A sequence from an upcoming "Peaky Blinders" stage show and a performance from legendary local band UB40 are amongst the highlights of closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birm…
Aditya Chopra's U.S. stage musical reimagining of his immensely popular 1995 Bollywood film "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge," commonly abbreviated to DDLJ, addresses the need for cultural unifi…
Joel Harper-Jackson made his debut as a leading man in London's West End in dramatic circumstances when Taron Egerton fainted on stage during the first preview of stage play "Cock." Harper-J…
Several actors were in shock after the abrupt termination of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical "Cinderella" at London's West End and performing arts workers' union Equity is seeking compen…
Executive producer and composer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) are readying a stage adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki's beloved 1988 Studio Ghibli film "My Neighbor Totoro."…
"Cabaret" was the big winner at the annual Olivier Awards on Sunday with seven wins, with "Life of Pi" following with five. "Cabaret," a revival of the 1966 Kander and Ebb musical which has …
Vendôme Pictures and Pathé are partnering with Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre to develop a stage musical adaptation of Oscar nominated and BAFTA-winning film "CODA." PGA award-winn…
The post-COVID U.K. theater scene is getting a boost with the revival of "Kinky Boots" and "John Gabriel Borkman." The Tony and Olivier award-winning musical "Kinky Boots," based on the 2005…
Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy winning composer A.R. Rahman ("Slumdog Millionaire") and revered "Elizabeth" and "Bandit Queen" filmmaker Shekhar Kapur have teamed to create Expo 2020 Dubai commissi…
THEATER The ongoing omicron wave in the U.K. has claimed another victim, with the producers of acclaimed play "Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)" at the Criterion Theatre on London's West End …
Super-producer and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has halted performances of hit West End musical "Cinderella" until Feb. 2022 as the Omicron variant of coronavirus surges across the U.K. "I a…
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) plan designed to help businesses impacted by the Omicron variant of coronavirus that is sweeping acro…
"Spitting Image," the iconic British satirical puppet show rebooted for streamer BritBox U.K., is set to make its stage debut at London's West End in 2022. The target of the show will be bel…
Hope Dickson Leach, BAFTA-winning director of acclaimed Toronto, Rotterdam and London festival selection "The Levelling," has embarked upon a hybrid adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's ic…
Equity, the U.K. trade union for performing arts workers, has called on theater venues and producers to enforce mask-wearing among audience members. The request is in light of a surge in the…
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. She…
Theaters in London's West End are getting ready to honor the memory of the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at the age of 91 on Friday. The theaters will dim thei…
Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne has said that playing a trans character in "The Danish Girl" was a "mistake." Based on true events, Redmayne played one of the first people in the world wh…
The 2022 U.K. theater season promises to be a bumper one with new works from Stephen Beresford, Anupama Chandrasekhar, David Eldridge and Alecky Blythe among the highlights. Three-time Olivi…
Adam Kane ("Prodigal Son", "American Gods") will direct action thriller "Rain Who Kills Alone" from a screenplay by William Josef Schneider ("Corto Maltese"). The film will tell the story of…
Indian filmmaker Aditya Chopra's immensely popular 1995 Bollywood film "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge," commonly abbreviated to DDLJ, is being adapted as a Broadway stage musical titled "Come�…
Ralph Fiennes will lead the cast in the world premiere of David Hare's "Straight Line Crazy," to be directed by Nicholas Hytner at London's The Bridge theater. Fiennes stars as Robert Moses,…
Songwriter and producer Robert J. Sherman is continuing his family's rich musical legacy by teaming with finance professionals Bret Goldin and Andrew Kaplan to form Sherman Theatrical Entert…
Composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber has decided not to open his £6 million ($8.2 million) musical "Cinderella," one day before it was due to open at London's West End after a cast m…
Acclaimed dramatist and playwright Jack Thorne will deliver this year's James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Thorne's credits include the West End play "Harry Pott…