It kind of makes sense that so many people are drawing comparisons betweenThe Hills of California, the new Jez Butterworth play that opened this week at the Broadhurst Theatre; and Gypsy, the classic Jule Styne…

All production photos by Joan Marcus Jez Butterworth’s ambitious, captivating and richly rewarding domestic drama “The Hills of California” …

Jez Butterworth’s ambitious, captivating and richly rewarding domestic drama “The Hills of California” straddles dual worlds of dreams and reality as it shuttles between two pivotal time periods in the li…

The Hills of California Gary Lucas September 29, 2024 - 13:08 Topics Theater Review Tags Broadway …

The Hills of California, a new play by Tony Award winner Jez Butterworth (The Ferryman, Jerusalem), begins its Broadway run on September 11 at the Broadhurst Theatre. Directed by Sam Mendes, who also directed …

Lour YasinHometown:  Jerusalem, Palestine.Current Town:  New York City, NY.Q:  What are you working on now?A:  I’m currently involved in several exciting projects. One of them is Under The Sheet, a new mu…

Age is a Feeling; The Beacon; Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe; Green Day Age is a Feeling Vineyard Theatre will present Age is a Feeling,written by and starring Haley McGee (The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale),…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award-winner (Twelfth Night, Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing) and Academy Award…

Tony nominee J. Smith-Cameron and multiple Tony winner Mark Rylance will star in a new production of Seán O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock in the West End, directed by Matthew Warchus (Matilda). The strictly…

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month in April 2024 with the Arab America Foundation and the Kennedy Center’…

By . Golden Thread's No Summary 2024 virtual artist conversation series will embark on a tour of four Palestinian cities to offer audiences in the Bay Area and beyond a taste of the Pal

  We’re in the parking lot of the New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church on a hot Good Friday afternoon in Dallas, Texas. We’re also on stage in the Pamela Brown Auditorium of the Actors Theatre of Louisv…

Laura Donnelly once again soars in tailor-made part/s scripted by her partner Art makes for unexpected bedfellows, and so it proves in Jez Butterworth's moving if meandering The Hills of California. Butterwort…

Harold Pinter theatre; Lyric Hammersmith; Palladium, LondonDreams of fame trap and inspire in Jez Butterworth’s female-centred, Blackpool-set new play; Lemn Sissay takes a personal approach to Kafka; and the …

Harold Pinter theatre, LondonThe Jerusalem playwright’s new drama, directed by Sam Mendes, follows four siblings coached as children to become stars and now reunited at their mother’s bedside Jez Butterwort…

The Wu Tang: An American Saga star will succeed James D. Gish in the York Theatre Company production.

New York Magazine's annual "Reasons to Love New York" issue came out at just the right time for this review. After three successive evenings experiencing amazing talent and creativity in New York theatres, I wa…

Performances thru December 31st. For tickets visit www.yorktheatre.org The Off-Broadway premiere of this original musical comedy explores a real-life psychological malady that causes tourists in Israel—over…

"The Jerusalem Syndrome" is a pleasant new musical comedy with some fine clever songs and good comic moments. However, Don Stephenson’s production does not take the farcical elements far enough nor does he al…

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Wicked (tour in New Orleans), Maestro (film), Sondheim Unplugged @ 54 Below, Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion @ New World Stages, Sondhei…

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . Paging a play doctor. The Jerusalem Syndrome needs some tender loving care—STAT! A company of some very talented actors are doing their best to breathe life into a new mu…

Don Stephenson directs the new musical by Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, and Kyle Rosen.

The York Theatre Company currently presents the new musical by Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, and Kyle Rosen.

Don Stephenson directs the new musical by Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, and Kyle Rosen.

That's Entertainment Gary Lucas November 19, 2023 - 14:32 Topics Theater Review Tags drama …

Performances begin November 21st. For tickets visit www.yorktheatre.org Join us for the off-Broadway premiere of this original musical comedy, which explores a real-life psychological malady that causes touri…

Jess Tom’s Less Lonely – Baggage at the Door/Dana Aber – Neil Gaiman/A Christmas Carol – Transport Group/Lucille Lortel:Joey Merlo – Madwomen of the West The Jerusalem Syndrome – a musical comedy of…

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 11, 2023: The Refuge Plays, by multi award-winning Nathan Alan Davis  (Nat Turner in Jerusalem), now at the Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre, consists of three lovingly acted, …

Don Stephenson directs the new musical, with performances set to begin November 21.

