adaptation of the Academy Award-winning film to the stage.

“Shakespeare in Love” is based on the brilliant Academy-award winning 1998 movie written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. Baltimore Center Stage is currently presenting a stage version of that film …

David Oakes's past roles range from The Borgias and Victoria to Shakespeare in Love. He's currently playing opposite Natalie Dormer in dark comedy Venus in Fur at Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Before he was Shakespeare with a capital “S,” he was just plain Will (Nicholas Carriere), an ordinary guy—a fledgling playwright, somewhat disheveled, a bit of a skirt-chaser, and frantic for a play that …

It’s now in Baltimore, and the big surprise is . . . just kidding, no surprises.

Many people are already familiar with Shakespeare In Love from the 1998 Academy Award-winning movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes, but in many ways a stage production of the piece is a much more l…

David Oakes played Christopher Marlowe in the 2014 West End stage premiere of Shakespeare in Love only to segue to TV stardom in such series as The Borgias and Victoria. …

Jon Barker and Whitney Maris Brown star in Lee Hall's adaptation of the Academy Award-winning film.

See which plays and playwrights made the list and who was named the most-produced playwright of the season.

Below is the list of the most-produced plays compiled by American Theatre Magazine of member theaters of Theatre Communications Group (in other words, non-profit theaters throughout the United States) — e…

The 2014 play “Shakespeare in Love” will be the most produced play in the country this season.

This year's top play is "Shakespeare in Love" by Lee Hall, based on the Oscar-winning film.

By Julio Martinez IN THE NEWS The Board of Trustees of South Coast Repertory (SCR) and Artistic Director Marc Masterson have determined that, after seven years of service, Masterson’s contract wil…

Shakespeare in Love, the Oscar-winning 1998 film, has lately been turned into a play, and it’s currently making the rounds at a number of regional theaters around the country. A new production opens the 2017�…

Ahead of the release of VICTORIA AND ABDUL released in the UK on September 15th, Academy Award-winning actress Dame Judi Dench, known for her roles in James Bond, Shakespeare in Love and Philomena, gets an expe…

Virginia Repertory Theatre opens the Signature Season with Shakespeare in Love, based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard and adapted by Lee Hall.

The production plays the Georgia venue through September 24.

The new play is adapted for the stage by Lee Hall.

Virginia Repertory Theatre opens the Signature Season with Shakespeare in Love, based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard and adapted by Lee Hall.

The hit film's stage adaptation makes its regional premiere in Atlanta.

Performances begin in Georgia in August.