The upcoming Broadway production of Joshua Harmon’s play Prayer for the French Republic has set initial casting. Tony Award winner David Cromer will direct the previously announced production, a transfer fr…

Palestinian performers say musical satire Queen of a Bathtub is more relevant than ever Hanoch Levin’s Queen of a Bathtub is widely held to be Israel’s most controversial play – a musical that used satire…

Kristin Scott Thomas (Electra, Darkest Hour) and Lily James (All About Eve, Pam & Tommy) will star in the world premiere of Lyonesse, a searingly funny and passionate new play by Penelope Skinner (T…

The play is structured as a mystery and that is being revealed with sensitivity and care. As each element is shown, a clearer picture of what is at stake emerges. A discussion in Act II about Hannah Arendt's wo…

Got something to ask the acclaimed actor? Send it our way and we’ll put it to him Is Mark Rylance our greatest living actor? Ask anyone lucky enough to have seen him play Johnny “Rooster” Byron in the tri…

On April 23, 2023, the Candlelight Concert Society presented “Music Under Tyranny” performed by the Jerusalem Quartet. The program featured three composers—Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich and Bela B…

The Candlelight Concert Society will be presenting the Jerusalem Quartet at the Horowitz Center at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD on Sunday, April 23, 2023. The concert is called “Music Under Tyrann…

Nottingham PlayhouseSamson Hawkins’s debut is part Jerusalem part This Country, bringing big laughs while asking serious questions about identity nostalgia and modernity Is it too soon to joke about the Queen…

A heart-wrenching and uplifting journey of a family struggling to stay together in a rapidly changing world. David Mirvish and The Company Theatre, one of Toronto’s most acclaimed independent theatre compani…

Julia Pascal is a resourceful theatre-maker who is unafraid of being controversial. Her interest in the relationship between the personal and the political, and sympathy with both the victims of the Nazis and t…

David Mirvish and The Company Theatre, one of Toronto’s most acclaimed independent theatre companies, present the Canadian premiere of Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know to be True. A poignant family drama with…

Mammals follows the story of Jamie (James Corden), a chef whose world implodes when he discovers shocking secrets about his pregnant wife, Amandine (Melia Kreiling). The series was written by two-time Olivier a…

The actor discusses his new drama at the London film festival, being starstruck by Meryl Streep – and the best way to take environmental action On the day that Mark Rylance video-calls from Pittsburgh, where …

National Theatre, LondonDirector Lyndsey Turner misses the opportunity to give Arthur Miller’s allegory modern resonance with a too-faithful interpretation Arthur Miller’s play used the Salem witch trials a…

Internationally recognized directors and producers Robert and Elizabeth Muren brought their musical production, David: The King of Jerusalem, back to the Auditorium at Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, CO.…

From Jerusalem and Pretty Woman to a 70s Alan Bennett farce, unreconstructed attitudes and old-fashioned smut still permeate British theatre. And irony is not much of a defence If the theatre industry were to c…

VIA MEDIA ANGLICANA IN A NEW JERUSALEM       We’re in  a vicarage kitchen in a small West Country town,  its incumbent dealing with parishioners, a resentful, weary wife and two daughters: Susanna is a d…

Oscar-winning actor to attend funeral of brother Jonathan Waters who was hit by vehicle in California The Oscar-winning actor Sir Mark Rylance has pulled out of three performances of the West End show Jerusalem…

The acclaimed British actor explains the links between his tour de force stage turn and a recent string of subdued screen roles.

Royal Court, LondonSet two decades into the future, in Palestinian territories that are still occupied, Sami Ibrahim’s play is a startlingly bold tragicomedy and a furious call to action Don’t be fooled by …

As Jez Butterworth’s production returns to the West End, with original cast members Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook, it is interesting to reflect on how well-anointed modern classics fare more than a decade …

Jerusalem is an excellent production, Mark Rylance luminously brilliant. But sitting quietly through a play is a challenge for the neurodiverse I find going to the theatre extremely challenging. You must sit pe…

The production, starring Mark Rylance as Johnny "Rooster" Byron, opened April 28.

Ian Rickson’s production of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem now returns to the Apollo Theatre with all the vitality and urgency it had first time round.

Apollo; Lyttelton; Donmar Warehouse, LondonSpellbinding Mark Rylance returns as the anarchic Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron; Nicola Walker hits the mark in Dominic Cooke’s brilliant Emlyn Williams revival; and in…

As I was walking towards the Apollo Theatre stuffing my face with a Pret salad on Shaftesbury Avenue you would think I was thinking about all of the things I’d heard about Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem – ho…

Jez Butterworth's 2009 play is evergreen in its excellence At long last, the giant has come back. Over a decade after its critical apotheosis on both sides of the Atlantic, Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem returns…

There’s a real cruelty to the Englishness of ‘Jerusalem’, which has returned to the West End with its original star

Apollo theatre, LondonProblematic gags limit the power of Jez Butterworth’s layered drama about myths and Englishness but the lead performance still astonishes Full disclosure: I did not love Jerusalem the fi…

Mark Rylance is back in a role that won him a Tony more than a decade ago. But this London production isn’t just coasting on past kudos.

The actor, who is reprising his role in Jez Butterworth’s celebrated play, points out that leading politicians’ school Eton has extensive theatre facilities It is the part of the theatre programme where the…

The two reprise their roles in the Jez Butterworth play about wanted man Johnny "Rooster" Byron.

DO WE STILL LOVE ROOSTER?    So it’s back, another St George’s day before a west country village fair.   Twelve years on from Jez Butterworth’s glorious shock-troop assault on metropolitan sensibili…

Rylance and Crook reprise their roles in the Jez Butterworth play about wanted man Johnny "Rooster" Byron.

As Mark Rylance returns to the West End stage as the rambunctious Rooster in Jez Butterworth’s shaggy state-of-the-nation play, six writers consider its power and legacy It was the play that had critics searc…

In the title role, Kevin Thorne gives a performance of contained power and commands the stage.

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming run at London's Apollo Theatre.

Today, producer Sonia Friedman announced the cast of Jerusalem, the greatly anticipated show returning after more than ten years! The post Full Casting Announcement For The Return Season Of Jerusalem | Tuesday …

Bristol Old VicRylance turns the life of the 19th-century doctor and campaigner for antiseptic practices into a tragedy of almost Shakespearean proportions A few months ahead of bringing “Rooster” Byron’s…

As the Oscar-winning actor returns to the UK boards in 2022 – first at Bristol Old Vic in Dr Semmelweis then in Jerusalem at London’s Apollo – we remember some of his theatrical highlights Continue readin…

The actor made a mere six movies in lockdown but it’s his own play and his return as Rooster Byron in Jerusalem that is getting him really excited Mark Rylance is dressed for rehearsals in loose black trouser…

'Every Brilliant Thing' | 'The Legend of Georgia McBride' | 'Nat Turner in Jerusalem' | 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' | 'Lucky Stiff'

The Inheritance star and director of the upcoming Plaza Suite John Benjamin Hickey is heading to the big screen! According to Deadline, Hickey will play Father Callahan in the big screen adaptation of Stephen…

Welcome to this week's Meet the Festival, with guests Shakura Dickson and Landon Doak, hosted by Katherine Laing. In this fun and informal digital Q&A sessions, they discuss this year's production of I Am Willi…

By Douglas Mayo Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook will reprise their roles in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem for 16 weeks only at London's Apollo Theatre. This post Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem returns to Apollo T…

Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem is returning to London’s West End. Olivier and Tony winner Mark Rylance and Olivier nominee Mackenzie Crook will reprise their turns as Johnny “Rooster” Byron and Ginger, res…

Mackenzie Crook will also return to the Jez Butterworth play under the direction of Ian Rickson.

Previewing at the Apollo Theatre from 16 April 2022 with the opening night on 28 April 2022, Jerusalem will run until 6 August 2022.  There will be over 800 seats at £15 or under each week across the house th…